Our reason for building
About Bearded Anvil Ironworks
Bearded Anvil Ironworks is building Shopcraft: a sandbox and career-mode game where players learn fabrication by running a working shop. Machining, welding, CNC, woodworking, and customer jobs become connected systems rather than disconnected lessons.
Our mission is to make shop-class skills as compelling and accessible as a great building game while respecting the real technique, safety, vocabulary, and patience behind the trades. Mistakes are visible and repairable because learning to recover is part of learning to make.
Beginner mode will focus on clear physical feedback and strong safety cues. Enthusiast mode will reach deeper into measurements, tolerances, G-code, and the economics of keeping a shop running.
Partner walkthroughs
Request a 30–45 minute controlled pilot walkthrough
For educators, makerspaces, and manufacturing teams: we’ll guide one short Shopcraft interaction, observe comprehension and safety interpretation, and collect structured feedback. This is a concept evaluation—not skills certification or shop instruction.
Request a pilot walkthroughFollow the game as it takes shape
Join the Bearded Anvil Ironworks forge list for development notes and playtest opportunities.