Extraterrestrial city-builder Synergy is all about hope and harmony on a new planet
Managerial types take note: you're being called up to take your civics and survival skills to another planet. City-building survival game Synergy takes you out to the desolate but beautiful wasteland of a hostile planet after an apocalyptic event on earth. Things out on humanity's new home base aren't so welcoming either, between severe weather across seasons and the inhospitable atmosphere. You'll need to explore the planet to better understand it while designing a more humane habitat for humanity itself.
Synergy's developers revealed Synergy during the PC Gaming Show(opens in new tab) with a new trailer showing off its lovely art style and its challenging but hopeful atmosphere.
Like many city-builders, Synergy is all about building resources, expanding, and finding a balance that lets your population thrive. Out on this new planet economic growth isn't the name of the game: your citizens' health and happiness are the true measure of success.
To keep your people healthy, you'll need to make sure they have access to food, clean water, and clean air. Direct sun and shade are also a concern in the planet's minimal atmosphere. There's a tech tree of course, giving access to new structures, food recipes, and survival technology. Expeditions will allow you to send citizens out beyond the city in search of discoveries. Mysterious tablets, conveying the secrets of the planet, are a high prize to return home with.
One of your key success factors is Hope, a resource you'll recoup by honoring social pacts like ensuring water sustainability, distributing education, or returning from expeditions with those all important tablets.
The design of the city itself is important too. «Our current cities have developed around cars, and this
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