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Release date

July 29, 2021

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Bithell Games

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https://www.bithellgames.com/

Construct your own gadgets and work with dozens of unique parts in this sci-fi workshop simulator! Tough puzzles and a finely crafted story await you among the stars. Become an Arcsmith, an intergalactic engineer, constructing a vast set of the galaxy’s most (un)common machines.

Workshop Simulator: Build interstellar gadgets your own way using a library of parts and diagnostic tools.

Interstellar War: A unique story of how friendship and redemption get caught up in a vast interstellar conflict playing out around you.

Immersive Space Station: Apprentice in the basement workshop of an orbiting space station under the watchful eye of master Arcsmith Korith Dinn.

Fully Voice Acted: A story by the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular, fully voice acted by industry-leading actors.

Galactic Tunes: An original soundtrack of interstellar radio stations to keep you humming while you experiment with your creations.

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Meta Quest

Meta Quest 2

Meta Quest Pro

Meta Quest 3

Meta Quest 3S

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Ratings & reviews

3.85

74 ratings

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VR Science Project

Really enjoying this game. I was wary at first about buying this as I don't particularly enjoy puzzle or exit games. But this feels much different. It's an interesting mix of science experiment, electrical theory, workshop troubleshooting tied together in a well put together story. I really like that you can play around with different designs and test things. I was able to just work with fewer parts than the project requires to simply test each combination slowly so that I can see, measure and understand how each mix of components work together. I am happy that there is no time pressure, at least I haven't come across this yet. Requested Improvements: - I am glad that there are separate sound settings. However the roving robot makes a lot of noise as it continues to move around while you are working. It appears it's sounds are tied into the master sound setting. I need to concentrate while I work, either give me a button to put that robot in sleep mode or give me a separate sound setting to turn his sounds down. - Please don't force the tutorial on players. These popups can be very annoying and breaks the immersion. I would like the option to turn on tutorial information when and if I want it. The existing joystick press tooltip functionality is enough for me. I don't want to have force fed guidance. Part of the fun is just figuring it all out on our own.

237 found this helpful

Unplayable

I can't turn down the radio? Seriously? No game menu at all. Voice acting was top notch, graphics looked good, some minor bugs but the music. I get you're proud of the sound track, but I shouldn't have to mute a game to play it. Played for an hour, got a headache decided to log out and see if I could find a solution online. Nope. And Meta in their infinite wisdom won't give me a refund. So congrats. Another company released another unfinished game. You got my money this time, but never again. Add the name to the list of developers not to trust. This kind of alpha release crap is why I basically quit buying games on Steam.

57 found this helpful

Enjoy Math Puzzles And Sci-Fi?

For gameplay video check out https://YouTube.com/vrdynamite and for the official Dynamite score when ready visit https://vrdynamite.com Arcsmith is just as I assumed. A repetitive, challenging puzzle mechanic that takes place on a spaceship... Everything in their game trailer is pretty much what you get! Puzzle mechanics are repetitive but challenging and interactive. If you can get through the tutorial and enjoyed it, you can really dig deep into the puzzles of this game. However, for me, I felt it all a little too drawn out with endless tutorials to read that never fully "clicked"! The real villain of this game is how repetitive you feel the puzzles becoming. The characters and voice acting are top-notch however and the entire thing plays like a theatrical two-man Broadway play... but in space!! If the idea of calculating resisters and power generators to solve basic math problems sounds like a good time to you... You'll enjoy this game.

57 found this helpful

I love it, but it's a toss-up...

I went ahead and gave this game four stars. I'm really torn on this game because I want SO much to be able to recommend it.. but in some regards I was very let down. This is not some crappy, buggy, barely watchable experience... let's just say, this game had a crazy level of potential, and just missed the mark. Maybe that will change in the future, but for now... OK, so basic summary, I have a feeling that people who are on the fence about buying this game will end up loving it, and people who think they will love it will end up on the fence of whether to recommend it. I imagine the people on the fence about it - maybe those who are unfamiliar with the genre of "build the thing, then stimulate its automated function" and therefore have very little experience with that type of game - will love it. Then there are people like me who LOVE this type of game - the kind of Zachtronics "SpaceChem" and "Exa Punks" Type game - who see this and go, YES YES YES!!! ... and then play the game and wish SO much it had been so much more. Let's start with the positives. The game is absolutely beautiful. The animation is seamless, the level of detail is fantastic.. you feel like you really are in this little space station. The characters are great - I even liked Toolie, the robot several folks seem to think is annoying. The music was super scifi and super chill (in most games I disable music - in this one I left it on!). The physics feel very realistic and the controls are not janky at all! (Except for a couple small things... like, the holder arm is nearly impossible to control, but since you don't need it anyway, it's not really a problem. Oh, and sometimes separating the parts can be a pain, but again, it's not game-breaking.) The environment the developers have created for this game is....... absolutely fantastic. When I started out I envisioned myself playing this game for hours on end. And that's where the let-down comes in. This game is short. I mean, really short. Those who are unfamiliar with this genre might get quite a few hours out of it, but for someone like me who used to spend hours trying to find the most obscenely efficient reactors in SpaceChem, I blew through this game so quickly. I got to a part where (*****POSSIBLE SPOILER***) I was constructing a machine I knew was integral to the plot (***END OF POSSIBLE SPOILER***) ... and I figured, oh, good! I have finished the introduction levels! Now I can get to the real challenges! ...and then, credits roll. Literally - I thought I was finishing the introduction, but I was finishing the game. Oh, yes, there are a few bonus levels, and I love the game play so much that I'll eventually go do those... but... it's over now. Don't get me wrong - there's a good... I don't know... 20, 30 levels? Something like that? But they weren't terribly challenging (realistically, you could probably just tinker with stuff until you get it right, rather than having to wrack your brains for a solution), and there were just so few. I wanted to spend hours, days, weeks with this game, but I guess it was not meant to be. Again - if you're new to this type of game you'll probably love it and it IS *very beautifully* done.. that's why it gets 4 stars instead of 3.. but with the current quantity of content and lack of severe challenge, if you're coming here thinking this will be the VR version of SpaceChem, it's not. And I hate writing such a sad review because AGAIN THE ATMOSPHERE IS BEYOND FANTASTIC and if there were more puzzles and much harder puzzles I'd give it 42 stars out of 5. Until then..

54 found this helpful

A nice game, but not for everyone

If you like puzzles and building things, this game is for you! But if you don't satisfy both conditions, it may get boring easily. The gameplay is about designing machines without overcharging or overheating them, but the components that you use to avoid overcharging generate heat. Then sometimes you have requirements about space and variations of energy, but there's nothing more. The plot is nothing special, but enriches the game. The only thing that I hate of this game is THE SOUNDTRACK. There are some relaxing tracks, but the other ones reminded me about ringtones from 00's that you couldn't get out of your head. I could have tourned then off, I know, but for me when building things a bit of music is a must, and in VR I can't just open Spotify. To sum up, I consider it a niche game, but if you like this kind of games is quite good.

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Arcsmith

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TaunHawk

VR Science Project

Drakshala

Unplayable

VR-Dynamite

Enjoy Math Puzzles And Sci-Fi?

JupiterDarmin

I love it, but it's a toss-up...

GiBg1aN

A nice game, but not for everyone

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