Brave New Wonders Lets Players Command Robots With Plain Language as Factory Builder Launches on PC
Brave New Wonders is now available for PC, offering a factory-building take on a familiar problem: how do you move everything your growing industry produces without covering the landscape in conveyor belts?
Developer City From Naught Inc. replaces those belts with automatons. Players can assign them preset tasks or write instructions in plain language, including conditions that determine when and where materials should be collected and delivered. The game translates those instructions into a behaviour graph that can also be edited directly.
That distinction matters as factories grow more complicated. A robot can be told to move between locations, respond to signals from buildings or transport a specific resource when it is needed elsewhere. There is a route for players who enjoy designing intricate systems, while those who would rather get started can use the prepared behaviours.
Production begins with mining ore and crystal, refining materials and assembling increasingly complex components. Factories, warehouses and logistics routes can be linked into a larger network, with blueprints allowing players to duplicate layouts. Copied automatons retain their instructions, reducing the need to set up every new worker from scratch.
The setting gives all that industry a wider purpose. Thousands of years after the collapse of civilisation, players take the role of a Pioneer exploring the ruins of the old world and trying to rebuild. Abandoned sites may hold useful relics, but hostile machines still guard parts of the landscape. Turrets, explosives and other equipment help protect a growing industrial foothold.
Eventually, the base no longer needs to stay in one place. Constructing the Sky Pillar unlocks a huge airship that functions as an airborne fleet of factories, carrying the operation between islands and continents with different environments and resources. The developers say the full release spans four continents and seven Wonders.
The most unusual part of Brave New Wonders remains its approach to automation. Its plain-language interface uses an AI model to interpret instructions and produce the robots’ behaviour graphs. City From Naught says the game’s artwork, models, audio and writing were created by human artists, and players can assemble behaviour graphs manually if they prefer.
A free Steam demo remains available for anyone who wants to test the command system before buying. The developer says saves from the demo and earlier playtests can carry over to the full game, although starting fresh may better show the changes made during development.
Brave New Wonders is available now on Steam. The game is developed by City From Naught Inc. and published by City From Naught Inc. and LoongGate.
