Highly recommended, I bought it the moment the lovely Discord staff said it was up on Steam for sale.

Keeping in mind, this is an Early Access game, so some features will be inevitably changed, but so far, the game is so reminiscent of Factorio. Within the two hours of me playing this game, it had me do some quests that get you a little taste of the game.

Fair Warning, this game is buggy. It just got released a few hours ago. Have some faith you people.
I personally have beef with that delayed crafting bug.

Cat scientist on Mars, just waiting for a human who has a universal unifying theory on cat and their consumption patterns, which could easily be used by reviving an old factory on Mars. (Correct me if I am wrong on the take of the story)
I love this quirky story.
Also, cats who are willing to move up and out, through a portal to Mars (with money presumably stolen from their masters (although to be fair, they were offered those, since we're all just slave to our Cat Overlords) , and then buy at a shop for the goods they want. I have never been so wanting to approach a niche game quite like this.
My cat doesn't even want to move or budge from its spot, unless for food. So this is refreshing for me as a pet owner. >_>

It is as repetitive and gets quite boring while as is, but if you prefer watching our Cat Overlords buy their things, then you're set for life.
Although, I do not find it boring while finding out cost-efficient ways to get resources and process those through the most optimized means possible. It speaks volumes to that degree in Economics that I have. I even encountered regression here, which I don't want to open another can of worms, tyvm.
I do like this kind of gameplay, reminds me of idlers that let me play while I do actual life stuff, but I get to learn a little about machine learning as a bonus for playing this game.

I always separate ratings for the tutorial and gameplay since the tutorial sets the tone of the game and the pace of it.
So far, it won't get you anywhere that much, just research, resource generation, resource processing, and setting up shop.
As for the rest, you will have to do guess work and leg work to keep things running.
That means, the tutorial is still in the process of changing and rewriting.
But still, a solid effort for an Early Access game tutorial. There's a room for improvement.

Placeholder? Nah, I will talk about it, and I must say, it works on my potato laptop, that means I can watch cats buy stuff anywhere I want.
It doesn't use up a big chunk of RAM on my laptop (forgive my old laptop, I need a desktop but I have no funds for a big purchase of one, and I have no VRAM on this thing) .
A neat game about programming and AI stuff (just like WTL, that I also play a lot) and my potato laptop won't suffer because of it? Sign meeeee up!

I have no comment on this, if I can be honest. I muted everything since I can't ever focus on a game with music (serene or not) blasting through my ears. But... let's just give that a thumbs up too, while we're at it.
(For those statistics nerds, YES. I KNOW IT WILL HAVE A BIAS. AND NO, I DO NOT CARE! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!)

It's a really educational game that is fun to play when you'd know what to do. With that said, they do provide some informational materials to keep you informed, entertained, and glued to the game.
Other than that, if you keep in mind that the game is inevitable to patches and changes, this is a REALLY great game to learn machine learning and snag a few optimization techniques in the process (quite handy in factory-esque games).



*Skeptical since it's Early Access, hoping they won't intensify the system requirement for this game.
**Biased since I didn't unmute at any part of the game.
***Biased inherited from existing bias in a variable.

Highly recommended, I bought it the moment the lovely Discord staff said it was up on Steam for sale. Keeping in mind, this is an Early Access game, so some features will be inevitably changed, but so far, the game is so reminiscent of Factorio. Within the two hours of me playing this game, it had me do some quests that get you a little taste of the game. [b] Fair Warning, this game is buggy. It just got released a few hours ago. [/b] Have some faith you people. I personally have beef with that delayed crafting bug. [h1] Story [/h1] Cat scientist on Mars, just waiting for a human who has a universal unifying theory on cat and their consumption patterns, which could easily be used by reviving an old factory on Mars. (Correct me if I am wrong on the take of the story) I love this quirky story. Also, cats who are willing to move up and out, through a portal to Mars [spoiler] (with money presumably stolen from their masters (although to be fair, they were offered those, since we're all just slave to our Cat Overlords) [/spoiler] , and then buy at a shop for the goods they want. I have never been so wanting to approach a niche game quite like this. My cat doesn't even want to move or budge from its spot, unless for food. So this is refreshing for me as a pet owner. >_> [h1] Gameplay [/h1] It is as repetitive and gets quite boring while as is, but if you prefer watching our [spoiler] Cat Overlords [/spoiler] buy their things, then you're set for life. Although, I do not find it boring while finding out cost-efficient ways to get resources and process those through the most optimized means possible. It speaks volumes to that degree in Economics that I have. I even encountered regression here, which I don't want to open another can of worms, tyvm. I do like this kind of gameplay, reminds me of idlers that let me play while I do actual life stuff, but I get to learn a little about machine learning as a bonus for playing this game. [h1] Tutorial (or lack thereof memorable one, somehow) [/h1] I always separate ratings for the tutorial and gameplay since the tutorial sets the tone of the game and the pace of it. So far, it won't get you anywhere that much, just research, resource generation, resource processing, and setting up shop. As for the rest, you will have to do guess work and leg work to keep things running. That means, the tutorial is still in the process of changing and rewriting. But still, a solid effort for an Early Access game tutorial. There's a room for improvement. [h1] Graphics/Performance [/h1] Placeholder? Nah, I will talk about it, and I must say, it works on my potato laptop, that means I can watch cats buy stuff anywhere I want. It doesn't use up a big chunk of RAM on my laptop [spoiler] (forgive my old laptop, I need a desktop but I have no funds for a big purchase of one, and I have no VRAM on this thing) [/spoiler] . A neat game about programming and AI stuff (just like WTL, that I also play a lot) and my potato laptop won't suffer because of it? Sign meeeee up! [h1] Music [/h1] I have no comment on this, if I can be honest. I muted everything since I can't ever focus on a game with music (serene or not) blasting through my ears. But... let's just give that a thumbs up too, while we're at it. [spoiler] (For those statistics nerds, YES. I KNOW IT WILL HAVE A BIAS. AND NO, I DO NOT CARE! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!) [/spoiler] [h1] Afterthoughts [/h1] It's a really educational game that is fun to play when you'd know what to do. With that said, they do provide some informational materials to keep you informed, entertained, and glued to the game. Other than that, if you keep in mind that the game is inevitable to patches and changes, this is a REALLY great game to learn machine learning and snag a few optimization techniques in the process (quite handy in factory-esque games). [h1] LASTLY, for those who are statistical nuts out there [/h1] [table] [tr] [th]Aspect[/th] [th]Score (out of 5)[/th] [/tr] [tr] [td]Story[/td] [td]5[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Gameplay[/td] [td]4[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Tutorial[/td] [td]3[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Performance[/td] [td]4.5*[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Music[/td] [td]5**[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Average[/td] [td]4.3***[/td] [/tr] [/table] *Skeptical since it's Early Access, hoping they won't intensify the system requirement for this game. **Biased since I didn't unmute at any part of the game. ***Biased inherited from existing bias in a variable.