The cavalcade of colors, cute designs, and quirky animations in Spacebase Startopia is such a joy to watch and absorb. Firstly, the visual identity is now more suited to its hilarious atmosphere. What’s new, then? The game had some quality-of-life improvements that serve as a refreshment of the already excellent base product. Except for names, almost everything is true to the original game. When you meet other station residents, the game’s RTS aspect comes up, but the main focus is still on the management. The primary resource in the game is energy, and the principal nuisance on the station is garbage. You have a fleet of automated robots used for construction, repairs, cleaning, and, later on, for the security business. Several alien species will board your station, and each of those species plays a specific role in your station’s growth. The goal is to automatize the harvesting/production/trade routes and take care of your residents’ needs and security. Much like in the original game, the station has three separate decks: the Sub Deck, which is the main deck where your basic production facilities are and where your visitors enter the station, the Fun Deck, which holds clubs, cafes, arcades, and other places of leisure, and finally, the Bio Deck, a greenhouse where you grow plants that in turn provide you with resources. Two decades later, it’s time to capitalize on the nostalgia. With a fresh take on the genre, quirky humor, and a gameplay loop that proved both fun and challenging, Startopia became a cult classic. The aliens had needs you had to deal with, and your AI robot companion had a habit of occasionally roasting you. In addition to the usual build/harvest/produce/sell mechanics, some specifics made Startopia standout. You managed a space station visited by many different alien species that became your residents and workers. The game was called Startopia, and it was a management simulation in a unique setting – a torus-shaped space station. During its six-year existence, Mucky Foot studio made one of the most peculiar management simulation games at the start of the new century. Few of them banded together and formed the legendary Lionhead Studios, while others united under Mucky Foot Productions. Twenty-three years ago, many talented game developers left the legendary Bullfrog Productions in waves because it became too corporate.
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