u/groato

We're making (well, mostly myself..) a factory automation game where you only have small robots that move constantly forward, like Lemmings or lemmings. (For you kids who don't know Lemmings, go look it up!) Your whole factory is made of them: they become the buildings, they do all the production tasks and research, and they replace conveyor belts as transporters of goods.

In addition to these non-standard construction mechanics, there is also a narrative twist. The more you research and the more the Botlings become independent and start behaving in erratic ways. Maybe at some point even rebelling...

Backstory

"A space ship carrying only an AI has crashed while searching for habitable planets. The AI spawns you - an advanced Botling with the acronym STEVE - to handle 100 botlings to create a new space ship to continue the search. Might be though, that plans change once the Botlings start learning to gain a bit more independence."

Links
Trailer on YT

Steam

Discord

Future plans

We'll be putting out a demo in a few weeks (hopefully by the end of the month!) and after that will also start playtesting. Hop on to our discord to get updates and join the playtest when it's time. I'll post each milestone to this thread and edit the main post here, but of course you can also see it on the Steam page (and gonna make announcements there too).

Our current timetable is to release on Early Access this summer, but let's see where we're at when we get there...base game is darn fun already, but we're still a few months away from getting the Botling awakening logic fine tuned to a level where players will enjoy it enough (and not just get frustrated).

Wishlists are much appreciated and so are comments to this thread, because this subreddit is awesome. We are still looking for ideas to complement the gameplay and have not locked the design completely (especially mid-late game) - if you want to make an impact on the game, I'm really eager to hear ideas from especially those who participate in the upcoming playtest and playing the demo.

Links
Trailer on YT

Steam

Discord

Description

Build and automate a factory using small robots that can only move forward. Route them through turners and splitters, make do research for you and have them mine and refine resources - and also have them carry all that stuff! But watch out, the more your factory develops, the more independence the little Botlings get and might just rebel...

A space ship carrying only an AI has crashed while searching for habitable planets. The AI spawns you - an advanced Botling with the acronym STEVE - to handle a 100 botlings to create a new space ship to continue the search. Might be though, that plans change once the Botlings start learning to gain a bit more independence.

Future plans

We'll be putting out a demo in a few weeks (hopefully by the end of the month!) and after that will start also playtesting. Hop on to our discord to get updates and join the playtest when it's time.

Our current timetable is to release on Early Access this summer, but let's see where we're at when we get there...base game is darn fun already, but we're still a few months away from getting the Botling awakening logic fine tuned to a level where players will enjoy it (and not just get frustrated).

Wishlists are much appreciated!