Mechanic Miner is a sweet little 2D construction game.

If you like building and crafting crazy contraptions, automated robotics, and everything inbetween, you’ll definitely want to check this game out. It plays as a survival game but it focuses on building and constructing machines that are powered by steam.

The story is basic. You’re stranded on a new and foreign planet and you need to seek out shelter, resources, and other basic necessities to survive. The planet is inhabited by plants and animals, some of which are hostile. The planet has an alien life form that’s up to you to find out whether or not a species is hostile or peaceful.

All you’re equipped with is a multitool which you brought from home. This tool can craft machine parts that can be put together into bigger machines. It works by using the resources and raw materials found naturally on the planet. With this tool, you’re off to explore this myseterious world. And that’s where the fun kicks in.

With the multitool, you’ll find your way through the planet and start from nothing. You can build all types of steam-powered machines and vehicles. Vehicles are important for traversing the variety of biomes on the planet. Some areas are very dangerous and will require a more powerful vehicle to navigate.

The only way to get an upgraded vehicle is to use the right upgraded materials. Some special materials are only in specific areas, which means you’ll have to explore to harvest the rarer raw materials. So it’s pretty much centered around a tech tree system which requires you to explore in order to get better materials to get better parts to explore more areas.

The game isn’t too storyline-focused, but rather letting you be free to explore, build, craft, and harvest at your own pace. You make progress by collecting new steam-powered elements which are necessary to power your technology and upgrade it. You’ll eventually get to build more advanced machines which will then you dive deeper into new areas you couldn’t go before. There are tons of diverse biomes each with their own raw materials, inhabitants, and environment.

The only real “goal” of the game is to explore and work your way up the tech tree in order to “escape” the world once and for all.

Mechanic Miner lets you build any kind of machine you can imagine. It utilizes a full physics engine that allows you to simulate any machine rather than prebuilt ones that are programmed into the game. If you’re the analytical, creative, or imaginative type, this game will keep you glued to your screen for the next year.

You’ll be looking for ways to increase efficiency, upgrade technology, automate tasks, and build nonstop until you have the “perfect” setup. It’s one of those games that never end.

The game also lets you share your designs with the community and friends as well. And you can receive theirs vice versa to implement into your own world via blueprints.

If you’ve played games like Minecraft, Rimworld, or Terraria, it’s kind of the same concept.

Mechanic Miner looks awesome and has a nice art style. It’s a 2D side-scrolling game that features a uniquely pixelated adventure through many different biomes. You can walk the surface, explore underground caves, and even fly in the skies. You’ll encounter tons of enemies and some epic bosses like giant sandworms. Explore the world. Collect resources. Build contraptions. This game could be as big as Minecraft.

Sign up for early access via the alpha using the link below to start your own steam empire!

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Sticks and Stones is an island survival game.

There seems to be a new survival game rolling out every other day, so this genre is now extremely saturated.

For a game to become successful, it’s important that it distinguishes itself apart from all the others.

Sticks and Stones has some promising features that just may make it stand out.

Like many other survival games, your goal is to build a shelter, find food, and gather resources to protect yourself from the elements and survive. You explore the island and collect items to craft objects such as weapons and shelter.

The crafting system works just like how you’d expect it to. It’s similar to other games like Rust which uses a basic overlay crafting system. You have crafting recipes to easily build all the available items.

There’s also a weather system with a full day/night cycle. You can even set up rain barrels to collect water when it rains. During the day, you scavenge and hunt. During the night, you’re best off starting a campfire and crafting resources.

You can currently hunt rabbits, crabs, and a few other animals. The game has a pretty big island for you to explore.

What sets this game apart is that it’s promised to be actively developed without the wait between updates. There are plans for a bigger island, tents, tools, traps, hostile enemies, improved GUI, choppable trees, and a lot more. The developer states that the game is currently in feedback mode which allows players to suggest new features.

The game has the quirky Unity graphics you’d expect with a hotkey bar and a basic UI. It’s still very primitive right now, but still playable. You can pick up and place rocks, eat coconuts, and use a spear.

Therefore, Sticks and Stones is an actual Early Access game where the developer listens to the community and develops accordingly. That’s why it stands out and could be a hit in this genre with tons of competition.

Try out the game using the link below. It’s worth a try if you like the genre. And be sure to contact the developer with your suggestions.

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