AACHEN, GERMANY, August 16, 2023 — Today the indie game studio behind successful factory-building game shapez — tobspr Games — debuts footage of its sequel shapez 2! This top-down automation game enhances the familiar factory building experience of shapez. And for the first time ever the game includes all-new 3D visuals, allowing players to build their factories in multiple layers!
Watch the new announcement trailer here: https://youtu.be/0VO_52LJ268
Make sure to wishlist shapez 2 on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2162800/shapez_2/
Automate and optimize your ultimate (space) factory
For the first time since the game’s announcement, tobspr Games has released an official trailer showcasing gameplay from its upcoming factory automation game. The trailer demonstrates the main goal of this top-down factory-building game: extract and process geometric shapes into more intricate forms. Each shape has its own set of building blocks that factories can take apart, stack, paint and put back together in many different ways. By producing distinct shapes and solving the production challenges of each level, additional technologies will become available and factories will be able to create increasingly complex shapes necessary for reaching the next target. Learn, improve and optimize to design the most efficient shape production lines!
shapez 2 is the successor to shapez, where players build factories to automate the creation and processing of shapes in many different ways to complete a variety of production challenges. The first game sold almost 500,000 units on Steam and attracted more than 10 million players to its demo on shapez.io. With over 150,000 wishlists on Steam, sequel shapez 2 has become one of the 150 most-wishlisted games on Steam. Fans of automation, logistics, train and logic games cannot wait to get their hands on this one.
With the development of shapez 2, tobspr Games received partial funding from the government in Germany, allowing founder Tobias Springer to grow his team to a total of seven core members and a handful of freelancers. Together, they are ready to pack the already promising sequel with more content than ever before. The gameplay mechanics are optimized to be accessible and feel more intuitive, plus replayability will be enhanced thanks to the new research tree. Furthermore, features such as trains, a blueprint library and fluids will be added, and unlike the prequel, shapez 2 includes all-new 3D visuals. Not only can players see what’s happening inside of these constructions, they can also build upon these layers, offering players a whole new dimension of factory-building!
More information on the development of shapez 2 can be found in the Steam devblogs: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2162800. The game is first expected to launch in Steam Early Access next year!
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Related Links
Official website: https://tobspr.io/
Steam Store page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2162800/shapez_2/
Discord channel: https://discord.com/invite/bvq5uGxW8G
Press kit: https://impress.games/press-kit/tobspr-games/shapez-2
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tobspr
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/shapezio/
About shapez 2
shapez 2 is a top-down factory-building game where you extract and process geometric shapes. Each shape has its own set of building-blocks that your factories can take apart, stack, paint and put back together in unique ways. Automate the processing of geometric shapes, build massive factories and optimize them to solve increasingly complex logistics and automation tasks! shapez 2 is supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action on the basis of a decision by the German Bundestag.
Features
- Multi-Layer 3D Factories: Design and optimize your factories in a whole new dimension
- Trains: Connect distant stations with a network of space trains
- Research Tree: Unlock buildings, mechanics & upgrades in the all-new tech tree
- New Shape Mechanics: Discover new shapes types with unique properties and logic
- Blueprint Library: Save, load, export and share factory design blueprints with anyone
- All-new Visuals: Build factories and stations in a stunning immersive space environment
- Fluids: Use different types of liquids to process shapes or boost production
- Animated Open Buildings: See exactly what's happening inside buildings in your factory
- Undo/Redo: Up to 50 undo/redo operations
About tobspr Games
tobspr Games is an independent game development studio from Germany that was founded in 2018 by Tobias Springer. The company began as a hobby with a focus on webgames: the studio’s first game was a tower defense game called "YORG.io". After it became clear that a much larger player base could be built on Steam, the concept switched to a hybrid approach: demo on the web and full version on Steam.
Since the success of shapez — an automation and factory simulation game that sold almost 500,000 copies on PC and has over 9.000 reviews with a 97% positive rating — the focus is now 100% on Steam. The team behind the studio continues to expand as it concentrates on shapez 2, which is one of Steam’s most awaited games within the factory-building genre with over 150,000 wishlists.
Press Contact
Bram van Lith (Game Drive)
Public Relations – shapez 2
Twitter: @tobspr
E-mail: bram@game-drive.nl
