Sci-Fi Farming Sandbox With A Tractor Mecha! - Lightyear Frontier [Demo] 

AFAIK the reason behind so few robot games in general and good games in particular, is the decades long court battles between Gundam, Battletech and other robotic IP's. Some had the trademark, copyright or patent on games with piloted robots within a certain scope, but the lines were so blurry that there were many court battles, then there's all the battles about the different mechs within the Battletech franchise about specific designs and their ownerships. Because of these battle hardened lines, anyone trying to step into the breach would need to take hefty legal fees into account for their projects, because the original parties tried everything in their power to avoid infringement on "their turf". This is the things I could remember from the discussions around the Battletech game and it's DLC's, they had several clashes in court until a certain date after the game's release where an another claimant's claim became obsolete due to their rights expiring, So the environment for robot piloting games are easier now than before, so I hope this is the first of many non IP connected games that devs can make.

just missing defending your farm against bugs combat to be like Love, Death, and Robots

This game kinda has the vibe of Slime Rancher! I wonder if it's been developed by the same people who made the space trucking game.

I love that you can buy Mech Parts. I got the Hot Rod Set, and the Arms and Legs give you two sets. Normal and lightening.

Reminds me of that episode on Love death and robots. Nice

the modding potential for this game. Its crazy

I love how the game is about harmony with your environment instead of hunting and demolishing everything.

I was so excited to play this game, only to find out it comes out in a month!! Already added to the wishlist and ready to try it

im just thinking instead of heavily planning on fixing mars or going to space, which we can't prove will be possible right now, as it hasn't been done by humans, maybe we should actually take care of earth?

Thanks!

Hey Wander, I dunno if you noticed, but the Oil Presses seem to have hatches on the side which basically denotes which side they dump on. A shame there's not a hopper or anything that can collect it.

It really is beautiful. Interesting mix of mech and... stardew?

this would be sick in vr

IS THIS THAT ONE EPISODE OF LOVE DEATH AND ROBOTS???

Literally the intro cutscene of Armoured Core 6.

Definitely getting this. I wonder just how many mech parts for customizing/optimizing there is going to be? Maybe they'll throw in some special unlockables for pop culture references? Maybe matching 'set' bonuses? Or will it all be mix-n-match cosmetics?

I'm so glad you mentioned wanting to see more sci fi tech going on, because in my playthrough that's exactly what I wanted the game to have, a factorio, things reacting to things feel to it... Like what made me stop your video and download the game for my self was a moment when I THOUGHT the oil presser machine threw an oil canister directly into the crate next to it, and i went like, " Hell yes! That's the golden ticket! Imagine how many awesome things you can build in the game" but sadly it's not the case, which currently makes this game a little bit bland imo. Nice colors, very artsy, but not that tasty as gameplay.

I just cant help thinking... My Rabbages?!

Tractor Mech... why does that remind me of Steambot Chronicles?

love it

I don't need to watch the video. Farm mech? Take my money.

This feels like a few people got a bit tired of waiting for Scrap Mechanic to update, and decided to riff on the theme a bit. Not throwing shade at any devs (I am sure that everyone is working very hard on their individual projects) but honestly I'm seeing a big similarity in all these far-future farming sims (Slime Rancher excl.) in theming and art style. (On another note, perhaps the reason a lot of these games feel same-ish is that they go with the same lighting and physics engines available to everyone. I understand that this kinda stuff is difficult to work through for 3D games, but a game that has a unique lighting/phys engine is going to look a lot more unique to me than a game that uses stock engines.)

I like how this looks, but as a viewer the windows of the mech felt annoying. Did you notice them or forget them while playing?

Thought the game came out today.... Only to find out its a month away.

The frame in front of the camera is not for me, but cool concept.

Make Mars our new exploitable "infinite" growth planet? Or preserve the planet we all evolved on?

Slime Rancher but mech.

How do get in sandbox

Is this not too Earth-like? Is 1G not 1G?

How long is this demo? Ten hours?

XD Aluminium is named Aluminum

first

Thanks!