I'm going to go ahead and say this before I talk any further about this game.

If you are a beginner at any form of automation game and are struggling to grasp the basic fundamentals...
If you enjoy or are best at learning through problem solving and hands-on experiences, and absolutely adore logic puzzles...
Buy this game.
Buy it immediately, if you have the money to.

With that out of the way, shapez.io is a relatively simple automation game that gets increasingly complex as you continue to play it. There are a variety of shapes, as per the game's name, and your goal is to take apart, put together, color and fuse these shapes together and ship them to your hub in order to upgrade it and further your progression.

While there isn't any "main objective" outside of reaching the next level to my knowledge, the puzzles you're presented with when you play are incredibly engaging. Not only that, but they also provide you with a basic understanding and will test said understanding as you continue to go up in levels, adding tougher and tougher challenges to complete in order to unlock certain things.

One of the big things about it that really hammers down why I say this game is perfect for beginners is the things that are intentionally held back from the player at the beginning, such as blueprints and copy/paste being locked behind Level 12. This is what hit me with a realization that genuinely taught me something about these types of automation games - that being to start "messy".

What I mean by this is that you shouldn't concern yourself with making things look pretty or organized from the get-go - you should be setting down your foothold as soon as possible. Don't worry about the specifics - just get it working and start stockpiling as soon as you're able to. Once you have basic resources settled and stockpiled, that's when you can start to organize. Trying to "save yourself time later" will actually hurt you in the longrun due to the constant rebuilding and organizing, and you'll end up taking much longer to set up than you really should.

So. With all that said... You should play this game, especially if you really like automation or want to take your first steps into learning it. It's great.

I'm going to go ahead and say this before I talk any further about this game. If you are a beginner at any form of automation game and are struggling to grasp the basic fundamentals... If you enjoy or are best at learning through problem solving and hands-on experiences, and absolutely adore logic puzzles... Buy this game. Buy it immediately, if you have the money to. With that out of the way, shapez.io is a relatively simple automation game that gets increasingly complex as you continue to play it. There are a variety of shapes, as per the game's name, and your goal is to take apart, put together, color and fuse these shapes together and ship them to your hub in order to upgrade it and further your progression. While there isn't any "main objective" outside of reaching the next level to my knowledge, the puzzles you're presented with when you play are incredibly engaging. Not only that, but they also provide you with a basic understanding and will test said understanding as you continue to go up in levels, adding tougher and tougher challenges to complete in order to unlock certain things. One of the big things about it that really hammers down why I say this game is perfect for beginners is the things that are intentionally held back from the player at the beginning, such as blueprints and copy/paste being locked behind Level 12. This is what hit me with a realization that genuinely taught me something about these types of automation games - that being to start "messy". What I mean by this is that you shouldn't concern yourself with making things look pretty or organized from the get-go - you should be setting down your foothold as soon as possible. Don't worry about the specifics - just get it working and start stockpiling as soon as you're able to. Once you have basic resources settled and stockpiled, that's when you can start to organize. Trying to "save yourself time later" will actually hurt you in the longrun due to the constant rebuilding and organizing, and you'll end up taking much longer to set up than you really should. So. With all that said... You should play this game, especially if you really like automation or want to take your first steps into learning it. It's great.