Hey, designer of the game here. hackthisuk posted a link to our TerraTech Kickstarter here a few weeks ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7936828), some of you seemed pretty interested so we thought it would be good to post an update on what we have been upto. I'm happy to answer any questions you have about the game. Cheers!
Yes! Captain Forever was a key inspiration for us. We played loads of it a few years ago, a very simple but compelling game! We also spent lots of time playing with Fantastic contraption, another great flash game that people should checkout if they haven't already http://fantasticcontraption.com/
Cheers, lots of people at the shows where we have taken the TerraTech have compared it to Spore. Yes, we hope we can sidestep some of the issues that Spore had and Multiplayer is a big part of our plans.
Thanks very much! We've been working hard planning this campaign for the past few months now, we took a lot from studying the FTL kickstarter amongst others.
Hey, designer of the game here :) TT is not going to be an RTS game, it will just have RTS elements, the numbers of units that you create, control and maintain will likely be much fewer than your average RTS game. We've also got plans for the mid to late game where you upgrade parts of your base that would include an-auto repair station where your drones will move to when damaged and as long as you have sufficient resources in stock, the missing parts will be synthesised and replaced without player interaction. Cheers, for checking the game out :)