Grinch-AP/worlds/shapez/docs/en_shapez.md

# shapez

## What is this game?

shapez is an automation game about cutting, rotating, stacking, and painting shapes, that you extract from randomly
generated patches on an infinite canvas, and sending them to the hub to complete levels. The "tutorial", where you
unlock a new building or game mechanic (almost) each level, lasts until level 26, which unlocks freeplay with 
infinitely more levels, that each require a new, randomly generated shape. Alongside the levels, you can unlock 
upgrades, that make your buildings work faster.

## Where is the options page?

The [player options page for this game](../player-options) contains all the options you need to configure
and export a config file.
There are also some advanced "datapackage settings" that can be changed by following 
[this guide](/tutorial/shapez/datapackage_settings/en).

## What does randomization do to this game?

Buildings and gameplay mechanics, which you normally unlock by completing a level, and upgrade improvements are put 
into the item pool of the multiworld. You can also randomize the requirements for completing a level or buying an 
upgrade and shuffle the order of building in your toolbars (main and wires layer).

## What is the goal of shapez in Archipelago?

As the game has no actual goal that would represent the end of the game, there are (currently) 4 different goals you 
can choose from in the player options:
1. Vanilla: Complete level 26 (the end of the tutorial).
2. MAM: Complete a player-specified level after level 26. It's recommended to build a Make-Anything-Machine (MAM).
3. Even Fasterer: Upgrade everything to a player-specified tier after tier VIII (8).
4. Efficiency III: Deliver 256 blueprint shapes per second to the hub.

## Which items can be in another player's world?

- Buildings
- Unlocking blueprints
- Upgrade improvements
  - Big improvements, adding 1 to the multiplier
  - Small improvements, adding 0.1 to the multiplier
  - Optional: Other, rather unusual and even bad, improvements
- Different shapes bundles
- Inventory draining traps
- Different traps affecting random buildings and game mechanics

## What is considered a location check?

- Levels (minimum 1-25, up to 499 depending on player options, with additional checks for levels 1 and 20)
- Upgrades (minimum tiers II-VIII (2-8), up to D (500) depending on player options)
- Delivering certain shapes at least once to the hub ("shapesanity", up to 1000 from a 75800 names pool)
- Achievements (up to 45)

## When the player receives an item, what happens?

A pop-up will show, which item(s) were received, with additional information on some of them.

## What do the names of all these shapesanity locations mean?

Here's a cheat sheet:

![image](/static/generated/docs/shapez/shapesanity_full.png)

## Can I use other mods alongside the AP client?

At the moment, compatibility with other mods is not supported, but not forbidden. Gameplay altering mods will most
likely break the game in some way, while small QoL mods might work without problems. Try at your own risk.