I really like it and the new vision it brings to sandboxy buildy games although it's too buggy and slow to properly play in this state .

I'm sorry to hear that it's not playable for you at the moment.

I have (at this point) around 25hrs in game-time and I have literally encountered 2 bugs. 

One is more of a 'feature lacking' than a 'bug' (I would like the ability to combine stacks of resources so that you don't waste a bunch of half-stacks etc.), and the other while definitely a bug (is related to their current 4-player hosted coop MP model) causing vehicles if driven by friends in coop-play can (and usually does) make them have absolutely crazy physics and often the vehicles end up floating in the atmosphere mocking you down below! 

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I'm sorry to hear that it's not playable for you at the moment.

 

I have (at this point) around 25hrs in game-time and I have literally encountered 2 bugs. 

One is more of a 'feature lacking' than a 'bug' (I would like the ability to combine stacks of resources so that you don't waste a bunch of half-stacks etc.), and the other while definitely a bug (is related to their current 4-player hosted coop MP model) causing vehicles if driven by friends in coop-play can (and usually does) make them have absolutely crazy physics and often the vehicles end up floating in the atmosphere mocking you down below! 

I encountered that crazy physics problem both solo and in co-op with 1 other person so it's not MP related.  Also in SP, I had a truck with a trailer just not want to move forward (down a cave yes.  Up it, no and the slope was gradual).  We'll see how long the reviews stay positive.  I also encountered another bug: get a shuttle and spaceship built and you can land one inside the other.  I've also had crazy physics with a large solar panel, disconnecting tethers to said panel, and in co-op had a spacecraft disappear into space on the person I was playing with.

Interesting.  I wasn't aware that those physics bugs existed in SP as well.  My SP game has been going off pretty much without a hitch.  It's the MP one I've got going on with some friends that can at the drop of a hat become like the twilight zone! 

Of course you can have fun even with the bugs.......for instance.....

I have now rescued both my truck and my rover (rover is now affectionately named 'STRATO-rover' since it LOVES to hang out in the stratosphere!!) several times.  All using some pretty fancy 'engineering' ie. building 'space-scaffolding' (using the terraform tool) by terrain-shaping/creating and running MILES..........and I mean MILES of tethers to keep breathing and syphon power from one of the bases.

I swear I've explored more.......and run more tethers all over the terran planet thanks to 'engineering-around-bugs'.......than just even for the sake of 'playing' the game.  It still being an ALPHA makes that an OK thing to do......imo.

All in all, I hope this game doesn't remain a truck-load of stratospheric potential but actually ends up properly finished.

Here's to a fantastic start!  

With regard to the reviews staying positive. 

I think people need to remember that it is a pre-alpha and they are choosing to 'play' something that in this particular 'development stage' is still supposed to be a 'buggy mess'.

The irony is that at least for many people, this game in pre-alpha is a hell of a lot more fleshed-out than many other products at much later development stages.

I personally think people 'get' that and that the reviews will continue to reflect that. 

the pre-alpha just got patched again.

Here is a link to the patch notes.

http://steamcommunity.com/games/361420/announcements/detail/637657945839944924

For anyone who (like me) is still playing around with this little gem and is thirsty for more info....

Here is a video where the DEVS discuss the various bugs/issues currently in the pre-Alpha build, what/how they will seek to address them as well as some additional info about their team and where it's going etc.

There are hot-links to various specific issues listed in the video DESCRIPTION.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcXoPD7Tkn0&feature=youtu.be&t=3m50s

..another update has dropped for this little gem.  Details below...