Making it Home

Making it Home is a 2D physics contraption builder and platformer. You play as a ladybug far from home, trying to reach your daughter in time for her birthday. Build a vehicle from scrap and ride it across America, keeping it moving with your feet and wings.

Build and drive

You choose how to assemble your machine from parts such as wheels, sails, steam engines and, if you find one, a solar panel. The parts you use and where you place them affect how the vehicle works. As you travel on top of it, you raise sails, clean solar panels and leap between pieces that fall off.

Cross the country

Choose a route across the USA and encounter local wildlife, some friendly and some hostile. Defend your vehicle against cherry bombs, autonomous drones and carrots, while a country soundtrack plays along the way.

Runs and modes

You are unlikely to make it home on your first attempt. Each run reveals components and lets you try combinations; you start later runs with more parts to work with. The campaign takes roughly 6–8 hours.

Cozy Mode removes hazards and enemies, letting you take a scenic route through the story, where choices matter. Sandbox mode offers daily, weekly and monthly design challenges with limited parts lists.

Co-op and challenges

The full campaign supports co-op with up to three friends, locally or online through Steam Remote Play Together. Design challenges are also available daily, weekly and monthly. Steam Workshop support lets you share designs and use other players’ creations.

Key features

• A campaign of roughly 6–8 hours, playable in full in Cozy Mode
• 63 achievements
• Hand-drawn art and a country soundtrack