Hexoplanet
Release Date: cancelled
Strategy, science fiction, economic, robots, indie games, singleplayer
Real-time economic strategy telling the story of self-aware robots colonising a new planet for humans. Hexoplanet features an unusual, hexagonal style and the game was developed by one person.
Hexoplanet is an economic strategy game about cute robots preparing a new planet for human colonisation. The game was developed by an independent developer from Germany, Max Gittel, who started creating it as a hobby and eventually developed the project into a commercial product.
Plot
As with most economic strategies, the story does not play the most important role in Hexoplanet. All we know is that robots were sent to a new planet by humans to make it habitable. More recently, they have gained self-awareness, intended to do their job better. In the long run, however, they develop the ability to question certain facts, such as being someone else's property with no freedom.
Mechanics
The gameplay model in Hexoplanet brings to mind the one known at least from Factorio. Observing the available terrain from above, we travel through it with robots in real time, gathering resources and choosing where to place the next buildings of our base. To continually increase the efficiency of the infrastructure, we construct special machines and factories. These increase the number of our robots or create products needed for human survival in these conditions. Completing construction or recruitment requires a certain amount of time and robots, so we must carefully plan each next step - otherwise our development will stop due to lack of available resources or machines.
There are also ways to increase the efficiency of buildings and robots. Regardless of the ongoing manufacturing, we can organize special research and develop new schemes, giving access to the creation of completely new objects. While managing the base, we should follow one rule: our actions must contribute to the continuous increase of the machines' efficiency and to make the planet habitable.
The available area has been divided into several biomes (forest, desert, snow, etc.). Each stands out both stylistically, as well as by the type and amount of available resources or the possibility to build special buildings, such as mines or shipyards.
Technical aspects
Hexoplanet stands out with its very colourful graphic design and an unusual trick consisting in giving many objects a hexagonal shape. Attention is also drawn to elaborate atmospheric and lighting effects.
Videos and Screens
[2:17] Hexoplanet trailer #1
Hexoplanet Summary
Platforms:
PC / Windows
Developer: Sirnic Interactive
Publisher: Sirnic Interactive
Age restrictions: none
One Man's Strategy Game Hexoplanet Announced
A lovely economic strategy game about robots colonizing a new planet, Hexoplanet, has been announced. The game is being developed by only one person and is due out next year.
video games
Hubert Sledziewski
July 31, 2021