Goonhub
02-04-2018, 04:49 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-04-2018, 04:49 AM by Technature. Edited 1 time in total.)
You ever play Minecraft and thought "Shit man.........I wish the environment was a little more realistic. A whole ecosystem of animals, potentially limited resources, and a big disaster that requires people working together to stop it"? That's a strangely specific set of things to think about a block building game, I hear you ask.
Introducing ECO, a game with everything I just mentioned.
![[Image: eco1.jpg]](https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/images/16/sep/eco1.jpg)
In ECO, a crazy natural disaster is going to happen in thirty days real time (I think the only thing right now is a meteor but global warming and stuff is apparently going to be a thing too? Maybe some other stuff?). It's up to you and your fellow players to reach a high enough technological level to stop it. You have to use the resources in your environment to build your settlement, learn skills to help the overall effort, and eventually repel the impending doom.
However, your resources are not infinite. Your planet doesn't go on forever (if you go in one direction, you be right back where you started eventually). You cut down every tree, no more wood. Hunt an animal too much and it can go extinct, permanently affecting the environment.
![[Image: Eco-5.5-Title-Shot-707x328.png]](http://www.strangeloopgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Eco-5.5-Title-Shot-707x328.png)
To assist your town, everyone can create and vote on laws, using data provided by the game. Lower the amount of Bison people can hunt, protect species of animals, prevent the cutting of nearly extinct trees. Of course, such laws can affect the livelihood of some people, and they don't necessarily have to follow them, though that in itself carries risk.
The game itself isn't actually on steam yet , but it will be on Tuesday if you're interested. Alternatively, you can buy it directly off the website.
![[Image: dodgy_comet-1024x704.jpg]](http://www.strangeloopgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dodgy_comet-1024x704.jpg)
Introducing ECO, a game with everything I just mentioned.
In ECO, a crazy natural disaster is going to happen in thirty days real time (I think the only thing right now is a meteor but global warming and stuff is apparently going to be a thing too? Maybe some other stuff?). It's up to you and your fellow players to reach a high enough technological level to stop it. You have to use the resources in your environment to build your settlement, learn skills to help the overall effort, and eventually repel the impending doom.
However, your resources are not infinite. Your planet doesn't go on forever (if you go in one direction, you be right back where you started eventually). You cut down every tree, no more wood. Hunt an animal too much and it can go extinct, permanently affecting the environment.
To assist your town, everyone can create and vote on laws, using data provided by the game. Lower the amount of Bison people can hunt, protect species of animals, prevent the cutting of nearly extinct trees. Of course, such laws can affect the livelihood of some people, and they don't necessarily have to follow them, though that in itself carries risk.
The game itself isn't actually on steam yet , but it will be on Tuesday if you're interested. Alternatively, you can buy it directly off the website.