Space Wreck - post-apocalyptic space RPG inspired by Fallout

[agris]

Indeed, we have reworked the layout of UI once again.

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Now everything is centered around the screen slate and positioned on the bottom. This way your eyes don't have to jump around, all you need is in one place.

The screen slate - your main in-game tool - scales up once opened, so it is easier to read.

In retrospect, we have changed the user interface quite a bit over the last year, see the previous layouts below -

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How are you handling different resolutions and the amount of the screen taken up by UI elements? Are you scaling the UI and game world such that your perspective always shows the same amount of the world, and the UI always takes up the same amount of space, regardless of resolution? Or are you going the old isometric widescreen hack method where higher resolution means smaller UI elements and a more zoomed out perspective, showing more of the game world at once?

I am increasingly convinced the latter method is superior to the former. Too many older games are ruined by people who don't know how to set their resolution, and one day Space Wreck may be played on 8k+ screens. If you don't scale layers correctly, people will not enjoy the game well.

 

[Kamaz]

That is a very good point. Currently, we have three UI scaling levels - default, small, big:

* These show UI relative to my current screen resolution 1680 x 1050 px

 

[Wunderbar]

 

[Black Angel]

Sussy baka

 

[Abu Antar]

https://twitter.com/pahrislv/status/1486978470508912640?t=-L4S2k3P341mlW7UDs_y5w&s=19

This morning we soft-re-launched the demo with the latest update (1.1.48) on @itchio!
It includes the new UI, a plethora of bug fixes, and new features - GIFs you've seen in the Twitter feed.
We are prepping for the Steam update as well, so stay tuned!
https://t.co/3uNqIA9x1d https://t.co/Kvobx1Zq2i

The Steam Next Fest is coming soon and we will have a tiny surprise addition.

 

[Chippy]

I'm not a graphics whore, but I don't think I could play something again with ZX Spectrum 128k graphics. I do not remember those times and that machine fondly.

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

"I'm not a graphics whore" said an especially picky graphic whore.

 

[Lord_Potato]

I'm not a graphics whore, but I don't think I could play something again with ZX Spectrum 128k graphics. I do not remember those times and that machine fondly.

Visuals remind me of Ufo:Enemy Unknown and X-Com: Terror from the Deep (more of the latter, due to color palette). Hardly ZX Spectrum games.

 

[JarlFrank]

Visuals remind me of Fallout/Arcanum except made by a drunk Eastern European on a shitty PC and without a budget.

Very charming!

 

[Feyd Rautha]

I'm not a graphics whore, but I don't think I could play something again with ZX Spectrum 128k graphics. I do not remember those times and that machine fondly.

They should just make SpaceWreck in the same artstyle as Fallout and with comparable graphics. Simple as.

 

[JarlFrank]

Just drink half a bottle of vodka before playing and you won't even notice what the graphics look like.

The way it's meant to be played.

 

[wishbonetail]

It looks like Fallout that was made in '90 instead of '97, it wouldn't hurt to add some volume with color gradients. That said Fallout's graphics and animations require tremendous amount of work so it's just easier to go 3d.

 

[agris]

Ultima VI, released in 1990:

Fallout 1, released in 1997:

So similar, I can't even tell which is which.

 

[JarlFrank]

Ultima VI, released in 1990:

Fallout 1, released in 1997:

So similar, I can't even tell which is which.

Space Wreck, released in 1993:

 

[agris]

yeah i mean... yeah, can't argue with that. hah

 

[V_K]

Jesus, I knew this site was Fallout fanatics, but unironically suggesting that someone should copy Fallout's look as if it wasn't ugly as sin.....

 

[JarlFrank]

As long as he doesn't copy Fallout's inventory system, it's alright

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Ultima VI, released in 1990:

Fallout 1, released in 1997:

So similar, I can't even tell which is which.

Space Wreck, released in 1993:

Shadoworlds 1992

Veil of Darkness 1993

 

[Harthwain]

Jesus, I knew this site was Fallout fanatics, but unironically suggesting that someone should copy Fallout's look as if it wasn't ugly as sin.....

Not sure what you're on about. To me the original Fallouts always had solid look and withstood the test of time quite well. I can't say the same about the later Fallouts.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

It's not really a fair comparison because blobbers were very much in vogue in 1990 and there are a lot of good looking blobbers from '90. If anything, you'd probably just have to shift over to the adventure genre to find good looking games from 1990.
Anyways, Heimdall(cRPG), 1991

 

[luj1]

Absolutely don't change the aesthetic of this game, it's wonderfully original

That's like half the reason why I want to play it

 

[ItsChon]

Jesus, I knew this site was Fallout fanatics, but unironically suggesting that someone should copy Fallout's look as if it wasn't ugly as sin.....

Thank you for saying it. Original Fallout had an absolutely atrocious color palette that made the game look like dried up dogshit, and had really shitty building designs in a ton of places. So many settlements you visit are laid out before you like this

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Wow that tent looks great, too bad it's surrounded by a bunch of fucking buildings that all look the same and make me want to slam my fist through the monitor.

Contrast this with the entrance to the Cathedral which looks great

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and the vaults all look fine since they're underground, but honest to god the rest of the game just kills me with these roofs and building designs.

Putting aside the art, the games themselves have terrible combat and just aren't very fun to plate. This forum is filled with a bunch of NMA rejects that fellatiate FO 1 & 2 every chance they get despite being utterly mediocre games that have been far surpassed by other titles.

That being said, Space Wreck looks great love seeing all the progress!

agris

 

[hello friend]

So many settlements you visit are laid out before you like this

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Wow that tent looks great, too bad it's surrounded by a bunch of fucking buildings that all look the same and make me want to slam my fist through the monitor.

That's a bit of an overreaction, don't you think?

 

[Kamaz]

By the way, Space Wreck looked different a few years ago. Here is the same location in two different art styles:

Space Wreck (online), 2017

Space Wreck: Definitive Edition, 2020

 

[luj1]

i like both tbh, but the newer one more

also the retards saying fallout looks like ass should go murda themselves. or play some of todd's trash they like so much