What makes an “automaton” game good? Never played one, not so much my cup of tea I don’t think, but curious how people into the genre know if it’s a good automaton or a bad automaton.
You don't know till you play it, but generally the puzzle solving and iteration is fun for me.
This one seems interesting that you can modify the shapes inside the building, but I would be worried that's the extent of the mechanic and that it would plateau quickly. Maybe not though, there can be a lot of depth in a simple mechanic. Won't know till I try it.
Have you tried Shapez 2? It has an excellent approach where you (can) combine micro and macro construction. Individual shapes are manipulated on gridded platforms and platforms can then be connected for large scale processing.
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u/MadeByTango 2d ago
What makes an “automaton” game good? Never played one, not so much my cup of tea I don’t think, but curious how people into the genre know if it’s a good automaton or a bad automaton.