Incremental game · Android · Linux

Build a 3D-printing business, one layer at a time.

Start with a single printer in your garage. Print orders, design custom jobs for picky customers, hire friends to run your machines, and grow into an industrial zone, even while you are away.

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Now at v0.6.0 · in active development

The Workshop: three printers running jobs, with a filament dryer

The game

From first print to print empire

  1. 1

    Print orders

    Pick an order, send it to a printer and earn money and XP. Tap the machine to speed it up. Build a streak by using the requested material.

  2. 2

    Design for customers

    Every customer has wishes for strength, looks and size. Pick size, material, infill and walls to match them. Do it well and they come back as loyal regulars.

  3. 3

    Grow your workshop

    Buy better printers and add-ons, unlock skills, hire friends and keep every machine busy. Staff keep printing while you are away.

  4. 4

    Open new areas

    Move from Home to the Garage, Downtown and the Industrial Zone. Each area has its own customers, printers, staff and reputation.

Screenshots

A look at the workshop

Workshop with running printers
WorkshopPrinters, dryers and progress at a glance.
Orders and custom designs
OrdersRegular jobs and custom designs from your customers.
Designing a custom job
DesignMatch the customer's wishes: strength, looks and size.
The skill tree
SkillsSpend skill points and refine what you unlocked.
The shop
ShopPrinters, add-ons, dryers, staff and new areas.
While you were away report
While you were awayWhat your workshop did without you.

Features

Small details that make it feel like a print shop

Four areas

Home, Garage, Downtown and the Industrial Zone, each with its own customers, orders, machines and reputation.

Custom designs

Dozens of customer requests with different wishes. Jobs you have designed come back as reorders, and you can redesign them with better gear.

Materials that matter

PLA, PETG, ABS, resin, and the fussy TPU and Nylon, which need a filament dryer that takes up a machine slot.

Bed size and plates

Every printer has a bed. Big models do not fit small machines, and large batches are printed plate by plate.

STL files

Buy the files you need, search a model library for free (but risky) or clean files, or hope the customer brings their own.

Staff and proficiency

Hire friends to run your printers. They learn with every print, fail less over time and eventually run two machines.

Skills and add-ons

A skill tree with refinable upgrades, and add-ons like heated beds, enclosures and bed changers that unlock materials and speed.

Works while you sleep

Come back to a full report of earnings, materials, failed prints and finished jobs. Android notifications tell you when prints are ready.

Latest

What is new in v0.6.0

  • Filament dryer, TPU and Nylon. A dryer takes a machine slot and one job reserves it from start to finish. Two dryers, two printers.
  • Six new TPU and Nylon jobs in the Garage, Downtown and the Industrial Zone.
  • 42 new custom requests, so every customer asks for something different.
  • Reorders and Redesign. A job you designed before comes back with the same settings, and you can redesign it for a better result.
  • Plate-by-plate printing. Materials are paid, and failures rolled, one plate at a time.
  • A proper "While you were away" report with earnings, materials and profit.

Roadmap

The road to 1.0

First Layer is built in steps. Each step ends with a release. This is what is done, what is in progress and what comes next. Plans change as the game gets played.

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    Play First Layer

    Android

    APK for Android phones. Portrait only. Install it by allowing installs from your browser or file manager.

    Get the APK

    Linux

    A .tar.gz archive. Unpack it and run the game; it opens in a phone-sized window.

    Get the archive