The Universim - Be a god, manage your planet and push your civilization up into space

[galaxy366]

This new game appeared on Kickstarter. Imagine the scope of Spore combined with the god aspect of Black & White plus a little bit SimCity and you get this!

Here is a summary telling you what the game is all about:

Leave the farms and cities behind and jump straight into managing your own planets in The Universim, a brand new god-game in development by Crytivo Games and Alexander Koshelkov.

The Universim is, first and foremost, a planet management game. Your civilization will begin in the Stone Age, thousands of years before the modern era. Research plays a crucial role in the game. For example players will initially need to take on such challenges as reinventing fire in order to survive attacks from wild animals, creating cures for deadly viruses and other potential threats to your civilization. We are developing realistic planets that will have air, weather effects, and varying temperatures as well as natural resources and deadly natural disasters such as earthquakes, tornadoes, freak storms and meteors. In The Universim you have a godlike ability to make decisions that play another crucial role in the game. While you will not interact directly with the population that inhabits your planet, you will be able to guide them through their development and influence their decisions for better or worse. Choices in the game extend from ending wars between cities on your planet or watching as one city destroys the other, to influencing the research path of your civilization, and much much more.

Your civilization can advance all the way to the modern era and beyond! As your planet’s sciences develop, ability to research and construct spaceships becomes available. This allows players to start exploring the universe and discover new planets with completely different environments, living conditions, and gameplay possibilities. An example of a decision players will have to make at this stage of the game is: Will you spend time on research that will assist in the discovery of new planets and achieve early understanding of its alien environment, or you will send your team in unprepared? There are many conditions that will affect your research team and the outcome of a mission- such as the temperatures on new planets being far higher than the temperature on your home planet which can result in your entire crew burning alive. Another scenario can be that there is no oxygen available on the planet and thus sending your crew in without proper breathing apparatus or atmosphere generators can lead to disaster.

Release platform:

PC, Mac, Linux

DRM Free, no internet connection required.

Using the Unity game engine.

Website: http://theuniversim.com/

Kickstarter page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crytivogames/the-universim

Edited April 25, 2014 by galaxy366

[Spartwo]

That voice actor seems really familiar.

[galaxy366]

That voice actor seems really familiar.

It doesn't sound familiar to me. Mind expanding?

[lajoswinkler]

That voice actor seems really familiar.

Thinking about Richard Hammond?

[Spartwo]

The woman, not the guy explaining things. I'm buying this when it's available.

[Streetwind]

Just like spore and all the other games like it, this one puts me off with the tiny planet. It doesn't feel like I'm actually populating a world; it just feels like I'm playing on a normal sized Sim City map that for some inexplicable reason is folded into a sphere shape to make it more aggravating to navigate.

I'll probably pass on this, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed - today's technology should make a full planet sized management game possible. Things like Outerra/Anteworld already prove that it works on an engine basis.

[vger]

The Little Prince isn't going to be thrilled about this.

[NovaSilisko]

How dare they utilize the concept of small planets! That's my territory!

[MartGonzo]

Just like spore and all the other games like it, this one puts me off with the tiny planet. It doesn't feel like I'm actually populating a world; it just feels like I'm playing on a normal sized Sim City map that for some inexplicable reason is folded into a sphere shape to make it more aggravating to navigate.

I'll probably pass on this, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed - today's technology should make a full planet sized management game possible. Things like Outerra/Anteworld already prove that it works on an engine basis.

my thoughts exactly, I know it's not really the same genre but No Man's Sky is the one I'm waiting for.

I don't know why but this game reminded me of it for some reason.

Edited April 25, 2014 by MartGonzo
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[Accelerando]

is a cool looking game for sure. the thing that always puts me off is this though:

Your civilization can advance all the way to the modern era and beyond!

it looks like the game is going to be about humans pretty much locked to the same technological path as us until you get to the space age when all technology turns to magic. this doesn't make me feel like i'm simulating a universe, it feels like i'm playing civilization+starcraft

[vger]

my thoughts exactly, i know it's not really the same genre but no man's sky is the one i'm waiting for.

I don't know why but this game reminded me of it for some reason.

No man's sky

My god... it's full of.... everything!

[The Jedi Master]

Pre-alpha? THAT IS PRE-ALPHA?!

[Wahgineer]

Pre-alpha? THAT IS PRE-ALPHA?!

That is what made me realize: this game is going to be awesome!!!

[Godot]

Any way to support the game with Paypal?

Or do we have to wait till it is greenlighted on steam or put to GOG, in order to do so?

(as Kickstarter is credit card only)

[galaxy366]

Any way to support the game with Paypal?

Or do we have to wait till it is greenlighted on steam or put to GOG, in order to do so?

(as Kickstarter is credit card only)

There is a Paypal link not so far from the top. But to make it easier, here's the link to it https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2G3J92R9LCT5C