Pistonica
Kenmerken
Dit is een early access-game
Early access-games zijn nog in ontwikkeling en kunnen in de loop van de tijd aanzienlijk veranderen. Daardoor kun je tijdens het gamen onverwachte problemen tegenkomen of geheel nieuwe gameplay-elementen ervaren.Je kunt nu spelen om de game te ervaren terwijl deze wordt ontwikkeld of wachten tot het een completere ervaring biedt.You, an ace pilot and brilliant engineer, are recruited to investigate a mysterious radio signal.
Build Your Factory
Make use of the island’s resources to build machines and tools. To power them, you need steam. At your disposal you have heaters, boilers, and steam engines. Plan for the perfect factory or lean into conveyor belt chaos.
Automate Production
Automate the process by creating clever production lines that gather, sort and refine resources. Make use of conveyor belts and airships to transport your materials. Unlock new technology and optimize your production line for better flow.
Construct the impossible
Decode mysterious radio signals and find a way to contact the source. Build an advanced transmitter in multiple stages. Each stage requires new tech, rarer materials, and more power.
Explore the Island
Exploration is key to your mission. Discovering new resources, identifying vantage points, and finding the perfect spot for your factory. Different areas offer different mineral yields, so finding the richest deposits can make all the difference to your production. Traverse different biomes – each one offers its own challenges, rewards, and resources to discover.
Trading
Produce valuable goods - from timber to quirky local oddities - export them for profit and import critical components. Trade with the world and seize new opportunities to keep your mission moving forward.
Key features
Pure Steam & Mechanical Power: No electrical grids—pump seawater, burn fuel, and pressurize closed-loop steam networks to drive your machinery.
Dirty Deposits & Sorting Logistics: Extract tangled multi-resource veins and engineer smart filtration systems to eliminate waste bottlenecks before production stalls.
Ballistic Logistics – Throwers & Airships: Skip miles of rail—harness steam trebuchets to launch cargo carts across chasms and deploy miniature dirigibles for versatile transit.
Global Trade & Island Economy: Turn surplus waste into wealth by exporting goods via the Trading Post to import critical resources and components.
1920s Untamed Island Frontier: Master a lush, sun-drenched tropical wilderness from a first-person perspective as an ace pilot and visionary engineer.
Lucid Progression & Tech Tree: Enjoy deep theory crafting without spreadsheet headaches through a clean, non-linear progression path and kinetic tools.
Decode Strange Signals: Receive transmissions via your custom-built lab and decipher them using classic punch card technology.
Humor Meets Serious Gameplay: A solid core of resource management and crafting wrapped in a warm, witty, retro tone.