<s>
Slipways	B-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Beetlewing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
combines	O
gameplay	O
from	O
puzzle	O
games	O
and	O
grand	O
strategy	B-Application
wargames	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
streamlines	O
out	O
war	O
and	O
other	O
features	O
that	O
involve	O
micromanagement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slipways	B-Application
incorporates	O
gameplay	O
inspired	O
by	O
turn-based	O
grand	O
strategy	B-Application
wargames	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
lacks	O
a	O
mechanic	O
for	O
war	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slipways	B-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
Jakub	O
Wasilewski	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
originally	O
implemented	O
a	O
prototype	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
PICO-8	B-Language
,	O
a	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
in	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
a	O
game	O
console	O
,	O
using	O
a	O
pay	O
what	O
you	O
want	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wasilewski	O
wanted	O
to	O
streamline	O
out	O
the	O
parts	O
of	O
strategy	B-Application
games	I-Application
that	O
he	O
found	O
to	O
be	O
busy-work	O
or	O
excessive	O
micromanagement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Wasilewski	O
polled	O
the	O
PICO-8	B-Language
players	O
,	O
he	O
found	O
they	O
did	O
not	O
consider	O
war	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
priority	O
feature	O
,	O
so	O
he	O
stuck	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
design	O
when	O
developing	O
the	O
commercial	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
a	O
pre-release	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Andy	O
Kelly	O
of	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
It	O
's	O
a	O
wonderfully	O
simple	O
,	O
streamlined	O
strategy	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
but	O
still	O
makes	O
you	O
feel	O
like	O
you	O
're	O
building	O
something	O
grand.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Nic	O
Reuben	O
of	O
Rock	O
Paper	O
Shotgun	O
described	O
Slipways	B-Application
as	O
"	O
a	O
phenomenally	O
smart	O
piece	O
of	O
design	O
"	O
that	O
pits	O
players	O
against	O
their	O
own	O
poor	O
impulses	O
instead	O
of	O
AI-controlled	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rock	O
Paper	O
Shotgun	O
subsequently	O
listed	O
it	O
among	O
the	O
best	O
space	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
,	O
best	O
PC	O
strategy	B-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
best	O
games	O
released	O
in	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
for	O
Wireframe	O
Magazine	O
,	O
Ian	O
Dransfield	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
focused	O
,	O
delightful	O
puzzle	O
game	O
masquerading	O
as	O
space	O
empire-based	O
grand	O
strategy.	O
"	O
</s>
