Slime Rancher
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| Developer(s) | Monomi Park |
| Publisher(s) | Monomi Park |
| Engine | Unity |
| Platform(s) | Windows, macOS, Linux, Xbox One |
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| Genre(s) | Life simulation game |
| Mode(s) | Single player video game |
Slime Rancher is a life simulation game video game developed and published by Monomi Park.[1] The game was released as an early access title in January 2016, with an official release on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Xbox One on August 1, 2017.[2]
Gameplay
The game is played in an open world and from a first-person perspective. The player controls a character named Beatrix LeBeau, a rancher who moves to a planet far from Earth to live the life of a "slime rancher", which consists of constructing her ranch and exploring the environment, in order to collect, raise, feed and breed slimes, gelatinous living organisms of various sizes and characteristics.[3][4][5][6]
The game's main economical aspect revolves around feeding slimes the appropriate food items so that they produce "plorts", which can then be sold in exchange for Newbucks, the currency required to purchase upgrades to the rancher's equipment or farm buildings. The player moves the character around a variety of environments, and can collect slimes, food items and plorts by sucking them up with their vacuum tool (called a "VacPack", a portmanteau of vacuum and backpack). They can only store a limited number of items and item types at a time and must go back to their ranch to unload their collected items before being able to collect more. The player must buy and upgrade various enclosures to house their collected slimes. Different types of slimes can be combined and evolved by feeding a slime a plort from another species, making them noticeably larger and able to produce multiple plorts.[7][8][9]
Reception
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The Early Access version of the Slime Rancher received "generally positive" reviews. Heather Alexandra form Kotaku noticed some bugs, but gave the game positive review saying that “I’m not usually a fan of games as catharsis but when return to my bright and goofy farm at the end of the day? I can help but smile as wide as my slimy little friends.”[8] Phillip Grobler from LevelSkip enjoyed to play Slime Rancher gave the game a score of 4.3 out of 5 stars saying that “this game is very fun already and I will recommend anyone to go and check it out”.[10] Steve Neilsen from Games Mojo awarded it 4.4 out of 5 stars stating that "Slime Rancher is fun and addictive game, with a fun premise and cute creatures. The cartoon style graphics look amazing, and gameplay is clever and full of cute."[11]
By May 2017, the game had sold over 800,000 copies.[14]
References
- ↑ "Slime Rancher". Steam. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ↑ Sykes, Tom. "Slime Rancher squelches out of early access in August". PC Gamer. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ↑ Usher, William. "Upcoming Slime Rancher Game Is Bizarre And Adorable". CinemaBlend. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ↑ Davenport, James (7 January 2016). "The disastrous end to my first outer space slime poop farm". PC Gamer. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ↑ Bridgman, John (9 July 2015). "Gettin' Wiggly With Slime Rancher". Indiegames.com. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ↑ Warr, Philippa (16 July 2015). "The Sound Of Slime: Slime Rancher’s Trailer". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ↑ Whitaker, Jed (6 January 2016). "The adorable Slime Rancher might be the next big indie hit". Destructoid. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- 1 2 Grayson, Nathan (15 January 2016). "Slime Rancher Is A Very Cute Game About Ranching Slimes". Kotaku. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ↑ Estrada, Marcus (29 December 2015). "Slime Rancher Gives You a Taste of the Fantasy Farming Lifestyle". Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- 1 2 Grobler, Phillip (September 7, 2016). "Slime Rancher Review". Level Skip. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- 1 2 Neilsen, Steve (May 29, 2017). "Slime Rancher Review". Games Mojo. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ↑ None, Deny (January 27, 2017). "Slime Rancher Review". TD Game Club. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ↑ Catalyst, Jamy (February 28, 2017). "Subway Surfers Review". Keen Gamer. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ↑ "Author tweet". Twitter.