Curious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century. Together with famous personalities you will venture on unprecedented expeditions to regions never explored before for fame, science and treasures. Put on your pith helmet and khakis and make your way through a lush, procedurally generated world full of wonder and mystery. Now go explore, adventure awaits!
Gameplay overview
Experience your very own adventure through a procedural story which makes every game unique.
Explore procedurally generated worlds, each with its own distinctive set of challenges for the ambitious explorer.
Plan and equip your trek. A good explorer is prepared for any eventuality.
Manage your resources to keep your trek alive and sanity high. Balance your needs with the desire to carry all that precious treasure back home.
Visit and interact with the land’s natives. Enter villages, trade and communicate with local tribes and civilizations that are unknown to mankind.
Loot mysterious temple ruins to gain fame and treasures, but watch out for deadly traps and curses that will compromise your trek and the world around you.
Equip and utilize miraculous treasures to gain advantages, but be wary of unforeseeable side effects.
Fight and defend your trek against a wide range of wild animals, mystical creatures and even dinosaurs.
History
Maschinen-Mensch is a German independent game studio of former AAA developers (Spec Ops: The Line) that left the mainstream industry to experiment with new forms of generative storytelling and create innovative games that aim at unattended niches in gaming. The Curious Expedition was first released as an alpha version in May 2015 on Steam Early Access. During the Early Access phase is has been continually expanded and enhanced by the developers, incorporating valuable community feedback and developing a devoted fan base. The Curious Expedition has sold 25,000 copies so far (fully recouping production costs) and has already been nominated for various awards, including prestigious German awards including: “Deutscher Computerspielepreis” (German Computer Games Awards; category best youth game) and “Deutscher Entwicklerpreis” (German Developer Awards; categories: best browser game, best indie game, best game design, best german game). It also won the “Deutscher Entwicklerpreis” award as best indie game in 2015
There is a big, fat and slimy ant queen nesting deep underground spewing out these samey AAA hype trash. We need to send a team of our best men to kill it.
There is a big, fat and slimy ant queen nesting deep underground spewing out these samey AAA hype trash. We need to send a team of our best men to kill it.
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If indie-devs had any ambition beyond their own hipster egos, they'd rally around a few bigger titles instead of these small teams making tons of tiny pixel games that people will forget tomomorrow.
No one forces you to play it. Just focus on AAA titles instead.
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There is a big, fat and slimy ant queen nesting deep underground spewing out these samey AAA hype trash. We need to send a team of our best men to kill it.
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If indie-devs had any ambition beyond their own hipster egos, they'd rally around a few bigger titles instead of these small teams making tons of tiny pixel games that people will forget tomomorrow.
I'm not even sure what you are suggesting. What's apparent is that you have a weird hate directed to them based on some weird predisposition on who they are.
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