Astral Shipwright

Spent 30 minutes trying to figure out this game, theres no tutorial, the building menu is very basic and you feel like you're fighting against it to make a ship, not with it. It's not ready for steam, if you hammer away at it you can figure out what you need to launch a ship but its absolutely not worth it in this state, the dev is crazy putting it on steam both in its current state and at its current price. The current price makes it seem like a low value game, which it is as its not worth whats being charged for it. I strongly recommend the dev unlist it, put it back into development and release it at about $15 dollars, when its equal to that value.

I bought this game not knowing it was not complete. Reading the comments it seems they will be updating it regularly so I'm going to keep it. It took some poking around to figure out how to assemble your ship as there are no instructions, but once I figured it out it was intuitive and simple. I did get my ship to fly but that essentially when the game ends. You can travel a bit and trade items but nothing else. I'm giving it a thumbs up because I think it has great potential, but I would wait to buy.

There are some interesting concepts, but very little to do and very little content. Most of the game is cutscenes of your ship firing thrusters.

Overall it's a fun game it only takes about 5 hours to "beat" it with the current release. The UI is pretty clunky and requires a lot of clicks/button presses for things to happen. I hope there is more in store for this game for the future. Although it isn't in early release it feels like an EA game. If you like ship building and indie games this is worth the 9-10 bucks you'd spend on it. All in all I just wish there was more to do and the game didn't feel so empty.

Very little interactivity. Just some clicks to trade some goods, which variety you can count on your fingers. Slap some parts together, not a lot of them either. Get a mining drill and boom, infinite money. You can slap some more parts together and then... Well you're about done. The dev was disappointed with sales and gave up entirely on the game, so probably nothing will be added. Just some shiny graphics and a minimum of features. Unless floating around in space with nothing to do scratches just the right itch for you, you're better off exploring the "under 5" category for many games that will entertain you more. Felt there was so much raw potential...

The games still pretty bare bones at the moment, but it has alot of potential. If you're willing to put up with a buying and selling start and a somewhat clunky U.I that you can get used to, you'll have some fun in this game. Overall, currently, there isn't much in the way of content, nor is there a tutorial, which does kinda suck. But its pretty easy to get a grasp of either way if you've played similar games. TL;DR- very early access, needs time, but the foundation is strong, looking forward for more to come. Developer is also very responsive.

TLDR: Only 3-5 hours of content. Some interesting concepts, but they definitely need to be worked out a lot more. (I'll try to check back every few months or so. Last checked March 2023.) + works on Linux (reasonably stable, a crash or 2 when going to the main screen) + Looks pretty + Orbital mechanics are interesting + UI is pretty consistent now - Gameplay needs more thought The end game of hanging out of a station just continuously refining needs to be discouraged. (Making the main purpose of the refining process to take up less cargo space, seem a possible approach. Like the developer did in their previous game Helium Rain.)

This looked very promising. I bought it, no tutorial. No real game play. Nothing.