Scorchlands
- Release date: Feb 7 2023 2023
- Developer: Ringlab
- Genre: Indie , Simulation , Strategy
update details
Scorchlands takes players to an alien volcanic moon where science meets magic. She is a satellite of a planet called Helia. There are many different resources on it. However, their extraction is complicated by the monsters that roam its surface. The game's setting mixes fantasy and science fiction. The title itself is a colony management simulator, a city planning sim and a sandbox. Due to the hexagonal map with the fog of war, the video game looks like a turn-based strategy. But in fact, everything happens in real time. Moreover, the user performs all actions not directly, but through the character.
In Scorchlands you need to control a humanoid rooster named Patrick. The hero can run in different directions, build and clean buildings, extract resources, fight with opponents (the combat here is minimalistic), and so on. When placing buildings, location plays an important role. The performance of the building depends on what kind of objects are located in the neighborhood. There is the ability to terraform the landscape and even change biomes. Locations, by the way, are generated randomly. Here you also need to establish different colonies and connect them with lasers. With their help, you can move minerals, think through logistics and organize production chains. In addition, here you can study new technologies.