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Jumplight Odyssey is just the right balance of spaceship pressure cookerThis roguelike colony sim will have you hot (but not too hot) under the collar
This roguelike colony sim will have you hot (but not too hot) under the collar
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Jumplight Odyssey - SDF Catalina Tour - Guerilla Collective 2023Watch on YouTube
Jumplight Odyssey - SDF Catalina Tour - Guerilla Collective 2023
In the demo, you’re capped at three jumps, and I reckon the devs have also given the Zutopans a few rubber bands in the process to help give you a taste of what a boarding encounter will look and feel like in the final game. Rest assured, though, the tutorial gives you enough time and breathing room to get your bearings on how to navigate and repair your ship first before any untoward intruders start showing up.
During the first 30 minutes or so, it will teach you the basics of supplying rooms and machines with power grids, oxygen pumps and maybe the odd fire extinguisher (just in case) so you’ve got a stable working environment for your crew, as well as how the four divisions of supply, combat, engineering and the science team all pull together to get construction materials where they need to be, and then man said machines to keep them running. You can transfer staff to any division at any time, too, if you’re finding your crew are a bit slow at harvesting food in the greenhouse you just built, for example, you might want to draft in some more scientists to pick up the pace.
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Image credit:League Of Geeks
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Image credit:League Of Geeks
In any case, I’m excited to have a proper run at Jumplight Odyssey after playing this demo, and I’ll be very intrigued to see how it evolves during early access, too. We still don’t know its early access release date just yet, but if all this sounds like it might be up your Jumplight alley, then be sure to download the demo over onSteamcome June 19th.
