Seems like a decent concept for an automation game but the game design seems to try to make the user interface as hostile as possible. for example, placing objects happens a fixed distance away from the player and this distance is far enough to make any attempt to work in narrow spaces fraught, (y'know... like underground the main place you might want a drill?). Another big thing is the way purchasing items is handled, say you want to buy and use 1 section conveyor belt, well first you need to grab your money and drop it in a bucket at the first shop, then buy the pipes you need to power the conveyor belt and then take the money to a different shop to buy your conveyor belt, all while only being able to hold 1 item at a time. the point seems to be to incentivise the use of the vehicles but they barely hold enough to make them worth using. good general concept but just a really frustrating user experience, felt like I was wasting my time.

I love automation and generally games like this, got a huge record of thousands of hours but this.... I get it, I see where it is going, but really, this is probably the most boring game I have ever played. I am sure later down the line things change up and I usually have a lot more patience but this is so tedious and the control are so unintuitive, it's just one huge cluster f*ck. Press E, click, Press E, click, I was building the automated line but I just can't be bothered, it is so incredibly boring and feels so purposeless, so useless, it's not keeping me on my toes, intrigued or anything alike and I constantly have to listen to the character groan to know a bucket is full. Just incredibly disappointing because I want to see the rest of the game but it is not just slow but extremely, unbelievably boring and poorly designed. This is not fun, it's genuinely work and it is not even rewarding, no, I don't need the game to be super fast paced, being different is good but this is not just the pace, there is no effort made to intrigue the user at all, just "Yeah, it will be rewarding in a couple hours from now when you made your factory all by yourself, keep digging." Nah thanks. Also, positioning objects/items is done with the worst mechanic one can possible imagine and yes I held E and use the mouse button placement, on a voxel map grid, this is just a terrible idea.

cOULD BE A REALLY NEAT GAME, BUT i WOULDN'T KNOW. You see, I can't get past the tutorial. Making the ring. Gold is red hot, sat in there a long time. I pour it fast. still red hot, place on anvil. By the time I grab the hammer, it's no longer red and hammer won't strike. I put 3 hours in the game to get past this, and now it's doubtful that I can get a refund. I can bypass the tutorial, but I get in the game with NO MONEY and NO TOOLS. It makes me mad that this games tutorial isn't easier to get through. What's the deal? Bar cooling too fast? Anvil not placed in the ground? Hammer needs to hit a certain spot? WTH? So much for a fun relaxing game. Enjoy my money, you cheeky bas...