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66 lines
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# shapez
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## What is this game?
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shapez is an automation game about cutting, rotating, stacking, and painting shapes, that you extract from randomly
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generated patches on an infinite canvas, and sending them to the hub to complete levels. The "tutorial", where you
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unlock a new building or game mechanic (almost) each level, lasts until level 26, where you unlock freeplay with
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infinitely more levels, that require a new, randomly generated shape. Alongside the levels, you can unlock upgrades,
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that make your buildings work faster.
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## Where is the options page?
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The [player options page for this game](../player-options) contains all the options you need to configure
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and export a config file.
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There are also some advanced "datapackage settings" that can be changed by following
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[this guide](/tutorial/shapez/datapackage_settings/en).
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## What does randomization do to this game?
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Buildings and gameplay mechanics, that you normally unlock by completing a level, and upgrade improvements are put
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into the item pool of the multiworld. Also, if enabled, the requirements for completing a level or buying an upgrade are
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randomized.
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## What is the goal of shapez in Archipelago?
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As the game has no actual goal where the game ends, there are (currently) 4 different goals you can choose from in the
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player options:
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1. Vanilla: Complete level 26 (the end of the tutorial).
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2. MAM: Complete a player-specified level after level 26. It's recommended to build a Make-Anything-Machine (MAM).
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3. Even Fasterer: Upgrade everything to a player-specified tier after tier 8.
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4. Efficiency III: Deliver 256 blueprint shapes per second to the hub.
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## Which items can be in another player's world?
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- Unlock different buildings
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- Unlock blueprints
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- Big upgrade improvements (adds 1 to the multiplier)
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- Small upgrade improvements (adds .1 to the multiplier)
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- Other unusual upgrade improvements (optional)
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- Different shapes bundles
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- Inventory draining traps
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- Different traps afflicting random buildings and game mechanics
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## What is considered a location check?
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- Levels (minimum 1-25, up to 499 depending on player options, with additional checks for levels 1 and 20)
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- Upgrades (minimum tiers II-VIII (2-8), up to D (500) depending on player options)
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- Delivering certain shapes at least once to the hub ("shapesanity", up to 1000 from a 75800 names pool)
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- Achievements (up to 45)
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## When the player receives an item, what happens?
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A pop-up will show, which item(s) were received, with additional information on some of them.
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## What do the names of all these shapesanity locations mean?
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Here's a cheat sheet:
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## Can I use other mods alongside the AP client?
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At the moment, compatibility with other mods is not supported, but not forbidden. Gameplay altering mods will most
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likely crash the game or disable loading the afflicted mods, while QoL mods might work without problems. Try at your own
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risk.
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