- Samopsa
- Nov 9, 2009
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 a new zachtronics puzzler just dropped out of nowhere
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1168880/MOLEKSYNTEZ/
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Use the MOLEK-SYNTEZ to create small molecules with various pharmacological effects from the comfort of your small Romanian apartment.
December 2092
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
These walls don’t do a drat thing to keep the cold out.
I should go outside and walk.
Instead, I light another cigarette and keep working.
MAKE DRUGS - Program your molecular synthesizer (MOLEK-SYNTEZ) to convert ordinary industrial chemicals like benzene, acetone, and hydrochloric acid into a variety of small molecules with various pharmacological effects.
SHOW OFF - Optimize your solutions and share them with the world using the built-in score histograms, friend leaderboards, and animated GIF exporter.
CHEAT AT CARDS - In a move that should surprise no one, MOLEK-SYNTEZ contains an original Zachtronics solitaire game. When you get stuck, cheat and place your cards wherever you want. Just don't do it so much that you get in over your head...
https://twitter.com/zachtronics/status/1191480368257388545?s=20
https://twitter.com/zachtronics/status/1191481965863559168?s=20
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- Samopsa
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AI War 2 is loving great, go buy it and support the dev!
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May 18, 2021 18:46
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- Samopsa
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https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/p/unexplored-2
Unexplored 2 Early Acces just dropped exclusive on Epic, and now you also get a renewable coupon for 10 bucks off, so it's only 8 bucks at the moment! Absolutely loved the first one, this seems different but still rad.
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Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy
Procedural roguelite RPG in a vast world
Unexplored 2 creates a vast, rich fantasy world for you to discover. It has a cool twist on permadeath: your character may die, but the world might persist. The game is an ambitious, procedural action-RPG without grind, xp, or gold. Instead the story is all about your choices and their consequences as history unfolds.
As the titular Wayfarer you take on the quest to destroy the Staff of Yendor, for which you’ll have to traverse your world. Along the way you’ll meet tribes, encounter magical creatures and explore ancient ruins to discover mythical weapons and historic items.
A word from our Game Director
“Unexplored 2 is an Early Access game; it is not yet finished. The game is playable from start to finish, but you should expect more content to be added at a regular pace. New items, new enemies, new side quests, new variations on the main quests and even new game modes will arrive in themed packages. The procedural nature of the game makes it easy to slip in all the new content naturally. Every time you are ready to start a new world there will be new things for you to discover.”
-- Joris Dormans, Game Director of Unexplored 2
When you die…
The game is challenging and you will die often. You may make a wrong choice, take on one too many creatures, or forget to stock up on food before traveling a desert. Whatever the reason, when your character dies, they’re gone. No autosaving or quickloading.
However, you can choose to continue your adventures with a new character in the same world, a few years later. Your new character will witness the result of the choices your previous adventurer made. You can leave items in a safe spot, ready for your next Wayfarer to pick up and use.
The world ends
You can try to fulfill your quest to destroy the Staff of Yendor with consecutive Wayfarers in the same world. However, when you die during your final mission, your world ends. Permanently.
So, make sure you are prepared well and know everything there is to know about the last and most dangerous part of your adventure.
When you fail, that world vanishes. The only thing left to do is to generate a whole new world with its own history, and begin the quest anew.
Key features
Radical content generation: Ludomotion's radical approach to content generation creates many layers of unique content, every time a new world is generated.
Generative storytelling: Though every Wayfarer's ultimate goal may be similar, every hero will have their own world, story, and encounters.
Systemic depth: The game features many systems and you will discover something new every time you play, even after hundreds of hours of gameplay.
Legacy system: Actions of your past heroes impact the fortunes of those that follow in their footsteps. Use your legacy wisely to give your successive adventurers greater hopes of completing their quest.
Permadeath in a persistent world: When your hero dies, they stay dead. But you can choose to return to the same world with a new Wayfarer. Or, if you prefer, begin a new adventure in a completely unexplored world.
Unique presentation: The worlds in Unexplored 2 are presented in a unique and beautiful art style, beyond what is conventionally expected from a generative game. A stylish lighting system sets the mood and adapts to the time of day and local weather conditions.
Orchestral adaptive soundtrack: Your adventure is accompanied by an orchestral, original soundtrack which reacts to the action and decisions you make as a player
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May 20, 2021 17:29
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- Samopsa
- Nov 9, 2009
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highly recommend griftlands if you like any sort of deckbuilder like slay the spire or monster train or something. Also has a fun setting and good writing and art, but the gameplay is great on it's own as well. Very polished and very fun, also 20% off for launch!
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Jun 1, 2021 19:46
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- Samopsa
- Nov 9, 2009
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A zach-like The Signal State just released. It has similar vibes to SHENZEN I/O, you're patching modular synths to match the desired output signal.
here's my short review from the zachtronics thread after finishing it in 5 hours:
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cool synth guy Benn Jordan (aka the Flashbulb) did a video on it from a synth-guy standpoint:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxFtHlOOOTU
e: bought it and finished it within 5 hours, skipping only a couple of optional puzzles for later. Maybe 7 hours total to finish up everything at a leisurely pace if you're not a god at these kinda games? Pretty slight, and while it does tickle the zachtronics itch it stops before you really get to do anything out of the box. Most solutions are pretty obvious, and I'm definitely not the best at zach-likes. If you like optimizing puzzles there's some more to squeeze out. I scored pretty bad on most leaderboards.
Pros: nice interface, decent music, clear tutorials and tooltips
Cons: writing & story is solidly meh, no twists at all and is just kinda there. Difficulty is about the same as the tutorial for most zachtronics games, so pretty easy. real time to finish is taken into account for score, which doesn't make sense to me (you can just remember, retry and click faster??).
overall: if you've played all the zachtronics games: eh, buy it on a sale or if you want to support people making more games like this I guess!
If you're new to the 'genre': might be a decent place to start. Definitely fun and easy to get into, just not that challenging for someone used to the type of puzzles.
e2: also, it has absolutely nothing to do with music/modular synths in the game, which made me sad, was hoping for some sick beats. Theres a single very simple puzzle with 3 drum samples, but that's it.
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Sep 23, 2021 23:35
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- Samopsa
- Nov 9, 2009
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Theres a really good mobile game called "mindustry" that sounds a lot like this.
mindustry is also on pc/steam/itch! It's good. And yeah, mindustry and riftbreaker are very similar, but different enough.
Mindustry is really focused on fighting escalating waves and getting a high score. You are also personally not great at fighting. It also features missions where you need to assault enemies. Only basic resources are mined directly, most need to be produced, with quite involved chains of production, and you need to transport your resources to your factories and turrets.
In contrast, Riftbreaker has pretty 'set' attack waves at certain times, escalating only when you trigger them by upgrading your main base or building certain structures. Also, you are very powerful and can handle huge hordes of enemies by yourself. You make all your resources directly except a few liquid ones, which have 1 step. All solid resources are global and don't need transportation, which makes it a ton simpler.
Riftbreaker: combat focused, gather resources by exploring, scanning, and expanding, to build your final building to finish the game.
Mindustry: build focused, stripmine a region and turn it into valuable resources to build more advanced turrets to get to higher waves and destroy stronger outposts
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- Samopsa
- Nov 9, 2009
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I salute the brave Epic store customers who are willing to beta test the game for me before it releases on Steam.
it's 10 bucks on epic now with the free coupon and the game owns, definitely worth installing a second launcher
I mean, I'd rather have it on steam but the epic store is fine for installing and launching games.
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