Flotsam

On peut dire qu'il s'est fait désiré avec 5 ans de dev (il me semble). Je pense qu'il est dans ma wish list depuis 3 ans et je craignais qu'il ait été abandonné. Graphiquement il est super sympa. Les constructions ont un design très fun. J'adore cette DA. Le gameplay est original et ça fait du bien de voir un jeu qui innove un peu. On pourrait croire qu'il est plutôt casu mais je le trouve assez technique. A partir d'une population de 10 drifters, la gestion de la bouffe et eau peu s'avérer délicate. J'ai lu un commentaire qui critiquait le fait de "ne pas pouvoir tourner les batiments". Cette restriction fait justement partie du gameplay. Chaque batiment doit avoir un accès aux passerelles et leurs géométries apportent un challenge dans l'agencement cohérent et efficace de la ville. Exemple un batiment 3x4 et un autre 4x3 doivent avoir un acces sur la première valeur, donc 3 cases pour le premier et 4 cases pour le second. Ceci complique volontairement les alignements. Faut donc bien organiser ses placements au risque d'avoir des kilomètres de passerelles ou une ville de 10000 tonnes. J'ai débloqué le mode "architecte" un peu tard. C'est pas le plus important mais il aide bien. Je conseille de focaliser sur les spécialistes. Durant ma première partie j'ai recruté tous les péons que je croisais mais ça fait déjà bien assez de bouches à nourrir avec les spé. Ces derniers sont obligatoires si vous voulez aller jusqu'au bout. Si vous n'êtes pas frileux au farming un peu long et aux biomes peu variés, vous pouvez passer un moment agréable.

I really enjoyed this! My first playthrough got a little buggy, so I restarted, which also meant I could make better choices in the early stages of building the city.

I'd give this a soft thumbs up. Overall I enjoyed the gameplay and the setting, though I had more than a couple ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Most of my frustration came in the end game where spent a couple hours trying to find the one biome a resource I needed for the final project, which was quite tedious. Otherwise the systems came together very nicely and the progression from scavenging anything and everything, to self sufficiency was quite a satisfying process

This game is absolutely addictive, i am having so much fun, for my city builders and simulation players this is one to have in your library for sure!

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This game is fun and chill, unfortunately there is no way to automate your base. Because of how resources are managed an the crew you need to fully develop your base, it's not possible to automate your resources meaning you will be always having to move and gather all resources available. You won't be able to do this in a relaxed way though since your crew will become hungry and thirsty every day if not fed and you have to manage what you store for most of the game as well due to the very limited storage options. On top of this there's a severe lack of content, there's not much to do other than surviving in a strenuous race for resources.

Great city builder, really enjoyed my 25 hours before rolling credits. Very chill and satisfying gameplay loop, beautiful and charming art direction/animations, just enough creative expression in the building without overwhelming with options. def recommend to any builder/settlement mgmt fans'

I don't usually recommend games I'm on the fence about, but I've decided to make an exception in this case because this is a really cute game with a lot of lovingly developed content and it's very likely its heart is in the right place. It is set in a beautiful fantasy world in which humanity has mostly removed itself from the equation but the oceans are not cooked or acidic and life down there is thriving. You sail along on a beautiful blue sea, admiring the sponges and whales and sea life below, encountering the occasional flourishing island bright with wildflowers, etc... What a beautiful dream, no? There's pollution to contend with apparently, but I've played for 33 hours and so far it has been idyllic. So that is my first reservation. It used to be a truism in the world of environmental activism that if you addressed people's climate anxiety they would feel empowered to inform themselves and take action. That hasn't worked, obviously. Who has benefited from that approach, I wonder. Anyway, this game is very soothing. For a commercial project, it is surely a difficult theme to tackle. Finding the balance between fun engagement and meaningful representation has got to be tough, and I just don't think they've found it yet. It's cozy and comforting, but I'm not sure that the scenario presented truly addresses the underlying issues, potentially pushing the impact from 'hope/resilience' to 'complacence'. But I'm aware that my perspective is a little different and that there are some (misguided) people out there who find the collapse of society more concerning than the collapse of natural systems. It is possible that this game is more for them than for me. My second concern relates to the ways in which the 'resource management' genre has been adapted to fit the theme - or rather how it has not been adapted. An overgrown island? Let's chop down all the trees! A school of fish? Excellent, let's send out a fishing boat and catch them all. I can't tell my drifters to catch, say, 10 of 20 fish; I can only manually intervene to prevent depletion if I'm paying attention, which doesn't always fit the very casual flow of the game. I interpret this as scooping up the surplus, for my own peace of mind - just assuming if they show me 20 fish, there are 100 they are not showing me. But resource abundance isn't exactly the theme of the game, so I am uncomfortable. Are there consequences for over-exploitation of resources? Apparently not! There's a bit about rebuilding civilisation in the intro that gave me the willies and I feel like various elements are coming together to make this potentially a very cute and pleasant game about how nice it would be to have the opportunity of repeating all our worst mistakes. Finally, the tone/register is inconsistent, which is just mildly irritating. 'Master baiter' really seems to come out of nowhere. On the other hand, some of the auto-generated town names are philologically speaking excellent. Something for everyone? I think the visual quirkiness is significantly more polished and works better than the verbal humour. The visual style is strong and can carry a lot; the English text could benefit from a re-work. Currently, it's a cute but casual base-building / resource management game with very pretty scenery and a theme I try not to think about too deeply. So I would like: increased difficulty, a more physics-based research tree, a bit more environmental realism, better adaptation of genre to theme. Experimental branch looks promising! Finally, I am a hypocrite, because a year or two ago I left a grumpy public comment somewhere saying 'insufficient content', and now that they've developed a really huge amount of content I'm saying 'pfft all this content is a distraction from the real issues!!'. The amount of work they've put in is staggering, and the game feels (in the nicest possible way) like the product of human labour, human processes. There's a lot to appreciate and I'd like to see where they go with it. On balance, for me right now it is still more a game to watch (with interest) than a game to play.