Flotsam (video game) explained

Flotsam is a survival city-building video game developed and published by Pajama Llama Games, which released in early access on September 26, 2019. It was previously published by Kongregate, until the developers self-published it in 2020.^{[1] [2]}

Gameplay

Flotsam is a townbuilding survival game. In the game you start with a group of stranded survivors in a flooded world. The gameplay revolves around you as a player guiding these survivors through the world while recycling all the garbage that is found in the ocean.^[3]

Development

Flotsam is developed by Ghent-based indie studio Pajama Llama Games.^[4] The game released in early access on Steam, Kartridge, GoG and Humble Bundle September 26, 2019.^[5]

Reception

During development Flotsam has already won several prizes.

Date	Category	Location
2017	Grand Prix[6]	White Nights, Prague
2017	Best Game Design	White Nights, Prague
2018	Rising Star[7]	IndieArenaBooth, Gamescom, Cologne
2019	Most Promising Belgian Game[8]	Belgian Game Awards, Kortrijk
2019	Best Unity Game[9]	IndieArenaBooth, Gamescom, Cologne

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flotsam on Steam. Steam.
2. Web site: Flotsam Demsonstriert Die Gefahren Einer Überfluteten Welt. IGN. Sturm, Andreas. 7 August 2019.
3. Web site: Flotsam's City Building Is Frostpunk Meets Waterworld - Flotsam Gameplay. Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Liguori, Alice.
4. Web site: Build a driftwood city in the beautiful blue world of Flotsam. PCGamer. Wood, Austin. October 16, 2017.
5. Web site: 'Garbage town builder' Flotsam mixes survival and city building in new trailer. PCGamer. Wood, Austin. August 16, 2018.
6. Web site: Flotsam scoops away Grand Prix Award!. Van Verdegem. Dave. 2017-03-15. Pajama Llama Games. en. 2019-08-15.
7. Web site: Let's look back at the best gamescom ever for #BelgianGamesIndustry. 2018-08-24. FLEGA. en-US. 2019-08-15.
8. Web site: Belgian Game Awards 2019 Winners. Belgian Games. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20190815144036/https://awards.belgiangames.be/games/winners. 2019-08-15. 2019-08-15. dead.
9. Web site: The Best Unity Game Award goes to Flotsam from the lovely people of @_PajamaLlama . Nice work, team! #Gamescom19 #iab19pic.twitter.com/vsFNxuNip7. IndieArenaBooth. 2019-08-22. @IndieArenaBooth. en. 2019-08-27.