SkyBoats
BrainGoodGames · 2016 · Strategy, Turn-Based, Procedural Generation, Turn-Based Strategy, Hex Grid
PC
Mixed60% · 10 📈 Making a comeback 78%
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About SkyBoats
Ahoy SkyBoat captains! Today is your chance to learn to sail the skies, take control of the winds and discover vast riches up in the clouds. In SkyBoats you are a skyfaring merchant who must meet the demands of the three sky cities to become the most successful Sky Captain! In SkyBoats, you’ll use our unique wind-sailing system to hone and display your piloting prowess. Even better, as you improve your skill at the game, SkyBoats will use your evolving rank to consistently give you a satisfying strategic challenge.
SkyBoats runs in the vein of Euro-board games and will work your strategy muscle! You will love the satisfaction you gain when you deliver that highly sought-after good to a distant SkyCity, dazzling the citizens and increasing your renown as a Captain. SkyBoats is filled with interesting choices and continues the BrainGoodGames trend of deep and thoughtful games based around our staple single-player ladder!
SkyBoats is a strategic gem shining with the art of Tomasz Bigosiński and ringing with the original music of Julian Beutel.
In SkyBoats you fly around picking up different goods to sell to cities. The goods also give you the ability to control the winds! Different goods have different wind shapes. When you play a wind the board will now have those wind spaces, and other boats can move into them to sail along the wind. When you sail on the wind your boats gain more prowess and will be able to sell their goods for more Glory! Each wind pattern can also be flipped, allowing you to go the opposite directions. These magical winds also generate goods allowing you to control production. On a turn each of your SkyBoats can use each of its cargo spaces once. Empty cargo spaces can be used to gain fuel. When you fly over goods, you will have the opportunity to pick them up, and place them into your cargo. You must meet enough SkyCity demands before time runs out!
SkyBoats is the third game by BrainGoodGames and continues in the tradition of video gaming inspired by board games. Previous to SkyBoats, BrainGoodGames released Militia (Dec. 2015) and Axes and Acres (Apr. 2016). SkyBoats mixes classic Euro Board Game mechanics with our own unique wind mechanic to create another deeply strategic single-player strategy game.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/421260/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/448910/
SkyBoats runs in the vein of Euro-board games and will work your strategy muscle! You will love the satisfaction you gain when you deliver that highly sought-after good to a distant SkyCity, dazzling the citizens and increasing your renown as a Captain. SkyBoats is filled with interesting choices and continues the BrainGoodGames trend of deep and thoughtful games based around our staple single-player ladder!
SkyBoats is a strategic gem shining with the art of Tomasz Bigosiński and ringing with the original music of Julian Beutel.
In SkyBoats you fly around picking up different goods to sell to cities. The goods also give you the ability to control the winds! Different goods have different wind shapes. When you play a wind the board will now have those wind spaces, and other boats can move into them to sail along the wind. When you sail on the wind your boats gain more prowess and will be able to sell their goods for more Glory! Each wind pattern can also be flipped, allowing you to go the opposite directions. These magical winds also generate goods allowing you to control production. On a turn each of your SkyBoats can use each of its cargo spaces once. Empty cargo spaces can be used to gain fuel. When you fly over goods, you will have the opportunity to pick them up, and place them into your cargo. You must meet enough SkyCity demands before time runs out!
SkyBoats is the third game by BrainGoodGames and continues in the tradition of video gaming inspired by board games. Previous to SkyBoats, BrainGoodGames released Militia (Dec. 2015) and Axes and Acres (Apr. 2016). SkyBoats mixes classic Euro Board Game mechanics with our own unique wind mechanic to create another deeply strategic single-player strategy game.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/421260/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/448910/
- Deep and engaing single-player strategy.
- Ladder/ranking system + procedural generation for endless replayability.
- A satisfying strategic experience in 30 minutes or less.
- Beautiful Graphics by Tomasz Bigosiński.
- Adventurous music by Julian Beutel.
- Another unique system created by BrainGoodGames for a great strategic experience.
What Steam players say
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It hurts to give this game a negative review. I kinda like the game, but the question is whether I [b]recommend[/b] the game, not whether I like it. The BrainGoodGames games I have played so far (in order from recommended to not-so-recommended) are Axes & Acres, Militia, Minos Strategos, and SkyBoats. They are all good games, but, unfortunately, the other three are simply better than this one. If you've played them all and like them, then by all means get this one, but even then you might like to wait until it's on sale. The game has two modes, the Breezy mode (the main mode) and Classic mode. Breezy mode is simple and straightforward -- too much so. I reached rank 22 without losing a single game, though I've had one or two close shaves. That put me at #8 on the leaderboard (both Current and All Time). I kept playing long enough to get this far mostly to see if the game would ever challenge me. It's getting challenging, but it's taken so long to get to this point that I'm kinda tired out. And, despite having played this much, I still haven't even unlocked all the game's content. While the Breezy mode is too easy, the Classic mode, which was the game's original ruleset before Bree…11 found this helpful
So so game. Developer doesn't support his games (won't fix bugs), so I won't be supporting his future games.4 found this helpful
Pros: - nice interface - games done in no more than 30 mins and they're saved if you can't finish them - 2 versions of the game (after 17 hours I'm yet to play the other though will do when I finish this one!) - active dev interested in engaging with the community Cons: - you learn the rules as you go and some are not that clear. Fortunately, Inventarius has done a brilliant community guide which helps you understand how to get near his level and therefore play more and enjoy it more - once you reach your max level, replayability is limited - you don't want to lower your level by failing too often. I have more hours in Axes & Acres (48) than I will have in this (probably max out around 25-30) so buy in a sale. Overall: 8.5/10. Neat little game, not as much replayability as Axes & Acres for me though interface is prettier. A good buy when reduced.3 found this helpful
The game doesn't have much to offer. Barely a plot, no ending, just a series of (somewhat) procedually generated challenges where you have to collect and deliver goods within the allowed amount of rounds. Still, the challenges are alright, I suppose. Nothing outstanding, but it seemed entertaining enough. Good for killing some time every once in a while. For what it has to offer, the tutorial, where all the "plot" is, is the worst part, as it drags too long for simple mechanics. If I had to put in numbers, I guess I'd give a 6/10. I am mostly neutral about the game, but pending a bit to recommended.1 found this helpful
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