[INDEV] A colourful, simple-detail presentation makes this easy on the eyes while building an industry networked by its backbone of logistic support. The gameplay is pretty simple; place a headquarters in a region of land of your choosing, and build a nest egg of industry to fuel the rest of your pursuits. The end-goal is to build a Car Prototype Factory; requiring a massive industry to draw components and resources from to produce an automobile in the semi-fictional early 20th century setting. Products are made in cycles of days, 25, 40 etc. Finance info is divided into calender months of 30 days. The differing cycle times can create interesting ratios to satisfy production requirements, as truck transport time also plays a part in delivering material between factories. Managing the production and supply chain feels very satisfactory, certainly when things all start to flow together perfectly. However, logistics and its management can be troublesome and often marred with perceived inconsistencies or outright illogical operation. Frequently factories will receive inequal portions of a supply even though they are the same distance from a warehouse with equal priority and quality urban roads. Truck pathing can occasionally wig out and fixate on taking a longer path despite a shorter, faster path existing. Route creation is very click-intensive, and occasionally will generate an in-game alert for an invalid path that doesn't exist, or for a valid path. The technology UI is clean and has some functional quirks but its easy enough to get the hang of its flavour. Progressing through techs feels rewarding and provide a clear path to advancing to future goals and making major progress to refining and improving the industry giant. It is well along in development, with a long time left before all its features are complete. Currently it stands on its own pretty well. If it looks interesting, keep an eye out for development updates and see where things wind up going.
