MARSTEAD

MARSTEAD is a colony sim about building a settlement on Mars with the survivors of a crashed transport ship. Start with three colonists and three escape pods, establish the essentials and assign work to suit their skills. Grow crops, manufacture equipment, trade with visitors and prepare for hostile raids.A demo covering your first 10 solsThe demo covers your colony's first 10 sols (Martian days), with saving, loading and the option to start again. Establish shelter, life support and food production, and work toward radio contact.

The full game continues beyond this limit into the research and long-term projects described below. Pressurized rooms and reliable powerBuild enclosed rooms with walls, doors and airlocks, then supply them with oxygen. Water supports drinking, oxygen production, farming and cooking. Start a power grid with solar panels and batteries, and expand generation as the settlement grows. Keep reserves for cold snaps and dust storms, and send colonists to repair leaks and broken equipment before essential services come to a halt.

From growing beds to the kitchenPlant rice, wheat and potatoes, and assign colonists to sow, water and harvest. Set up a kitchen to turn crops into porridge, rice, bread, baked potatoes and stew. Order just enough meals or maintain a target stock. Watch your remaining food and the next harvest before expanding the colony. You can also grow medicinal herbs to supply future medicine production.…