[Phaser] Exocraft - Build, Battle and Mine on a Dying Alien World

[GoldFire 17]

We’ve been working part-time on our own take on the IO game for close to a year. Exocraft is an action/strategy persistent MMO that is focused around more depth and progression than most IO games. You start as a small mining vessel and build up your unique ship using dozens of available parts. Team up with others to mine and battle planetary defenses on a dying alien world for resources, or compete in skirmish-style tournaments to reach the top.

The game is built with Phaser-CE on the client and uses a custom server built with Node.js, MongoDB and Redis -- backed by our own GoldFire platform for signup/login, communication, achievements, etc. All players are in the same world, so there are no servers to choose from. As more players come online, the world will dynamically size up and down to fit the number of players and maintain resource balance.

You can play now at https://exocraft.io, and any feedback is greatly appreciated!

[WiLD11 18]

Really cool!

[Skeptron 147]

The art is absolutely stunning and the game very polished. A huge congratz on this very ambitious game!

[GoldFire 17]

@WiLD11@Skeptron Thank you, very much appreciated!

[onlycape 22]

An awnsome game !!!.

I especially liked the atmosphere created by the music, and how it merges with the notes that the collection of crystals generates.

Another interesting detail is that you can see how crystals are generated by the fall of meteorites.

I found some difficulty in planning my strategy due to the lack of information in the hangar shop about the usefulness of each item (maybe some tooltip on items). Other example: I did not find how many points of life are left for my ship (an important fact to decide to attack or withdraw).

Congratulations for the game.

Regards.

 

[GoldFire 17]

@onlycape Thanks, I'm glad you like it and that you noticed some of the small details that we had fun implementing! Also, thanks for the additional feedback.

[okaybenji 0]

2 hours ago, onlycape said:

I did not find how many points of life are left for my ship (an important fact to decide to attack or withdraw).

FYI, each part of your exocraft has its own condition status. As it takes damage, it will darken from impacts. Eventually it will start smoking and catch fire, then finally get destroyed. At any time before it blows up you can head back to the hangar to repair individual parts or the whole ship.

[Breyer101 0]

Hello? I really need help because Im low on crystals and the emergency keeps bringing me back to the base. Im having trouble in this game. Thanks! 

[Umz 99]

Brilliant game, absolutely love the graphics and movement. The tutorial is great but still a little cloudy on the damage and fixing the ship.
Takes a bit of playing to get used to but all in all a definite success. Hoping to see this get popular and grow! Great work.

[GoldFire 17]

Thanks! Yeah, we are going to continue working on those things, but the last few days we've just been in overdrive re-writing big chunks of the server to try and handle all of the new players.

[rgk 39]

Awesome game, and beautiful graphics like stated above.

I've noticed some weird lag issues but I could only imagine with the amount of players playing. Great job and keep up the good work!

[onlycape 22]

Hi @GoldFire,

I found a little bug in the game after a server lag. Now my minimum cargo level is -9% and the maximum 91%.

It seems that you did not expect the game to have so many players. It gives the impression that the server is going to explode at any time. 

Good luck with the updates!!

Regards.

 

 

[GoldFire 17]

@onlycape We were hoping to get a lot of players, but we thought it would be more of a slow ramp up not everyone all at once lol. If you wouldn't mind letting me know you username, I can take a look and try to figure out why that is happening.

[onlycape 22]

Hi again,

@GoldFire After close game and reopen it, the bug has disappeared. Now 0 crystals = cargo 0%.

In case you need it, my username is "onlycape" (i'm not registered, but is the profile name).

[coder_for_life22 1]

Looks great! Gonna check this out tonight

[GoldFire 17]

We've now moved all of our hosting from AWS to DigitalOcean and have gotten noticeably better performance for a significantly lower cost (we'll be doing a tech writeup as soon as we get some spare time). We've also got several big updates to the gameplay coming soon (focus has been on bugs and performance so far).

[GoldFire 17]

We've released several huge updates over the last few weeks, including:

• Drone evolutions (with 18 new drone types)
• Daily Bounties
• Crates with Power-Ups
• Improved server performance
• Overhauled battled mechanics
• Improved Team Race scoring
• Lots of new and improved artwork
• Loads of bug fixes and general improvements

[ZuluOneZero 1]

This is amazingly good. My favourite bit is the little dust clouds that hover under the ship when it stops.