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[Kaspo]

Holy wow guys - it's been a few months since I've checked out the log. The progress! I'm loving the videos. This took a huge jump up in my "must play" list

Hey thanks Pixel Noise!
Yeah we have been working hard these last months.
We have some really cool stuff in the works that we haven’t talked about yet 

[Kaspo]

Sometimes you just have to build a vehicle with what you have. It might not look that pretty, but it’ll help you travel faster.

[diegzumillo]

This looks really great! I love building things. What would my motivation to build things in this game be? Building for the sake of building is fun already, of course (Garry's mod?) but building as a way to solve a problem: that's magical!

[Kaspo]

This looks really great! I love building things. What would my motivation to build things in this game be? Building for the sake of building is fun already, of course (Garry's mod?) but building as a way to solve a problem: that's magical!

Thanks Diegzumillo!
Interesting to hear and we agree. It’s really something special when a game lets you solve problems with creativity. For sure something we want to add. Do you have any cool ideas in mind?

[marcgfx]

I would like to see that thing in motion
but for a vehicle like that to make even a little sense, you would have to have some terrain, where the boos would be superior to the wheels. maybe rocky or marshy? but to be honest, there is probably a reason vehicles like this dont exist
maybe in a world where the wheel has not been invented and everything is moved by magic, but levitation is out of the question.

[diegzumillo]

I would like to see that thing in motion
but for a vehicle like that to make even a little sense, you would have to have some terrain, where the boos would be superior to the wheels. maybe rocky or marshy? but to be honest, there is probably a reason vehicles like this dont exist
maybe in a world where the wheel has not been invented and everything is moved by magic, but levitation is out of the question.

Or, another plausible scenario, if resources are scarce and you only have one wheel to build a vehicle.

Do you have any cool ideas in mind?

I have no idea. I was trying to think of something open world where emerging gameplay would give you problems that could be solved by building vehicles but nothing noteworthy came up.

[Kaspo]

I would like to see that thing in motion
but for a vehicle like that to make even a little sense, you would have to have some terrain, where the boos would be superior to the wheels. maybe rocky or marshy? but to be honest, there is probably a reason vehicles like this dont exist
maybe in a world where the wheel has not been invented and everything is moved by magic, but levitation is out of the question.

That vehicle is far from perfect. Not a smooth ride at all  
But it’s fun to create the best vehicle you can with limited random parts.
This one was still faster then walking.
I make sure to make some gifs next time we build something.

I have no idea. I was trying to think of something open world where emerging gameplay would give you problems that could be solved by building vehicles but nothing noteworthy came up.

We have some ideas how this can be done in a interesting way. Have to try it out first. We will post our progress!

[Kaspo]

Hi guys!
We improved the lighting a lot this week. The world looks warmer with beautiful sunbeams streaming. Looks nice, wouldn't you agree?

[ChrisN]

hahaha that robot looks great!

lightning looks nice!

[Kaspo]

Hi guys!
Since you’re playing a smart and creative mechanic with many awesome tools at his or her disposal, we want the player to feel just as ingenious.
Now, whenever you place an object on a bearing, the mechanic automatically pulls out an Impact driver and screws the bearings into place, making sure everything stays nice and solid. In reality, it’s only really there to give you a nice bit of visual feedback corresponding to your action, but hey - it all adds to the fun factor of building things.

[Kaspo]

Here are a few new screens showing the updated Creative Mode terrain.
Starting to look good!







Also, a crazy vehicle with a engine powered spinning tongue

[Domenje]

I think it would be good if there would be logical devices in the game:
 'and', 'or', inverter, timer, toggle, RNG. <- this much is probably enough to make almost anything
They should be connectable to input devices: levers, buttons, sensors; to themselves and to output devices
It would be possible to create very advanced machines and mechanisms.
  For example:
  -machines with advanced controls, for example transforming machines, walking machines
  -a lock on a vechicle or a door(you need to input some combination to unlock) 
  -safeguards
  -automatic machines, for example traps(imagine building something like spider mine from starcraft), guided missiles, drones
 
I think it would add much to possibilites of game

I like the idea of this game very much, i am anxious to build cool machines with gyroscopes and melee weapons, and other stuff

[Kaspo]

I think it would be good if there would be logical devices in the game:
 'and', 'or', inverter, timer, toggle, RNG. <- this much is probably enough to make almost anything
They should be connectable to input devices: levers, buttons, sensors; to themselves and to output devices
It would be possible to create very advanced machines and mechanisms.
  For example:
  -machines with advanced controls, for example transforming machines, walking machines
  -a lock on a vechicle or a door(you need to input some combination to unlock) 
  -safeguards
  -automatic machines, for example traps(imagine building something like spider mine from starcraft), guided missiles, drones
 
I think it would add much to possibilites of game

I like the idea of this game very much, i am anxious to build cool machines with gyroscopes and melee weapons, and other stuff

Awesome suggestion Domenje!
Good to see this being requested.
We have actually been busy working with similar stuff.
I think you will like our next introduction video 

[Domenje]

Nice.
Another question that has been bothering me would be about how the destruction will work in the game.
If I would make the game, my thoughts would probably be, that machine parts should be damaged from collision, and either detach from machine or be destroyed completely,
or stop functioning, when damage exceeds limits, and probably heal back to full health slowly otherwize.
I think it would be interesting if players would have to make their own cannons for their machines from separate parts, maybe even the same parts, that the machine is built from, and then use explosive or kinetic power to shoot. But wouldnt that be too resource consuming(computer-wize)?
I also thought about explosives.
I find it uninteresting in PvP if someone just walks up to someones base or machine,
puts down explosive from his big inventory and then explodes it. Would probably be more interesting if he walked up to base in a big destructive machine, or used long range weapons.
So, for that to be, there either should not be explosives, they should have weak immediate destructive power, or their usage should be restricted.

[Kaspo]

Nice.
Another question that has been bothering me would be about how the destruction will work in the game.
If I would make the game, my thoughts would probably be, that machine parts should be damaged from collision, and either detach from machine or be destroyed completely,
or stop functioning, when damage exceeds limits, and probably heal back to full health slowly otherwize.
I think it would be interesting if players would have to make their own cannons for their machines from separate parts, maybe even the same parts, that the machine is built from, and then use explosive or kinetic power to shoot. But wouldnt that be too resource consuming(computer-wize)?
I also thought about explosives.
I find it uninteresting in PvP if someone just walks up to someones base or machine,
puts down explosive from his big inventory and then explodes it. Would probably be more interesting if he walked up to base in a big destructive machine, or used long range weapons.
So, for that to be, there either should not be explosives, they should have weak immediate destructive power, or their usage should be restricted.

Yes! we want creativity to award the player and thats what we aim to achieve. We haven't started working on destruction yet. We have some cool ideas how to make it interesting. There are however a lot of limitations with physics and multiplayer so we have to find a good balance.

By the way, what you suggested before about building automatic machines.
Here is a player made factory loop made in the game.

[Domenje]

Very nice. It really seems that possibilities will be endless.
You are doing a really good job with this game.
I mean the concept and implementation both seem very good to me.

In one obscure multiplayer 2d space game, I was constructing space ships that swing melee weapons,
and then fought other people, who flew melee ships too. But the implementation was not good(very laggy)
and possibilities were really limited.
I would really like to do same sort of thing, but with better implementation, and in 3d.
And looks like that this will be possible in your game, and much more!

[Kaspo]

Wow, a lot of stuff going on now. We are behind on posts.
New devblog is up!
Check it out:
http://www.scrapmechanic.com/news/devblog-5-is-here/

[Kaspo]

We added silos to the terrain!

[Kaspo]

We are super happy to announce that Scrap Mechanic will be released on Steam Early Access on January 20, 2016!

[Kaspo]

Hi Guys!
It’s finally time to introduce the Controller, which could well be our most entertaining video so far. This gadget is fantastic; one of our favorites, as it lets you build things that transform in a set sequence. Best of all, it’s nice and easy to use. Check out our latest introduction video!



Here is a walker made with the controller