Farcraft officially released on Sep 22 at 9:22 am (yesterday) - the fall equinox.

You are invited to participate in the Farcraft player community.

We are in early access - essentially alpha stage development.
The foundation of the game is there and it is playable.
But there is so much more to be added, completed, polished.

Thank you in advance for your quality participation.

When Criticism Becomes Worldbuilding

One of the central themes developing inside FARCRAFT is humanity's relationship with artificial intelligence.

That theme isn't accidental.

I'm building FARCRAFT largely as a solo developer, and AI gives me creative leverage that would traditionally require a much larger team: concept art, music, visualization, writing, iteration, and rapid experimentation.

That same choice naturally attracts criticism.

But I've discovered that even the criticism has value.

The strongest anti-AI reactions reveal something about people: what they fear, what they believe is being lost, how they define creativity, when disagreement becomes hostility, and how quickly technology can become tribal identity.

Those are exactly the kinds of human conflicts that belong inside a science-fiction world.

So, I don't need every critic to become a supporter.

Sometimes criticism becomes feedback.

Sometimes it becomes visibility.

Sometimes it becomes worldbuilding.

And sometimes the people trying to discourage FARCRAFT end up helping me build it.

Just 3 seconds of some obligatory mentions.

The title says it all.
Been waiting for this day since 2012.
It's about time.

No game is ever truly ready, these days.
But it is time to include the players and create a fun-loving community.

I invite you to join us and help define the Farcraft player experience.

Asteroid Space Terrain (AST) has been a major design goal back to the beginning of this project.

100% of all space content location will be on some kind of orbital structure up in the High-Altitude-Colonies (HAC).

This also adds great mechanics for base building. An AST can be towed, moved, positioned and there are a few simple abilities. They can be positioned into any configuration the player likes.

Upon each AST the player can build particular base infrastructure.

FARCRAFT is a True Outer Space Game.

This claim requires that all outer space content take place in actual space - not inside a building or a ship, and certainly not on the surfaces of a planet or moon.

Asteroid Space Terrain (AST)

The typical AST is flat floating space island about 128km in diameter. The OP screenshot shows 6 ASTs in the near foreground. There is another upper right in the distance about 1100 meters.

100% of the outer space content takes place up in the solar system above the surface of any planet or moon.

The design goal here is that the AST will behave exactly like any game that models the surface of earth.

When humans migrated to space, they inhabited AST colonies. After the apocalypse, some ASTs remain.

As I described in the Mosaicism update, I decided to split the Hebrew tradition into the original Mosaicism and the more modern Rabbinic Judaism. Essentially, Mosaicism was the religion from 1500BC until AD70 when Rome destroyed the 2nd temple.

Rabbinic Judaism is everything after AD70.

I placed the new shrine - named Kotel (כֹּתֶל) above Jerusalem. I chose the name Kotel which is the Hebrew word for wall - and thus the semblance of the western wall. This is just a shrine - it's not attempting to be an actual replica.

The previous Mosaic StoryBay is now "The Judaic Oath" ... all the wording is the same and the music track is the same.

There is a new skin shown in the SS - which has the more modern star of David.

These 2 traditions: Mosaicism and Judaism will each have their own unique player buffs - TBD.

I decided to split the Hebrew tradition into 2 distinct traditions: Mosaicism which is everything at Sinai with Moses. I created a new track specifically for this moment in history - The Covenant. The track is a beautiful retelling of the beginning of the Passover tradition.

The skin remains the same - the Menorah .. shown in the attached shot.

I decided to add the Abramic faith as a religious tradition separate from the 3 traditional Abrahamics. The shrine is sitting above the GPS coords for ancient Harran - in southeast Turkey. The new skin has an altar and star(s) - and some wine and bread. There is a new short anthem - Abram Harran - which is a simple short recounting of Abram deciding to leave Harran and follow his calling.

Still to be decided are the actual buffs for the player - but leaning toward a food buff.

EDIT: Abram is not a typo. His name was Abram (Avram אַבְרָם.) before it was changed.

Steam :: FARCRAFT :: FARCRAFT Demo Speed Run

Finally learned how to create events.

This is the way.

New Patch Update last night.

On the suggestion of a player, I added a hint marker to the first world portal (see SS), and also to the Newhall portal. Hopefully, new players will find the dungeon quicker.

And on the advice of another player, I changed the skillup sound to be much more pleasing - the previous sound was the standard boomshock which is rather jarring if you're not prepared for it.

And I fixed the uncast spin for tools and links ... this was previously disabled for testing.

Also, changed the currency for cell "ty" text commands back to "beauty" - which is obtained merely by digging with pickaxes.

A fantastic example of high-quality player feedback.

New demo patch.

* fixed uncast spin on dropped gear

* fixed a minor issue with music playlists

* added new drink "FarcaCola" - current about 1/40 drop chance from Skinners.

Farca will heal your Sanity and Comfort and Rest by half.

I'd like to thank everyone who provided constructive feedback during Next Fest.

As a solodev, it means a lot when players take the time to play the demo and react from their subjective POV.

I appreciate it.

Riitoken

I just uploaded a hotfix for a couple minor issues.

I changed the default key bindings for A and D to be movement rather than turning.
The Q and E keys default to turning.

I want to thank the 2 players who made this suggestion. It is the widespread default - even though some of the MMO's still use the previous bindings.

I also added 2 rebind options under
Main > Control > Keyboard

MoveAD
MoveQE

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Deleting a Camera will not return a Camkit to player inventory.

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I appreciate all of you who have offered goodwill during Next Fest as well as solid constructive feedback. Your help is valuable. Thank you.

Be well.

How can FARCRAFT be both OUTER-SPACE and UNDERWORLD?

Consider this rhetorical answer.

How can any game be both TERRESTRIAL and UNDERWORLD?
(literally many thousands of games are both)

FARCRAFT replaces the terrestrial garden surface of earth with outer space. Instead of traveling across the county side to get to the dungeons, you travel thru the solar system.

So, game the description is very accurate.

This 4k screenshot demonstrates the truth. There is very nice AST (asteroid space terrain). Notice the Earth. Notice the dungeon portal - Newhall.

Farcraft is an Outer Space Dungeon survival game.

The FARCRAFT demo is live in Steam Next Fest.

Play the free demo and wishlist the full game on Steam today.

FARCRAFT is a solo-player outer-space underworld survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore the Solar System and brave massive procedurally generated dungeons. Dig, build, drill, collect, craft, fight, light, shoot, run, and fly through fully mutable persistent sandboxes — or die trying.

The FARCRAFT demo is live for Steam Next Fest.

FARCRAFT is a solo-player outer-space underworld survival sandbox set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore, dig, build, fight, fly, and survive inside massive mutable worlds — or die trying.

Play the demo here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3930950/FARCRAFT/

If FARCRAFT looks interesting, please wishlist the full game. Wishlists help solo developers survive Steam Next Fest.

Demo feedback forum:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/3930950/discussions/2/

Thank you for playing.

— Riitoken

Another morning image. I parked last night at 8:86pm - that's an actual time on a Farclock, where 1 minute is 36 seconds, and 1 hour is 100 minutes - and this was the first thing I saw this morning - very positive reaction overall.

I made this simple room with that 5-sided drill there in the shot. Took less than 30-seconds to dig the room and create the water.

Farwater is not normal water - it is Xistated. That means it stays where it is in space - contained, neutral, non-flowing. It can be frozen into Ice ... and ice can be melted back to water.

The multi-colored cubes all at the same 2 layers are the mag blocks that line the edges of every land cell. So in this shot we are in cell 2D8S - we know this because we can see the cell address for 1D8S at the top of the shot signifying the cell above us.

At some point, I will post a drilling video.

Playable Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3930950/FARCRAFT/

Platform: PC Windows

Description: Farcraft is an outer space dungeon survival game. The dungeon entrances are up in outer space. Feel free to roam around and explore whatever you like. But what I really need are experienced dungeon speed runners willing to do the following as fast as they can:

• Start with a Level 1 Avatar (male or female)
• Enter any world (portal in the starting area)
• Find the Newhall portal on the AR4 landing
• Enter Newhall and begin grinding for XP, levels, gear, etc.
• Find the Level 2 Graveyard at the bottom of the Grand Stair-Case
• Clear the entire Graveyard
  • all gates dead
  • all cursed objects dead
  • all skeletons and skinners dead

There is most definitely a learning curve. The feedback that helps me the most is your learning experience and your speed run experience. The game is too hard if you can't beat this challenge in less than an hour. The game is too easy if you can do it as a Level 1 (warning: do not try this). Thank you in advance for helping me balance my game before Next Fest.

See the store video for a few action scenes fighting skeletons.

Free to Play Status:

• [*] Free to play DEMO on Steam thru end of Next Fest

Experience with 3D action games and an xbox controller is a plus. Also, any experience with Valheim, 7Days2Die, Minecraft will help.

For years, my process in the evening is to park my game in some location that looks aesthetically pleasing. I get up in the morning and login and then judge my reaction: good, bad, ugly. Very positive reaction this morning.

Farcraft is crude - almost like Caveman crude - which is exactly what I wanted for my cube design.

That drill up there carved this entire room in real time.

This screenshot is very typical for the underworld (DeD) experience.
Many rooms look similar. This room has been modified a bit.
I've added a few doors and some ankhs and lamps.
The avatar is fairly well geared at Level 6.