Waterjet Workshop

Cut anything. Ship on time. Build the shop.

Waterjet Workshop puts you on the floor of a real abrasive waterjet shop. Read the customer's email, pull the right plate off the rack, nest the parts on the CNC controller, find the plate corner and set your zero, dial in material, thickness and quality, bring the pump up to pressure, and hit CYCLE START. A 60,000+ psi stream of water and garnet does the rest, if you programmed it right.

Tell the controller the wrong thickness and the jet won't make it through. Forget the abrasive and you'll just wash the plate. Set zero in the wrong corner and you'll cut air. It's a game, but the workflow is the real one.

Play the demo right here in your browser, or buy the full Windows version for $10.

Career: run the shop

• Take jobs by email: brackets, gears, signs, flanges, one-offs and production runs, each with a deadline and a price.
• Buy plate stock (steel, stainless, aluminum, brass, copper, titanium, glass, stone, wood and more), and keep your offcuts for later.
• Nest several parts on a sheet, or several sheets in one run.
• Inspect your parts, pack the crate and ship before the clock runs out.
• Clean the tank, sell your scrap by the kilo, and pay the rent.
• Buy more machines, and move to a bigger workshop.
• Weekends are yours: cut rocks open for geodes, fossils and gold, and sell the finds to the mineral dealer.

Channel mode: what's inside?

Put everyday objects on the bed and slice them in half on camera: a game console, a bowling ball, a watermelon, a rubber duck, a golf ball, an alarm clock, a garden gnome and 80+ more. Every one has a real inside: a circuit board, a core, seeds, a stone. Get views, gain subscribers.

Sandbox and Sandbox Infinity

No money, no clock. Infinity gives you four maxed-out waterjets, free everything, and a CHAOS page.

Controls

• WASD move, mouse look, Shift run, C / Ctrl crouch
• E or right mouse: pick up, put down, interact, sit at a controller or the computer
• Q / R turn the held object, T / Y tilt it, mouse wheel hold it nearer or further
• Click the mouse wheel to zoom in
• At a screen: mouse to use it, arrow keys jog the head, F full screen, Esc stand up
• [ / ] pump pressure, G abrasive on/off, H controls, Esc pause

On the controller, set THICKNESS to AUTO for rocks and objects, and the machine measures what's on the bed.

Beta

This is an early build, so expect rough edges. Bug reports and ideas are very welcome in the comments.

Made by JFN Games for The Waterjet Channel.

3D models from Poly Haven (CC0). Fonts: Barlow and Bagel Fat One (SIL Open Font License). Made with Unity.