Star Birds

The logistics part of the game gets way too annoying to deal with very quickly. Buildings with two inputs are almost unscalable because pipes cannot cross, paired with the tiny planets (and a camera that constantly fights you while you're trying to squeeze as many buildings into as little space as possible) it just makes for a challenge that's much more annoying than it is engaging. Buildings don't seem to show any info as to how much output/input they can have and keeping track of everything on your own through the spaghetti noodle piping that the game requires you to build is near impossible.

I don't normally like factory games. But this one caught my eye. Mainly beacuse it was made by Kurtsgezat. I might buy more soon because me not liking them stems from them either being 10 gorrilian euros or looking too complex for my brain which can only hold about 10 thoughts and memories at a time.

My 7-year-old son and I started playing this game after being a fan of the YouTube channel for years. It really captures the look and feel of the channel and is full of beautiful graphics and animations. The resource management game is pretty solid so far and my son likes the little gold collection minigame mechanic you can do while waiting for resources to accumulate. There's a good amount of story in the early game and we're excited to see how it develops!

It's OK so far! I will keep playing to explore this game more. But, coming from someone who played through Factorio, Mindustry and Dyson Sphere Program, this can benefit from a few QoL upgrades for a smooth factory game in my preference. It should be easier to replay a level if chasing individual level scores is part of the intended game plan - right now you basically have to quit and restart the game from the main menu to get back into level selection in a comfortable way. When replayed, specifically in regards to timed achievements, the narration should be skipped or skippable on a re-play. I feel a slight frustration not knowing if the menu time is being added to my speed run attempt. Besides, i low key feel the intent of this game is to be a "cozy" factory game, and at the same time, completing level 1 in 3.5 minutes requires quite a lot perfection in clicking away menus and dragging pipes to accomplish (i really tried and was a whooping 30 seconds late on speed on the very first level's achievement). I don't think it inspires "replayability" to have to go back with potential late game upgrades to solve the first level in a certain way for an achievement. I prefer alternative achievements for levels etc to be accomplishable when you actually are there. Besides, the game yet doesnt explain these requirements fully either. example "Reach highscore 20 on level X". How? What gives high score? The game doesn't really tell me. Simply put, the game should perhaps take a different direction into side-objectives if this is a desired aspect of the game. Good spontaneous inspiration for level replayability I appreciate can be found in Denshattack (side objectives) or in Thronefall (with selectable perks and difficulty modifiers that the player must use minimum combinations of to reach full score on a level) The pipe hubs should be an early addition, and not something introduced at the end of level 3, in my opinion. Also, maybe i didnt get there yet, but it's quite bothersome that the launch pads does not send rockets to separate astroids based on the rocket's contents. If i run 3 different materials into a launch pads, all 3 will inescapably be delivered to the connected landing pad, and not just the one resource i mapped for delivery. Maybe it's an intended game rule, but its not very .. fun. The graphical aestethics is really pretty, but its also almost a bit too stencilized, making a lot of the small details (that you actually need to keep track of whats going on) hard to see. Many resources look quite similar, and there are very limited information on what is what. you basically need to learn the icons by heart or get hung up regularly on having to circle back to remember what materials an icon meant. All this aside, the basics for an accessible factory game is there. It plays similar to a simpler version of Dyson Sphere Program. With my feedback above, i think it could really get there for me.

It does not sync the save games, I can't play between my handheld and my PC... that's the only reason I'm not playing anymore, it really sucks. Can you please fix it? How annoying

My layouts are suboptimal and my brain is too small but the animations are pretty and the birds bring me whimsy are joy

If your a fan you know why your here.