About

The World Is
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BitCraft is a massively-multiplayer community sandbox game where players work together to build a new civilization in a single, editable wilderness with an ancient past. BitCraft’s gameplay emphasizes skilling, building, crafting, farming, trading, and exploring, empowering players to cultivate a sheltered village with their friends or establish impressive cities and empires.

FAQ

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is BitCraft?

BitCraft is an upcoming Survival Crafting MMORPG which takes place in a procedurally generated sandbox world with a deep skills system and a focus on crafting, economics, cultivating, and city building.

What can I do in the game?

BitCraft is a sandbox game, not only in the sense of an open, editable world, but also in its freeform character progression. Players are not forced to choose a fixed profession or skill set and instead progress their character by practicing whichever skills they like. In addition to practicing crafting, building, farming, and many other skills, players can also become active in their society and contribute to the growth of infrastructure, cities, and empires.

Why Early Access?

We decided to bring BitCraft Online to Early Access because we believe strongly in developing this game with input from our players. Although we are just coming to Steam, we have been playtesting with players for several years and their input has been invaluable in shaping the development of BitCraft Online into the version you can play today.

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

We honestly don’t know when BitCraft Online will be ready to leave Early Access. We have large ambitions for the full release and it could take us several years to get there. That said, we don’t believe there is a need to rush leaving early access and would only consider leaving early access when both us and the community feel that BitCraft will be a great full release.

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

The final release of BitCraft Online is planned to be an expansion of the Early Access experience. While we plan to keep the core gameplay the same, we plan to introduce biome-specific challenges, new regions, enemies, and resources, making exploration more dynamic and rewarding. We plan to give players access to a wider variety of weapons, crafting stations, and buildable structures, allowing for deeper customization of settlements and stronger defenses against evolving threats.

Beyond gameplay content, we plan to deliver a more polished and scalable world. We plan to add many more cosmetic options for characters and settlements, along with improved collaboration features for settlements and empires. We plan to create a functionally infinite world, starting with a large environment in Early Access and expanding to support tens of thousands of concurrent players dynamically.

Additionally, while occasional wipes will be necessary during Early Access to adjust progression and balance, we plan that the final release will feature persistent progression, ensuring that player progress is never reset. The transition from Early Access to final release is planned to be focused on expanding content, refining systems, and scaling up the world to bring the final release of BitCraft to life.

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

The current Early Access version of BitCraft Online is the foundation of the game we see it becoming during full release. We are looking to take this foundation and add a lot more content, gameplay diversity, polish, and quality of life improvements as we progress through Early Access towards full release. Currently BitCraft allows you to advance in 12 Professions through 10 tiers of progression, 6 advanceable skills and a plethora of gameplay relating to the social sandbox world of BitCraft.

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

BitCraft Online currently sits at a paid access pricepoint on Early Access, but it is our intent for the final release of BitCraft to be Free to play. We don't expect to change the price during Early Access.

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

BitCraft Online has always been a game where we aimed to put community input at the forefront of its development. Since 2022, BitCraft has undergone public tests where we gathered community feedback and took community input into each following iteration of the game. This data and feedback from surveys, emails and bug report tickets has been invaluable in pathfinding the direction of such a complex game.

What is the BitCraft Hub?

The Hub is the place to register your persistent account with BitCraft. It's where we will provide active community members with in-game rewards, and community rewards. Certain items like cosmetic rewards and hexite shards will persist between wipes during early access, and the Hub inventory allows you to keep track of what you have.

How can I get updates?

Join our Discord or sign up here for regular updates on the Alpha and future game releases!

Can I build anywhere in BitCraft?

Yes, the world of BitCraft an editable sandbox and you can build anywhere you'd like.

What platforms will BitCraft be available on?

The plan is to release BitCraft cross platform with initial focus on PC.

Is there a story in BitCraft?

In BitCraft, you'll awaken as a mystical being in the midst of an untamed wilderness. While at first you'll struggle to survive, you can eventually work together with other players to build an entirely new civilization up out of the wilderness. As you construct buildings and explore new areas, the world of BitCraft will reveal a deep and ancient past. Yours is not the first civilization to build here. The ancient ruins, artifacts, and mysterious travelers you'll encounter hidden away across the landscape hint at a fading power and history ready to be rediscovered.

What engine does BitCraft use?

The BitCraft client is developed using the Unity game engine. For the server, we have developed a sophisticated distributed system called SpacetimeDB, which hosts the entirety of BitCraft’s server architecture. We feel that SpacetimeDB offers a stepchange reduction in the complexity of developing persistent world MMORPGs and we hope that it will open up an entirely new genre of indie developer massively multiplayer games.

Who is developing BitCraft?

Clockwork Labs, an independent video games developer founded by industry professionals with expertise in distributed systems. The team represents a healthy mix of games industry veterans and fresh talent. We're also hiring! Find out more information at https://clockworklabs.io.

Can I join the dev team?

Possibly! If your skill set matches what we're looking for and you're dedicated to the game concept! More info here.