ShipShaper: Falconeer Chronicles

对这类工坊还蛮有兴趣的，一开始我还以为这是那种要研究浮力、吨位、动力配置的造船模拟，类似我之前玩过的造飞机的游戏，进去才发现完全想多了。其实并不需要当一个合格的船舶工程师。 操作上大大简化了，船体想怎么拉怎么拉，烟囱想装几个装几个，炮放得合不合理也没人管。开始的时候还想认真造点正常东西，玩到后面已经彻底放弃现实世界的造船规范了，哈哈哈（造艘黑珍珠肿么说。 总的来说，目前 EA 肯定还有不少地方需要继续打磨，但玩法实际上已经很成熟了，“我脑子里想了艘船，然后真的一点点把它捏出来”这个感觉挺有意思了，这个价蛮OK的，上限实际上很高。

自由度挺高，而且不是拿一堆方块慢慢垒船壳，可以直接拉、推、拖着改形状。我这种没什么建模基础的人也能很快弄出来一条像船的东西。至于好不好看……那是审美问题，与我无瓜

这游戏最危险的地方就是让你觉得：我就再改一个地方，船头改完改船身，船身改完改烟囱。回过神，一晚上没了。

Been using this briefly, and in the 2.5~ hours that I've posted this review, I've managed to create a semi-realistic historical sloop. Watching its sails work in real time realistically is beyond me. I can't NOT recommend this as a tool for creators, even if it's primarily a tool for another game/project by the dev. -=- The Good -=- #1: The ability to make ships the way you want it, and not just historical creations is beyond cool. I'm going to be using this to make semi-realistic models of real-world "Age of Sail" ships. This tool is perfect for an easy way to do so. #2: The unified color schemes allow a ship to have a sense of looking good with different pieces being colored the same thing is just a very neat idea. Even randomly generated color schemes look good, and that's not a small feat to do. #3: The ability to just see and vote on workshop items in-program is awesome. Only a few other games/pieces of software allow this, but this is the only one that allows it to be shared and exported so smoothly. Huge props for this. #4: The free commercial license is a MASSIVE boon for creators all around. For a small price tag, you can export the 3D files, take screenshots and whatever to use in your own projects. I know for one as a TTRPG writer and designer, I will be using this software for sailing stuff and projects. Attribution will be given, as it's RIGHTFULLY deserved. -=- The Bad -=- #1: The UI not being anchored to the screenspace and being there physically below a ship in the designer is not helpful. It doesn't stop you from creating awesome things, but it hinders usability. #2: There is no copy/paste, and all objects placed on a ship are in pairs. Ctrl + z works just fine, but Ctrl + c and ctrl + v don't. The developer responded to me on Reddit saying it was primarily a optimization problem, but its on their work list. A way to unpair them without workarounds would be awesome, or a toggle to be clicked. #3: Moving objects on a ship is counter-intuitive. I'm sure this is a feature/workaround I will have to figure out, but the program wants you to click on an object to move it. However, sometimes when you click the small circle that it gives you, you will instead click another object and you will have to try again. Perhaps this can be worked around via a parts list? Also the ability for precise placement via X/Y/Z vectors (Not sure what it's called, but the RGB arrows that show up in other programs when you want to click an object) would be perfect. #4: The color selector needs better UI implementation and usability. No hexcodes or RGB values means that if you want two sections to have the same color you're guesstimating. I'd prefer a regular color selector or field for RGB/Hexcode input for precise coloration exactly to what you want. -=- The Wants -=- #1: Sci-Fi ship parts. Likely a pipe dream, and beyond the scope of this project. I'd love to have the ability to make sci-fi designs and see how they look amongst a galaxy or random stars in the background. #2: A menu to allow me to pick specifically what parts I want to place down instead of placing one down and seeing if what I want is there. A way to search parts in a menu. #3: A way to make all objects of a specific type the same size. The moment you accidentally resize something you have to spam undo until it reverts. A way to just click a button would be very nice. For example, a number of cannons, portholes or doors. Wanting them to all be the same size makes sense.

El juego ofrece una experiencia bastante curiosa, en realidad se trata más de una pequeña utilidad para crear barcos en 3d, que realmente un juego en si. Fácil de usar y con una estética un poco estilo cyberpunk. ¡Deja volar tu imaginación de mil maneras! Incluye la opción de probar la embarcación en un escenario CiFi. Puedes hacer unas bonitas capturas de pantalla. Hay que ver si poco a poco le añade alguna función más, como pequeños combates, o misiones de transporte, etc Lo bueno es que te permite exportar tus creaciones para luego usarlas en tus proyectos o incluso imprimirlas en 3d. El desarrollador interactúa habitualmente en el foro y es muy receptivo a las sugerencias. Totalmente recomendable.

I managed to snag a key in the community discord for early testing and I've only built one ship in one of the earliest beta builds as of yet so take this review with a little grain of salt. Appropriately salinated, I will say that I am happy to support Tomas Sala and pretty much anything that he creates regarding his Falconeer series. His journey as a gamedev is admirable and he's driven and passionate and that is NOT guaranteed in the industry nowadays. ShipShaper is sort of like a DLC that isn't a DLC, that will allow you to print builds in real life and export those builds into the Bulwark game, it's essentially an easy to pick up modding tool for creating fun little boats that can be used both inside and outside the Falconeer ecosystem. I don't know the price it will launch at but knowing Tomas he will likely have it be below the price of a traditional dish in my city :) Try the demo, see how it feels, consider wishlisting or even checking out other titles of the Falconeer Chronicles. But most importantly and this is *critical* for you while playing any Falconeer game: Please do enjoy your time and have fun.

先说缺点，目前确实更像个“造船玩具”，传统游戏内容不算多。 但我还是给好评，因为它至少很清楚自己现在要干嘛：让你舒舒服服造船。 后面多加点部件就更好了。

Tiny Glade, but with Ships. And the ability of using your Ships in Bulwark Falconeer Chronicles. And the possibility of exporting your Ships to 3D print them. Or use them however you want. Editor can be finicky in the beginning, but once you pick up its quirks, it's pretty good. How could you not love this little gem?