Ramshackle is a twist on the "vehicular build and combat" genre in that instead of constructing mainly with stand-alone modules or blocks, you have access to point-placed struts and armor plates as your primary structure. In addition to that your vehicle possesses functional modules such as wheels, tank tracks and guns which all need to be fed by engines, transmission lines and ammunition in order to function. This all translates into combat, with simulated ballistic interactions with your armor and modules allowing you to deflect rounds with angled armor, while causing internal mayhem when you strike someone's ammo rack.