Mechs, Tech and More ( Weekly Digest #3 )
Another week, another weekly Digest !
This week's Digest is packed full of tech and is sure to bring plenty of excitement! At least
It's time to talk about mechs. What they bring to Autonomica, and how you'll be able to use them in farming, automation, and beyond.
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You'll discover Mechs at later stages of the game when you begin traveling to future timelines. These powerful machines will be scattered throughout the open world, often abandoned and hidden inside secured hangars. To unlock a Mech, you'll need to undertake special side quests, like locating a lost reactor to power it back up or finding a way to breach reinforced hangar doors. Once activated, a Mech will launch with a dramatic sequence that produces a lot of noise, so you’ll want to be careful because it might attract unwanted attention from other players.
Each gameplay mode, whether PVP, PVE, or Time Expedition (our peaceful Time Travel mode), features dynamic placement of advanced machinery across the map. Besides Mechs, you'll also find other exciting vehicles like buggies, motorbikes, and more.
When you're ready to return from your time travel expedition, you'll have the option to Extract the Mech back to your present timeline. Later, if you want to bring it into future expeditions again, you'll be able to call it in or summon one of your recovered machines. You will also be able to call and extract animals, since some of them provide special stat boosts and extra inventory space that can help you save important items.
In the Finite (our name for the Extraction mode in Autonomica, where the world is on the brink of collapse), if you die during an expedition, you lose the valuables you are carrying in your backpack. It becomes crucial to plan carefully when to Extract and what to Extract with, because anything you leave behind will stay lost in the Finite.
We’re planning to expand the Mech lineup further, and we’re happy to share some super early concept art with you below. Just a heads-up, these are very early concepts, so things might change as development continues.
Back in your present timeline, Mechs will become powerful allies in farming and automation. They'll offer specialized tools to make your work dramatically easier. For example, instead of tilling each plot one by one, a Mech can instantly prepare nine plots at once by launching mortar-like charges into the ground. They’ll also come equipped with high-capacity watering systems, perfect for managing large-scale farms and automation systems.
To be fully transparent, Mechs are still in very early development. We have a lot of internal testing ahead to get everything working smoothly, but we're extremely excited to have them in the game. In many ways, Mechs are shaping up to be the great combiners of the future in Autonomica, machines deeply inspired by Solarpunk aesthetics, blending nature and technology in a way we think you’re going to love.
Whew, I don’t know about you, but I personally love mechs. Guilty as charged.
But it’s time to share more information about automation and how it’s integrated into our farming lives.
In Autonomica, automation isn't just about gritty hardware components. You'll also produce and process natural resources. Create enclosures for animals that generate products, which you can then route through conveyor lines to specialized machines like Mixers, Smelters, Ovens, and Cookers. For example, the Mixer can turn milk into cheese, which becomes part of more complex culinary recipes further down your production line.
Some Resource Examples:
Meet Harvy
Harvesters (a.k.a. Harvy bots) roam your enclosures collecting freshly grown or extracted products and deliver them straight to the Sample Replicator. This machine takes a single item and mass-produces it, one copy at a time, until the original is completely used up.
Once it receives a sample, the Replicator analyzes its structure at the molecular level (or at least pretends to) and begins fabricating duplicates using gooey science magic and a suspicious amount of energy. But here's the catch: the original gradually gets consumed in the process. If Harvy doesn’t keep a steady flow coming, production grinds to a halt.
Keep your conveyor lines fed, or the whole system gets cranky. No sample means no output. Probably not FDA-approved, but very efficient.
Caring for Your Crops and Creatures
You can assign Harvies to collect products from animals, like eggs, milk, or wool, or from your fruit and veggie crops. But remember, nothing in Autonomica runs on good vibes alone. If you want your animals and crops to keep producing, you’ll need to give back.
Animals and plants have favorite food types and need specific care. You can water and feed them manually if you're feeling cozy or allergic to wires. Everything can be done by hand. But if you're more of the techy type, you can build out full automation systems with pipes and conveyor lines delivering your animals' favorite snacks and drinks right back to their enclosures. Happy animals mean better production.
Each animal also needs a comfy space to rest, and your crops require attentive care too. Some plants are seasonal and won’t grow during certain times of the year. To handle this, build greenhouses, controlled environments requiring consistent lighting, temperature regulation, and energy delivery.
Powering Your World
Powering your farm and home takes real infrastructure. Here’s how energy production works in Autonomica:
Windmills
These beautiful flowery techy thingies perform best at higher altitudes. Our wind system is fully simulated. Higher altitudes offer stronger winds, making mountain peaks and elevated terrains ideal locations. Nearby structures or terrain features can influence wind flow, impacting your windmills' efficiency. Strategic placement is both essential and rewarding.
Solar Panels
Solar energy relies heavily on direct sunlight. Clouds drifting by or shadows from your buildings can noticeably reduce panel efficiency. But don’t worry, our solar panels are super snappy. You can quickly snap them onto your rooftops, and they'll magically adapt to the perfect angle of your structures. Satisfying and intuitive placement guaranteed.
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Batteries
Batteries store energy collected from windmills and solar panels. They smooth out your energy supply, ensuring stable power even when the weather isn't cooperating. No sun or wind? Less of a headache.
Home Sweet (High-Tech) Home
Your home also consumes electricity. Appliances like fridges, TVs, and washing machines are fully functional. And yes, you’ll actually need to wash your clothes regularly. Each clothing item has practical stats like "practicality" (how useful it is) and "impression" (how stylish it is), along with a hidden "dirtiness" meter that fills up with usage, which will affect NPCs' perception of you. We'll dive deeper into the clothing system in a future update.
Power and water are delivered wirelessly inside your home via the Home Pod (no fantasy or magic, just science). Connect a single water pipe and power line to the Home Pod, and it intelligently supplies all your home accessories.
The Home Pod also analyzes the furniture and utilities you've placed, actively providing tips about fulfilling specific room requirements. When set up properly, your home boosts your character’s stats. In Autonomica, your home isn’t just decoration. It’s an extension of who you are. We can talk about this later if you would like to learn more about it.
Juicy Liquids and Chaotic Plumbing
Liquid production adds another fun layer to your automation empire. Craft juices, brew beers, (coffee for Kirara), or experiment with other mysterious liquidy things.
Water pipes in Autonomica are fully modular and hilariously chaotic. Run them across floors, walls, rooftops, straight through your living room, or even under your bed if you're feeling wild. Yes, underground plumbing is supported, too. We've built a satisfying visual overlay that highlights buried pipe connections whenever you select the pipe tool. It’s clean, it’s efficient, and wonderfully messy in all the right ways.
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
Delivery Drones and Product Fulfillment
Delivery drones manage product transportation effortlessly. Some NPCs will lend you their personal drones for special missions. For example, helping Ricardo bake his legendary croissants means producing 200 bags of flour. Simply place Ricardo’s Storage Drone near your production line and feed it the finished product.
Start by planting wheat, grind it into flour using a Mixer, package it, and direct it to Ricardo’s Storage Drone with a conveyor line. Once the order is filled, the drone zips off to Ricardo’s bakery. Knowing Ricardo, he’ll return soon with praise and yet another quirky request.
Expect your mega farms to be buzzing with delivery drones flying overhead, transporting your goods around and offering you that genuine solarpunk feeling.
Mergers, Splitters, Lifts, and Other Jazz
We're going the extra mile to give you the tools you need to fully optimize your production lines. We’re inventing dynamic mergers and splitters that feel like magic. Simply run your conveyor lines into a merger or splitter, and it adapts automatically. You can connect multiple input routes and multiple output routes. The system intuitively recognizes your actions—connect a conveyor line into it, and it creates an input; pull a line out from it, and it creates an output. This means you can build countless creative combinations effortlessly.
Elevators are equally dynamic. Stack them as high as you want, and each vertical segment can have multiple exits. Even cooler, you'll be able to specify precisely which resources exit at each level based on your own custom settings. This gives you powerful vertical control over your conveyor logistics. Pretty cool, right?
Another pretty cool feature is our Draggables. Hold down the CTRL button to see glowing dots appear around you. These dots indicate objects you can adjust on the fly. You can easily resize things like rugs, frames, windows, and other decorative elements. You can even adjust conveyors after they've been placed, without needing to demolish and rebuild them if your plans for the area change.
You can also use conveyors as quick traveling rails. Simply approach a conveyor line and double-tap the space bar to hop on for a ride. Some of you might even use conveyors exclusively as speedy transport routes or build your own rollercoaster setups!
Lastly, on our Kickstarter campaign we introduced a new Social Goals where everyone can participate if they would like to support us in any other way!
🤔 What Are Social Goals?
Think of them like goals related to social platforms!
Whether it's subscribing to our YouTube channel, following us on X (formerly Twitter), joining our Discord server, or wishlisting on Steam, every action you take helps the entire community move closer to unlocking new bonuses.
🌟 HOW IT WORKS:
Earn Star Points by helping us reach specific milestones:
⭐Kickstarter Backers
⭐Followers on X | BlueSky | Instagram
⭐Discord Members
⭐Trailer Reposts on X
⭐Steam Wishlists
⭐YouTube Subscribers
Every milestone achieved grants Star Points.
As the total number of Star Points increases, new Social Rewards will be unlocked for everyone!
This is something that will be added to the game as an extra content for everyone to enjoy!
AVAILABLE REWARDS
⭐ 3 Stars: Garden Props Set
Transform your farms and homes into a peaceful oasis! Unlock a new set of Garden Props featuring three elegant fountains, a mysterious animal totem (which might make animal sounds during full moons 🌕), peaceful turtle stone decorations, and more cozy items to customize your world.
⭐ 7 Stars: Bat Companions
Ever dreamed of bat farming? If we reach this goal, you’ll be able to create bat enclosures — and have adorable bat companions fly alongside you on your journeys! (And maybe, just maybe, we’ll add a few extra surprises. 🦇)
⭐ 12 Stars: Backpack Tortoises
Not the other way around! If we unlock this goal, you’ll be able to carry your very own tortoise friend on the side of your backpack 🐢. Plus, tortoises will become a new farming animal, perfect for expanding your farm life.
⭐ 20 Stars: The Liberated Squirrel
You asked for it — and now you’ll have it (at your own risk)! 🐿️ The Liberated Squirrel will "borrow" your items (let's call it redistributing wealth) until you catch it. Mischief guaranteed.
⭐ 30 Stars: Marshmallow Furniture Set
Sink into a life-sized marshmallow! 🍬 Unlock an entire furniture set made out of giant marshmallows — pure comfort, pure style, pure squishiness. Perfect for those who take cozy living seriously.
⭐ 40 Stars: Technodog – The Robot Companion
Ever wonder if robot dogs still greet each other like real ones? Find out with your very own Technodog 🤖🐶! It’s more than a cute companion — Technodog carries extra inventory and is built for the future: it can travel through time with you during your survival expeditions!
⭐ 50 Stars: Expedition Van
The ultimate exploration machine! 🚐 This rugged all-terrain Expedition Van lets you travel anywhere with ease. Sleep, cook, craft — all from your mobile base. Perfect for those who live for discovery and adventure!
As of today our stats are:
- Kickstarter Backers: 5,567 → Next Goal: 6,000 backers (will award 4 additional stars!)
- X Followers | BlueSky | Instagram : 40,421 → Next Goal: 41,000 followers
- Discord Members: 15,292 → Next Goal: 16,000 members
- Trailer Reposts on X: 366 → Next Goal: 400 reposts
- Steam Wishlists: 217,537 → Next Goal: 220,000 wishlists
- YouTube Subscribers: 9,290 → Next Goal: 10,000 subscribers
🔥 The more Stars we gather, the more content we'll unlock together. Share, invite friends, and let's build something incredible! 🔥
That wraps up our Digest for this week! Let us know what you liked most in the comments.
Next week, we’re planning to talk about the underwater world, phantoms, and much more—so stay tuned!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/895160/Autonomica/
This week's Digest is packed full of tech and is sure to bring plenty of excitement! At least
It's time to talk about mechs. What they bring to Autonomica, and how you'll be able to use them in farming, automation, and beyond.
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
You'll discover Mechs at later stages of the game when you begin traveling to future timelines. These powerful machines will be scattered throughout the open world, often abandoned and hidden inside secured hangars. To unlock a Mech, you'll need to undertake special side quests, like locating a lost reactor to power it back up or finding a way to breach reinforced hangar doors. Once activated, a Mech will launch with a dramatic sequence that produces a lot of noise, so you’ll want to be careful because it might attract unwanted attention from other players.
Each gameplay mode, whether PVP, PVE, or Time Expedition (our peaceful Time Travel mode), features dynamic placement of advanced machinery across the map. Besides Mechs, you'll also find other exciting vehicles like buggies, motorbikes, and more.
When you're ready to return from your time travel expedition, you'll have the option to Extract the Mech back to your present timeline. Later, if you want to bring it into future expeditions again, you'll be able to call it in or summon one of your recovered machines. You will also be able to call and extract animals, since some of them provide special stat boosts and extra inventory space that can help you save important items.
In the Finite (our name for the Extraction mode in Autonomica, where the world is on the brink of collapse), if you die during an expedition, you lose the valuables you are carrying in your backpack. It becomes crucial to plan carefully when to Extract and what to Extract with, because anything you leave behind will stay lost in the Finite.
We’re planning to expand the Mech lineup further, and we’re happy to share some super early concept art with you below. Just a heads-up, these are very early concepts, so things might change as development continues.
Back in your present timeline, Mechs will become powerful allies in farming and automation. They'll offer specialized tools to make your work dramatically easier. For example, instead of tilling each plot one by one, a Mech can instantly prepare nine plots at once by launching mortar-like charges into the ground. They’ll also come equipped with high-capacity watering systems, perfect for managing large-scale farms and automation systems.
To be fully transparent, Mechs are still in very early development. We have a lot of internal testing ahead to get everything working smoothly, but we're extremely excited to have them in the game. In many ways, Mechs are shaping up to be the great combiners of the future in Autonomica, machines deeply inspired by Solarpunk aesthetics, blending nature and technology in a way we think you’re going to love.
Whew, I don’t know about you, but I personally love mechs. Guilty as charged.
But it’s time to share more information about automation and how it’s integrated into our farming lives.
In Autonomica, automation isn't just about gritty hardware components. You'll also produce and process natural resources. Create enclosures for animals that generate products, which you can then route through conveyor lines to specialized machines like Mixers, Smelters, Ovens, and Cookers. For example, the Mixer can turn milk into cheese, which becomes part of more complex culinary recipes further down your production line.
Some Resource Examples:
Meet Harvy
Harvesters (a.k.a. Harvy bots) roam your enclosures collecting freshly grown or extracted products and deliver them straight to the Sample Replicator. This machine takes a single item and mass-produces it, one copy at a time, until the original is completely used up.
Once it receives a sample, the Replicator analyzes its structure at the molecular level (or at least pretends to) and begins fabricating duplicates using gooey science magic and a suspicious amount of energy. But here's the catch: the original gradually gets consumed in the process. If Harvy doesn’t keep a steady flow coming, production grinds to a halt.
Keep your conveyor lines fed, or the whole system gets cranky. No sample means no output. Probably not FDA-approved, but very efficient.
Caring for Your Crops and Creatures
You can assign Harvies to collect products from animals, like eggs, milk, or wool, or from your fruit and veggie crops. But remember, nothing in Autonomica runs on good vibes alone. If you want your animals and crops to keep producing, you’ll need to give back.
Animals and plants have favorite food types and need specific care. You can water and feed them manually if you're feeling cozy or allergic to wires. Everything can be done by hand. But if you're more of the techy type, you can build out full automation systems with pipes and conveyor lines delivering your animals' favorite snacks and drinks right back to their enclosures. Happy animals mean better production.
Each animal also needs a comfy space to rest, and your crops require attentive care too. Some plants are seasonal and won’t grow during certain times of the year. To handle this, build greenhouses, controlled environments requiring consistent lighting, temperature regulation, and energy delivery.
Powering Your World
Powering your farm and home takes real infrastructure. Here’s how energy production works in Autonomica:
Windmills
These beautiful flowery techy thingies perform best at higher altitudes. Our wind system is fully simulated. Higher altitudes offer stronger winds, making mountain peaks and elevated terrains ideal locations. Nearby structures or terrain features can influence wind flow, impacting your windmills' efficiency. Strategic placement is both essential and rewarding.
Solar Panels
Solar energy relies heavily on direct sunlight. Clouds drifting by or shadows from your buildings can noticeably reduce panel efficiency. But don’t worry, our solar panels are super snappy. You can quickly snap them onto your rooftops, and they'll magically adapt to the perfect angle of your structures. Satisfying and intuitive placement guaranteed.
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
Batteries
Batteries store energy collected from windmills and solar panels. They smooth out your energy supply, ensuring stable power even when the weather isn't cooperating. No sun or wind? Less of a headache.
Home Sweet (High-Tech) Home
Your home also consumes electricity. Appliances like fridges, TVs, and washing machines are fully functional. And yes, you’ll actually need to wash your clothes regularly. Each clothing item has practical stats like "practicality" (how useful it is) and "impression" (how stylish it is), along with a hidden "dirtiness" meter that fills up with usage, which will affect NPCs' perception of you. We'll dive deeper into the clothing system in a future update.
Power and water are delivered wirelessly inside your home via the Home Pod (no fantasy or magic, just science). Connect a single water pipe and power line to the Home Pod, and it intelligently supplies all your home accessories.
The Home Pod also analyzes the furniture and utilities you've placed, actively providing tips about fulfilling specific room requirements. When set up properly, your home boosts your character’s stats. In Autonomica, your home isn’t just decoration. It’s an extension of who you are. We can talk about this later if you would like to learn more about it.
Juicy Liquids and Chaotic Plumbing
Liquid production adds another fun layer to your automation empire. Craft juices, brew beers, (coffee for Kirara), or experiment with other mysterious liquidy things.
Water pipes in Autonomica are fully modular and hilariously chaotic. Run them across floors, walls, rooftops, straight through your living room, or even under your bed if you're feeling wild. Yes, underground plumbing is supported, too. We've built a satisfying visual overlay that highlights buried pipe connections whenever you select the pipe tool. It’s clean, it’s efficient, and wonderfully messy in all the right ways.
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
Delivery Drones and Product Fulfillment
Delivery drones manage product transportation effortlessly. Some NPCs will lend you their personal drones for special missions. For example, helping Ricardo bake his legendary croissants means producing 200 bags of flour. Simply place Ricardo’s Storage Drone near your production line and feed it the finished product.
Start by planting wheat, grind it into flour using a Mixer, package it, and direct it to Ricardo’s Storage Drone with a conveyor line. Once the order is filled, the drone zips off to Ricardo’s bakery. Knowing Ricardo, he’ll return soon with praise and yet another quirky request.
Expect your mega farms to be buzzing with delivery drones flying overhead, transporting your goods around and offering you that genuine solarpunk feeling.
Mergers, Splitters, Lifts, and Other Jazz
We're going the extra mile to give you the tools you need to fully optimize your production lines. We’re inventing dynamic mergers and splitters that feel like magic. Simply run your conveyor lines into a merger or splitter, and it adapts automatically. You can connect multiple input routes and multiple output routes. The system intuitively recognizes your actions—connect a conveyor line into it, and it creates an input; pull a line out from it, and it creates an output. This means you can build countless creative combinations effortlessly.
Elevators are equally dynamic. Stack them as high as you want, and each vertical segment can have multiple exits. Even cooler, you'll be able to specify precisely which resources exit at each level based on your own custom settings. This gives you powerful vertical control over your conveyor logistics. Pretty cool, right?
Another pretty cool feature is our Draggables. Hold down the CTRL button to see glowing dots appear around you. These dots indicate objects you can adjust on the fly. You can easily resize things like rugs, frames, windows, and other decorative elements. You can even adjust conveyors after they've been placed, without needing to demolish and rebuild them if your plans for the area change.
You can also use conveyors as quick traveling rails. Simply approach a conveyor line and double-tap the space bar to hop on for a ride. Some of you might even use conveyors exclusively as speedy transport routes or build your own rollercoaster setups!
Lastly, on our Kickstarter campaign we introduced a new Social Goals where everyone can participate if they would like to support us in any other way!
🤔 What Are Social Goals?
Think of them like goals related to social platforms!
Whether it's subscribing to our YouTube channel, following us on X (formerly Twitter), joining our Discord server, or wishlisting on Steam, every action you take helps the entire community move closer to unlocking new bonuses.
🌟 HOW IT WORKS:
Earn Star Points by helping us reach specific milestones:
⭐Kickstarter Backers
⭐Followers on X | BlueSky | Instagram
⭐Discord Members
⭐Trailer Reposts on X
⭐Steam Wishlists
⭐YouTube Subscribers
Every milestone achieved grants Star Points.
As the total number of Star Points increases, new Social Rewards will be unlocked for everyone!
This is something that will be added to the game as an extra content for everyone to enjoy!
AVAILABLE REWARDS
⭐ 3 Stars: Garden Props Set
Transform your farms and homes into a peaceful oasis! Unlock a new set of Garden Props featuring three elegant fountains, a mysterious animal totem (which might make animal sounds during full moons 🌕), peaceful turtle stone decorations, and more cozy items to customize your world.
⭐ 7 Stars: Bat Companions
Ever dreamed of bat farming? If we reach this goal, you’ll be able to create bat enclosures — and have adorable bat companions fly alongside you on your journeys! (And maybe, just maybe, we’ll add a few extra surprises. 🦇)
⭐ 12 Stars: Backpack Tortoises
Not the other way around! If we unlock this goal, you’ll be able to carry your very own tortoise friend on the side of your backpack 🐢. Plus, tortoises will become a new farming animal, perfect for expanding your farm life.
⭐ 20 Stars: The Liberated Squirrel
You asked for it — and now you’ll have it (at your own risk)! 🐿️ The Liberated Squirrel will "borrow" your items (let's call it redistributing wealth) until you catch it. Mischief guaranteed.
⭐ 30 Stars: Marshmallow Furniture Set
Sink into a life-sized marshmallow! 🍬 Unlock an entire furniture set made out of giant marshmallows — pure comfort, pure style, pure squishiness. Perfect for those who take cozy living seriously.
⭐ 40 Stars: Technodog – The Robot Companion
Ever wonder if robot dogs still greet each other like real ones? Find out with your very own Technodog 🤖🐶! It’s more than a cute companion — Technodog carries extra inventory and is built for the future: it can travel through time with you during your survival expeditions!
⭐ 50 Stars: Expedition Van
The ultimate exploration machine! 🚐 This rugged all-terrain Expedition Van lets you travel anywhere with ease. Sleep, cook, craft — all from your mobile base. Perfect for those who live for discovery and adventure!
As of today our stats are:
- Kickstarter Backers: 5,567 → Next Goal: 6,000 backers (will award 4 additional stars!)
- X Followers | BlueSky | Instagram : 40,421 → Next Goal: 41,000 followers
- Discord Members: 15,292 → Next Goal: 16,000 members
- Trailer Reposts on X: 366 → Next Goal: 400 reposts
- Steam Wishlists: 217,537 → Next Goal: 220,000 wishlists
- YouTube Subscribers: 9,290 → Next Goal: 10,000 subscribers
🔥 The more Stars we gather, the more content we'll unlock together. Share, invite friends, and let's build something incredible! 🔥
That wraps up our Digest for this week! Let us know what you liked most in the comments.
Next week, we’re planning to talk about the underwater world, phantoms, and much more—so stay tuned!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/895160/Autonomica/