Spacewrights is what happens when Civilization crashes head first into FTL: Faster Than Light

Spacewrights has a kind of FTL: Faster Than Light appeal to it at first.

You may find yourself glancing at its spaceship customisation and thinking, "yeah, I would enjoy this." But wait, it's more than what you're thinking it is.

Spacewrights is actually a 4X strategy and spaceship simulation game. What this means is that you'll be exploring space, building a ship, and creating a galactic empire.

To break it down, in multi-ship combat, you'll be controlling the crew, ship, and systems all at once. So, yes, it's similar to FTL in that regard.

The ships themselves are built from tetrominoes that you find in loot. So it should be easy enough to slot them together in a functional manner.

You can also land on planets and make contact with unknown species' of creatures. Apparently, there's also a galactic conspiracy to discover and chase, too.

Spacewrights will have multiple modes. The Adventure Mode will let you focus on exploring the galaxy and conquering it at your leisure.

The Survival Mode pretty much explains itself: it adds permadeath meaning that every decision is crucial and the experience is tenser.

Multiplayer modes also allow you to play with and against friends.

Developer ArithmeBit is hoping to release Spacewrights on iOS, Android, and PC in 2015. Keep up to date with it by checking out the website.