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[MThanded]

I'm a big fan of games where you build things. Examples:
-Minecraft
-LBP
-Bridge Builder
-Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts

I'm trying to find some other games to sink my teeth in. Any ideas?

 

[EightBitNate]

What consoles do you own? Resogun just added a really nifty ship builder.

 

[Seanspeed]

Terraria is an obvious one.

Its like a 2D Minecraft, but a bit more combat/gamey focused.

 

[strafer]

Blockland

http://blockland.us/

 

[Defect]

Halo forge mode

 

[Trouble]

Landmark, formerly EQN Landmark.

 

[Noaloha]

World Of Goo
Kerbal

 

[MThanded]

What consoles do you own? Resogun just added a really nifty ship builder.

Yeah. I need to grab the resogun update.

 

[Grizzo]

My Sims I guess

But it's a really shallow game apart from the building possibilities. Like... really really shallow.

 

[Nostremitus]

Kerbal Space Program

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgPr4q5tj-Q

The game has come a long way since this video was made.

Check out the OT here.http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=857185&page=100000

The previous update, .23 added the Asteroid Redirect Missions (ARM) which were created with the help of NASA. In addition to being able to now track and intercept asteroids,
several new extra-large rocket parts, modeled after NASA’s new SLS rocket systems, were added. You can build bigger than ever!

Whether you want to build your space program from the ground up in Career Mode, or push your computer's CPU to its limit with 800 part ships in Sandbox mode,
KSP offers endless possibilities. Everything from sky-cranes big enough to land aircraft carriers on Laythe, to zero-G basketball courts, to space ship launching catapults have been built in KSP.
If you can dream it, you can build it and (attempt to) fly it.

 

[Dragnet]

If you have PS Move then Tumble is actually super underrated imo! (although it's more stacking than building I guess...)

Shoutout to Kerbal Space Program too!

 

[Ray Wonder]

Trails series

 

[MCN]

Starbound is good, too!

 

[watership]

Chromehounds. *CRY*

 

[KnockOneOff]

Rollercoaster tycoon 2!!

You build crazy ass custom rides

 

[Dusk Golem]

Amazing Island. You build monsters you then play as.

 

[unbias]

Galactic Civilization series is really good, and you can design your own ships. Tons of variety.

 

[Ferrio]

Space Engineers. Built space stations, big ass spaceships, mining vessels etc. Form factions and fight each other. Basically Minecraft with spaceships.

 

[MaschinenZimmer]

Plague Inc: http://store.steampowered.com/app/246620/

Build the ultimate virus.

 

[Drain You]

I've been playing the 7 Days to Die Alpha lately and it has been scratching that itch for me. It is a lot more survival/crafting compared to just building.

 

[Nostremitus]

Amazing Island. You build monsters you then play as.

This game was a big surprise.

 

[therapist]

DayZ , if you play Epoch or overpoch or whatnot. (The arma 2 mod)

Not the standalone yet.

Some people have absolutely insane bases in the mod.

 

[LonelyGreyWolf]

Spore would probably be your dream game. You can build monsters, buildings, cars, boats, space ships, and if you buy the expansion pack, even worlds and levels and stuff.

 

[Mr-Joker]

The only thing I can think of is Sim City but I don't think fit what you're looking for.

There's also Mario Maker but that isn't out until next year.

 

[Moondrop]

Probably not what you're looking for, but here's an outside-the-box suggestion:
The Incredible Machine.

 

[Elfish]

Robocraft

free2play on Steam

 

[MThanded]

Probably not what you're looking for, but here's an outside-the-box suggestion:
The Incredible Machine.

I actually got in on the early access for this. It was rough a while back. I should grab a newer version.

 

[SigSig]

All Trackmania games have Leveleditors (and Replay- and Skin- and...) but Trackmania United (and United Forever) has a gamemode built around it, where you first need to finish building the racetrack.

 

[goombatommy]

Space Engineers. Built space stations, big ass spaceships, mining vessels etc. Form factions and fight each other. Basically Minecraft with spaceships.

This game is insanely fun. My buddy and I have been playing this. Some hilarious moments especially if you're playing in Creative mode. We plan on setting up our own dedicated server at some point.

 

[PandaPedinte]

Unturned

 

[Betta Lines]

Sound Shapes has a neat editor, particularly appealing if you're into electronic music.

 

[mclem]

SpaceChem, SpaceChem, SpaceChem.

I love the fact that it's a puzzle game that doesn't feel like it has set 'solutions' but instead lets you loose with your creativity to try to achieve the given goal. And as a result of it, you're *proud* of what you've created

My baby. My ugly ugly - yet beautifully functional - baby.

 

[Neverfade]

Seconding Terraria. If you've not played it, you've already fucked up.

 

[floatingcoffins]

Maybe not as deep as you would want, but you should look into Banished.

 

[djtiesto]

Dark Cloud series - the whole concept of using materials harvested from looting dungeons and defeating monsters to build a town, which in turn provides for more power-ups and is needed for plot progress, is absolutely genius.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Artdink made two games about engineering buildings and managing construction.

The first is HR2 (NEC PC-98), where you have to manage a small army of robots tasked with building a skyscraper; you can program them in a reduced variant of the C programming language, but micro-ing them work just as well.

The second is Hanamaru Builder (Windows 95), a home building-sim. It's about as silly as it looks and reads: a game where you take contracts to build homes, managing a small workforce along the way.

 

[Cornbread78]

Terraria is an obvious one.

Its like a 2D Minecraft, but a bit more combat/gamey focused.

Right here. I've been having a ton of fun with it lately.

 

[Moondrop]

I actually got in on the early access for this. It was rough a while back. I should grab a newer version.

Just to make sure we're on the same page, I'm referring to this:

Apparently there's a spiritual successor called Contraption Maker; is that what you're talking about?

 

[IISANDERII]

I'm a big fan of games where you build things. Examples:
-Minecraft
-LBP
-Bridge Builder
-Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts

I'm trying to find some other games to sink my teeth in. Any ideas?

Does building relationships count?

 

[SwarmHammer]

Project Spark from Team Dakota, publisher: Microsoft Studios

Open Beta now live on XB1, Windows 8.1

get it here

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Scraps

It's the closest I've seen to Banjo Kazooe: Nuts & Bolts. Not quite the same level of whimsy though, which is unfortunate.

 

[Silvawuff]

I second Terraria, and I'm not even a big fan of building/sandbox games. It's easy to lose hours and hours exploring that game, digging, building, gathering mats, and crafting. The gathering, building, combat and bosses give you a raison d'etre so it makes sense to do all of the activities together since they're all connected (build a house that a NPC will occupy, which sells an item you can use to summon a boss, which drops materials to craft new armor/weapons etc.).

However once you have all the things the game kinda burns out, but it's a fun ride.

 

[StoneHeart]

Sim City 4

 

[Mindlog]

SpaceChem, SpaceChem, SpaceChem.

I love the fact that it's a puzzle game that doesn't feel like it has set 'solutions' but instead lets you loose with your creativity to try to achieve the given goal. And as a result of it, you're *proud* of what you've created



My baby. My ugly ugly - yet beautifully functional - baby.

Great recommendation.

Does anyone know what happened to the mini-robot genre? Space Chem is a very close relative. There were a few games where you would select parts and create rules for their operation. Are there any good new ones out? Some were racing related and some were fight based.

 

[Ballthyrm]

No mention of garry's mod ?

 

[Machine]

Blast Works for Wii - you can build levels and design ships and enemies