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

[DraQ]

You fags may find this relevant to your interests



Or at least fucking should.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

 

[DraQ]

CoaDE AKA "Kerbal with Guns" Has recently been patched

Pictures of stuff I made in it to whet some appetites:

Dragon class gunship:

Actually, a post-battle shot, even though you couldn't tell:

In battle (1-on-1, AI controlled):

With the opponent you *can* tell it's a post-battle shot:

Finishing off the last of 5 gunships (another battle, manual control):

Gryphon class frigate:

Gryphon-E, tanking some railgun fire (and returning some of its own):

Pair of Gryphons, soft-killing a gunship around Remus (moonlet of 87 Sylvia):

Pair of Gryphons, taking on Voitenko's fleet:

Battle against 10 laser frigs (featuring some self-inflicted damage due to too-close nuclear detonations):

Leviathan class fleet carrier:

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

 

[praetor]

gods be damned, why the fuck is Starfighter Inc a goddamned arena shooter?!

i mean, look at this! pics for the lazy:

this amount of sperging detail should not be confined to a fucking F2P arena shooter! if you needed proof god does not exist, look no further

 

[Azazel]

Well, Limit Theory is finally dead. Josh is releasing the source code tho.

 

[Perkel]

Imho since he do this he should just focus on it as open source project with him as a lead and it would eventually finish sometime. I have no doubt people would want to contribute to it.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

https://steamcommunity.com/games/681330/announcements/detail/2618171872226612271

Helium Rain is released !
11 October - Stranger
After a year in Early Access, Helium Rain is now publicly available as a full-fledged Steam game !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oAKZwCSxSY
This release is meant to be a smooth transition. No change in pricing is occurring, all game saves since we released into Early Access are still compatible. Take a look at the forums if you have questions or issues.

• General discussions
  
• Bug report forum
  
• Linux support thread

If you're a returning player, you should find that the game has changed quite a bit since the first days of Early Access !

Bug patrol
The game itself has been unchanged since 1.1.4, but we'll still be on the lookout for bugs. Please report all issues you find in the game on on our public bug tracker[dev.helium-rain.com], or on the Steam forums, so that we can investigate quickly and remove the problems.

Four years ago...
We hope Helium Rain can be a great experience for you. We have been working for more than four years, trying to build a game that would be the perfect blend of strategy and action, with a pinch of realistic elements.

Here's what the game was looking like, exactly four years ago. I think we've come a long way here ! Building a game is a huge, though rewarding, project. I hope we succeeded in making the game we wanted to make - one that has fun action and deep strategy gameplay.



Thank you for reading, thank you for being a part of this adventure, and have fun !

 

[DraQ]

https://steamcommunity.com/games/681330/announcements/detail/2618171872226612271

Helium Rain is released !
11 October - Stranger
After a year in Early Access, Helium Rain is now publicly available as a full-fledged Steam game !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oAKZwCSxSY
This release is meant to be a smooth transition. No change in pricing is occurring, all game saves since we released into Early Access are still compatible. Take a look at the forums if you have questions or issues.

• General discussions
  
• Bug report forum
  
• Linux support thread

If you're a returning player, you should find that the game has changed quite a bit since the first days of Early Access !

Bug patrol
The game itself has been unchanged since 1.1.4, but we'll still be on the lookout for bugs. Please report all issues you find in the game on on our public bug tracker[dev.helium-rain.com], or on the Steam forums, so that we can investigate quickly and remove the problems.

Four years ago...
We hope Helium Rain can be a great experience for you. We have been working for more than four years, trying to build a game that would be the perfect blend of strategy and action, with a pinch of realistic elements.

Here's what the game was looking like, exactly four years ago. I think we've come a long way here ! Building a game is a huge, though rewarding, project. I hope we succeeded in making the game we wanted to make - one that has fun action and deep strategy gameplay.



Thank you for reading, thank you for being a part of this adventure, and have fun !

Newtonian + Single Player? Looks interesting.

 

[Perkel]

Yeah it is actual X3 like game where you can fly most of the ships in game and build stations make system war etc.
Tried it a bit, i like a lot docking, it is much more fun than Elite Docking. UI is a bit of a mess imho.

I also like it doesn't pretend you are not in space and there isn't anything stopping you from going faster. So when you move around you need to take into account retrograde burns to slow down before reaching something and there isn't anything like Elite auto system. Traveling between planets etc is done via fast forward. I think you could probably fly to one yourself but as you know space is big.

Didn't put much more than 1 hours though. I will probably back to it when i will have my share of X4 in about 5 weeks.

 

[Runciter]

Does it support TrackIR and HOTAS-FOP? Just Newtonian doesn't do it for me any more.

 

[Azazel]

It's a real pity that they got on Steam after the garbage fire landslide had already started, and subsequently sold virtually zero copies, because the game itself is super solid.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

 

[DDZ]

It's a real pity that they got on Steam after the garbage fire landslide had already started, and subsequently sold virtually zero copies, because the game itself is super solid.

Mod kit released 2 weeks ago, still not a single mod other than the example on the workshop.

Makes me sad.

 

[Azazel]

Mod kit released 2 weeks ago, still not a single mod other than the example on the workshop.

Makes me sad.

Hell, the game itself is fully open-source now. Probably the best gift to ever hit the space sim genre and it's completely under the radar because of how turbofucked the games industry is right now from production to consumption.

 

[Morkar Left]

Mod kit released 2 weeks ago, still not a single mod other than the example on the workshop.

Makes me sad.

Hell, the game itself is fully open-source now. Probably the best gift to ever hit the space sim genre and it's completely under the radar because of how turbofucked the games industry is right now from production to consumption.

Which game? Helium Rain?

 

[Azazel]

Yes

 

[Phaserlight]

Behold, my strangely silent stream last night:

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

 

[Phaserlight]

Vendetta Online is 100% free through June 1:

https://www.vendetta-online.com/newsletter/04.2020/newsletter.04.2020.html

 

[ShaggyMoose]

Randomly found this hard sci-fi space mining game on Steam, Delta V: Rings of Saturn.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/846030/V_Rings_of_Saturn/

Has 2D newtonian physics and realistic setting and equipment. Requires a lot of skill, either when utilising the auto pilot modes or flying by the seat of your pants. Its in early access, but the game already plays well and is stable. Very supportive and communicative developer and currently on sale for 50% off (~$4 USD).