An automation roguelite where single-use JunkDroids turn out to be surprisingly useful: automate production network, rebuild a broken world piece by piece, and stop the Goofy Goo before it consumes everything. Play solo or in coop.
We're the studio behind while True: learn(), Craftomation 101, and Learning Factory. As you can see, we already have several automation games and then we thought — why not make an automation roguelike with co-op? With a map that you assemble piece by piece?
We didn’t arrive at this unusual genre mashup overnight. Below, you can see how long and hard we worked, running thousands of playtests, to figure out automation in the game.
The thing is, our art style didn’t come together instantly either — at first we made an in-game shop (which doesn’t even exist in the current version anymore) in SIX DIFFERENT STYLES before we finally found the one we loved.
The upside? Our very first playable prototype is now publicly available — in all six styles! If you work with the Defold engine, check out our SuperWEIRD gamekit. Feel free to grab it and use it however you want. Good luck and have fun!
SuperWEIRD is being developed in partnership with Carina Initiatives, a philanthropic fund working to send more kids from more communities to the frontiers of science and technology. They see math as fundamental to future innovation; as such, they fund and support organizations that work to inspire, unearth, and train math talent.
They see math as fundamental to future innovation; as such, they fund and support organizations that work to inspire, unearth, and train math talent.
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Yes, we are designing the game to be compatible with Chromebooks from day one. This means you can use it in class.
Yes, it is very likely possible, since the educator’s device acts as the server. The game does not rely on a central server outside of the school network.
No, all data is stored only on the devices where the game is being played. If an educator is hosting a world for students, all the data is stored solely on the educator’s device.
We are targeting the NGSS MS ETS-1 Engineering Design standards. However, please wait for the official announcement of the educational content pack for confirmation.
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