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Author Topic: Outer Wilds- Every 20 minutes, the Sun explodes!  (Read 2886 times)

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Outer Wilds- Every 20 minutes, the Sun explodes!
« on: August 24, 2015, 09:16:01 pm »
So yes, thanks go to Scott Manley for introducing me to this.

The Outer Wilds is a self described "Space Backpacker" where you explore a multidude of weird planets in a little ship. Oh, and every 20 minutes, the Sun explodes, resetting time.

Its currently in alpha and free, though I had to download it from a separate thing as their actual site has now been converted to not have a downloads page. Still pretty easy to find if you want to play around with it.
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Re: Outer Wilds- Every 20 minutes, the Sun explodes!
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2015, 09:19:03 pm »
We had a thread about this, and yeah it's really good.
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Re: Outer Wilds- Every 20 minutes, the Sun explodes!
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2015, 10:02:46 pm »
Quote from: Drakale on August 24, 2015, 09:19:03 pm
We had a thread about this, and yeah it's really good.

Apparently I'm 2 years late to the party :(
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Quote from: Magistrum on May 19, 2015, 06:22:30 am
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Re: Outer Wilds- Every 20 minutes, the Sun explodes!
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2015, 10:18:10 pm »
Oh, I remember this. It was pretty interesting.
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Re: Outer Wilds- Every 20 minutes, the Sun explodes!
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2015, 10:58:42 pm »
Judging by the responses in the other thread, it hasn't changed much in 2 years, which is sorta disappointing...
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Re: Outer Wilds- Every 20 minutes, the Sun explodes!
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2015, 04:57:49 pm »
so basically an abandoned title.  It would be nice if a game such as catalysm but a spacey type rpg or 4x got as much attention from the open source community

Mars simulation program might be one u want to try
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Re: Outer Wilds- Every 20 minutes, the Sun explodes!
« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2015, 05:11:52 pm »
Well honestly since it Scott Manley reviewed it recently and talked about a kickstarter that worked, I THINK that the version they have for free is behind by quite a bit. Backers may be able to confirm deny its relative suckyness, but I can't. I'm working on the assumption that's what happened, and not that its an abandoned title.
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Re: Outer Wilds- Every 20 minutes, the Sun explodes!
« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2015, 06:23:05 pm »
Where are you getting the impression that it's abandoned? They have a campaign going here: https://www.fig.co/campaigns/outer-wilds

They've added and changed a bunch of stuff, including significantly improving the visuals and having an actual plot to resolve.
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Re: Outer Wilds- Every 20 minutes, the Sun explodes!
« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2015, 06:51:17 pm »
That looks great. Does that site give rewards for backing? I can't seem to find anything on my phone.
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Re: Outer Wilds- Every 20 minutes, the Sun explodes!
« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2015, 08:38:16 pm »
It does. $20 is the base reward tier, and gets you the game.
$30 gets you a digital art book, $50 a mission patch and some postcards, $75 a signed physical copy, $100 a t-shirt, and so on.
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