"Slime Rancher" is an early access game I, personally, enjoy immensely. The premise is that you are a rancher sent to harvest "plorts" from the planets resident slimes. You trade plorts for money to buy corrals, upgrades, and supplies.
The game has a cutesy look, with everything being bright colors and chibi-esque designs. There are a few areas to explore and collect resources and slimes as of version 0.3.1. There are many types of slimes that bring in different prices for their plorts. There are 15 different slimes as of the latest version of the game. Some are dangerous and some are not!
If a player is not careful, he or she may run into harmful slimes or worse — tarrs! Tarrs eat other slimes, surrounding meat, rot crops and harm ranchers. The player can spray water or throw them into the slime sea but tarrs are not a benefit to the rancher. Tarrs appear when a slime eats too many different types of plorts. When a slime eats a plort of a different type then its own it becomes a Largo. A largo is a mix of two different slimes with the power of both types!
Controls are tight and responsive and story is still being developed so who knows where that will go. The game is very enjoyable to play. The end goal is to expand the ranch and have as many different types of slimes as possible! There is more lore for characters that has yet to be released. This game is shaping of to be one that is enjoyable for all ages and players!
