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Genre: Simulator, Strategy, Indie

Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox

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Our new game Captain Contraption’s Chocolate Factory is Out Now

It’s a big day for robot chocolatiers around the world. The whole of Captain Contraption’s factory is now available to explore, as you experiment with fresh ingredients and automate ever more complex machines. With 40+ levels to unlock, as well as brand new achievements and fiendish modifiers, we can’t wait for players to show off their creative solutions to all these puzzles.

PCGamesN describe it as "bizarrely cheap"

Captain Contraption's Chocolate Factory is our latest game. It is a contraption building game. Design and build your own machines to combine ingredients to make chocolates. Automate production using simple components to create ingenious contraptions, which are as satisfying to watch as they are to optimise.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2166920/Captain_Contraptions_Chocolate_Factory/

Play Captain Contraption's Chocolate Factory in the Steam Puzzle Fest

You can now play the demo for our next game Captain Contraption's Chocolate Factory by visiting the store page using the link below. It’s an open ended factory, automation style puzzle game.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2166920/Captain_Contraptions_Chocolate_Factory/

Using a simple set of tools you’ll need to automate production of a variety of sweet treats like chocolate covered toasted almonds. The game plays sort of like a mix between a programming game like Opus Magnum, a factory game like factorio and a contraption maker game like The Incredible Machine.

Check it out and let us know what you think!

Making it Home Released Today

Did you hear? Did you see? Pill Bug’s next game Making it Home launches today!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1098220/Making_it_Home/

Whether you enjoyed the bare-knuckle lo-fi thrills of Cycle 28, or the chilled joy of watching something of yours grow in Intelligent Design, we think Making it Home has something for you.

And it starts with testing your vehicle building skills against the full range of twisty routes, tricky obstacles, and fiendish boss encounters that Sean and I have come up with. In doing so, you’ll unlock brand new achievements and challenge modes.

We’re finally letting everyone loose on the game’s full branching narrative too. Will you uncover the truth behind what’s happening to this ladybug and her animal family? And what relationships will you make or break along the way?

Sean and I can’t quite believe we’ve made it this far. It’s been three amazing but challenging years developing this game. We couldn’t be prouder of what the whole team has achieved. And we couldn’t have done it without the help and support of our amazing community here on Steam.

That’s you, that is. Thank you.

I hope you enjoy Making it Home as much as we have.

Making it Home is part of the Remote Play Together Event

In our most recent update to our next game Making it Home we added local co-op. That gave us the chance to be part of the remote play together event Valve has been running the past few days.

If you haven't checked it out yet, Making it Home is a vehicle building game where your vehicle is your base. Design it, drive it, automate it and defend it as you travel from one side of America to the other.

As part of the remote play together event the game is on sale, plus we ran a developer stream which you can currently watch a replay of over on the store page.

Check it out below!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1098220/Making_it_Home/

All our games are on sale!

Good News Everyone! All our games are on sale for Winter…

Making it Home - A vehicle building game currently in early access. You're a lady bug building a rube goldberg style machine to take you across America! Think Banjo Kazooie - Nuts and Bolts but in 2D.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1098220/Making_it_Home/
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Cycle 28 - A fast paced asteroids style arcade shooter which was nominated for a Cymru BAFTA. If you like old school score attack games this should be your cup of tea.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/749560/Cycle_28/
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Take a look at the links above and add one to your collection today!

Thanks for all the support you’ve given us and other indie game developers - it means a lot to all of us.

Our vehicle building game ‘Making it Home’ is now available!

I’m super excited to announce that our vehicle building game Making it Home is now available in Early Access on Steam (currently 15% off!)

We’ve been working on it for a while now and are super proud of it. It’s something we had the idea for 3 years ago. In Making it Home you are a ladybug building a marvellous contraption to travel from one side of America to the other. As you travel you’ll unlock new components to build your vehicle and discover ways of making them work together. You’ll meet lots of different characters and face different challenges to push your design skills. Then when you just want to chill out and optimise some designs we’ve added some challenge modes with leaderboards for that.

It’s the biggest game we’ve made and it would be great if you check it out today and join us for the Early Access journey!

Play the demo of our next game Making it Home

Our next game Making it Home is currently part of the steam festival. For the next week you will be able to play the demo.

Be sure to check it out! Click here and download.

Making it Home is a vehicle building game. You’re a ladybug building a marvellous contraption to travel from one side of America to the other. Bounce around your vehicle, hoisting sails, squeezing bellows, and spinning propellers. How will you make it home?

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Wishlist our next game 'Making it Home'

We just launched the steam page for our next game ‘Making it Home’ and it would really help if you would add it to your wishlist.



You’re a ladybug building a marvellous contraption to travel from one side of America to the other. Bounce around your vehicle, hoisting sails, squeezing bellows, and spinning propellers. How will you make it home?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1098220/Making_it_Home/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jLvcUSwsSo

Community Screenshots - August 2019

There is nothing more I like more than some good graphs, and iocaio shows off some on this months first screenshot.



Here is an established group of plants by Mr_Twister. Enough collectors there?



And finally for this month, check out these massive herbivores created by walpurgisnacht ... those must have been genetically engineered right?