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Sandship: Crafting Factory

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Sandship: Crafting Factory

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4.6
7.2K ratings
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Rockbite LLC
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User Reviews for Sandship: Crafting Factory

5
I love this game

I love this game and I honestly hope the developers don’t leave this game in the sand, I have so much fun with factory games and idle games. I wanna see this game continue with more levels and more resources and more complex factory builds honestly tho I just got to level 8 so I haven’t touched the liquids and stuff like that, I really just wanted to make this review to let the developers know that people do enjoy your game, the only bugs and companies that I have are sometimes when you start the game it just puts you into a black screen all you have to do is close the app and reopen but I just want that to be known and I wish that you guys would add puzzles that you guys made I understand the online creation but for the story mission of finish 5 puzzles I already got to where I didn’t know what I was even doing with the resource needed I would really like a developer made puzzles tab and you can use those as a demo and a challenge, overall I’m having so much fun with this game and dumped a inexcusable amount of money into this app but I want it to be know that this is no where near a pay to win game it’s going to take much longer but you won’t be waiting on resources like I am now you’ll be waiting on the money (also please make it more obvious that you could make money) it took me WAY to long to realize the recycler actually made money I thought it was just gonna revert what was made like iron rods turn into iron plates but no it makes you money…

-Gamekid223-, Sep 25, 2021
5
Excellent until higher levels

I’ve played this game for about 5 months now and it is one of my favorite mobile games ever. I love the way it’s structured, with both contacts and objectives being different styles of goals to complete, and it has a good story to follow. It always feels like you’re expanding by unlocking some new technology or finding some new optimized way to produce something. The guidance for how to make things is very good and helpful up until level 18-19 when instructions for the oil and ink industry are virtually non existent. I also feel like the objectives “complete 10 contracts” become a bit repetitive after doing it 4 or 5 times. My final complaint is that you need to be level 22 in order to upgrade your Sandship the final time. But the game caps your experience at level 20! It feels like a beautiful game until level 18 or so when there seem to be a few holes and it feels generally unpolished for the last few machines/technologies. Minor endgame issues aside, this is one of the best mobile games I’ve played in YEARS and I’m extremely happy with it. It’s kept me engaged for 5 ish months now and I am very impressed with how few ads there were. I’ve recommended it to a few friends and they seem to be enjoying it too. Thank you Rockbite!

Alex K.47, Dec 06, 2020
4
Best game on iTunes

I rarely write reviews, but this is by far the best game I’ve played from the iTunes Store. No ads in a free 2 play is such a rarity nowadays, even when the apps offer micro transactions. I’ve been looking for a factory style game like this for ages on here. The polish on this is fantastic.Now, the 4 stars is only because of a few issues I’ve run into on here. First, I’ve had to restart the app a few times during the forced tutorials because I didn’t have the resources to complete the step, but it wouldn’t allow me to click on anything else to generate the needed resources. Also, the recycler will turn off as soon as any input resource is depleted, instead of just using the remaining inputs at a higher rate. Also, the video for the recycler shows it easily taking in 9 inputs, but mine refuses to take more than 4 due to the processing limit. I’m not sure if there is a way to upgrade it to use resources faster or not, but that was a bit of a bummer as I was trying to dispose of excess resources for coins. Lastly, the room is giving an error when I try to add more than 5 importers in a single room, which makes it difficult to dedicate a single room to recycling.

DarqXyde, Sep 20, 2020
3
Cool but very broken

Great art, cool crafting mechanics... however the interface has more bugs than... something with bugs in it. It’s wretched enough that I’d recommend not even playing this game. I honestly wonder if it’s ever been tested with new players.Sometimes your factory will be making something but the count of the product doesn’t go up (straight up broken). Sometimes the product gets double counted so you cannot make as many as the capacity you paid for. Sometimes the factories are handicapped, and the interface won’t tell you why. Sometimes a product will have different flavors (glass bottles full of different liquids) and a volume limit is counted as a total in one interface but individual in another interface. You sometimes have to guess how the mechanic works: Why is this product not being created? It’s because not enough of one of the components is being made. But nothing will tell you that, you have to decipher it. Another example: why can’t my towers kill bad guys? It’s because you have to manufacture the bullets. This isn’t in any instructions and there is no tutorial.

Monkeywidget, Oct 20, 2020
3
Okay strategy game that needs some love

It’s an okay strategy game that has some potential but the devs have left it hanging for past two years so it’s probably not going to make it for the long term as a game. There are some pretty major bugs, especially once you hit level 7-8, where certain factories will stop producing goods. I had to “reset the board” so to speak and change up buildings and stash buildings, log out, rebuild factories, etc. in order to get rid of bug that stops things from producing. Then there is no way to change data from one device to another. You have to start a new game if you get a new phone for example. There are no promo codes either. I’m level 14 on one device but have to start over now. Why am I wasting my time with this game? There is some challenge to the building of items, especially for late game items. I found very limited certain tactics to make money such as watching ads and recycling certain items. Overall the commands are hard to learn as you progress and not streamlined, there’s no real manual just stuff you find online to help. The lack of dev help is obvious. At least the game still runs if you finagle it…. Once I’ve maxed levels then might as well quit and delete.

nickname dasf, Jul 01, 2022
4
Pretty good

First of all, I think out of all the games you could grab, this is one of them. It's very polished, with no major bugs or glitches, and has a nice art style. It's characters are diverse, and each have their own unique personalitys. It's clear that this game has been made with care, and I commend that. The gameplay is pretty simular to factorio, with it's own feeling though. Honestly, I like this game a lot.I don't think this is the best game in the world, and still falls into some of the flaws that almost all mobile games have, like the grinding that can be skipped with ads or microtransactions, or the fact that later in the game you'll only be on for a small amount of time before running out of stuff to do except wait. Honestly that's all in terms of the flaws of this otherwise great game.I don't really have much to say otherwise. If you want a time waster, but not a boring copy and pasted "beat a level, watch an ad" experience, you should get this. I can't wait to see what the developers do next.

PaperbagMan17, Feb 15, 2022
2
Issues and Freemium mentality kill an awesome game

Had this been designed from the ground up as a $10 app I’d probably have said it was fantastic-and put up with any little issues I ran into. But the whole experience is driven by a freemium mentality that just kills the game. The usual wait timers and slow resource accumulation are in abundance. But, even worse, there’s a laundry list of foozles you have to accumulate to progress that are handed out loot box style. Locking progression behind random drops is the nail in the coffin for this game.For the most part game play has been pretty smooth. The UI could use some work, it’s not always obvious how to get between screens and some pop out windows can be tough to get back. Having 3 build modes seems excessive too. But it all works OK. And assembling your factories can be very cool. I’ve run into a few issues so far but the biggest by far revolves around input feeds. If you stick one feed in that pulls from your stockpile the entire plant (not even just that building, all resource collection) will stall if that resource runs out. It feels like a last minute bandaid to force people to upgrade the Sandship. That was what finally killed the game for me.I’d love to see something like Factorio on iPad-and this comes darn close. But it’s freemium origins handicap the game so much I can’t recommend it.

PartitionedSpace, Oct 20, 2020
2
Not thoroughly developed

Before you get this game it is important to keep a few things in mind to not get frustrated. For one, in app purchases are extremely deceiving. If you make an in app purchase not every advertised perk will be fulfilled so its a bit of a scam. You want to listen to non-sandship default music? HERACY, they will mute your music EVERY time you enter the app, want to listen music after the mute prompt? Not allowed here, it will unpause/pause the music till it sounds like the phone is possessed. Even if you decide to listen to music in the app after the loading screen, most actions in-game will cause stuttering in your music. Finally, when you are loading in, you are NOT ALLOWED to do ANYTHING. By doing things such as checking notifications or pulling your widgets out you have nullified the entire loading process, any actions in-game beyond that point will not be saved. When it comes to attention, sandship is like a toxic girlfriend who wants 100% of your attention or she throws a temper tantrum and wrecks your things. All of that being said i enjoy playing this game occasionally and getting productions going like a simplified factorio. You can tell there was a lot of work put into the graphics of the game and animations, but at the same time it is pretty choppy and really poorly optimized. I hope they end up fixing these really irritating issues with this game, id play much more.

Proshark_, Jan 02, 2021
4
Decided to actually review for once

This game has a lot going for it. The space constraints are interesting, wait times are short, the art is charming, and the sound design is better than most desktop games. This is one of the only mobile games that I’ve seen expand on the factory-sim game type. The story is short but really nice, I found myself regretting leaving the repaired robots behind because afterwards it was pretty empty by comparison. I would love for this to be expanded on more and to have more stops on our journey.The game also has a lot of bugs. The most annoying ones I’ve encountered are usually around using the warehouse tab while inside other menus (which is otherwise a convenient feature), and the fact that tapping the boost button on a contract, then using a boost from your inventory will bug the contract and not apply the boost. There’s also a lot of problems with trying to play music from another app in-game, even with sfx and music muted. Even without more story I’d give the game 5 stars if it was less buggy, but I usually have to restart the game a couple times while playing due to bugs so I don’t think I can yet. Keep up the great work!

rektm9like4real, Feb 06, 2023
5
New Update Edit

Love the story and the factory building, is satisfying and interesting. Unfortunately several bugs are INCREDIBLY frustrating, namely the inability to complete contracts (as they sometimes get stuck), and the level 4 underwell pit expands the space inside but doesn’t let you place any more structures, making it impossible to gain everstone with the higher enemy spawns. The in transit and storage menus are too small on the phone and it’s difficult/near impossible to scroll or drag resources around. Without these few issues this game would easily be 5 stars, I’ve been playing a long time and you’ve got a great thing going. Keep up the work devs! You made a great product, it just needs some love.Edit: The newest update is fantastic. Splitting up individual storage limits for each resource was a great idea, though it does mean you have to spend credits to increase those individual caps. However, being able to drag the transit and storage box out and maximize it to see each of the mentioned resource storage caps makes it so much easier to see what you have. It also seems as if the contract bugs have been fixed! There are still some minor crashing and optimization issues, but I love that you guys are still working so hard on this game. I’ve updated my rating to 5 stars.

Robodex001, Jun 15, 2020

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

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