SpaceCraft PC (Early Access)

The Universe is yours. Design and build ships, automate planetary bases and interplanetary logistics, trade and cooperate. Be part of a galaxy that evolves through player actions. Mine, craft, trade resources and ship parts. Buy and sell blueprints, accept or offer services, missions and contracts. Participate and adapt to the economy of the Universe, as each marketplace transaction affects prices. True power lies in teamwork. Create or join Corporations and collaborate on a larger scale. Develop interplanetary production and logistics by assigning roles, dividing tasks, and managing everything from small crews to vast commercial empires. Freely explore an immense universe where the vastness of space stretches before you, full of untold possibilities.

Whether you’re scanning planets for valuable resources or charting a course to forgotten worlds, the Universe is yours. You’re completely free to explore it. Planets hold an abundance of natural resources ready to be uncovered and exploited. As you explore and scan new systems, equip yourself with a variety of tools to extract raw materials. Scan your environment and use your ship to mine, extract and gather resources at SpaceCraft . Craft these resources into valuable materials or ship parts, and trade or sell them. Build your ships by assembling crafted parts. Whether you’re building small, nimble vessels or heavy transport cruisers, each added component impacts their performance.

Alternatively, buy blueprints from other players for ready-made designs that you can build instantly. Once you have perfected your ship, sell its blueprint allowing others to build and pilot your creation. The crafting system is archaic as well in SpaceCraft. When crafting items, the only options are to sit at the workshop and either hit “Craft” every single time for small quantities or enable autocraft, manually count how many items are needed, and then leave the workshop. It’s absurd. One corpmate spent about five hours straight at a workshop while being supplied with materials just to complete a request without waiting the three days the automated processes would have taken to produce the same items.

There needs to be a system that allows players to designate exactly how many items they want to craft and then let the process run automatically. The automation processes themselves are tedious, and anything more complex than a simple contraption can take 30 to 45 minutes for a single production run. It gets especially absurd when manufacturing ship parts. Iron and Carbon are needed to produce Steel, which is then used for Structural Beams, which in turn are required for casing production. The entire process of SpaceCraft takes far too long because Iron smelting is slow, Steel smelting is also slow, Structural Beam production only speeds things up slightly, and casing production becomes slow again.