Gaslamp Games, makers of the critically acclaimed Dungeons of Dredmor, are pleased to announce that their incredibly strange and wonderful catastrophe simulator Clockwork Empires will be arriving on Steam Early Access, via zeppelin, on August 15th for $29.99.
Packed with the Most Wonderous Advancements in Sciences and Explorations, Clockwork Empires transports players into an alternate bygone dystopia where players are tasked with managing an ever-growing (and ultimately doomed) Steampunk-laden colony, filled with diverse and sometimes secretive colonists whose ambitions, greed and foppishness know no bounds.
Clockwork Empires debuted to rave previews last spring with critics praising its ambitious and clever gameplay design. Junior Bureaucrats (Colonial Grade) looking to achieve greatness in Earliest Access are able to purchase directly from Gaslamp Games today (http://www.clockworkempires.com/). Seek out fame and promotion, build magnificent factories and Delightful Structures, scientific laboratories, lavishly decorated houses, farms, pubs and more all in the name of the Empire. But be careful – every character in your society has their own personality, motivation, and (sometimes deadly) secrets.
Clockwork Empires encourages players to link together the mighty gears of ominous colonial megaprojects either via singleplayer, a multiplayer mode with up to four players, or via a ’round robin’ successive multiplayer saved-game file option. The Early Access version of the game will be updated monthly so that players who jump in early can play through various iterations of the game in development and assist in guiding the hand of the Empire to what works and what gets marked for Frontier Justice.
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CLOCKWORK EMPIRES EARLY ACCESS FACT SHEET
Platforms: PC
Developer and Publisher: Gaslamp Games
Launch Date: Early Access August 2014
Players: 1 (Multiplayer date tba)
Price: $29.99
Game Description
From the fevered minds responsible for the critically acclaimed Dungeons of Dredmor comes Clockwork Empires, available for PC on Steam Early Access in August 2014. The colony building sandbox game provides limitless possibilities for the player to balance – develop a city while trying keeping a population alive as it is on the brink of a spectacular, entertaining collapse. Transported into a marvelously handcrafted steampunk dystopia, players take on the role of a Junior Bureaucrat (Colonial Grade) sent forth by the Empire to the frontier to seek fame, promotions, and natural resources to feed the ever-hungry maw of industry and commerce.
Early Access Features (the game will be updated frequently, adding hotfixes and content)
· Build a colony and your character, each with unique histories: The colony set in a Victorian steampunk era, populated by the lower, middle and upper class characters, have their own memories and unfolding futures which are shaped by the player’s choices.
· Free-form goals: Every scenario is what the player makes of it. As the player colonizes an unknown land, objectives are handed down by “The Empire,” but players may choose to align with another faction – or none at all – if so they desire.
· Cosmic Horror, Factories, Booze, Science, Farming, and more: Complete with all the elements for an industrial revolution, a colonial society pushed too far will begin to break down and unleash horrors such as cultists, marauding fish-people, axe murders, and things darker still from beyond the stars.
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