ASEMA

Build a space factory. But what for?

Eons ago, the universe was at war and the Dark Forest grew.

As an act of forced peace, an unknown civilization wiped out all of the others and created an array of probes. They were distributed to each star system: to the outer rims of each. The probes had but one protocol: If a life form should form and seek to expand beyond the outer perimeter of the star system, the probe would turn on and contain the civilization.

Organic life forms cannot be trusted to remain within a single star system: they are like weeds.

Automation, expanding, mining, production, logistics and later on, warfare, are key aspects of the game.

Unique mechanisms compared to the traditional factory builder genre:

• Railgun Logistics replace belts, inserters, splitters, etc.
• Gravity applies to everything
• Free form machine placement
• Machines can be flown around, landed on moons, etc.
• Attach machines to other machines (railguns or generators, for example)
• Machines can create gravity if they are heavy enough
• Logistic payloads are physical objects, thus gravity and physics affect them

Note from the dev.

This is a fresh, public demo. Since it's release, it has recieved already large number of updates, and that will keep happening. The feedback helps the developer (me, certain goblin) to pinpoint the weaknesses and strengths of the concept.

Roadmap

• Now > Early access: Demo and Playtester branch (closed, on discord)
• Polish, QoL, mid/endgame content, hostile systems, more depth, UX/UI improvement, onboarding improvement
• Early access:  additional ~8 new tech branches, endgame, plan is support for modding & coop
• 1.0: complete tech branch amount ~13 with 4 endgame solutions, coop, modding