greenTech+

greenTech+ is a strategy and management game centered around technology, resources and the challenge of building something sustainable without accidentally turning the entire planet into a smoking crater. Developed by Vertigo Gaming, it asks players to balance different priorities while developing systems and making decisions that affect progress. The game's focus on technological and environmental themes gives it a more thoughtful character than the average resource-management title. Rather than simply accumulating everything in sight, you need to consider how your choices interact and how to develop efficiently. Its relatively modest presentation keeps the emphasis on strategy, making it a good fit for players who enjoy games where planning matters more than twitch reflexes. It is educational without feeling like someone has hidden a textbook inside your computer.

“greenTech+ was the wining entry into the YoYo Games competition back in 2010, and has quite an oddball history. The game is designed as an old computer game (with the freeware version emulating a CRT-like stretch display), where you must lead clouds of pollution into factories for cleansing. It is fairly short, yet tremendously difficult. It is, in fact, one of my own favorite games to play, as it’s one of the few games where I don’t rely on logic or patterns for users to complete- it’s just straight up old school gameplay at it’s simplest.” - Vertigo Gaming