Physical Crafting System for Unity

Physical Crafting System is a lightweight Unity tool where actual GameObjects become materials, enter a machine, and are turned into real products in the scene. No hidden item stacks. No abstract resource counters.

If a material exists in the world, the factory can use it.

Drop objects into the machine, start production, and watch the result appear.

What makes it different?

This system is built around physical interaction, not menus.

Materials are detected using trigger volumes and simple components. Recipes are defined with ScriptableObjects, and the factory handles the rest.

The result is a crafting system that feels much more tangible and interactive, perfect for games where the world itself is part of the gameplay.

Works great for:

• factory or automation games

• sandbox projects

• survival mechanics

• puzzle gameplay

• experimental systems where objects matter

Features

• Physical material detection using trigger colliders

• ScriptableObject based recipe system

• Modular factory component

• UnityEvent hooks for custom logic

• Support for multiple recipes per machine

• Spawn multiple products with configurable timing

• Simple integration into existing projects

• Demo scene included

How it works (quick overview)

1. Create a CraftMaterial asset

2. Assign it to objects using MaterialModule

3. Define a Recipe ScriptableObject

4. Drop materials into the material collector zone 

5. Start production

The machine checks for the required materials, consumes them, and spawns the resulting product.

Designed to stay simple

The entire system is intentionally lightweight:

• only a few core scripts

• easy to read and modify

• no complex frameworks

Perfect if you want something transparent and hackable, not a black-box system.

Included

• Core crafting system scripts

• ScriptableObject recipe system

• Example materials and products

• Demo scene showing a working machine

 I used AI to speed up the documetation. All the asset writed by me and the documenation also supervised by me, not just copyed blindly.