Terra Nil give players a pretty versatile sandbox in which to play. Best of all, at least in the gaming environment, you get to see the results of your efforts on a much grander scale. Most importantly, the game teaches how people, with some forethought and planning, combined with hard work and effort, can reshape our world and maybe even restore some of its natural balance. The game shows players how certain elements all come together to keep the cycle of life moving along and how each little change can have a lasting effect. While the tech and the story are set firmly in the realm of science fiction, the theme of the game and the lessons it can teach are rooted more in science fact. But Terra Nil gives players a chance to turn things around, using technology to give Mother Nature a new lease on life in an otherwise inhospitable world. Yet even within a region, no two playthroughs will be the same.It's no secret that the world has taken a beating from humankind as deforestation, pollution, global warming, and more have taken their toll. Each region of the game has its own flavour and procedural generation palette. A meditative soundtrack and stunning audio palette will accompany your efforts.Įach time you play the world is different and has unique challenges. You navigate a sprawling, verdant, hand-painted environment where everything but the rocks move and breathe. From there you embark on more complex tasks restoring biodiversity, fixing the climate, introducing wildlife, and finally recycling all the structures you used to get there, leaving the environment pristine. You start by setting up a water system, slowly purifying the soil, and cultivating pioneer greenery.

Play involves managing your resources to place and control a series of interrelated systems. It raises interesting themes of how humanity plays an important role in a healthy environment, as well as the importance of playing our part with longevity and light footprints in mind.

It's a city-building game where you aren't building a city at all, but a clean thriving ecology. Terra Nil is a strategy game where you use clean technology to bring back life to a barren world.

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