Planet Barren Objective

[h1]I’m so disappointed. I keep pressing the space bar on my keyboard, but I’m still on Earth.[/h1] Embark on a journey of building, battling, and exploration both above and below in this 2D pixel-art side-scrolling adventure, where an unending horde of adversaries relentlessly pursues you. Upon launching the game, its graphics and sound evoke memories of the classic Buck Rogers Countdown to Doomsday on the Sega Mega Drive. Your objective is to combat enemies, fortify yourself, enhance skills, survey the planet, and construct various objects like turrets, solar panels, habitats, and miners, all through a computer interface. Vanquished foes drop essential resources vital for progression and construction. Navigating the game proves challenging due to perplexing controls, absence of a tutorial, and limited explanations. However, the steep learning curve ultimately pays off for those willing to invest time in understanding the intricate mechanics. It's a game that's tough to master, with a gradual difficulty increase as you prolong your playtime. After numerous deaths and restarts, certain strategies become evident. Begin by seizing an enemy base and establishing your initial compu…

This is a really fun game. Like the other reviewers already mentioned, it's very difficult at the beginning because you don't know what to do, but that's what I liked about it. Essentially I had to start a game, research something in the computer, figure out how to place it, see what it did, die, repeat. Finally when I figured out which research I needed to make a base, I died some more. But then I didn't die. I built more, and more, and then found out there's a whole sub game with deliveries and starting a company and I'm still on the first planet. SO MUCH FUN.

when i showed this game to my friends they forgave me for being a furry would recommend

Fun little side scroller shooting game about building a space colony and defending it from the relentless waves of enemies very unhappy that you crashed on their planet.

5/10 A survival/building/shooter 2D game in 8bit space setting. Good: - there is a relatively complex system of buildings and upgrades of your abilities - the basic gameplay somewhat resembles Terraria, Minecraft, Don't Starve in the sense that you kill enemies to gather several types of mats, to use them to craft a base and defend it - you can fly into space and go underground where some mechanics change So-so: - the graphics are 8 bit, with big pixels. The animations look okay-ish. Sound is from the 80s era and fits the theme. The problem is however with huge pixelated fonts. The words take a lot of screen space, yet since each letter is so large almost everything is abbreviated. E.g. the names of each resource. This makes the game unnecessarily difficult to comprehend Bad: - there is no tutorial or onboarding whatsoever. You just appear in the level, with abbreviated instructions of commands in the top-left corner, where keyboard keys are mixed with controller keys. While you are still reading through this mess, enemies start attacking you. You can read the game's description on the Steam page to get some idea about the controls but that's just lazy game development. It would…

This little indie game's a real hidden gem. You'll suck at first - there's no handholding, controls aren't intuitive and UI a little subpar - but once you get the hang of it, it's quite awesome. Addictive. Planet Barren Objective has a steep learning curve (could benefit from improved UI or tute) but it's worth it. It's a real gem, much bigger than it looks at first glance, and gets better as you play. For more niche curation, follow me at: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/27440015-CSH-Picone/