Of the many games announced during THQ Nordic's Showcase this evening, Space For Sale is the one that caught my eye the most, primarily because it looks a bit like Animal Crossing with aliens. In it, you play a small stubby astronaut who dreams of hitting it big as an intergalactic property developer. Man, they really took the phrase 'colony sim' to its literal extreme, didn't they? Are we sure that isn't Tom Nook under the helmet there? The proportions defintiely seem right, is all I'm saying. I just hope the rent you end up charging isn't... astronommical. Sorry. Here's the reveal trailer.
You'll be creating plots on all sorts of exotic planets in Space For Sale, but you're not just developing these properties, no sir. You're also acting as a galaxy-wide landlord, which means fulfilling the needs and wishes of all your otherwordly tenants. Seriously, if it isn't Tom Hook under the hood there, he sure could stand to learn a thing or two from Mirage Game Studios' small protagonist, that's for sure.
It will be playable in either single-player or two player co-op - ideal for its sandbox-style approach to space age house building - and you'll be going from solar system to solar system, making its procedurally generated planets hospitable by removing its mysterious quantities of 'space rot'. Once you've laid down the groundwork and cleared out the rot, you'll be able to start slapping down houses for the local alien clientele and building other neat-looking accessories they ask for. You'll do this by collecting resources through mining and crafting, and battling its more ornery creatures who aren't best pleased about all these new folks moving in on their turf.
To me, it looks like the ideal blend of Animal Crossing and
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