DockYard

DockYard is a physics simulation indie game where you have to move objects using a crane. This game sucks in every possible aspect. I cannot not recommend it enough. The controls do not control. The graphics are ♥♥♥♥♥♥. The physics are bad. The humor is not funny. The achievements don't work. Very poor quality overall. 1/10.

DockYard is an insincerely made demo/joke/project game that's been dumped on Steam as a paid product, from greed or some desire to pollute the Steam store with more garbage that nobody wanted. It's an "equipment simulator" puzzle game where you have a dockyard crane and you must solve various puzzle/objectives within a timeframe to complete each of the dozen or so levels. This truly is garbage (as if you can't already tell from the developers own screenshots of this [strike]train[/strike] crane wreck). The game barely works, the control scheme is a mess, the graphics would get game design students expelled for life. From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard. There's no options to change the resolution for the game or customise the graphics settings. There's no way for gamers to ensure this is running at the native resolution of their displays... there's no guarantee this game will look right on any PC as a result of this hamfisted design decision. There's no way for gamers to try improve the low quality graphics. The game features lazy low-polygon "retro" assets, making this look like a barely functional 3D game from the 1990s. It's unclear why the developers weren't able to arrange high quality, high polygon count contemporary assets for the game, and also irrelevant... what matters is that this looks bad as a result of their decisions, a compromise PC gamers shouldn't have to put up with. The controls can't be customised, which will be an annoyance for many, but it can also render the game unplayable for differently-abled gamers. These technical defects push this game below acceptable standards for any modern PC game. The poor quality of this game is reflected in the general public reception. At the time of this review, SteamDB shows the all-time peak player number was only 2 players. That's right, only 2. This is a remarkably low number, and now, the only player activity occurs once or twice a month, presumably someone loading it up to see what it is then quickly uninstalling it. Considering there's over 120 million gamers on Steam and well over 50,000 games for gamers to choose from, the overwhelming lack of interest in the game is to be expected. Gamers just didn't take this low quality game seriously, and for good reason. DockYard is relatively cheap at $2 USD, but it's not worth it. Given the defects and quality issues with the game, coupled with the unrealistic price and insincere nature of the game, this is impossible to recommend.