Amberspire

A thinky, beautiful and surprisingly relaxing city builder.

Great art, unique setting, a fun twist on a city building with the dice mechanics.

back in the flash games days I used to play a “game” in the web browser that was a simulation of cell life, there wasn’t any real way to win, but it was interesting to see the patterns that a few simple rules could create. This is kind of like that except an actual game thats fun to play with the aesthetic sensibility of the coolest zine you got from the small press fair. This is not what I would call I high-stakes game, but not every game needs to be and damn if it doesn’t scratch that old minesweeper-in-another-window itch. A Good Game!

Solid game, good ambience. Takes a few minutes to get used to, very picky about spacing and relative location compared to other city-builders. Some factions are stronger than others, this is I think an interesting choice. Some parts of it are a little obtuse - the popup textbox describing building functions often covers up the linking lines, it would be helpful to have a "construction inputs" view, a "production inputs" view, and maybe an additional view that unifies them. But then again maybe this friction is an intended part of the game - encountered this several times where I'd plan the building, realize I had no way to supply building supplies, relocate it, realize I had no way to supply it once it was done building... Fog is also a bit annoying to deal with, the spawned blobs are very big and force you to develop redundancy. Overall a very neat game, excellent art style and direction, a good size without getting too lost in the sauce.

Game is a pitiful and far too easy experience with far too little depth compared to their previous game. How did their design fall so far?

Truly floored by this game. I was struggling with over 150 weather dice. But I stuck through it never giving up. My city hit its golden age and I was so dang happy

A very cool and enticing city builder that reveals itself slowly as your best guesses for growth start showing it's strain and an encroaching dread of downfall gets closer and closer with every storm. I love the vibe and the loop is very easy to pick up and understand that you are definitely screwing it up but could eventually maybe get better. Having a lot of fun with it!