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Zap Colony⚡ is a strategy sim where you design and optimize a powered defense grid for a colony on an alien planet. Plan at your own pace, reroute on the fly, then scramble when the map zooms out and resources run thin. How long can you keep the colony safe?

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Zap Colony Demo is LIVE ⚡

6:07am

Hey everyone!

Zap Colony Demo is now live here on Steam and you can jump right in to defend your colony from the ever-growing numbers of Starclops!

If you’re new here: Zap Colony is a minimalist strategy game best described as “Mini Motorways meets Tower Defense” - a mix of route planning and resource management, all happening in a randomly growing, real-time colony defense simulation (with active pause).

This demo comes after a very helpful playtest period, and I’ve already implemented a lot of improvements based on your feedback, including:

tutorial / onboarding improvements
UI improvements
balance changes
streamer-friendly options (the game can now keep running, with audio, when it loses focus)

What’s included in the demo?

The demo currently includes:

Windows version only (for now)
2 playable maps and 3 unlockable Allies in Normal mode
English and Polish language support (more languages coming soon)

I still need your feedback (very much!)

Zap Colony is still in active development, and even though the playtests helped a lot, I still hope to get more feedback to improve the game before release. If you play the demo, I’d really appreciate it if you could share your thoughts on gameplay feel / balance, tutorial clarity, UI readability, any performance / bugs / weird issues.

When you exit the game, you’ll see a link to a short feedback survey. You can also post feedback in the comments here on Steam.

Please review the demo & wishlist the full game 🙏

If you enjoy the demo, please consider:

Leaving a review on the demo page (this helps a lot with visibility)
Wishlisting the full game (this is one of the best ways to support the project and let me know you are interested)

Also, if you follow any YouTubers or streamers who play games similar to Zap Colony (strategy, tower defense, cozy/indie strategy), feel free to mention the game to them or drop it in the comments when it fits. That kind of word-of-mouth support helps a lot, especially for a solo indie project. (Just please don’t spam - do it only if it feels relevant 🙂)

Thank you so much for playing and helping me shape the game!

Good luck Zapping Starclops in Zap Colony Demo! ❤️
Maciej from Sceptic Dog

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Open Playtest is LIVE!

6 Feb

Hey everyone!

The open playtest for Zap Colony⚡ is live right now and you can jump in immediately.

The playtest will run for about a week. After that I’ll be working on fixes and improvements, and then we’ll move into the public demo (in about two weeks if everything goes smoothly).

Goal of the playtest

This build is already pretty polished (and it’ll get even better), so the main goal is feedback on:

Does the game launch and run correctly on your setup?
Are the rules clear enough?
How does the onboarding / tutorial flow feel?
Does the difficulty and balance feel right over a full map?

Playtest limitations

Playtest is limited to two first maps in the normal mode, only 3 allies and achievements are disabled. So this is basically a beta to the demo that is coming soon. Also:

Currently supported languages: English and Polish only
Gamepad support is in progress and not fully finished yet

How to submit feedback?

Feedback Survey - When you exit the game, you’ll get a link to a short survey — if you can take a minute to fill it out, it helps me a lot.
Bugs / issues - If anything breaks (crashes, performance issues, weird behavior), please post details in the comments here on Steam: your specs + what happened + when.
You can also email me at: feedback (at) scepticdog (dot) com.

Thank you for playing — and have fun zapping Starclops! ⚡

Maciej from Sceptic Dog

(And if you enjoy it, consider wishlisting the game — it really helps!)

https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/app/3440510/Zap_Colony/

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Devlog #2: Meet the Zap Colony Galactic Crowd

2 Sep, 2025

Zap Colony development is progressing nicely and I've been working lately on game UI, menus and controls. I also decided that since the game progression focuses on getting high scores and climbing the galactic leaderboards, I want the top-tens to be populated with some interesting characters that will bring some life and character to the Zap Colony universe.

After some doodling in Adobe Illustrator, below you can see a first batch of characters I came up with.

As you can see, Zap Colony galaxy is a diverse and quirky place ;)

I plan to use the characters in several ways - as unlocks you can collect, a way to personalize your profile avatar, and most importantly as your rivals on the Galactic Leaderboards you must climb to unlock next levels in the game's progression.

https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/app/3440510/Zap_Colony/

As always, take care and thanks for your time!
Maciej from Sceptic Dog

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