Over on Steam, I'm at constant odds when it comes to what to play and pick up. Do I buy something that will take up all my time, or just some of it?
Well, that's where free projects come in. This one over on Steam is entirely free and could end up becoming your next obsession, if you have the constitution for it.
Created by Fish Pond Studio, Cividle is, simply put, a Civilization and Idle game mashed into one. Civilization games (and the 4X genre as a whole) typically ask players to explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate (hence the four Xs) to win. Idle games are literally meant to be played idly, with automatic gains and benefits for the player. The marriage of the two makes perfect sense, especially given how much of a time sink 4X games are.
Your job is to grow your empire, make people happy, and, naturally, make the numbers go up. You'll accomplish that on a procedurally generated map, which allows you to expand and eventually "reshape the terrain" once you've reached a sufficient amount of strength and technological growth. Speaking of technologies, there are over 100 of them, ranging from hunting...
