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a swarm of hungry intersteller wasps
a swarm of hungry intersteller wasps

I don't know why, but I've got a bit of a thing for "curious" little games.

High quality, High-concept titles put together by a tiny close-knit team of people.

Which would go some way to explain why there's a comic for every Introversion game ever made.

And why I lost so much time playing World Of Goo.

Dyson certainly counts as a curious little game.

Conquer an asteroid belt using semi-autonomous self-replicating robots. And trees.

I'm enjoying the play mechanics. Offence, defence and resource units are all one and the same. Balancing all three elements is challenging.

Sure, You *can* sit and just grow hundreds of Dysons on a single asteroid and defend it, but that won't do any good if the enemy is spreading out and consequently able to produce *more*. And you can make another Dyson tree, but it'll take time to grow to maturity, and you could use those 15 Dysons right *now*.

Anyway... Giving it a whirl will explain what it's about much better than I could.

You can get version 1.20 (Windows, Linux and Mac) here.

And it's having a commercial release, so picking it up will help produce more great little games.

Go backwards through time
Go forwards through time

News

Argh

And the world continues to spin, as is it's habit.

I will once again be attending the UK Comic Thing in March, which will be exciting for all involved I am sure. I will have bits and bobs and new non-bunny work which one might enjoy but then again one might not.

I will be at table #38 (a map can be found here with a nice list of people and tables).

I will be near the esteemed David Wynne and his glorious minis and Tom Siddell's fine publication Gunnerkrigg Court.

I am also taking part in the Dino-Saw-Us! fun sticker/stamp collection game being run by the lovely Lizz Lunney.

I myself, being an awkward sort of fellow, will probably have a rubber stamp to stamp anything I can get my hands on rather than stickers.

In commercial news, I have reduced the prices of some prints, which can be found in the Store.

Chasing The Dream


Rather Ill Tempered

Posted by Lem @ 10:02am March 11 2010 ';