
The crafting system was very basic in the early days of Raft, with only a few select tools, such as a cup, spear and hook, and only two different stations in the form of the water purifier and a grill. Plants could be grown, but there was no way to replant the yields. Fishing and stabbing the shark was also part of the core game, however only raw mackerel could be caught with the fishing rod. The original mechanics of Raft included expanding the raft with foundations, putting in "Nets" (now the Collection Net), and building ramps, pillars, and floor. In the four years the game has been developed a lot has happened. With the support of Axolot Games, the team founded the studio Redbeet Interactive, moved to Skövde and continued the development of Raft. With their common passion for survival games both parties felt this was a perfect match and soon after decided to work together.

With their sights set on a Steam Early Access release, they met with Scrap Mechanic developers Axolot Games in search for an investor and publisher. They quickly decided to keep developing Raft into something bigger and better. This type of response came as quite the shock to the developers. While the group was home on Christmas break, Raft was starting to get noticed by more and more people, including YouTubers, and gained a lot of traction on Itch.io.īy the end of May the prototype had been downloaded over 7 million times and was covered by several major YouTubeers including Jacksepticeye, Markiplier and FGTeeV.
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Said prototype was released for free on Itch.io December 19, 2016, right before Christmas. A group of three students, André Bengtsson, Ellen Mellåker, and Semih Parlayan, spent around 15 weeks half-time to create a prototype for a survival game set on an endless ocean. Raft started as a student project at Uppsala University, Campus Gotland fall 2016. Main article: System Requirements External links

Original description from the Raft Itch page. It was then released in early access on the 23rd of May 2018 on Steam, for Windows, for the price of 19.99 USD/€ / 14.99 GBP. It premiered on itch.io as a prototype on the 19th of December 2016. Raft is a Multiplayer/Singleplayer survival game developed by Redbeet Interactive, and published by Axolot Games.
