{"rewrite":{"id":"r_fe3ec6805eeb063ee40e4ad1","clusterId":"c_21d6ba9925ffefa6a5561045","slug":"shipcrafter-adds-co-op-mode-for-joint-shipbuilding-and-shared-campaign-missions","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"ShipCrafter Adds Co-op Mode for Joint Shipbuilding and Shared Campaign Missions","summary":"Myrmecoman and MoreButterGames added a Co-op mode to the naval sandbox sim ShipCrafter in an October 23 update. Lobbies can be public or restricted to Steam friends. Players can build the same ship together and run campaign missions as a group, with enemy HP and attack power scaled to the number of participants. The update also reworks cloud and sea rendering with ray tracing and changes turret controls.","whyItMatters":"ShipCrafter's mission design already forces tradeoffs among speed, firepower, and defense, so co-op turns the build itself into a negotiation between players before the shooting starts.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe patch also touches the sea itself. Cloud and wave rendering now runs through the ray tracing renderer, explosions on the water surface gain deformation effects, and turret operation controls are reworked. Those changes land alongside the mode itself rather than as a separate release.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShipCrafter\u0026#39;s physics model weighs on the co-op calculus. Shell ballistics include drag tied to velocity, penetration depends on armor thickness, impact angle, ricochet probability, and shell mass, and buoyancy runs in real time off weight and displacement. Build too greedily, the game warns, and the ship sinks before it fights. With scaled enemy stats, a shared hull carries both players\u0026#39; ambitions. The game is available on Steam for PC at 920 yen.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"ShipCrafter's Co-op mode scales enemy HP and attack power to the number of players, so the sandbox's difficulty is now a variable the lobby size sets, not the designers.","twitterPost":"ShipCrafter scales enemy HP and attack power to player count, so the co-op mode's difficulty is set by the size of your lobby.","threadsPost":"ShipCrafter's Co-op mode scales enemy HP and attack power to how many players join. That turns the naval sandbox's difficulty into a variable the lobby sets, not a fixed curve, and it changes what joint shipbuilding has to account for.","newsletterBlurb":"Myrmecoman and MoreButterGames added Co-op mode to ShipCrafter on October 23, letting players build a single warship together and take on campaign missions as a group, with enemy stats adjusted to party size. The same update reworks cloud and sea rendering through the ray tracing renderer and changes turret controls. The naval sandbox is on Steam for PC at 920 yen.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/25/174049.html\",\"title\":\"Build custom battleships and fight naval battles with friends! \\\"Very positive\\\" warship-building sandbox ShipCrafter adds Co-op mode-enjoy everything from joint design to mission clearing\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4630,"outputTokens":621,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792889529,"createdAt":"2026-10-25T00:46:55.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-25T00:51:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-25T00:51:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_21d6ba9925ffefa6a5561045","canonicalTitle":"自作戦艦で仲間と海戦！“非常に好評”軍艦建造サンドボックス『ShipCrafter』にCo-opモード実装―共同設計からミッション攻略まで楽しめる","representativeArticleId":"a_6815eef4da02a1bcbb3826df","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"ShipCrafter\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-24T22:00:04.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-24T22:00:04.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-25T00:51:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/25/174049.html","title":"自作戦艦で仲間と海戦！“非常に好評”軍艦建造サンドボックス『ShipCrafter』にCo-opモード実装―共同設計からミッション攻略まで楽しめる"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["ShipCrafter"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}