Hi there, our Unity game Planetbase is on Steam Greenlight. The game is being made by just 5 people; I’m the responsible of all the visuals (except for the UI), from the art direction to the asset creation.
I hope you like it, any vote or help to spread the project is more than welcome
I paste below the content of our Steam Greenlight page. Later on I’ll post more stuff on this same thread, as soon as I have a bit of time to set up some pictures of the models, etc.
In the meantime you can find more pictures from this project on our website
Planetbase is a strategy game where you guide a group of space settlers trying to establish an outpost in a remote planet.
In the game you play the role of the base architect and manager, telling your colonists where to build the structures they will need to survive. You will have to ensure that they have an constant supply of oxygen, food and water to stay alive.
You will get them to collect energy, extract water, mine metal, grow food, manufacture bots, and build a fully self-sufficient base.
Even if the game is not intended to be a simulator, all the mechanics are plausible, and based on what the expected challenges of establishing a colony in an new planet would be.
Three different planets with different conditions and increasing difficulty.
Harness solar and wind energy (if available) in order to power the base’s structures.
Grow hydroponic Vegetables and synthesize Vitromeat to feed your population.
Mine and produce raw resources, process them, manufacture goods, and establish a production chain.
Carefully manage the colonist immigration flow to ensure you have the people with the right skills.
Survive disasters like meteors, sandstorms or solar flares and defend your base from intruders.
Mechanize your base by manufacturing your own bots that will help with the more arduous tasks.
Grow your colony from a few initial pioneers to a vibrant planetbase with hundreds of colonists.
Madruga Works is a studio founded by Martiño Figueroa and Tucho Fernandez, two ex-EA and ex-Ubisoft veterans of the games industry, you can find more info about us at our website
The expected release date for the game is September 2015.
Thank you very much for your kind comments guys!!! I’m glad you like our project
@Testfor : Martiño y yo (los dos principales devs detrás del proyecto, Programador y grafista respectivamente) somos gallegos, luego tenemos también en el equipo a una italiana encargada de la UI, un ucraniano encargado de la música/sonido y un sueco encargado de la animación.
If anyone interested, Testfor asked me where is our team from and I replied that Martiño and me (the 2 main devs behind this project, programmer and artist respectively) are Galicians, but our team is also composed by an Italian as UI artist, an Ukrainian as composer/sound designer and a Swedish as animator.
Wow, the game looks cool and the art is seriously impressive. I yes-ed it. The second game I’ve yes-ed.
I’m not too sure about this. If you had to categorize the game what would you say? Sim City or Star Craft?
I remember playing a really cool space colony game a long, long time ago. I think it even was a MMO. I’ve never been able to remember the name of it since, sadly. In that game you colonized asteroids in space shaped like floating islands. And the main focus of the game was just growing you colony, mining etc.
I’ll keep an eye on this. No Twitter though? Not sure I’ll remember then.
Wow. Realy like it. Doesnt happen often im realy eager to play an game after just one teaser trailer. But yeah, that one of the few that made feel like i wanna play it right now. Well done!
Thank you very much guys, your comments encourage us to give our better with this game
I’ve just finished all the art for the character variations for the game: we have various ethnic and hairstyle versions of every character, which will make colonists more unique and relatable.
This is the last major piece of art left in the game, we are now in the process of finishing some minor things and we will be launching a closed beta very soon.
Anyway I’ll post here some more pictures of the existing art, as soon as I have some time to prepare the images.
We are finally ready to start the closed beta for Planetbase later this week. The plan is to stay in beta for about a month and then launch the game (so the estimated launch date is now mid October).
We will be giving away keys for the first 100 mails received, We expect some feedback and bug report if it is the case, and you will receive a copy of the final game when released.
If you are interested in participating please mail us to beta@madrugaworks.com, please include your system specs and also specify if you are fluent in any of: English, Spanish, French or German.
If you had to categorize the game what would you say? Sim City or Star Craft?