Potateau

Would this be autonomous against another drone or a time challenge where there is a score board based on how many resources were collected? Or both types? Because I could be into a mode where I need to dig and defend myself

Instead of forcing the parts to be linked when placed let them be placed at first without any links and then marked as invalid until properly linked to another part. Would make it much easier to free build the drone and then think about how to link it up to be structural instead of having to temporarily link things as we go through the design process and then need to re-link it after so it doesn't wobble apart.

Would also be a good counter to magnet defense builds or any where the main core just runs away.

I second this idea of more options for how tanks drain. Including an option for all tanks to drain at the same time would also be nice. Having only one tank of reserve fuel/energy for speed and damage bursts is limiting when I actually have enough refill capacity to keep tanks and batteries full between bursts.

I also found it odd that my collected resources had to be dropped off before ending the mission for them to count, with the current wording. Maybe a wording along the lines of "Disconnect Drone" would work to explain how the game functions. I think this kind of wording would convey to people that they are leaving whatever they have on their current drone behind.