Voxel Eras

nice, but quite short for now unfortunately

While the game looks neat for something early in development, the linux build seems to be very unstable. The game repeatedly crashes when attempting to do basic things like opening the eras menu, opening my inventory, and placing blocks. Maybe I will return to the game once it has been developed more and become more stable, but for now I'm refunding.

It is indeed a minecraft style factory game, but standalone. Its everything you like about buildcraft or IC but packaged entirely by it self so it runs pretty good. Only thing i could ask for is the ability to make prettier factories or have a reason to travel away from the stone pits, maybe a chance to create transportation methods.

This game is very interesting and has a lot of potential. However, unlike a lot of games that call themselves "Early Access", it very much is still in development. At the moment, only a small fraction of the planned content is in the game, so don't go into it expecting a full 100+ hours of factory building. All in all, if that doesn't sound like your cup of tea, just put it on your wishlist for now and come back later, or buy it now to support the dev and whet your appetite for the full game.

I don't often write reviews, but i really like this game and cant wait to see what's next. Nice Job devs! Keep going!

Early access review: Great crafty-mining factory builder! Survival and resource hunting are trimmed off so you can get straight to the (in my opinion) fun bit, factory layout puzzles, automating and tuuuuubes. Power is [i]very[/i] short range meaning you have to build compact modular mini-factories. Very satisfying to finally automate a type of machine frame using only one winder and never have to make it by hand again. I highly recommend checking out the experimental branch so you can play with the multiblock machines, the sudden jump in demand for fuel and the steam era's new resource (that you have to manufacture!) is fun (I'm still barely meeting demand for the resource, but I have the fuel figured out!). I am holding back on modding anything but art until the scripting engine switch (indev) is complete and documented but can hardly wait.