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Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
Visual programs gather and craft supplies, while robots need fuel and the base needs heat. Automating production also has to account for what sustains the workforce.
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Tenebris: Terra Incognita
The developer describes insects strengthening and accelerating one another through chemical signals. More enemies can change the danger of each individual.
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Animaly Bar: NO HUMANITY!
You serve animal customers and identify disguised humans, but wrong decisions can cause financial loss and chaos. Shooting on suspicion is not advertised as cost-free.
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Post Office: Tidy Up!
Parcel labels identify their destination, but oversized parcels go to different racks. Wrong guesses have no punishment, while the shift report records first-try sorting and distance walked.
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King of Jade: Stone Tycoon
The developer offers selling a partly examined stone or cutting further. One October reviewer says processing was too profitable to make selling raw stones worthwhile, qualifying the advertised tradeoff.
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Anomaly Company
Each level starts stable before possible changes. One to four players compare observations through voice or text, then decide whether the timeline is safe or should be purged.
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The Loopler
Tracks have a limited number of gate slots, and the developer explicitly asks players to optimize their combo order. Choosing gates also means arranging their sequence.
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Shady job
The crew builds unstable bridges to carry a struggling bag up a skyscraper. Handling the bag roughly makes it more aggressive, and it can break structures or push workers off ledges.
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Effulgence RPG
Defeated enemies break into particles for a matter printer. Printing can happen during battle, putting equipment production inside the encounter rather than solely between fights.
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Ex Sanguis
Timeline Effects can accelerate, delay or swap positions in turn order. The advertised distinction puts the sequence of actions alongside battlefield position as something to change.
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Forsworn
Ultimate Charge comes from every move, including defending. A defensive action therefore contributes to a future Ultimate as well as addressing the immediate turn.
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Living on Plain Pasta
Choose two ingredients from three or four. The developer says the meal changes conversations and reactions, while rejecting a correct-recipe goal for these eight days together.
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