Frack the World

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• Play Through 10 Unique Scenarios and Over a Dozen Quick Play Stages
• Choose From 4 Different Companies, Each with Their Own Strengths
• Go Bird Watching in your Free Time and Spot Them All

Frack the World is a resource management game about successfully running a hydrofracking company while also dealing with the state of the environment.

There are several simultaneously moving systems that you, as CEO, need to pay attention to in order to succeed in your capitalist dreams. The oil you are generating, the money you are making, the damage to the environment, and the public opinion of you company - are four of the major drivers of your company. If you choose to ignore one, the entire thing might crumble.

In Frack the World you manage a hydrofracking company. This concept boils down to the theme and gameplay principles but isn't intended to be a 1:1 fracking simulation. If Two Point Hospital is about managing a hospital, or Roller Coaster Tycoon is about managing an amusement park - that's the idea we are going for here.

The gameplay for Frack the World exists on two fronts, the Surface and the Underground. 

In the Underground, you are presented with a strategic puzzle-like game. Hydrofracking is a kind of horizontal well drilling, and as such only your horizontal pipes can draw oil from frack veins. Your pipes will extend deeper and deeper into the Earth, but all pipes cost monthly maintenance fees. The deeper you dig, the better chance at a lucrative frack vein though. The hurdles along the way include the fact that your pipes cannot overlap, rock formations that need to be excavated through extra means, water tables that risk massive environmental damage if broken, and more.

On the Surface, your companies facilities are built and spatial awareness must be considered. Some facilities may only take on one grid space, but other can take up to four.  You may opt to not use certain facilities at all in certain matches in favor of other things and bobs. Hurdles on the surface may include protests, facilities constructed or abandoned by other companies, land for sale, and air pollution, among others.

This is the free version 1.0 of the game. The game received several patches adding a load of new content which is exclusive to the paid Steam version.

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