Cooperation Corporation

The industrial revolution was the first sign that people are going to lose their place on the factory floor sometime in the future, and we are closer to that goal day by day. Robots can already do most of the work, except maybe when the task is too difficult to program and a human is still needed for the process to be completed. Regardless of whether you are a fan or not, robots are much better at repetitive tasks than we are.

Cooperation Corporation is not as much of a game as it is a tool to simulate how robots would behave in various circumstances when it comes to producing certain goods. You are allowed to design and modify the layout of the factory floor, as well as the positioning of the raw resources used in the process. There are multiple types of artificial intelligence algorithms as well.

You have a limited budget to spend on materials and design, although the walls needed to design the factory layout are actually free. However, if you wish to add more resources or move them around, money are needed to do so. This is, in fact, the most game-like feature of the application, because it makes everything feel more like a challenge.

Although it doesn’t really matter what the end product of your production is, you have multiple choices at your disposal: drills, drones, toys or mobile phones. Each one of them requires a different amount of resources, but they can bring in more or less profit as well. Whether you need more plastic or a higher number of electronics, you also have to keep an eye on your warehouse.

Lastly, the actual robots come in multiple varieties as well, and they each have a specific purpose. Some are solely programmed to take care of packaging, while others transport the resources as efficiently as possible. While they can do most of the work themselves, it’s you that has to optimize the process in the end, because AI technology is still not that advanced yet.

All things considered, Cooperation Corporation is not very entertaining, at least not in the same way Call of Duty is. However, if you know what it can be used for and you get over the lack of a guide or explanations, this can occupy a great portion of your spare time.