[PC, Mac] Slipways $19.19 (Was $23.95) @ GOG

100% of developer's and GOG's profits on Slipways games sales in next 7 days, going to the Polish Red Cross' 'Help Ukraine' fund

Following 11 bit studios' statement of donating all of their proceeds made in a 7 day period from This War Of Mine game/DLCs to the Ukrainian Red Cross, Polish game developer Beetlewing also announced that all profits from the sales of their 4X / turn based strategy game Slipways on all storefronts in the next 7 days (until March 3rd, 7pm UTC), shall be given to the Polish Red Cross' 'Help Ukraine' fund for humanitarian aid.

• GOG was quick to additionally support both of these announcements, by pledging to donate all of the proceeds that they would normally receive as their sales cut for This War Of Mine, to the Ukrainian Red Cross, and the same for Slipways, i.e. the Polish Red Cross' 'Help Ukraine' fund.
• In contrast, if you were to buy either or both of these games on say, the Steam storefront, Valve will keep the normal 30% cut from every purchase.
• Incidentally, the current 20% off GOG sale matches the all-time historic low price of $A19.19 for the Slipways game on any storefront

Slipways game description on GOG. (Videos on YouTube: Announcement trailer, PC Gamer's review)

Slipways takes the space grand strategy genre and condenses the best parts of it down by throwing away all the micromanagement and the steep learning curve. The result is a unique blend of the strategy and puzzle genres in which you can finish a run quickly, but still have a deep experience full of tough decisions.

MAKE TRADE, NOT WAR
Colonize planets, carefully pick industries and hook everything up so that your planets support each other. Line everything up just right and watch your colonies evolve and grow, giving you even more options for profitable trade. Make long-term plans and bask in your own glory when that one last connection makes six planets upgrade at the same time and gives you the income you desperately need.

There is no military aspect to pull your focus away from the economy. The game is more relaxed than your typical grand strategy. It's all about exploring space and its endless opportunities, shaping it to your whim and developing it to its full potential. No need for war with so much empty universe to claim.

FASTER THAN LIGHT
Forget about tedious micromanagement and waiting for ships to be built. In Slipways, every action you take has immediate consequences, and every choice you make is of paramount importance. Your planets govern themselves while you focus on making the right decisions to get them what they need. You'll waste none of your precious time on busywork. A single run takes 40-60 minutes and they are all filled with the good stuff.

TECH IT UP A NOTCH
There are no boring technologies here. Instead of making a single building 20% more efficient, technologies in Slipways let you move planets at will, harness stars for energy or colonize planets with sentient machines instead of people. The selection varies each run, so you'll have to plan carefully and adapt to the situation at hand. The path you choose will profoundly change your experience and the way you look at the game's planets and resources.

…ONE MORE GAME?
When a single run takes no more than an hour, what you need is replayability. Almost everything in Slipways is procedurally generated and each sector of the galaxy offers wildly different challenges. To overcome these challenges, you'll enlist the help of the five races populating the empire, each with their own philosophical outlook, varied abilities and a dedicated slice of the technology tree. There are more than 80 technologies to choose from and you'll only be using about 10 of them each run. No two games are ever exactly alike.

PLAY IT YOUR WAY
The standard gameplay mode gives you 25 years to build the best empire you can, but there are others. The endless mode lets you play for as long as you can hold on to power, the sandbox mode allows you to experiment freely, while the ranked run is a chance to measure your skills against others around the world on pre-seeded maps.

The game will also feature a campaign mode, with each scenario introducing a new twist and refreshing the gameplay: supernovae that have to be tamed or avoided, sectors with completely new resources to be mined, a dense nebula impeding your progress. On launch day, there will only be a few scenarios to explore, but their number will increase over time as free updates are released. The new mechanics introduced in the campaign will also feature in other modes, becoming new options for even more varied runs.