Indie Space Sims - post 'em if you find 'em

[MadMaxHellfire]

130 years ago we knew fuck all of physics of flight, hence air battles would be a almost unthinkable (unless it meant dudes shooting muskets at each other from balloons). Currently we have pretty good idea how physics of spaceflight works.

that's what they said 130 years ago.

so it would just be a N+1 game to overload it.

same way as you need 1 kevlar armor to negate 1 gun?

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

130 years ago the concept of "air battles" would have been the most retarded fanfiction ever.

There was this duel using hot air balloons and shoguns in France 1808.

Spoiler

Both died.

 

[Galdred]

130 years ago the concept of "air battles" would have been the most retarded fanfiction ever.

There was this duel using hot air balloons and shoguns in France 1808.

Spoiler

Both died.

Are you sure?

Spoiler

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/08/01/hot-air-balloon-duel/
This implies that two died, but from the same balloon crew: the duellist and his second.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

https://inferiorplanet.itch.io/millikans-reach

dev interview.

 

[ShaggyMoose]

Hmm, seems I actually have that game already from an Itch.io Ukraine bundle... I should give it a shot.

EDIT: Seems this is still in early access, so I will probably leave it in the oven for a bit longer.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

 

[Sukhāvatī]

Not exactly an indie, but a forgotten game currently going for pennies.

 

[Demo.Graph]

130 years ago the concept of "air battles" would have been the most retarded fanfiction ever.

There was this duel using hot air balloons and shoguns in France 1808.

 

[potatojohn]

Pretty interesting. Like Orbiter but more game-y.

 

[potatojohn]

Pretty interesting. Like Orbiter but more game-y.

OK, I finished the 4 demo missions.

Other than the annoying mouse controls and some general polish issues, it's pretty promising. Pretty starved for space sims, so might buy later.

 

[Hellion]

Throwing this here for lack of a better thread.

 

[Blaine]

Throwing this here for lack of a better thread.

That slammed my nostalgia buttons.

I received WCIV for Christmas, as I eventually received every WC game and expansion throughout my childhood and teenage years—ending with Prophecy, which I actually never got to play, because the family computer wasn't quite up to spec and I moved out into the big old world not long after.

WCIV seemed incredible to me as a teenager; even seeing snatches of its FMV sequences and hearing portions of the score again now, I suspect it still is, in a schlock/B-movie kind of way. The actual flight mechanics are no doubt as arcade-y as every Wing Commander ever.

Not to worry, I was also a huge submarine and flight simulator fan back in the good old days. My first flight sim was Chuck Yeager's Air Combat, which I received for Christmas in 1991, the year it came out. Damn, it's been 31 years....

 

[ShaggyMoose]

I went straight to Freespace and never actually got around to playing WC3 or WC4.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

anyone play this?

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

utter shit.

The landing game. Most of the time is spent clicking on a destination and aligning the ship to the green lights (which is just too simple with a fighter ship, and annoying and cumbersome with a transport). No skill whatsoever is required during fights, it's all a matter of time. Interface is lacking, with some very as irritating as pointless extra steps, like the extra confirmation after refuels and repairs.

 

[Junmarko]

 

[ShaggyMoose]

That is an odd-looking game, yet I am intrigued...

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

edit.

 

[ShaggyMoose]

I feel like I have seen a lot of that before, mostly in Zero Falls which I am still waiting to become polished enough to be bothered playing with six years after the Kickstarter campaign...

 

[ShaggyMoose]

Found this randomly on Steam and it looks interesting due to the fact that it has both interplanetary and planetary management and combat. I can't really think of any other title that has done that to any degree of detail.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1672320/Fragile_Existence/

This had a cross-link to another title due in 2023 from the same publisher, which also seems a little different from the usual, coming across as a mix of Deuteros and 2D tactical ship combat.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1280190/Falling_Frontier/

Neither developer has any previous games listed on Steam, so I can't speak to likelihood of delivery or quality...

 

[rusty_shackleford]

awww yeah boys, get hyped for a game that will inevitably be terrible

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Found this randomly on Steam and it looks interesting due to the fact that it has both interplanetary and planetary management and combat. I can't really think of any other title that has done that to any degree of detail.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1672320/Fragile_Existence/

This had a cross-link to another title due in 2023 from the same publisher, which also seems a little different from the usual, coming across as a mix of Deuteros and 2D tactical ship combat.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1280190/Falling_Frontier/

Neither developer has any previous games listed on Steam, so I can't speak to likelihood of delivery or quality...

Same publisher is also releasing this.

 

[ShaggyMoose]

I love this thread.

 

[Carceri]

The Freelancer vibe is very strong with this one. Not a fan of the attributes point system though.