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BossConstructor is a game about building and flying your own spaceship. Assemble your own ships from a number of components and explore procedurally generated galaxies!

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Building your Ship
At the core of the game lies the ship editor, which allows you to freely assemble your very own spaceships using a vast variety of over 60 modules. The way you build your ships determines how they behave and what they are capable of doing. Since every module costs money, weight, and energy, designing a good, efficient spaceship is a challenging yet rewarding task.

Expedition and Sandbox Mode
The expedition mode lets you explore a procedurally generated galaxy inhabited by the von-Neumann, a constantly evolving AI species. You begin with a small, basic ship and advance as you complete missions, discover new enemy species, and scavenge more powerful or exotic components to improve your ship. Alternatively, you can always build any ship you like without any constraints in the sandbox mode.

Artificial Intelligence
Being a single-player game, a lot of attention is given to the game's artificial intelligence system. The von-Neumann enemies you encounter in the expedition mode have been painstakingly created using elaborate artificial evolutions, where vast numbers of mutating ships compete for survival. Several bonus game modes allow you to watch how different AI species compete with each other for survival and how each generation evolves.

FAQ
- Supported Platforms: The game supports Windows, Linux, SteamOS, and MacOS. Mac users need to manually install Java, which is free.
- Multiplayer Mode: Implementing multiplayer support is exceedingly complex, so the focus is on providing a solid single-player experience.
- Types of Ships: Any ship built with the available modules is valid as long as the modules do not overlap. You can build ships with moving parts and ships consisting of multiple parts, which can be controlled individually.
- Ship Size: You can add modules to your ship as long as they fit within the editor's boundaries and its 14x14 grid, which can be expanded to 18x18 using the integrity enhancer module.
- Module Types: There are currently over 60 module types in the game, not counting visual variations. More modules will be added in the future, and player suggestions are welcome.
- Artificial Evolution: This works by simulating a huge tournament where mutated versions of existing ships compete. The most successful ships proceed to the next round while the losers are eliminated.

Should You Buy It?
Absolutely! If you enjoy being part of constantly-updated games during their development process, BossConstructor might be what you've been looking for. You can check out reviews from other gamers or forums, and keep in mind that Steam's refund policy allows you to return the game if you don't enjoy it.