Calyx – the name comes from the Greek term for a husk or seed pod – is a real-time strategy game where the twist is that you’re not fighting against a mirror of yourself, constructing sprawling bases and churning out deathblobs of units to smash together, nor even fighting asymmetric opponents with different types of units and abilities, but rather you are fighting the creeping growth of plant life that spreads out across the map.
Naturally, given that it is the year 2026 and all humanity’s sins are brazenly on display, our species is not covering itself in glory here. The plot is fun: in essence, a slower than light starship with its crew in stasis has reached its destination, and most of the ship and crew are pretty fucked, thanks for asking. The one survivor is the chef, who the ship’s AI immediately rockets down toward the planet to start beginning mining operations. Because why else would anyone travel, really, other than to gather delicious, colourful mineral ore?
