Junkyard Astronauts

goes onto the shared launch pad in the middle of the yard. Hit the big red button and the whole yard hears the range-clear call. Then watch your junk climb off a very small planet. The altitude board keeps the score, rung by rung, from "Above the junk piles" to the Moon.Most rockets veer, corkscrew, flop or come apart. Whatever comes down rains back into the yard as salvage. Try again. The shift is not over.Your crewmates are the hazardOnline multiplayer for up to 4 players through Steam, with Mac and PC in the same yard. You can play solo, but it is built for 2 to 4.Build your own rocket, or join someone else's as crew and share the credit for wherever it ends up.Shoot the parts right out of a rival's pockets. They rain back into the yard as salvage.Text chat and proximity voice, with per-player mute.The end-of-shift board hands out YARD AWARDS (LAWN DART, SIDEWAYS ENTHUSIAST, YARD SALE). It is right about you.Four robots, one jobRIVET, hero scavenger. Employee of the month, four years running. Sole applicant.GANTRY, crane bot. Used to lift shipping containers. Does not discuss it.DOZER, treaded tank. Has never reversed. Sees no reason to start.SPARK, monowheel. One wheel, no regrets. Balance is a lifestyle.They all move, jump and reach the same. They disagree about everything else.On the record37 Steam achievements.Two world leaderboards: highest flight, and fastest trip to the Moon. A sign in the yard reads them out.Free demoThe free demo has the whole yard, all four robots and online multiplayer. Every shift is a timed 8-minute round: build, launch, crash, rebuild, and the highest flight when the whistle blows wins. Reaching space (the Kármán line, 100 km up) is a milestone, not the end. The demo gives you 90 minutes of play. The Moon is in the full game.There is also a raccoon. It does not help.