DrillShip [demo ]

ou are the only crew aboard a small, cramped drilling ship. There are no windows: you see the world only through the ship’s camera screens. Dig down through a living underground planet, keep the ship running, and bring back the Heart Stone from the core.

Pilot from a real cockpit. Flip switches, crank the engine and drive from the helm. Camera screens, radar, a mineral finder and a hull proximity screen are all you have.

Manage the power. The generator makes only a few power bars. Share them between drill, drive, cooling, shield, sensors, weapons and suspension.

Keep her alive. Drills wear, heat builds and machines break. Open the hatch, find the bad part and fit a new one by hand. Upgrade the ship with the ore you dig.

Explore a whole planet. A surface with no edge over a 170 m deep world: Upper Caves, Fungal Grotto, Frozen Caverns, Crystal Hollows, Sulfur Vents, the Mantle and the Planet Core.

Something lives down there. Giant bugs, acid spitters, a stalker the size of a truck and a worm as long as four ships. They hunt by noise and light.

Free fly camera. Pick it on the main menu to fly anywhere and look around.

Controls: hold I to start the engine · WASD to drive · Shift to drill down · 1–7 for power · Tab to walk · E to use or repair · H for every control · Esc for the menu

Note: This is an early prototype, and feedback is welcome. It needs a desktop browser with keyboard and mouse. Give the world a moment to load.