Regardless of whether it is being developed by an indie or "AAA" studio, everyone knows that there is a good chance that modern video games will come packaged with some sort of crafting system. While the indie scene has given rise to an explosion of gameplay creativity, and big-money studios have just about hit the limit of graphical fidelity and realism, crafting systems have remained stagnant since they first started to become an industry staple (with the inception of a little-known sandbox game called "Minecraft").