Arcana, Gas & Waterworks Inc.

Welcome to Arcana, Gas & Waterworks Inc.

"Keeping the mana flowing since 643 A.O."

You've just been hired at AG&W Inc, the municipal utility company responsible for delivering magical energy, gas, and water to every town, tower, dungeon, and dragon's lair in the region. Your job is to lay the ley lines, pipe the pipe networks, and route the resources to the right customers. Your placement is probationary, and you share a desk.

Nobody thanks you when things work, but everyone blames you when they don't.

ROUTE MAGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

• Connect sources to consumers across hex-grid maps

• Manage 5 mana energy types: Arcana, Fire, Water, Earth, and Gas

• Build relay stations, splitters, transformers, batteries, and filters

• Watch your network come alive with glowing neon energy flows (then watch a dragon submit a three-page grievance about not having cold water)

SOLVE PUZZLES WITH CONSEQUENCES

• Balance budgets while keeping customers satisfied

• Handle escalating complaints from pixies, gnomes, dwarves, and dungeon lords

• Discover energy interactions for better and mostly worse

• Navigate 19 hand-crafted campaign scenarios across 6 career tiers

CLIMB THE CORPORATE LADDER

• Start as a New Employee, rise to Chief of Reclamation

• Unlock new components and abilities as you progress

• Earn promotions by completing increasingly complex operations

• Discover the dark secrets lurking in the company's past

EXPERIENCE RETRO-FUTURISTIC CHARM

• VAX/VMS CRT terminal aesthetic with phosphor glow and scanlines

• Classic OS-inspired desktop hub

• WynnAmp 2.7.3 music player

• Fantasy world corporate satire with a mysterious start-up scandal

AMAZING INDIE MUSIC SOUNDTRACK

• 13 songs by 4 real life independent musicians:

  • Nobody and the NeckRomancers

  • Fire Ant Season

  • Backspin ZX

  • Harder Wins

• Unlock new songs on almost every level

FEATURES

• 19 campaign scenarios with hand-crafted puzzles

• Procedurally generated freelance operations for endless endgame replayability

• 23 Steam achievements

• Soundtrack that slaps

• Full keyboard rebinding

• Supports accessible gaming settings

ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS GAME WILL BE DONATED TO THE TREVOR PROJECT

100% of all income this game earns on Steam (or anywhere else) will be donated to The Trevor Project , a nonprofit dedicated to suicide prevention among LGBTQ+ youth. In their own words:

"The Trevor Project is the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit organization for LGBTQ+ young people. We provide information & support to LGBTQ+ young people 24/7, all year round."

If you are having thoughts of harming yourself or just need help working through a crisis, you can reach out 24/7 to The Trevor Project:

Text START to 678-678

Call 1-866-488-7386

TTY 1-866-803-3699

Online Chat

The team at AG&W Inc. want you to know that we love you and we're glad you're here. Scrollsworth even wrote a lengthy memo about how much he appreciates you being in our world. (He is requiring everyone to scroll to the bottom to acknowledge the message before they are permitted close the window.)

Arcana, Gas & Waterworks Inc. is a loving tribute to infrastructure games, 90s operating systems, and corporate bureaucracy.