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Galaxy of Pen & Paper +1

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2017

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Quick resume

Turn-based RPG about a group of players rolling dice in the year 1999! Create your own game master and RPG party, as they roleplay, explore distant planets in their imagination, fight weird aliens and save the galaxy in the era of dial-up internet and floppy disks! (Includes +1 Edition content)

Global score

71/100

Genres

Indie, Role-playing (RPG)

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    Pros

    • Strong customization and creativity
    • Engaging strategic turn-based combat
    • Humorous and nostalgic writing
    • Varied quests and exploration
    • Good value and replayability

    Cons

    • Presence of bugs and technical issues
    • Some grind and repetitiveness
    • Slow pacing and animations
    • Limited multiplayer or social features
    • Some balance issues in classes and difficulty

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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      "The game features complex turn-based combat with strategic positioning and skill synergies, requiring player skill and offering feedback, though some grinding is needed."

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    • Competition

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      "Focus is on personal progression and story; no evidence of ranked modes or direct player-vs-player competition."

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    • Continuation

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      "Players report long play sessions, replayability, and desire for more content; some mention habitual play despite limited content."

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    • Cooperation

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      "Gameplay centers on controlling a single party of characters; no multiplayer or cooperative play."

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    • Creativity

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      "Extensive character customization, multiple approaches to combat and quests, and mod support encourage creativity."

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      "Strong emphasis on customization of characters, classes, quests, and game master options, encouraging creative expression."

    • Domination

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      "Interactions are friendly and humorous with no evidence of dominance or power assertion over others."

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    • Escapism

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      "Players enjoy the humorous sci-fi setting as a fun distraction and stress relief from real life."

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      "Players enjoy the sci-fi setting, humor, and meta roleplaying as a form of stress relief and immersion away from real life."

    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of intrinsic interest and enjoyment, not due to obligation or external pressure."

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    • Experimenting

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      "The game encourages trying different characters, builds, and strategies, with varied talents and upgrades to explore."

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    • Exploration

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      "Players explore multiple planets and locations with side quests and secrets, though some areas are linear."

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    • Expression

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      "Character customization, gear appearance, and choices allow for personal expression within the game."

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    • Fantasy

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      "The game features a sci-fi setting with time loops, aliens, and speculative fiction elements creating an imaginative experience."

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    • Fellowship

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      -3

      "Limited social interaction; some narrative relationships but no multiplayer or community features."

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    • Growth

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      "Players develop characters through leveling and skill point allocation, learning game mechanics."

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    • Health

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      "Typical sedentary gameplay with no physical activity or health-related features."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused turn-based combat and exploration; not designed for background or idle play."

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    • Intimacy

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      "No evidence of forming close relationships or emotional sharing; interactions are mostly narrative."

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    • Leadership

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      "Players lead the master character and coordinate with servants, making strategic decisions."

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    • Progression

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      "Strong progression through leveling, unlocking abilities, and acquiring items and upgrades."

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    • Relaxation

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      "The game provides a casual, low-stress experience with humor and simple mechanics."

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    • Sensation

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      "Enjoyable pixel art, music, and sound effects provide sensory stimulation and emotional fun."

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    • Status

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    • Story

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      "Narrative immersion with multiple endings, character-driven story, and meta storytelling elements."

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    • Strategy

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      "Turn-based tactical combat and skill management require strategic thinking."

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Leadership, Survival, Violence, Strategy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Expression, Relaxation, Creativity.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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