The environment is material
System Era describes Astroneer through exploration, reshaping environments like clay and building bases around resources and automation. The official description allows for exploring alone or with friends. It presents a world as something to encounter and something to work with.
Leave a trace
There is a difference between remembering where you have been and recognising a place because you changed it. Consider how a practical alteration might become a personal landmark. A useful arrangement can also be a record of an earlier decision.
Decide what kind of mark interests you
Would you rather build something efficient, something expressive or something that helps a group? Those aims may overlap, but naming one can make an open-ended premise easier to approach. You can also choose to observe before changing anything.
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