Hello everyone,
In the line of the "Removing the crafting grid completely" in the frequently suggested i wanted to propose wood carving as a crafting method.
It would be very similar to (additive) clay forming, but in a subtractive manner exclusively (so no mistakes allowed).
I was thinking of 3 possible compatible tools to do the job: the knife (or maybe an hypothetical carving knife)= 1 voxel, the axe = 1*3*5 voxel but with a small cooldown, the saw = 1*16*16 voxels.
The planks are twice as productive and the firewood 4x as productive but i believe its a fair balance for the fact that it take much longer to make.
Additionally i think it would be interesting if it was not a "recipe" based craft but instead the game would recognize the shape of what you're carving and validate the output item once its correctly done.
Thanks for reading my suggestion ^^ !