ALAN-13 Reformation
Update Notes
We have to delay the launch of ALAN-13 Reformation by two weeks (New planned release is 7th of April). To compensate those of you eagerly waiting for the release, we are offering a discount on release for one week!
Thank you for your understanding!
About the GameALAN-13 Reformation:
ALAN-13 first and foremost is a fun puzzle game, which puts your logical thinking skills to the test. You have to solve various challenges by wiring an autonomous robot: ALAN-13. While doing so, you gradually learn how to think like a programmer (without writing any code) and get familiar with some of the fundamental tools of programming. You can view it as step 0 to become a software developer, if you are interested in that sort of things. If not, just enjoy the ride!Your task:
In 2177 (30 years after the initial launch of the first units) the terraformation of planet Venus was right on track. Then, for yet undiscovered reasons the sun started expressing unusual behavior with regular solar flares and massive CMEs on a scale we never experienced before. These effects essentially destroyed our electrical infrastructure on the surface, and the lingering disturbance in the electromagnetic field makes regular means of communication unreliable. To conquer these challenges and to restore the infrastructure, our mechanical engineers updated our general purpose robot (ALAN series) with heavy shielding and additional hardware that we may require.
Your task (as our only engineer on location with background in automation) is to make these units fully autonomous and self-sustaining because remote communication is not guaranteed at any point. For this task, you can build the microcontroller for ALAN-13 by using our tried and tested GENESIS™ components. Furthermore, you have to equip the robot with the right set of peripherals for any given mission.
Game Discussion
Steam User 64
Found the dev bitching on 9gag that no one had redeemed his free keys.
I'm happy to pay full price, we need to support indie devs. It's a cool puzzle game, I bet the dev is a fan of Boolean logic.
In an industry full of publicly traded behemots that are too afraid to innovate or risk angering investors, our last beacon of creativity are indie devs. Take my money and my upvote
Steam User 15
Initially, I had a wall of complaints about lack of Qol features in the game which made it awkward to play (which, admittedly, didn't stop me from completing the game). However, the developer has been amazingly responsive to feedback, and actually fixed the absolute majority of them.
Can definitely see myself coming back to this if there is ever a content expansion now.
Steam User 17
It's a challenging game, especially after a few levels. At first, there are tutorials to get to know the game mechanics, but it gets harder and you must take time to think about the solutions. I recommend this , if you're interested in programming though, because to do that, you also have to think hard ;)
Steam User 6
This is a very nice game to teach programming to kids. They can learn about sequences, loops, etc... in a visual way. No typing needed, everything can be done with a mouse.
Steam User 4
Fun concept, some nice intro to programming with some decently complex levels. Shame it's so short, but overall still worth it.
Steam User 4
It's a fun little puzzle game with an unique style, (not the usual unity asset flip.) As you progress through the levels it starts resembling to actual programming without having to worry about syntax and nasty exceptions, so only the fun part of the process.
Steam User 8
It's not easy.
"We choose to go to the Venus in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard..."
I'm enjoying so far, nevertheless.