Blastronaut - Sandbox Exploration Xenoplanet Mining

[@KAKADOUJACK]

Wow, this game is surprisingly realistic! You have to plan your whole life around paying for fuel so you can use that fuel to go to work and pay for more fuel. Genius design!

[@imonyourside8376]

Just like IRL. :)

[@TheYashakami]

Same

[@Dosbomber]

Curse your luck for landing on the forBiden Planet.

[@wrongthinker843]

OOF

[@mgiraudjr]

Oooof

[@drottningu]

This one looks awesome, Splat! Kudos to the Devs for really stepping up their game by releasing free demos in advance to the release. Games like Core Keeper, Nova Islands and now Blastronaut are having way better sales than a ton of games you have reviewed in the past. I think that in part this is due to them having very polished demos out ahead of release. They definitely have me hooked!

[@Perfoon]

Thank you SplatterCat for playing the Blastronaut demo. Your video is really good!

[@LaserStorm117]

I had a feeling you were going in the Starship Troopers direction, but when you called it a documentary, well, that just sent me XD

[@markdowse3572]

@ 21:21 "... As seen in the important documentary, 'Starship Troopers' ..." Oh man, that made me laugh out loud! 🤣 You do have the driest sense of humour, Mr SplatterCat. It'd be great to have a beer or two with you, I reckon ! 🍻 And this looks to be a super little game. Thanks, mate ! 🙏🤗 M 🦘🏏😎

[@MarkDeSade100]

16:12 He was at 148/150 on the objective and instead of picking up 2 more rocks, he threw all of them into the furnace, reducing his count to 0/150. 🤦‍♂Although I think the game developers are really to blame here, if the task is "collect" 150 of something it should still count ones that you've traded or used. If it said "have" 150 of something then you would need to have all of them at the same time.

[@the_crius]

Played this during the steam demo fest and the main issue with it is that apart from the "new beginning" map which is somewhat handmade, the "core" experience with a random generated map lack a direction. You mine just for mining and there isn't much else to be doing. On top of that, the world generation is kind of basic right now. Hopefully next iterations will bring some more content and direction to it.

[@995cool]

maybe this isn't for you then

[@femimark5021]

@@995cool no point handwaving, what seems to be, valid constructive criticism.

[@sown-laughter4351]

saves me time .. thx

[@Ghon01]

The demo is only supposed to have a few biomes but its gonna get more with full release and the main point of the game is to chill and mine, I hope you'll come back with the full release :)

[@TheTwosliceToaster]

@@995cool What a totally pointless comment to make! Do you say that to everyone that points out any flaws in a game? It's a demo, so it's a work in progress that's going to change. Whence the fact that he hopes it will expand more in the future.

[@johngrey5806]

Mom, I want to be a Blastronaut when I grow up!

[@dirtywhitellama]

Lighting effects are neat. I like how the guns and the jetpack light up the edges of blocks in a realistic but cartoony way.

[@morgansgames]

OMFG that Madonna/Cyndi Lauper riff... instant classic!

[@ZlotyCK89]

Thanks for new recommendation! I like Your choice of games and format.

[@Thalatash]

Thanks for another great review, Splatty. I really like the diversity in games you review. I know I'd never know about most of these games if it weren't for your channel.

[@rollypollyguy3976]

Dang, Starbound meets Blast Corp. RAD

[@cleanliving1612]

The lighting effects when jumping are very nicely done. The Editor is promising, I wonder what kind of community content will get made

[@xcountzerox]

that starship troopers bit really got me lol

[@exleyhackwell5185]

the mining and collecting and fuel system remind me of Motherload, the mars mining game

[@TheMunchkin9]

2 minutes in and I'm downloading the demo. This looks like my jam XD Thank you for another awesome find!

[@wrongthinker843]

I'll be honest, the starting "explosive foam" gun seemed far superior to the lightning one.

[@Dosbomber]

Except for that whole "throws a portion of every dob of exploding foam back straight into your face" weirdness.

[@wrongthinker843]

@@Dosbomber I think it bounces off if you pour more foam onto existing foam. Still, it's easier to compensate than the lighting, I think (and uses less fuel to blow up blocks).

[@DamsdelDrennon]

The name itself had me interested. The base mechanic of digging the material to sell/smelt and get upgrades from, to go dig more is a good working loop. the different behaviour of guns i a nice surprise and I'm curious for more, gotta try it out now.

[@mankala8]

You're necessary because we love you!

[@art4freak795]

In space there is only DaakkaaDaakkaa!

[@imonyourside8376]

Added to wishlist, looks fun. Has coop too!

[@jeevithrai7994]

This looks really promising. Have to keep an eye on this one.

[@junk3996]

agreed

[@PnzrDiv666]

oh wow. I am insanely into this! Ben lööking för a simple mine/upgrade game in the style öf Mötherlöad för years. And this hits the spöt!

[@llutac]

Tbh as a german thats hilarious to read :D

[@ScottRKrol]

If you like mining planets check out The Mole Men. Fight space bats, carve your own tunnels, and die a lot. Plus, you have a grapple, and any game that allows you to grapple is instantly awesome.

[@squishieandpokey]

Maybe I watch too much American dad but every time you say dive on in I immediately go to Roger. 😂 Dive on in.

[@WesternHypernormalization]

10/10 commentary on this one lol

[@michaelgrassmyer736]

Lol "Whoa! What is that? Can I kill it?"

[@bcherbs]

Did you say "the sound effect's from what I have seen, so far, seem on point." ?? lol Visual sound is the best !!

[@bcherbs]

@@Schpoo You'll live.

[@SirPrimrose]

@@bcherbs then you’ll live when cat says “seen” instead of “observed”. You can be a grammar nazi, just don’t be a hypocritical grammar nazi.

[@stefanocasella7076]

How did you know I consume Steam? Darn! My cover is blown, now everybody knows I'm a steampunk simulacrum...

[@art4freak795]

No such thing as too much daakkaa ! Random ork boye

[@grayaj23]

Looks super cool.

[@UtopssAKAPJ]

I see this game being addictive specially endless mode

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

Reminds me of Worms.

[@frownmastr]

This sorta gives me some Edge of Space vibes

[@acerspacer244]

hopefully it doesn't get abandoned like edge of space did

[@DyingCr0w]

Blow up rocks, refuel. Then blow up more rocks. And more importantly, dont blow yourself up while blowing up rocks. Besides that, it looks so easy, almost like a respite for all those stupidly hard pixel games out there.

[@user-up4bw8ex5u]

You studied Geology? That's cool! I'm currently in school studying astrophysics with a specialty in plasma physics and exo-planet formation. Would you ever like to trade notes on mineralogy and space rocks?

[@iancredible-]

Reminds me a bit of 'Starbound'.

[@ajrupert5639]

This one surprised me

[@XShrike0]

6:27 Did he not want to wait for the ore to be processed? If I am following the numbers, he could have earned twice as much if he had turned the ore into ingots.

[@mbielcik]

🖤

[@imonyourside8376]

Splat! Please take a look at the game Nienix, addictive, amazing and that loot! :)

[@DoctorStS]

This game reminds me of Cortex Command somehow

[@RyanLabombaTV]

owh. it so cute. go wishlist

[@SilverHalsen]

Dammit, another game that's not out yet.

[@Tabooty849]

👌

[@yap9877]

Is it just me, or do the machine sprites at the base look like they're ripped from Starbound/Frackin' Universe?

[@Vulture2k]

reminds me a bit of.. eh... cortex command´s style?

[@ALoreMiles]

Visually it kinda reminds me of Risk of Rain.

[@paulstaffordallen4570]

Yay! In at the start today. Looks interesting...

[@ndowroccus4168]

Ooooh…what’s this!!?

[@Aniqiewan]

Weeeee

[@m0ro]

Ughhh, really wanted to see the other weapons. Super sad now.

[@Roguedeus]

Do want... very much.

[@MrDeothor]

this looks awfuly similar to risk of rain 1

[@Senior666]

SST should be shown in every school, would you like to know more?..

[@NTJedi]

Wish we would stop seeing games with cartoon graphics.

[@MrBobfrank101]

I may have a problem with waiting for videos

[@Oscuros]

Things never happen "on" accident, they've only ever been by accident, like things happen by chance, or when something is by the by or when something else happens by happenstance. See how consistent English is? You do things on purpose, don't you, like you can do things on a whim, or on a fancy, or on an impulse. You see how the prepositions, apart from being consistent, denote intent? amazing, the sort of thing we teach to kids in Primary School, so where were you when that was being taught. How can you skip that and then do a geology degree? It can't be "on" accident. Seriously, why are you younger Americans doing that shit all of a sudden? It looks like you're assisting each other in being functionally illiterate, a specific problem to the US. English phrasal verbs are extremely specific and are not interchangeable. If someone is about to walk off a cliff, you don't shout out "look on", "look about", "look in" , no, only "Look out" would make any sense in that situation, not interchangeable, stop it. English also ceased to be a subjective language in Tudor times. When people do that since the 19th Century it is now taken as a sign of a lack of reading or literate conversation around that person.

[@dirtywhitellama]

Writes a long ass comment criticizing modern grammar choices, makes an awkward grammatical mistake in the last sentence.