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Main Assembly is a must buy for the deck at $4! (store.steampowered.com)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
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Main Assembly is great, it is a vehicle maker physics challenge game with co-op... but if you stifle a yawn and think "I have trailmakers/other equivalent and meh do I need another?" the answer is yes, you definitely do!

Main Assembly is fundametally different, what makes it stand out from the pack is that you can easily mold 3d surfaces so the game ends up playing more like a powerful intuitive 3d modelling program than yet another iteration on a vehicle lego-style block building sandbox game.

Surfaces of wings are physically modeled in their contribution to lift, they arent just cosmetic, and it is this kind of thing that makes Main Assembly simultaneously a sophisticated simulation and and immediately tactile and intuitive experience.

Controls are superb on the deck, I recommend using fmCUK's "Usable V0.2" as a basis for a control scheme, most everything felt surprisingly intuitive given how generalist and powerful the tools are in Main Assembly.

Seriously good game, take advantage of the fact that it flew under the radar, pick it up for cheap, heck buy a copy for a friend so you have someone to play with!

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[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Main Assembly's (in game accessible) workshop has some seriously good stuff, like someone modeled a realistic, working Nissan gtr skyline!

The build is set up with race track rock hard suspension, but it feels really fun to drive and you can absolutely powerslide and oversteer like you would expect.

https://youtu.be/UP6RI42DgQw

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2363306440&searchtext=

Here is a sports car fully set up just waiting for a model to be built around it.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2196401528

This Rock Crawler is a surprisingly faithful recreation of a real life rock crawler and honestly I would believe I was playing an offroading sand crawler game if you just had me drive it with no context what game I was playing.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2381297215

Check out these other buggies, every single one of these must represent so many hours of tinkering and tweaking work because each one of them feels alive and dynamic in handling in a way most dedicated racing games fail to really capture.

Links to more buggies, there are too many good ones!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2236913323&searchtext=

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2366127995&searchtext=

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2358409325&searchtext=

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2377088937

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2540179178

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2276338225

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2191187219

How about an x-wing with a cockpit view?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2397845618&searchtext=

This monster truck handles REALLY good

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2170574251&searchtext=

This car is tuned to drive like a trackmania car, and it drives awesome, it is a blast to drive at high speed.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2759012431

Here is another arcadey, high performance f1-offroader hybrid, really nuanced handling with some cool suspension

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2434054909

This rally racing/small trophytruck-like vehicle doesn't have a skin/aesthetic panels but the handling and suspension is butterrry and the workshop description indicates it has autopilot and different modes. Amazing stuff! Ridiculously fast too.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2355543998

hot wheels hot rod, handles good

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2258992409&searchtext=

Finally here is a nice, simple forklift because you always need a forklift.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2181182790&searchtext=

Or maybe a fullsize, functional truck crane!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1947787434&searchtext=

this post was submitted on 16 Nov 2024
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