Space survival template
One ship, one planet or one rock, and a tank that runs out. Astroneer (System Era Softworks, 2019) is the tether back to air. No Man's Sky (Hello Games, 2016) is the planet you are allowed to leave. Space Engineers (Keen Software House, 2019) is the hull you have to weld yourself. A full tank that never moves is a skybox. The AI survival game maker is the tank. The AI sandbox game maker is the ship if building it is the pleasure.
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What makes a space survival
Space survival: staying alive in space or on hostile planets.
The games that set the standard are Astroneer (System Era Softworks, 2019), No Man's Sky (Hello Games, 2016) and Space Engineers (Keen Software House, 2019).
What the template starts with
The space survival template starts with one ship, one planet and one resource to refuel. That is the smallest version of the loop that defines the genre: explore, refuel, build, survive.
What to change first
Run the tank down until the warning is true, then refuel with the one resource. If you can ignore the warning, the planet is a postcard.
2D or 3D
The space survival template starts in 3D.
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