Advanced Technological Electrical Civilization

ATEC

say it: A-TE-K

BETA

From the first log to the stars.

Punch a tree. Smelt iron. Wire up solar panels, build a drill and tunnel through the world. This is the start of a very long road โ€” one that ends on Mars and around a Dyson Sphere.

โฌ‡ Download for Mac free โฌ‡ Download for Windows free

๐ŸŽ Mac: first time opening

  1. Open ATEC.dmg and drag ATEC into Applications.
  2. Open the game once. macOS will say it "could be malware" and block it โ€” that's what it says about every indie game without Apple's $99 badge, not a real problem.
  3. Go to System Settings โ†’ Privacy & Security, scroll to the bottom and click Open Anyway. Your Mac asks for your password (it stays on your Mac).
  4. That's it โ€” from now on it opens normally, forever.

๐ŸชŸ Windows

If a blue "Windows protected your PC" box appears, click More info โ†’ Run anyway. Same reason: no paid badge.

> what you'll do

Survive

Health, hunger and air. Hunt chickens and sheep, cook your food, craft a bed before the first night โ€” and watch out for lions in the forest.

Craft & smelt

Wood and stone tools, a furnace, iron and copper ore, armor. A recipe book in the workbench shows you how.

Electricity

Silicon from sand, batteries, wires and solar panels. Watch the power flow as glowing dots โ€” panels only work in the sun.

The drill

A gear, pipes and a drill head. Power it and it bores a 3ร—3 tunnel, block by block, dragging along everything glued to it.

Glue & machines

Tap tree resin, mix glue, stick blocks together. Hoppers and a mechanical chest catch what your drill digs up.

Your world

Every world comes from a seed: plains, forests, beaches and seas. Type one in or roll a random one.

> the road so far

> controls

W A S Dwalk (double-tap W to sprint)
Spacejump
Shiftsneak (won't walk off edges)
Left mousemine / attack
Right mouseplace, use, eat (hold)
1 โ€“ 9pick a hotbar slot
Einventory and crafting
Qdrop an item
Fswap hands
/commands (only in worlds with Cheats ON)
Escfree the mouse