Entwickler Flashbulb Games aus Kopenhagen startet am 31. Januar mit einem bunten Mix aus Planeten-Erkundung, Survival-Abenteuer, Rallye und Fahrzeugbaukasten in Steams Early-Access: In Trailmakers (ab 8,40€ bei kaufen) beginnt man seine Reise auf einem Planeten fern jeder Zivilisation und muss Ressourcen "plündern", um ein Fahrzeug zu basteln. Das Spielziel ist offenbar die Ziellinie einer großen Rallye.

Sowohl ein Alleingang als auch das Multiplayer-Spiel sollen möglich sein. Im Trailer sind auch fliegende Vehikel zu sehen, deren Design ein wenig an einsteigerfreundliche Technik-Baukästen erinnert:



"Welcome to the Ultimate Expedition!

Journey over grueling mountains, hazardous swamps, and bone-dry deserts on a distant world far from civilization - it is just you, your fellow adventurers and the amazing, jet-powered hover-buggy you built yourself. Explore, crash your vehicle, build a better one, and get as far as you can with whatever spare parts you find along your way.

Engineering made easy

Trailmakers is about building very awesome vehicles and machines, but you don’t need an engineering degree to get started. The intuitive builder will get you going in no time. Everything you build is made from physical building blocks. Each block has unique features like shape, weight and functionality. They can be broken off, refitted and used to build something new. Individually the blocks are fairly simple, but combined the possibilities are endless.

Expedition in the making

Expedition Mode is the challenging campaign mode of Trailmakers. You are competing in an off-world rally expedition with only a few building blocks to get you started. You must build, tinker with and rebuild your machine to progress. Journey through a big world, overcome deep gorges, angry wildlife and dangerous weather to progress and find new parts that will juice up your machine. The world in Expedition Mode will test your survival skills and ingenuity.

Pure creative freedom

Creative Mode is where you want to head for an unrestricted, sandbox, vehicle-building experience. Here you can build anything you can dream of, and play around with it in the world of Trailmakers. It is a great place to test out crazy machines, and experiment with the physics engine. With tons of different blocks, hinges, thrusters and interactive vehicle parts - the skybox is the limit.

Play with friends

Trailmakers is even more fun if you play it with other people. Build cool vehicles and compete in mini-game modes with your friends or other Trailmakers online. As we get further in Early Access development, Sandbox and Expedition Mode will also be multiplayer game modes."