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ShipCrafter: naval sandbox simulator leaves early access

ShipCrafter has been released as a full version for Linux on Steam.

The game is a naval sandbox combat simulator where you build your own ships with realistic physics and test them in battle. It currently costs €5.45 with a 30% discount (regular €7.79), and the offer runs until October 8.

The full release features a campaign with more than 50 missions, Steam Workshop support and a multiplayer sandbox mode for up to 10 players.

ShipCrafter is a naval sandbox combat simulator. Build you ship, unlock new parts, and defeat increasingly powerful foes !

Challenge adversaries in the campaign and liberate europe, or battle your own creations in the custom battle mode, and try to come up with the most efficient and original design.

Features

  • Realtime buoyancy simulation even considering ocean waves.
  • Various armor thicknesses and accurate penetration calculation based on speed, mass and angle of incidence.
  • Realistic ballistic trajectories even considering changes in the air pressure with altitude.
  • Adjustable ballasts for submarine designs.
  • Physics based damages instead of healthbars. Turrets and engines will also lose performance if hit.
  • Weather system and day cycles, including changes in ocean waves amplitude and rain.
  • Campaign with more than 50 missions.
  • More than 20 different ships to defeat.
  • Custom battle editor, including weather, time of day selection, and bots vs bots naval battles.
  • Manual and automatic control mode for weaponery.
  • Realtime fluid simulation (experimental).
  • Visit your ship in first person view.
  • Steam Workshop supported.
  • Raytracing renderer to generate your most beautiful screenshots !
  • Officially supported modding.

ShipCrafter screenshot

Source: Steam

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