Periodic Deliveries
- December 17, 2019
- Brian MacIntosh
- 5h median play time
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Get on itch.io StoreIn "Periodic Deliveries," manage a space shipping company, building trade routes and meeting planetary demands to expand your galactic empire. Automated ships and periodic production cycles create a hands-off, rewarding puzzle as you research upgrades and optimize your network for maximum profit. Balance production and consumption, and upgrade planets for better goods and further reach in this engaging transport tycoon experience.
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Windows
Reviews
- Charming and fun little puzzle game focused on managing trade networks.
- Adequately priced with some potential for enjoyment, especially for fans of trading games.
- Easy to pick up and learn, providing a relaxing experience for casual players.
- Gameplay becomes repetitive quickly, with minimal depth and limited re-playability.
- The technology tree lacks excitement and meaningful choices, making progression feel bland.
- Fiddly mechanics for deleting trade routes and managing ships can lead to frustration.
- gameplay4 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The gameplay features a unique logistics-based system that includes a peculiar "don't cross the streams" mechanic, preventing shipping routes from intersecting and restricting multiple ships from traveling between planets simultaneously. This design choice adds a layer of complexity and strategy to the game.
“Novel gameplay based on logistics.”
“There is also a bizarre 'don't cross the streams' mechanic where shipping routes cannot cross each other, nor can multiple ships travel from one planet to another.”
“[*] novel gameplay based on logistics”
- story2 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The story is criticized for being overly simplistic and focused primarily on the repetitive task of transporting goods, lacking depth and complexity in its narrative arc.
“A story arc that was more than just shipping goods to different locations.”
“A story arc that was more than just shipping different kinds of goods to various locations.”
