Space Engineers #1 - Introduction

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Woohoo, Space Engineers!

Space Engineers

Now, I know, this kind of game isn't going to appeal to everyone. In fact, I'm not really sure how large the audience is (although over 1 million copies have been sold), but it certainly appeals to me and my interest in astronomy and space. So, if you are interested, check out the website at the link above, but in the meantime, here are some highlights...

Space Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and maintenance of space works. Players build space ships and space stations of various sizes and utilization (civil and military), pilot ships and perform asteroid mining.

In 2002, Marek Rosa got an idea of making a physics-sandbox game where players construct static and dynamic structures in a grid-like environment, with realistic physics and realistic volumetricity.

This idea was inspired by his childhood days, spent with the popular construction toys of LEGO and LEGO TECHNIC.

This looked pretty cool to me, and as I mentioned in the last post, Steam was having a sale with this game being 50% off ($10). *sigh* I couldn't resist. OMG, what did I get myself into. Of course, I always say that.

So, let's take it from the top.

Currently, the game is available as an 'Early Access Game' (it is still in development) and may be purchased for $19.99 either directly from the developer or from Steam, but note that you will be required to have a Steam account in order to play the game. If you are feeling generous, a 4-pack is available for purchase at $59.99 or 4 for the price of 3. Gift the other copies to friends (this is a multiplayer game after all)! The only platform currently supported is Windows, but Xbox One support at a future date has been announced. This is a one-time purchase with neither subscription nor micro-transactions.

So, let's get started, by taking a look at the trailer...

Now, I'm a little bit anal (which comes as no surprise to those of you that know me), so I tend to visit YouTube and find some tutorial  videos on games I am considering for purchase, or those that I have newly purchased. Especially for those games that don't come with a manual as is the case here. So let me point you to a video or two...

1. Space Engineers Tutorial - Great place to start.
2. GasBandit Tutorial Series - These are great. Nothing assumed and as always, I prefer clean language.
3. Also, the company releases videos for each patch and they can be found here.

There are many other great videos out there as well and I suspect that I will probably add a couple to the mix myself! So take some time reviewing a couple of these and next time we'll launch the game and talk about some of the configuration possibilities and what they mean when starting out developing your very own outpost in space!!

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