Title: Port of the week: shapez.io - a libre factory gaming | |
Author: Solène | |
Date: 26 February 2021 | |
Tags: openbsd openbsd70 gaming portoftheweek | |
Description: | |
# Introduction | |
I would like to introduce you to a very nice game I discovered a few | |
months ago, its name is Shapez.io and is a "factory" game, a genre | |
popularized by the famous game Factorio. In this game you will have to | |
extract shapes and colors and rework the shapez, mix colors and mix the | |
whole thing together to produce wanted pieces. | |
# The game | |
The gameplay is very cool, the early game is an introduction to the | |
game mechanics, you can extract shapes, cut them rotate pieces, merge | |
conveys belts into one, paint shapes etc... and logic circuits! | |
In those games, you will have to learn how to make efficient factories | |
and mostly "tile-able" installations. A tile-able setup means that if | |
you copy a setup and paste it next to it, it will be bigger and | |
functional, meaning you can extend it to infinity (except that the | |
input conveyors will starve at some point). | |
It can be quite addictive to improve your setups over and over. This | |
game is non violent and doesn't require any reflex but you need to | |
think. You can't loose, it's between a puzzle and a management game. | |
Compact tile-able painting setup (may spoil if you want to learn yourself) | |
# Where to get it | |
On OpenBSD since version 6.9 (not released yet when I publish this) you | |
can install the package shapezio and find a launcher in your desktop | |
environment Game menu. | |
I also compiled a web version that you can play in your web browser (I | |
discourage using Firefox due to performance..) without installing it, | |
it's legal because the game is open source :) | |
Play shapez.io in the web browser | |
The game is also sold on Steam, pre-compiled and ready to run, if you | |
prefer it, it's also a nice way to support the developer. | |
shapez.io on Steam | |
# More content | |
Official website | |
Youtube video of "Real civil engineer" explaining the game |