Ardarium

For a couple of dollars it's a worthwhile experience. Just turn it on and let it go while you are working or doing something else and occasionally note how the world is changing. I would like to see some more options to adjust the frequency of events or even turn some of them off, but even without them it's fairly entertaining. Quick warning: If you set the tiles to 40x40 it can take a toll on your frame rate. If that bothers you for this type of game (slow panning, laggy gameplay, etc.) you'll want to keep it below 900 tiles^2 The gameplay is simple to non-existent as advertised. You can sort of intervene in events by triggering volcanoes, comets, zombie outbreaks, fires, etc. There is a surprising amount of depth to these events given the appearance of the game and the authors own descriptions. Some events can send clouds of ash high into the air which will spread on the wind and settle down. The ash will sicken the inhabitants of the world, destroy crops, and generally mak...

This is a nice experience. It's kind of like a screen saver you can interact with. I enjoy having it on while I'm working, or otherwise occupied. It's neat to check in and see civilizations in their infancy, or massive empires destroyed by earthquakes. How the natives must tremble as meteors rain down upon them; how such grand armies perish beneath clouds of volcanic ash. Just as the world recovers from such violent upheaval, an elegant rainbow illuminates under the cool oceanic rain. There's an astonishing amount of depth. The inhabitants of the world appear to be governed by a need for space and food. They plant crops and expand their territories through exploration and conquest, and each individual being has their own needs. They have mothers and fathers. They eat, sleep, age, reproduce and die under the eyes of the great, perception-less, omnipresent being they may call their God; whom we would know as ourselves. Precipitation and thunderstorms follow what could be inte...

A neat game, really fun

nice world/weather/civ simulator. Enjoyable to just watch

Review: This game, despite me not playing it that long at the time I wrote this, is truly what I came for. Watch little people build little civilizations and let nature do the work for you. I personally love to just watch them build little farms and have random conflicts. Note for Developer(s): This game needs more control over the world in my opinion, an example is to speed up civilization. I cannot expect you to do any of this, however, as I am already loving the game. Edit: Thank you Developers for making more control over the world. I often AFK in this game and come back after a while to see what is going on, then make a little story in my head about these people. This is a PERFECT game if you just want to watch little people make things and try to survive in their areas.

A very fun game to watch develop overtime with pretty good environment simulation. Amazing active development. I've seen before that something to make the fsp better is on the list of things the developer is gonna do, so no complaints there. Some things I do think should be added are simple animals and a tad more culture in the civilizations if possible (do as you please). Other than those, the routine optimizations and tweakings of the game are nice to see. Great game, good job, have a wonderful time P.S.: I did forget to mention that forest fires and other natural disasters wipe out the whole map of the civilizations really quickly.

Really neat little sandbox. A bit passive, but you can have some fun stuff and there aren't many games like this.

Neat little game. I was surprised by the fact that the game has full-fledged water cycle that feels quite natural. If I had two gripes with it is that the simulation seems to be pretty taxing on larger map sizes and the empires that pop up randomly don't feel as alive as the nature. I enjoyed what there was for the price though, and I would pay more for more content.

This game is great! There's a surprising amount of depth to the events and mechanics. It gives rise to believable and unpredictable outcomes and it's entertaining to watch little civilizations rise and fall. It manages to scratch an indirect-control itch which very few games out there even try to tackle. My only gripe is with performance, it deteriorates noticeably as time goes on and things get busier, hopefully this can be improved somehow. Some things I'd like to see are the ability to set conquest flags (or goals/enemies/biases), and a way to tweak random events. In any case, this is a really good game if you like the genre, and you can get it for less than the price of a coffee.

GOOD