Gaslamp Games (Dungeons of Dredmor) points out the Alpha release of Starfarer, an indie "single-player sandbox style space role-playing game with strategic elements" from Fractal Softworks. Preordering gets you access to the Alpha (currently v0.33) and a 50% discount, making the price $10. They plan to use a Mount & Blade style increasing price as the development gets closer to release. Apparently Gaslamp provided the art (no big eyebrows this time), so it looks quite nice for an indie. The feature list:
- Single player, gritty, dystopian sci-fi setting
- Classic top down gameplay style enhanced by modern technology
- Unique character development system – advance your story, your way
- Assemble a large, powerful fleet or a finely-tuned task force with hand-picked officers and crew
- Outfit hulls with your weapons of choice, and add ship systems to create crushing tactical combinations
- Explore hundreds of star systems to find habitable worlds, rich resource deposits, and advanced alien technology
- Impact the inter-stellar economy with your decisions – decide the fate of entire planetary systems
- Fight to bring stability and prosperity to the sector – or watch it burn while you take advantage of the chaos
- Runs on Linux, Mac, and Windows
I LOVE THIS EXACT KIND OF GAME!!!<3 played a very similar game by those russians 1C a year ago.. forgot the name.. something starting with "S" I think.. loved the RPG aspect in that game!!<3
SO..
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I LOVE THIS EXACT KIND OF GAME!!!<3 played a very similar game by those russians 1C a year ago.. forgot the name.. something starting with "S" I think.. loved the RPG aspect in that game!!<3
SO..
Starwolves?
Anyway, pre-ordered this game, but mostly to support the developers, they deserve the money more than fuckwits like Eidos Squaresoft
Aye, sounds like Starwolves.. and yeah, that series is fucking hype also. Absolutely love those games. I'll be buying into the preorder alpha, much like SPaZ, on Wednesday when I get paid =)
NO!!! Not Starwolves.. found the name right now.. SPACE RANGERS 2 REBOOT!!!
It's fucking awesome guys, you should seriously play it!!! Believe me I thought it was crap at the beggining but when I played it I fuckin loved it!!<3
In fact.. I'm downloading it again now!!
Walking like a madman on a barbed wire across the chaos of insanity
<3 Space Rangers <3 I've got both games, legit boxed editions =)
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Eww.... Starfarer is made in Java. That sours the deal a little You have to have a serial code to activate the alpha, so I *might* check it out when I get paid.. but being made in Java is definitely not appealing.
Looks brilliant, shame I don't have time to really get into it now. Do post some more opinions tho, always a nice read.
Oh and,
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What does “classic” mean?
We are glad you asked. Let’s use a food analogy: Take a slice of Star Control, mix it with cubed Master of Orion 2, add in a dash of MechWarrior and stir it all up in our special development pot. As indie developers and old school gamers we are going back to the Golden Age of Gaming with our design choices and presentation. Of course, if you load up one of those games now you may be cringing at the graphics. That’s where our modern game engine and art department come in. In addition, sound effects and music really set the stage for a memorable experience.
I grabbed it, it looks pretty interesting and I'm looking for some "laptop friendly" games which don't totally suck.. indie is always the way to go in this respect!
Not yet matey. The team have already sent the game off to Impulse to have their protection installed (simply Goo system, according to them, nothing more than a serial check) as well as getting BT Micro installed on their site. They're hoping for a release sometime this week.
That's the latest update. Impulse didn't send out the Goo'd executable in time for the weekend, so they should receive it Monday sometime - and then a few days to quickly test it.
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bought it, I agree on northstar, hopefully kerberos will get back to working on that when they're done with SoTS 2 and the mandatory 3 expansion packs.
isnt there a rule about images larger than 1024/768 ? i hate to have to have my browser in full screen everytime someone posts this oversized images lol
isnt there a rule about images larger than 1024/768 ? i hate to have to have my browser in full screen everytime someone posts this oversized images lol
Done.
Future of gaming by Bioware:
"WHEN YOU PRESS A BUTTON, SOMETHING AWESOME HAS TO HAPPEN."
Imho spaz is more fun but this has a lot more tactical depth...
but damn... I really suck at this game... couldn't even finish the medium missions... ~.~
|IcedFreon| wrote:
lol you're done wih the game? already ??????? jesus. ppl havent even finished downloading it yet
<3 Space Rangers <3 I've got both games, legit boxed editions =)
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Eww.... Starfarer is made in Java. That sours the deal a little You have to have a serial code to activate the alpha, so I *might* check it out when I get paid.. but being made in Java is definitely not appealing.
There are some decent games made with java. For small indie games like this it's great because it lets the dev get their game to multiple platforms with minimal effort.
Sorry guys, we’re having a bit of a problem with the order form (says that your order is empty when you submit). Working with BMT Micro to get this resolved ASAP.
Update: Looks like the issue is taking a while to resolve. However, it’s not all bad news! If you send me an email in the meantime, (Contact Us link on the right), I will send you a discount code good for 30% off the price to make up for this debacle.
Please put “Debacle” in the subject line to make sure I don’t miss it.
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You have to have a serial code to activate the alpha, so I *might* check it out when I get paid.. but being made in Java is definitely not appealing.
