

Once you’ve sufficiently expanded the size of your raft, you can start to add additional floors, roof-coverings to protect you from the rain, hammocks to sleep in, and all manner of colourful decorations. Elaborate musical instruments aside, the raft-building mechanic is also neatly thought out. Once you craft the slightly out-of-place research desk (which looks like it should be nestled in the corner of a wizard’s study rather than lilting from side-to-side on your raft), you’ll gain access to a wider range of equipment, from nets you can hang from the side of your raft to catch passing detritus, to more advanced tools like axes and binoculars, and even totally unfeasible projects like a piano. Such as grill for cooking fish and a water purifier so you don’t turn into a big meat raisin. Initially, your concerns will be expanding your raft enough to build basic survival equipment. Collected resources can be combined to craft a wide array of useful items. The notebook the player acquires at the start tracks story progression, with each major location visited marked with separate entries.

On his journey, he discovers various locations, such as an crashed yacht, a large land-mass which seems to be a wildlife reserve, a shantytown built out of scrap metal, and a large dome-like structure floating in the ocean that served as a haven for civilization. With the help of a two-way radio,the player unveils the game’s storyline, in which the world has been deserted, while the player character is searching for his husband and daughter. The player can also dive in coastal regions and collect special items. During the game, the raft may pass by islands which the player can explore to get special items and resources. The player also needs to manage basic needs like hunger and thirst by catching or growing food and purifying water to drink, but when growing food, the player must shelter the food they’re growing due to sea gulls swooping down and eating the seeds, you can kill them for food. These can be used control and guide the raft, increase the size and stability of the raft, and defend the raft from the sharks. For example, tools, weapons and nets can be manufactured. Using a crafting system, the player can use the collected materials to assemble and research new items and to expand and improve the raft. These sharks will also occasionally attack corners of the raft, destroying parts of it. The player can also be attacked or killed by sharks that are always swimming around the raft, the shark is named by players as “Bruce”. The player can leave the raft and collect things while swimming, but must be careful as the raft is always moving due to the continuous ocean current. The player starts only with a hook that they can aim and throw to catch fish, barrels, wood, palm fronds, plastic, and other objects out of the water. After a world is created, the player starts on a 2×2 raft in the middle of an ocean. With the latter, the server is automatically provided by the game and the game takes place in co-op mode. The game is played from the first-person perspective and can be played either in the single-player or multiplayer mode. Navigate! Sail your raft towards new destinations and overcome their challenges Gameplay Research! Learn new things to craft in the research table. Craft! Build survival equipment, weapons, crop plots and more to help you stay alive! Build! Expand your raft from a simple wreckage to a buoyant mansion. Overcome the challenges therein, uncover the story of its previous inhabitants and find your way to the next destination! Multiplayer! Survive by yourself or with friends in online co-op! Hook! Use your hook to catch debris floating by. However, thirst and hunger is not the only danger in the ocean… watch out for the man- eating shark determined to end your voyage! Find the last parts of civilization still above water. Scavenge the reefs beneath the waves and the islands above.
