Publisher Mode 7 has released the first trailer for The Colonists, a new settlement building game that combines the classic colonisation rhythms of Anno with adorable robots.The Colonists is the work of one-man studio Codebyfire (that man being developer Richard Wallis), and tasks you with establishing a foothold on a newly discovered planet - with a little help from your robot chums - in order to prepare it for the generations to come.
Codebyfire's debut looks to offer pretty much everything you'd expect from a settlement game; you'll slowly lay claim to the untouched land, harvest natural resources, and battle and trade with other civilisations. And it looks cute as a button while you do it.
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