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Orbital Shipyards

Build, Explore, Fight. Build a ship of your imagination, explore the vast cosmos, and fight for your stake in the galaxy.

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December 18, 2019
6 years and 229 days ago
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About the Game

BUILD, EXPLORE, FIGHT

In an ever expanding galactic exploration, with factions and wars, is your home made ship up to the challenge?

BUILD


With an expanding catalog of parts and weapons, build your ship up to your imagination, but be warned, the laws of physics still do apply.

You must balance your thrusters or else your ship will become an uncontrollable flying disc.

You also have multiple customization tools, allowing you to change block or thruster colors.


EXPLORE


With an ever expanding universe, explore different planets to unlock new parts for your ship to improve you ship's weapons and thrusters.

FIGHT


Have a taste for combat? We have you covered! With a growing number of weapons, you can use different combinations fight or defend against various AI or player combatants.



Scenario Mode:

CURRENT FEATURES


  • Disconnected parts fall off and become obstacles instead of just disappearing
  • Growing roster of weapons and parts
  • Procedural and land-able planets
  • Full physics with thruster balancing
  • PVE
  • Workshop
  • Leaderboards
  • Scenario Mode

WIP FEATURES


  • Build-able Fighters
  • Full Solar System
  • Campaign
  • PVE wave defense
  • Multiplayer
  • and more

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