IDLE_DIRECTIVE

I will caveat this heavily by saying I think the game is fun enough for long enough to justify the price. But having gone and completed the game and gotten all the achievements, you can see almost everything this game has to offer before the first prestige. The various prestige upgrade mostly just let you do the same thing all over again a bit faster and a bit easier. And for advice to the Developer: QoL things that were incredibly painful not to have: Ability to reserve Material Cases so they will only store a specific upgrade material. Such a pain having to go through and micro-manage which resources are in which container. Also a common source of deadlocking when left on auto-explore / auto-craft. Some kind of warehouse to store old/upgraded components which I've put a lot of rare resources into so don't want to just trash/recycle them), but I also don't have space in my inventory for right now. Ability to Save/Restore a Ship Layout. Or even just store an image of it. I love experimenting with layouts. But it's very easy to experiment with a new setup, decide it doesn't quite work, but then struggle to recreate what you already had setup before. And oh my god upgrading. So much clicking. Select an object. Select an upgrade amount. Upgrade to a multiple of 5. Select a new upgrade amount. Upgrade some more. Deselect the object. Repeat 30 times for different components. The upgrades screen makes this slightly better but not by much. There really needs to be an "upgrade all components of this type to [level]" button. And then on the gameplay: There really needs to be more progression. "Same thing but slightly faster/easier" gets old very quickly. Exponential upgrade costs for linear power boosts also feels very limiting. The rewards from exploring very quickly tail off. After your first battlefield you've probably found every piece of equipment there is to find (and the few things left in labs, the crafter, the traders etc) aren't massively game-changing. I love this kind of game, and I had an alright-enough time with it. But it could be so much better. And I hope it will be.

Not going to lie. This is the best incremental game I've played in a long time. It might not look amazing at first but it is an exploration game where you are a robot trying to follow the directive to repair terminals. Explore locations get more and more power, metal and resources. You are the factory and the factory must grow exponentially.

This may genuinely be the best idle/incremental of the year. Astoundingly good.

Not going to lie, I don't find it very idle :p more like a resource/inventory management borrowing the looks of an idle game. But don't get me wrong, it's good. For the people who find the game boring when you unlock movement, do notice that waypoints contain obscene amounts of biomass and metal compared to just scavenging.

It feels like an idle game slam game. Everything interesting unlocks within an hour. Then you run around grinding resources for a prestige mechanic to automate the same processes. Theres nothing to strive for, no carrot and stick.

I really enjoy it. It's a fun concept, executed well. I wouldn't mind if there was a bit more build diversity to some of the items, or even alternate uses for some of them. The meta progression through ascension is 'ok' it doesn't quite go as far as I'd like, but not every incremental game needs to go on forever, which is understandable. Overall for $5 or less, it's a solid incremental experience.

This is a great game. Lot's of play time for those of you that want to play a game that is longer than a few hours. Really scratches that idle itch.