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[Urist McScoopbeard]

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KICKSTART THIS BISH

Wow, Starmade is looking really, really, really go--

Wait.

Is... is that 0x10c?

NO! It must be...

Sky Wanderers?

Yes. YES!

SKYWANDERERS

https://skywanderersgame.com -- website

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=875717459 -- greenlight

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCITNnomMkqQv1aNi_8dxVBQ -- youtube channel

Holy. Shit. This game. This is the science fiction, spaceship building, galaxy exploring, voxel-based video game we have been waiting 5+ years for. It is here. (Kind of. It's in Pre-alpha, but I just couldn't wait to share it with you!!!)

Literally every good idea anyone has ever had about how to make Minecraft in space, or to improve Starmade, or what 0x10c should have been has been condensed into this fledgling video game.

... I don't even know where to start.


From it's Greenlight page:

"Description
Build spaceships and wander among the stars!

Skywanderers is a voxel construction game set in a procedural galaxy made of billions of stars.
Play with your friends, use blocks, bricks and paints to create the spaceship of your dreams and discover a galaxy full of wonders.

Whether you choose to build a small starfigther with fancy details and mechanisms, or a massive capital ship with full interior that will keep you busy for weeks, Skywanderers gives you the tools to unleash your creativity.

The game offers to merge the excitement of exploring uncharted worlds as in Elite, with the elegant and simple joy of building of Minecraft.

Explore an immersive galaxy
The sky is real: each system has a view on the galaxy specific to its position, every star can be warped to. Stars and planets have a realistic scale. Reach planet rings and mine their asteroids.

Holomap
Plan your adventures in the vastness of space using the holomap. You can view star systems, and even check out nearby ships and stations.

Intuitive voxel building
Building feels natural and can be learned easily. Customize your ship’s look and light ambiance using paints ! Experienced builder can also use advanced commands, like building line or plane of blocks at once, or use functions like undo/redo.

Bricks system inspired by LEGO
Use smaller bricks to design cockpits, command panels, landing gears, add smaller details, or anything you can think of. A new way of building awaits you!

Use various weapon systems
Rockets, guided missiles, lasers, beams. Integrate them within your ship using blocks and bricks to create turret or retractable mounting points. More will be added soon!

Comprehensive logic gate system
Create simple or complex logical systems. As gates are made of bricks and use wireless connections, you can fit nice mechanisms even on small fighters.

Various mechanisms
Use rotators, sliding blocks, hinge bricks, or docking blocks. From retractable landing gear, to cockpit mechanism. Create crazy contraptions, your imagination is the limit!

With your support, the following will be added during the development of the game:
A galaxy filled with factions : You will find that humans are but a small part of a wide array of species, all tied by an history of conflict and diplomacy. From empire ruling an entire arm of the galaxy, or pirates roaming the outer rim, each region will have its own danger and encounters.
Make your mark: Be a miner, a trader, become a renowned master builder, a feared pirate or an infamous bounty hunter. Be a warlord: choose sides in the conflicts raging in the galaxy, and conquer clusters system by system. Enjoy building, managing and defending your space station.
Engage in space battle : whether you prefer to fly multi-crew with your friends, with recruited NPCs or with a fleet of AI drones by your side, engage in tense space combat requiring micro management of all your ship sub-systems.
Dedicated server : The community will be given the right tools to host and tailor the game experience.
Planetary technology : Land seamlessly and explore vibrant and living planets.
Survival mode : Start stranded on a planet and work your way toward space flight. Soon enough you will be colonizing your starting system, then will move on to the whole galaxy !

During early access we will add content focusing on the construction and the exploration side, building synergy between the various gameplay elements.
With the community’s support we will be laying down a strong and stable foundation for multiplayer.
Only once the late game experience is deep and rich enough, we will focus on planetary tech and on making the first magical 20-50 hours of the survival experience.

Skywanderers is the dream project of Francois Duret aka Tsunamayo, a french indie developer raised with Lego classic space and Star Wars."


I am having a goddamn nerdgasm! This looks so fucking amazing. I can't even begin to wrap head around it... it's also super late here. So take this description, take this thread, and discuss my fellow sci-fi voxel heaven lovers! Discuss!

Starship EVO

Hey peeps, so Skywanderers has been recently rebranded and is now approaching "release"--May 21st to be exact. Check out the old topic for my incredible levels of hype when the project was announced.

Alot has changed, mostly for the better it seems. But this time around, I won't hype it. Check out either the steam page or the game discord for yourself and decide. There's some great building going on.

Addendum: I think the word might still be out on the quality of game mechanics past building ships and AI and multiplayer, so... not one for immediate hype anymore IMO, but one to watch still for sure.

[Vivalas]

Woah. So basically Space Engineers that can run on something less than a supercomputer, the fun of Minecraft building, mixed with legos and an infinite universe? My only disappointment is that I can't throw money at it yet.

Edit: I just watched the trailer and holy shit this really is the sci fi game I've dreamed of. Everything they have done design wise just seems... right. From the shadow of the gas giant, to the holomap, the interior design, combat and the scale.... wow. The graphics are simple and pleasing too, nothing too complex but done in a great art style. If this game doesn't flop and doesn't pull a NMS in terms of advertising... it will be great.

[Frumple]

... all I can say is that the title is, apparently, one word. Not two. Searching for sky wanderers on youtube will mostly get you a bunch of stuff not even tangentially related. Get rid of the space and material for the game will start showing up more readily.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

... all I can say is that the title is, apparently, one word. Not two. Searching for sky wanderers on youtube will mostly get you a bunch of stuff not even tangentially related. Get rid of the space and material for the game will start showing up more readily.

Good to know. Also, I changed the title and OP just in case. Danke for that.

EDIT: For anyone reading, I strongly encourage you to check out the youtube page. Like... damn, there is stuff in there I thought I would never see in a voxel based building game.

[xaritscin]

the website's style made me remember Scrumbleship (still waiting on that one).

i just hope it doesnt come with the whole motion sickness effect of the rest of the voxel based games. i see that its not completelly around square blocks, but still. i like Avorion because it was playable, but i was never able to do much in Starmade because of the similarities to Minecraft camera and movement.

this looks cooler than them however. PTW

[timferius]

I'm posting here to watch, tentatively, and with expectations in check. And fingers crossed, because this COULD be glorious.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

I'm posting here to watch, tentatively, and with expectations in check. And fingers crossed, because this COULD be glorious.

Yes, the gods of indie development are fickle indeed. Personally, I'm very optimistic, but I think we'll have to wait for a alpha or beta release to judge where this game could truly go.

[xaritscin]

aaaaaand the terrain isnt square except for rocky formations. yeah, this suits me. or at least i think it wont cause me any sickness.

those ring habitats look dope. and its made in Unity? now im jelaous... 

[Retropunch]

Woah this is incredibly impressive. There's enough there in the videos that it's clear he's not just making stuff up or showing just the bits that work.

My worry is just that it'll be too sandboxy - I enjoy that kinda thing, but I hope there's actual stuff in the galaxy to explore that isn't just terrain.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

The Dev has stated that he plans on adding both factions and what appear to be RPG elements. Which would be lit, but thats the part that I personally remain cautious about--it's where Starmade and 'n' number of other games got hung up.

[xaritscin]

Woah this is incredibly impressive. There's enough there in the videos that it's clear he's not just making stuff up or showing just the bits that work.

My worry is just that it'll be too sandboxy - I enjoy that kinda thing, but I hope there's actual stuff in the galaxy to explore that isn't just terrain.

it seems there's a FAQ in their subreddit

-Currently you can only build spaceships and space stations. In the future, once planetary tech is implemented fully, you will be able to build bases planetside.

-Use an expansive logic system based on logic gates to automate and move blocks. From sliding doors, to elevators, to openable ship canopies, landing gears and cargo hatches, anything that you can think of.

-Customize the interior and exterior of your ship with smaller bricks, using a "stud" system to connect them, think Lego bricks.

-Explore a realistically sized galaxy, filled with planets and moons.

-You will be able to mine resources and process them with specific manufacturing and processing blocks.

-Bounty hunt: hunt down criminals and turn them in for a profit.

-Craft commodities with an expansive industrial manufacturing system (Think of Factorio, Industrialcraft or Buildcraft)

-There will be dungeons to explore, filled with rare loot and resources. But they will contain dangerous enemies.

-Play with your friends, via either dedicated servers or LAN, cooperatively or aggressively.

-Old school FPS combat will be possible, but the game is still early in development.

[Neonivek]

What does the game do to avoid the... Super duper long ship creation and remaking ships thing?

If there is one thing that always kills me about these games it is that. (Mind you I LOOOOVE spending a long time making a ship to an extent... Not... Space Engineers long mind you.) Only so many times I can recreate my hull

[Urist McScoopbeard]

What does the game do to avoid the... Super duper long ship creation and remaking ships thing?

Uncertain, though it appears to at least have rudimentary blueprint functions, presumably with automated assembly down the road.

[Vivalas]

Yeah that's one of the things that alsays gets me in these types of games, making sightly hulls is difficult, but fun when you get it right. If any of you have played Interstellar Rift, ship design in that game is a lot easier and The Sims-esque with how rooms work.

In any case this seems like ship design would be nicer with the whole lego thing, and at the very least if you build a super big ship it won't lag as much because of the humble art style.

[xaritscin]

indeed. time will tell, they have just been greenlighted so there's a lot to see while they prepare the early access or whatever.