Space Sims/Strategy Games Catch-All

Did anyone have a chance to play Starbase yet? Looking for thoughts.

Installing it now.

PWAlessi wrote:

Did anyone have a chance to play Starbase yet? Looking for thoughts.

I'll be streaming it next Tuesday if you can wait.

Veloxi wrote:

Guys, Trevor found a vintage commercial for Star Fleet II from 1989, and it's great.

https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/s...

Marble Madness at the end was unexpected.

Orphu wrote:
Veloxi wrote:

Guys, Trevor found a vintage commercial for Star Fleet II from 1989, and it's great.

https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/s...

Marble Madness at the end was unexpected.

Hah, apparently it was from a VHS that was a compilation of many EA commercials from 1987.

PWAlessi wrote:

Did anyone have a chance to play Starbase yet? Looking for thoughts.

Bought it, installed it, tried it, asked for a refund. There is potential there but it is rough, even for Early Access. The game crashed three times (and somehow took Steam with it) and I couldn't finish the tutorial due to a glitch.

From the tutorial there seem to be elements of Shipbreaker and Empyrion but I wasn't able to get far enough to actually see more of what the game has to offer.

Be warned...they are clear that this is an alpha early access. So very much buggy. That said, im looking forward to getting into it.

Nevin73 wrote:
PWAlessi wrote:

Did anyone have a chance to play Starbase yet? Looking for thoughts.

Bought it, installed it, tried it, asked for a refund. There is potential there but it is rough, even for Early Access. The game crashed three times (and somehow took Steam with it) and I couldn't finish the tutorial due to a glitch.

From the tutorial there seem to be elements of Shipbreaker and Empyrion but I wasn't able to get far enough to actually see more of what the game has to offer.

Cool, thanks. I'll hold off and just keep it on ye olde wishlist for now.

At $15, it's not that expensive to begin with, but you can get Subdivision Infinity DX (Steam) on Fanatical for $1 right now.

https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/su...

Nice. For some reason I gave that one on Follow on Steam but not wishlist. Better double check tonight that I don't have it from some other platform. If not, I'll buy that for a dollar!

vypre wrote:

At $15, it's not that expensive to begin with, but you can get Subdivision Infinity DX (Steam) on Fanatical for $1 right now.

https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/su...

Decent game, definitely worth $1

Wait a minute...I know that guy!

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Hehehehe yeah they asked me for a blurb and I couldn't say no. It's Starflight after all.

I was playing Starmancer this weekend on the Xbox game pass. Early access and highly unstable. Very reminiscent of Space Haven but not as much content or complexity. Worth keeping an eye on in case it improves.

I've started a playthrough of Starflight 2 with crew my friends chose. I'm writing AAR's and releasing one episode each day on a Wordpress blog.

https://starflight2021.wordpress.com...

I've made 3 entries, next entry goes up at 9 am Pacific tomorrow.

I was inspired by the Starflight book posted earlier and wanted to write something semi-creative.

Starting crew of the ISS Ship Happens: https://starflight2021.wordpress.com...

mrwynd wrote:

I've started a playthrough of Starflight 2 with crew my friends chose. I'm writing AAR's and releasing one episode each day on a Wordpress blog.

https://starflight2021.wordpress.com...

I've made 3 entries, next entry goes up at 9 am Pacific tomorrow.

I was inspired by the Starflight book posted earlier and wanted to write something semi-creative.

Starting crew of the ISS Ship Happens: https://starflight2021.wordpress.com...

Oh man you got an android? C'mon man.

Veloxi wrote:
mrwynd wrote:

I've started a playthrough of Starflight 2 with crew my friends chose. I'm writing AAR's and releasing one episode each day on a Wordpress blog.

https://starflight2021.wordpress.com...

I've made 3 entries, next entry goes up at 9 am Pacific tomorrow.

I was inspired by the Starflight book posted earlier and wanted to write something semi-creative.

Starting crew of the ISS Ship Happens: https://starflight2021.wordpress.com...

Oh man you got an android? C'mon man.

I let my friends pick their name, race and position. I've never done a playthrough with an Android before.

Androids can't do any training so their stats are stuck.

Veloxi wrote:

Androids can't do any training so their stats are stuck.

Yeah and he chose to be the ship's Doctor and they're terrible at it. It's adding a layer of difficulty I've never tried before.

Veloxi wrote:

Oh man you got an android? C'mon man.

I thought this was an attack on mrwynd’s choice of smartphone.

Carry on.

mrwynd wrote:
Veloxi wrote:

Androids can't do any training so their stats are stuck.

Yeah and he chose to be the ship's Doctor and they're terrible at it. It's adding a layer of difficulty I've never tried before.

Better train someone else as backup when you have the cash.

Regardless of your friends' poor choices , I love the writeups. Cannot wait for more.

Mixolyde wrote:
mrwynd wrote:
Veloxi wrote:

Androids can't do any training so their stats are stuck.

Yeah and he chose to be the ship's Doctor and they're terrible at it. It's adding a layer of difficulty I've never tried before.

Better train someone else as backup when you have the cash.

I typically train my captain for backup roles, will probably do that soon!

tboon wrote:

Regardless of your friends' poor choices , I love the writeups. Cannot wait for more.

The next entry has gone up with the first meeting of Gorzek. I'm open to criticism and opinions on content and length! I wasn't sure if people would want to read longer entries or if keeping them short would be easier to digest each day.

Man this brings back such good memories. Can't wait to read more.

Hey friends, here's the latest Star Fleet II dev update, along with a word on release dates (and how we're not going to use them anymore, it'll just be done "When it's ready," which we hope will be before the end of the year if not much sooner).

https://store.steampowered.com/news/...

Thank you!

Veloxi wrote:

Hey friends, here's the latest Star Fleet II dev update, along with a word on release dates (and how we're not going to use them anymore, it'll just be done "When it's ready," which we hope will be before the end of the year if not much sooner).

https://store.steampowered.com/news/...

Thank you!

Looking forward to being able to purchase!

I've managed to continue my daily episodic releases - today's episode involves nidberries and Lowar ruins. I believe the final episode will come out this weekend. I've got episodes cued up to release through Friday so far and I'm near completion. https://starflight2021.wordpress.com...

mrwynd wrote:

I've managed to continue my daily episodic releases - today's episode involves nidberries and Lowar ruins. I believe the final episode will come out this weekend. I've got episodes cued up to release through Friday so far and I'm near completion. https://starflight2021.wordpress.com...

Thank you for the "episodes" - these have reminded me what a wonderful game this is, even though I doubt I will ever play it again. So thank you very much for playing and sharing.

Friends, Hunternet Starfighter -- the most exciting space dogfighter since Freespace 2 and Rebel Galaxy Outlaw -- is now crowdfunding on IndieGoGo. Please do check it out.

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/h...

Veloxi - I haven't seen you post much about Everspace 2 lately... you still playing?