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About From the Depths
From the Depths lets you design and pilot a huge variety of vehicles—from battleships and submarines to hot‑air balloons and space ships. The game blends action, adventure and deep simulation, giving you control over physics, weapons and AI for each creation.
A range of single‑player experiences, a strategic co‑op campaign, multiplayer modes and a robust editor let you test designs against islands, factions and friends, while the community continuously adds new components and challenges.
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Creative Mode
Creative mode is an open sandbox where you can assemble vehicles without preset objectives. It lets you experiment with blocks, weapons and physics to see how each addition affects drag, buoyancy and control.
Because there are no mission limits, you can test custom missiles, AI cards or unusual hull shapes before using them in campaign or multiplayer scenarios.
- Start with a simple hull to observe how drag changes as you add blocks.
- Use the blueprint spawner to duplicate a successful design for quick iteration.
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Strategic Campaign
The strategic campaign spans hundreds of islands and pits you against eight unique factions. Progress requires building fleets, forts and structures that suit each island’s terrain and enemy composition.
All campaign missions can be played cooperatively, allowing friends to share design responsibilities and coordinate attacks across the archipelago.
- Observe each faction’s typical unit types to choose appropriate weapon load‑outs.
- Balance offensive firepower with buoyancy to survive island‑based damage.
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Adventure Mode
Adventure mode begins on a raft, requiring you to expand your fleet while navigating a hostile universe. You must decide when to fight or flee enemy fleets using the vessels you have built.
The mode’s open‑ended structure encourages continual redesign as new threats appear, testing engineering skill and tactical judgment without a preset upgrade path.
- Design a versatile starter vessel that can handle both combat and resource gathering.
- Keep a few repair bots on board to recover from unexpected damage.
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Multiplayer and Co‑op
Multiplayer offers adversarial PvP matches and cooperative designer sessions where friends build together. The co‑op designer lets multiple players place blocks on the same vehicle in real time.
Online leaderboards and Steam Workshop integration support community‑created maps and challenges, extending replay value beyond the base content.
- Assign each player a specialty—engine, weapons, AI—to streamline co‑op building.
- Explore community‑shared blueprints for inspiration on complex designs.
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Customizable Components
Over 1,000 unique blocks let you assemble weapons, engines, AI systems and structural parts. By combining warheads, seekers, thrusters and other modules you can craft bespoke missiles, torpedoes or cannon shells.
AI mainframes paired with AI cards, radar or laser detection modules enable partial or full automation, allowing creations such as AI‑controlled carriers or autonomous drones.
- Experiment with different barrel lengths and ammo boxes to fine‑tune cannon performance.
- Mix electric generators with backup fuel injectors for reliable power on long missions.
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