CaptainForever.io
Controls
| Build: | Mouse |
| Zoom: | Mousewheel or R, F |
| Craft: | C |
| Fly: | W, A, S, D |
| Shoot: | Spacebar |
About
In Captain Forever you build spaceships while you are flying them. There's no cumbersome editor. Just blast an enemy ship apart, grab a piece with your mouse, and bolt it to your vessel. Done. What's more, everything is physically simulated so ship design has a huge impact on flight characteristics and combat capability.
This latest edition brings Captain Forever back to the browser, with io-style multiplayer and a suite of new modules via a crafting system.
Tips
Drones are NPCs, and you're very welcome to blow them apart. They're the ships with the little red radar dish spinning around in their command module. Mind their lasers, take out their command module, and build yourself a bigger and better ship!
Players have a white boxy logo in the middle of their command module, and if you destroy one they might seek revenge. Everyone spawns in as a civilian, and if you blow up a civilian command module you'll be branded a pirate. Anyone else on the server will see a big red arrow pointing your way, and odds are you won't last very long!
Speaking of players, CaptainForever.io is even better with friends! If you enter the same squad name you'll spawn on each other's wingtips, and get additional navigation aids allowing you to quickly find each other. If you share your loot, defend each other as you rebuild, and use the new repair beam modules to keep each other's vessels in good shape, you'll soon have the biggest ships in the 'verse!
You'll also find a few long-time Captain Forever fans playing, and they're usually very happy to help a fellow pilot out.
Development log
- Build 1.12 - Passthrough experiment & QoLJul 20, 2023
- Build 1.11 - Animation and girdersJul 20, 2023
- Build 1.10 - Nose Cones and Squad CamsJun 29, 2023
- Build 1.9.2 - Less lag lurch, more open skiesJun 23, 2023
- Bloom! Build 1.9.1Jun 22, 2023
- Build 1.8.3Jun 19, 2023
Comments
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how often does the entire map have legs and pinchers
Crab city is roughly 90% crab, and happens 1% of the time.
Regular locations are about 1% crab.
Is there a way you can make a crafting guide so people can see what things you can craft. Its very annoying seeing other people have things I don't know how to craft
Hi! I probably should add a crafting guide somewhere, but in the meantime you can find several pinned on the Discord.
can you save progress?
Hi!
There's no save mechanism in this version - I like to think of it like building a sandcastle. Lots of people post screenshots of their builds in the Discord though, which is a nice way to keep and share the design.
Also, if you look on Steam you'll find Captain Forever Trilogy, and in the news pages you'll see instructions for playing the Captain Forever Universe beta. You can save progress in Captain Forever Universe.
I didn't make this, another captain in my session did. It's really cool so I wanted to share it. Merry Christmas! (Thanks Capt. Alford!)
I love it!
craftlofer posted a video of this in the discord, complete with flashing tree lights, if you want to have another look at it.
Oh I didnt realize the discord was active, the link when you start the game always refuses to connect me.
That's so weird - thanks for letting me know! I wonder why it does that. Maybe because people were distributing discord-hacking malware on itch a while ago.
Anyway, if you open https://captainforever.io the Discord link works from there.
Could I get a downloadable version of this?
Hi!
You can grab several Captain Forever games packaged together on Steam as Captain Forever Trilogy:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/758930/Captain_Forever_Trilogy/
i want to know if you can save progress
please help