SpaceChem Mobile
By Zachtronics Industries
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Description
NOTE: SpaceChem Mobile requires an iPad and must be downloaded over a Wi-Fi connection.
Need help? Contact support@zachtronicsindustries.com!
SpaceChem is an obscenely addictive, design-based puzzle game about building machines and fighting monsters in the name of science!
Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products! Streamline your designs to meet production quotas and outperform other engineers!
SpaceChem Mobile is a faithful adaptation of the award winning PC game SpaceChem, and includes the full selection of player-created “ResearchNet” puzzles and a modified campaign tailored for the iPad.
Awards and recognition for SpaceChem:
* Indie Game of the Year at EDGE Magazine and Gamasutra/IndieGames.com
* "I think we might have just received one of the year's best indie games in the first week of 2011." (Rock Paper Shotgun)
* Winner, Extra Credits "Genre Buster" award
* 7/8 at Out of Eight
* 89/100 at PCGamer
* 9/10 at Eurogamer
* 9.5/10 at Igromania
What's New in Version 1.0.11g
This update includes a fix for a bug that sometimes caused arrow instructions created with the "quick arrows" tool to reappear after being deleted.
iPad Screenshots
Customer Reviews
Good game
Very challenging and great fun. Careful if you play in the evening, some missions take a while and it's hard to put down and you will miss out on sleep! (Yes it does save if you quit, but you won't want to take that option!)
Full Brain Exercise
Your brain will be in for a serious workout. A lovely combination of 'machine' building and functional programming. You will need logic skills, an ability to break complex procedures into smaller steps and a good sense of timing. It will help a little if you are familar with the periodic table brought in by the nicely used chemistry theme but by no means neccesary; whilst you are making molecules you are building and breaking 2D structures from a series of given input components in to new requested output structures. The built-in training introduces you to new tools to help do the next job you should also spend some extra time finding the non default options for each tool. Some of the optional challenges will take a long time to fathom. A bit heavy on the battery but that is probably hours of play seem to pass in what feels like just moments.
Fantastic!
It's very difficult to describe why this game is so great. "It's all about bonding and unbonding elements from the periodic table in a nuclear reactor!!!" - it's not a natural marketing angle for a game. The appeal comes from the way it makes you feel so good about solving its puzzles. There is very little hand-holding and there are many different solutions to each one and this means that each success genuinely feels like a personal accomplishment. There is more reward to be had here than in countless other modern games.
- £3.99
- Category: Games
- Updated: 01 February 2012
- Version: 1.0.11g
- Size: 32.0 MB
- Language: English
- Developer: Zachary Barth
- © Zachtronics Industries
Requirements: Compatible with iPad.Requires iOS 3.2 or later.
