Sphere - Flying Cities Windows game

Sphere - Flying Cities

Hexagon Sphere Games UG | Assemble Entertainment | Early Access Oct 2021

Ascend to greater heights with the Sphere - Flying Cities | Save the World Edition and bling out your city with the exclusive Save the World Skin for five buildings like the indispensable Anti Gravity Device. But that's not all: Take a deep-dive into the fascinating architecture of Sphere - Flying Cities with the offical Sphere-Mini-Artbook! This Premium Edition is a great way to show appreciation for the developers, while simultaneously supporting a good cause.

In the not-so-distant future, Earth’s moon has been struck by a massive asteroid. With the fallout rendering the terrestrial surface uninhabitable, the ecosystem of the planet collapses. Facing complete annihilation, humanity makes one final and desperate attempt to survive — thanks to newly-created anti-gravity technology, the first flying city ascends as the ultimate bastion of the human race.

As Commander, you have been chosen to take control over the flying city in this relentless and unique strategy-blend that combines the best elements of the city-building and survival-game genres. Rebuild and protect a society in a seemingly uninhabitable environment. Utilize the Anti-Gravitation device to navigate your flying city across the globe into the treacherous unknown. Stay vigilant, as each decision could have ghastly consequences; be prepared to lay it all on the line to succeed, else risk losing everything you worked for.

Build It and They Will Come: Erect a living, thriving city and maintain your ecosystem via resource management mastery and infrastructure supported by independent economic cycles.
Do not Look Down: Ensure your anti-gravity device and its expanding deflector shield are always kept in tip-top shape, as an insufficient power supply will result in a quick demise.
Send in the Robots: Utilize drones and other scout technologies in hazardous environments to construct buildings, harvest resources, and search for stranded survivors and rare materials in uncharted territories.
A Scientist in Space: Research new technologies to improve the efficiency of every aspect of your city and withstand a plethora of (un)natural disasters like geomagnetic storms, asteroids, and poisonous clouds.
A Delicate Ecosystem: The well-being of your people is crucial to the success of the mission. Carefully tend to the needs of your colonists by supplying food, healthcare, and shelter. But don’t forget, the survival of many may require the deaths of the few. Sacrifices are an inevitable imperative.

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Sphere - Flying Cities Devlog #2 - The balancing act of difficulty levels

Mar 29 2022 News

As a developer, you tend to underestimate your own game in terms of difficulty and accessibility.
You know all the features, have mastered all the tricks and know how to elegantly avoid stumbling blocks.

We have not been immune to this, either, but very quickly received feedback from players that our game was too difficult.
Especially the introduction had some potential for frustration. One criticism was that, as a fresh commander, you didn't have enough time to understand the individual game mechanics and their connections in the early game.
The result: A "Game Over" screen, and, in the worst case, disappointment in front of the monitors.

Since we want to present players with some (also quite big) challenges, but at the same time we don't want to overwhelm or frustrate them, we have fine-tuned the difficulty level since the Early Access release in October 2021.

However, we still received comments and remarks that made it clear we need to make further adjustments in the area of difficulty. Now we were faced with a landmark decision:
Do we turn the difficulty level down even further, or do we add multiple difficulty levels sooner than we thought?
The decision-making process led to some very lively discussions internally, and we ultimately decided to implement four difficulty levels already.

This has several advantages:
The default difficulty level does not have to be fundamentally changed, and we can still present players with appropriate challenges - just as we envisioned as developers. At the same time, the first eight missions of the campaign can now be played on 'Easy', making it easier to get off the ground. On the other hand, advanced players can now start the campaign directly on 'Hard' or 'Very Hard'.

Another change that has been made should also make things a little easier. The maintenance station is now available at the beginning of the game and does not have to be unlocked anymore. This point has also been mentioned in comments and forums from time to time, and we have complied with this as well.

With these changes, we hope to offer players of Sphere an even more pleasant gaming experience.

What do you think of the new changes? We are looking forward to your feedback!
Please visit our community suggestion board: Sphere-flying-cities.nolt.io and help us make the future of Sphere - Flying Cities even better!

Thank you for reading and your ongoing support!
- Your Hexagon Sphere Games Team-