So, what's this all about? 

A labour of love going on behind the scenes for a while now, that I believe is about time to meet the outside world and maybe make something out of it.

Encyclopedia Explosica - Practice your knowledge by competing with other players. Their knowledge versus yours. Answer fast, answer true, be the last one standing. Don't know the answer? That's okay! Look it up, it's fair game! You're here to have fun and (hopefully) learn new things in the process!

The game is in pretty early development, so issues be plenty! Reach out (be it for feedback or bug reports)!
You really, really liked it (you weirdo)? Do consider supporting. 

Why?

The idea was conceived after a 6 hour losing streak, playing on a Saturday. At the end of the day I was:

• Frustrated for the rest of my evening.
• Failed to do any of the chores I had for the day. 
• Gained nothing of value - I didn't do anything I could talk to my spouse or (most) friends about. I didn't exercise. I did nothing that could qualify as productive.
• If the servers shut down the day after, there was nothing I could take with me nor utilize for the future. 
• I had wasted my day - I never meant to play as long as I did, but I got sour over losing and hit 'Play' again and again. I can't even say I enjoyed it.
  

A lot will rightfully say that it's all my fault for lacking self-control - and they would be right. And yet, many could identify with the above described feelings.

That day, I thought to myself - 'What if you could gain something from playing, even when losing or the game dies entirely?'. The idea for (the not yet named at the time) Explosica was conceived.

What comes next then?

I did not foresee getting this far so...let's see how far it can go! Future things I have in mind include:

• More question topics
• Individual log-in, Stats, Achievements
• Question deck and hand - pick the type and difficulty of the question you want to try and answer, and gain different boons based on it
• More actions to use charges on
• Actual island hopping (and reasons for it)
• Bigger map/world
• Improved systems
• More ships
  
• More graphics
• More everything

Wow okay, that's a lot, is it even realistic? 

If people enjoy the game, I see no reason to stop working on it (or even expand and find help).

So, now what?

All that's left for you is to play and enjoy! Read this, if you're not sure how to do that (How to play)!
And if you happen to want to make your voice heard, here's some ways for you to do that: 

• Pop in the Discord channel!
• Submit your impressions in the survey🗒️!
• Leave a comment on the page!

Taking this project forward will be heavily based on feedback from people enjoying it, so if you do - make sure you let me know 🙂.
And if you really, truly, in your hearts of hearts liked it...There's always the chance to support it, along with its server costs, future development, and assets.