Today’s Niche Spotlight is Power to the People, a resource management sim by Hermes Interactive and Crytivo.
Provide electricity to an ever-expanding city by building power plants and carefully planned supply lines. Research new technologies to make your plants more efficient and unlock new structures.
Keep up with the demands of a power-hungry populace, and deal with the effects of natural disasters on your power lines. Power to the People includes a campaign mode, sandbox, and weekly challenges.
You can find the launch trailer below.
Power to the People is available on Windows PC via Steam for $14.99.
You can find a rundown (via Steam) below:
Build and maintain a power grid for a constantly growing population – all while fighting off potential disaster – in this thrilling resource management experience. Sell energy and earn money in order to expand your company. Provide more power to existing customers and supply it to newly constructed cities. It’s time for you to give Power to the People!
CONSTANTLY GROWING CITIES
Challenge yourself and provide electricity to constantly growing cities, all while the demand for energy increases. Utilize more than 20 buildings and their upgrades to achieve your goals and keep the power running. Remember, if there are blackouts and your customers are not satisfied, you’ll be out of a job! Do you have what it takes to keep the lights on?
CHOOSE YOUR DEVELOPMENT PATH
Do you believe in nuclear power as the solution for humankind’s energy production problems? Or are you more of a renewable energy fan? Perhaps you’d prefer to go old school and stick to fossil fuels? Power to the People offers you a wide array of power plant types and energy storage solutions so you can design your grid exactly how you want it, all while taking advantage of the local resources and climate.
ADAPT & AUTOMIZE
Each continent has its own challenges and weather conditions. You will have to employ both strategy and judgement to select the best energy plants, providing the most benefit for current conditions. Don’t forget to automate how power flows through your grids by using switching stations. Switching stations will allow you to adjust power flow based on weather conditions, power usage, storage, etc. Create the most robust system possible and thrive!
EXTENSIVE RESEARCH TREE
Research more than 30 different technologies in order to improve your substations, power plants, and power lines. Don’t forget to spend some extra influence points to research new marketing techniques to boost the economy of your company.
NATURE HATES YOU!
Each day, you’ll see new challenges thrown your way – be ready for anything! Sometimes, Mother Nature will surprise you with lightning bolts, solar flares, and falling trees which can put both your power lines and power plants at risk. In other cases, cities might experience increased power usage due to events like football games, the arrival of influencers, or the hosting of an extremely popular TV show. Make sure you provide a smooth experience for everyone involved and keep the people happy!
CHALLENGE YOURSELF
You finished the main campaign and played around in sandbox mode, and now you want more? Every week, a new set of challenges will be presented to players. Play maps that have special conditions and specific restrictions, earn points, compete against other players, and climb your way to the top of the leaderboard!
Features
- Multiple modes (Main Campaign, Sandbox Mode, and Weekly Challenges)
- 14 missions spanning 5 continents
- Varying levels of difficulty
- 20+ unique buildings to utilize
- Extensive research tree with 30+ perks to discover and influence point management
- Different weather conditions, each providing its own challenges to the player
- Random events
- Leaderboard
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