Volantia

i didnt realize this game was out until a few days ago its a fun little kingdom builder, cute graphics, not super deep but its good material for listening to music or podcasts and zoning out. only really have like three things i wish this game has that it doesnt: 1) half speed setting. normal speed can be a bit fast for me when im stoned out lmao 2) some kind of infinite survival mode 3) this is definitely the most frivolous thing, but i wish there was an option to play it with a night-time palette. im up nights and its kinda bright to look at in the evening (also i just have a weakness for night aesthetics lmao) dont pass this up imo unless youve already got your fill of citybuilding and/or chill-out games

Volantia is a neat hexagonal city builder in the sky with some interesting twists. The focus is on resource management but to build an efficient empire, you’ll have to use your Tetris skills to fit islands onto your map. The islands and your map are made up of hexagonal tiles so you can take some care to rotate the island and fit the edges neatly. Or if your options are few, you might necessarily leave some gaps in between. All of this affects your roads and how optimized the paths can get between destinations for harvesting resources. What’s nice about Volantia is how zen-like it can be. The understated ambient music and the pleasant clicks and pings make for a perfect pre-bedtime soundscape. Similarly, you can take the game at your own pace with little pressure. My only gripe would be the click-centric (or touch-centric) interface. I would have preferred if there were more hotkeys, especially for common actions. [quote]Courtesy of [url=http://store.steampowered.com/curator/32143389/]Notable Releases[/url] curator group Alternate Versions: [url=https://youtu.be/obwBqwGEXRM?t=2m49s]VIDEO[/url] || [url=http://notablereleases.com/post/indie-weekly-2018w18/#8-volantia)]SITE[/url][/quote]

Fun little game, for what it is - short and relaxing mix of puzzle and strategy. It covers all of the bases - research, resource management and time management (speed up and slow - although funnily enough pause doesn't actually stop time entirely, it only slows it down to a crawl). It has pleasant graphics and music. I have one minor gripe with Volantia, however: I fail to see the point of the later buildings. Curators may work faster, but in practice in my game I hardly needed them. The last research building comes so late and with such steep requirements that I finished the research anyway well before it became operational. I skipped the performance-enhancing buildings because the level of micromanagement of the space needed to fit them in - while also juggling roads, holes between my tiles, and everything else - felt like too much effort for a reward I did not feel a need for. I dumped matter into instant island discovery instead. None of that prevented me from completing the game or having fun. It just felt a bit odd. TL, DR: fun little relaxing game. If you don't plan on replaying it, might be best to wait for a sale.

这个岛屿地形是要逼死强迫症吗……？ 美术还行，也还算能玩， 不过既没有成就，内容也不丰富， 如果不打半折不建议入手咯。

I got this game on Humble Bundle back in the day, I'm disappointed that a non DMR copy no longer seems to exist But for some reason this version is...broken? I can only get to the first 3 of the 7 pillar things you need to activate to stablize the islands. No matter what I try I can't get the other 4 to spawn in the game. Waste of money.

It's very clear the devs gave up on this game towards the end of development, things just sort of run out and your left with no need to do anything, there's no end game and the only resource that you're left needing is fruit for food and dust. There's not even a way to clear undesirable tiles to optimise your layout if you wanted to end your game with a pretty self-sufficient town.

I enjoyed it, it's a simple game but really fun. Played for longer than the 5 hours as I played it from Humble Bundle's vault before buying on Steam because I wanted it in my library :)

Niedliches kleines Strategie/Puzzle-Spiel... absolut was für ´nen gechillten Abend, auch wenn bei knappen Ressourchen, oder wenn der Timer droht abzulaufen natürlich "Alarm" angesagt ist. Ne Menge Ressourcen, die zueinander transportiert und gegenseitig ausbalaciert werden müssen. Dazu noch der "Twist", dass alle paar Minuten neue Land-Puzzlestücke zur Verfügung stehen, mit denen wir zwingend unser GEbiet erweitern müssen. Ich hatte auf jeden Fall meinen Spaß... wer möchte, den lad´ ich herzlich auf meinen Kanal ein um sich das Ganze mal "in Action" anzuschauen. Vielen Dank auch an Tangled Mess Games die mir den Key für meinen kleinen Kanal zur Verfügung gestellt haben. https://youtu.be/ZGZoBKaKuMw Grüßle Funghi

It's so cute! And the design is surprisingly good - it will teach you a lot about hauling efficiency and pacing.