Sandship: Crafting Factory 9+
Control an alien factory!
Rockbite Games
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
From the developers of Deep Town, Sandship is a factory management game set in a post-apocalyptic sci-fi universe. You control the last remaining sandship: a gigantic, artificially intelligent mega-factory, which roams across the endless deserts of a far-away planet. Noranti One was a highly advanced civilization. After an accident forced your sandship into hibernation, it awoke in a world of ruins. Join us on a journey to rediscover forgotten technologies, forge a better tomorrow through crafting and trade, and fight a vicious cult hellbent on your destruction. Unlock the secrets of this cryptic land onboard your incredible sandship.
Design futuristic factories from the ground up in this free to play adventure. Place devices like synthesizers, chemical mixers, and ice guns in your sandship factory. The more devices you have, the greater your automated productivity. Connect those devices with conveyor belts to craft a wide variety of materials, from copper wires and combustion engines to ancient technology utilizing the mythic power of the overwell. Upgrade your sandship and add bigger factories to get the space you’ll need to produce more complex items. Trade the incredible stuff you make to earn credits, XP and get old crates filled with scientific research from the distant past. This ancient knowledge gives your sandship new abilities, becoming stronger, smarter, and more powerful than she’s been in a long, long time.
Your engineering mentor is Harvey, a tenacious one-eyed cyborg who needs your help to reconnect with his past. Harvey will show you the ropes of sandship engineering as you build and maintain more complex factories on a desert journey. Are you ready to voyage through a mysterious alien desert with many obstacles in your path? The planet is inhabited by an unusual assortment of robots and aliens. Some are friendly and astounded by your sandship. Others are hostile and want to see your sandship destroyed, but you’re not sure why. Complete quests to meet new characters, uncover ancient civilizations, hear campfire stories and learn how this once industrious world crumbled in the distant past.
There’s so much to discover on-board a sandship. Solve factory floor puzzles, then create your own to share with other players. Get creative in the sandbox to try out new setups without using any resources. Build an enigmatic underwell to mine precious resources, but be prepared to defend against hordes of extraterrestrial enemies to collect them. New features and places to explore are added continuously. The universe of Sandship is constantly expanding.
FEATURES
Engineered for Fun:
Free to Play
Design a futuristic assembly line for automated crafting
Produce everything from simple items to otherworldly technology
Place more devices to create increasingly complex materials
Trade what you make for credits, XP, and crates containing ancient knowledge
Upgrade your sandship’s size to mythic proportions
Maximize your credits to buy buildings, devices, and decorations
Develop holographic blueprints to get creative with your setups
Solve factory floor puzzles and share your own
Explore the World:
Help Harvey, your cyborg engineering mentor, reconnect with his past
Complete quests to earn rewards and assist the colorful inhabitants of Noranti One
Adventure through a strange planet inhabited by aliens and robots
Uncover lost civilizations and learn their secret histories
Defend your sandship against hordes of extraterrestrial enemies
What’s New
Version 2.18.7
Notch fix for iOS 13+
Ratings and Reviews
How ?
How is it for free when its that amazing, like you guys are really quality devs
Getting there
UPDATE 2: With the latest update, they’ve tweaked the thing that bothered me the most about the last update and therefore I’ve added a star to my review. So resources still have their individual caps, but the cost to upgrade is now cheaper which makes it much more bearable. It’s still a grind to get currency, but that’s to be expected from a free game I guess. I’m still encountering a few bugs, but none of them game-breaking. As always, I’m looking forward to future updates.
UPDATE 1: the game seems a lot more stable with the latest update. I’m not a fan of the new resource caps. You now have to use credits to increase the caps per resource, and credits are difficult to come by. It’s especially annoying because you have to save up a significant amount of credits for research, but research also requires resources, so you have to spend those credits you were saving to increase the resource caps. It would be nice if there was another way besides contracts to earn credits to offset this (quests don’t count because they don’t give you much). I feel like the developers did this to convince you to buy more contract vans, which as far as I can tell, can only be purchased using real money. I’d much rather pay a one time fee to buy the game rather than having this frustrating paywall. Therefore my review will remain at 3 stars for now.
TL;DR game still needs some work, and I’m looking forward to future updates.
ORIGINAL REVIEW:
I’m loving the Factorio vibe of this game. It’s definitely very unique for the mobile games market, and it’s quite fun. I love the fact that there’s no ads! There’s still quite a few bugs for the developers to polish out though. A lot of random crashing, and sometimes crates take a while to open for some reason. I’m looking forward to future updates and bug fixes and will update my review accordingly.
Developer Response ,
Hello Luke, thank you for your review and feedback! We do continue to optimize the game and hope that with each update we make it better for our players. Should you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at sandship@rockbitegames.com!
Another online game that should be offline
Hey, the rest of the world doesn’t have blazing fast or consistent internet and we’d appreciate just ONE offline game that isn’t “chop the banana” or “put the ball in the ring” or even something that doesn’t break entirely when internet hiccups. Unplayable. Can’t open crates and I’ve got a full production of wire that just *poofs* out of existence. Come on, people.
Last edit before uninstall: I deleted all my machines and stuff but I’m still producing everything. How broken is this trash? Holy.
Developer Response ,
Sandship requires internet in order to ensure that you never lose your data. Furthermore, it will be additional layer of security once we add multiplayer features to the game as well! That being said, your point is definitely valid, and we are already considering adding a way to play in sandbox mode for offline times, so you can freely prototype cool factory ideas while on your commute!
Regarding your material being lost, we have fixed this issue. Our apologies for any inconvenience caused!
Thanks again for your feedback!
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Information
- Seller
- Rockbite LLC
- Size
- 362 MB
- Category
- Games
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 10.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 10.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 10.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 9+ Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humour
- Copyright
- © 2020 Rockbite LLC
- Price
- Free
Supports
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Game Center
Challenge friends and check leaderboards and achievements.