HELLO WORLD / ARTICLE DIRECTORY
Guides & tutorials
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Batteries charge strandd bots
Bots that run out of power outside the reach of a charger stop working. You need to produce or buy batteries to re-power them. Your units will charge
Colony, food & power
Settlement management includes farming, production, and connecting an electrical grid. Humans require food and rest; robots depend on charging and rep
Combat is turn-based
Combat is turn-based, one side after another. Units have two actions per turn, but some actions consume the entire turn.
Control the camera with the keyboard and mouse
Move the camera with WASD, arrow keys or by moving your mouse to the screen edge. Rotate with Q and E, and zoom with the scroll wheel.
Control time with the keyboard or buttons
Use the time controls at the top right corner of the screen to pause, play, or speed up time. You can also press 1, 2 or 3 on the keyboard to change t
Explore the world
They don't make, well, anything anymore. Expeditions are where you find the good stuff - rare parts, salvage, new bots, answers. Be careful out there.
Game overview
Hello World is Agency’s colony simulation with tactical, turn-based battles. Human and robot survivors build a settlement amid spreading engineered ve
Grow and cook food
Humans need to eat. Make sure you have a Campfire with cooking projects and Farm Plots with growing projects to produce food. Hungry units lose sanity
Humans need sleeping spots
Humans need to sleep. Make sure you have enough beds so they have somewhere to sleep. Without beds, they'll sleep on the ground and won't feel well-re
Place beacons to explore overgrowth
Place beacons in the overgrowth to mark areas of interest. Your units will investigate beacons autonomously. Click Beacons on the bottom of the screen
Robots & overgrowth
Hostile machines can be captured and reprogrammed for colony work. Vegetation expands in real time and responds to construction. Clearing growth and d
Tactical combat
The official description emphasizes squad positioning, cover, and terrain during turn-based encounters. The robot pages contain extracted configuratio
Tell bots to clear the overgrowth
Things like the Charger and Fuse box get Overgrown quickly, preventing them from working. Click Zones on the bottom of the screen, select Clear Vegeta
Trade with the trader
A trader has arrived. Click on the trader to browse their wares and start trading projects. Your units will automatically deliver the required resourc