Autonauts is an original idea of the former DMA Design (Grand Theft Auto, Lemmings) creative director Gary Penn and offers players the ability to explore the universe and colonize procedurally generated planets, using the help of fully programmable AI assistants.
Fresh out of your spaceship, you must harvest sticks and stones to begin your colonization efforts. Create rudimentary crafting items from blueprints and build dozens of worker robots to optimize your economy as you progress through multiple eras of technology.
Coding AI is simply a case of players showing their worker robots what they would like them to do step by step – be it cooking, farming, mining, construction or any other something your ingenious imagination can come up with. As long as worker bots have enough memory to store the routine, they will diligently fulfill their role until it is completed or they run out of power – requiring only a quick liquidation by the player or other robots to get back online.
Essentially, players code the AI to do their bidding using a powerful yet easy-to-learn visual programming language, with hundreds of different building options to unlock.
Athe utonauts combines the best of the farming, simulation, crafting and production line genres and has been designed to suit all skill levels and ages of players with a charming tutorial, in-depth campaign and several creative modes where players are free to express themselves as they see fit.
Denki and Curve Digital have launched the first of six free content updates for their popular colony management and robot automation game, Autonautsas well as a new infographic detailing new features launching for the game by April 2020.
Curve Games and Denki announced that Autonauts is coming to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, XS and Nintendo Switch on June 14, 2022.
The Autonauts The console version is an all-new gaming experience, providing fans with an advanced tutorial and structure that allows them to hone their coding skills faster and more efficiently. Easily code mechanical aids by showing them what to do step by step, be it cooking, farming, mining, construction and much more; then sit back and watch your automation anthill perform its duties.
Main characteristics:
- Playful programming: Teach your worker robots the steps required to complete tasks by asking them to repeat actions using a visual programming language. Designed to be easy to learn, but with added complexity, there are many possibilities.
- Automated automation: Build an army of robots to automate just about everything in your colony, teach them what to do and expand both their brains and task possibilities with lots of upgrades and options.
- charming creativity: The world of Autonauts comes to life with a low-poly art style married to a consistent, bright color palette that adds depth and scale, creating a relaxing and engaging play space.
- Play your way: In Autonauts you can choose to play through Campaign Mode which features all game elements and guides players to the “endgame” via specific objectives, Free Mode where all structures are unlocked immediately, and Creative Mode where players have unlimited resources to create the settlement of their dreams.
- Share your world and your automations: Each world created in Autonauts has its own seed which can be shared with other players. Moreover, all robot routines can also be output in jpeg format with one click, so you can freely share them with your peers. Don’t just admire your automations, share them with the world!
- Miscellaneous companies: From gathering to building, cooking, fishing, sewing, farming, herding and more, the world of the Autonauts is vast and offers unlimited possibilities for automation and colonization.
Currently available on PC (Steam), Athe utonauts is coming to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, XS and Nintendo Switch on June 14, 2022.
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