Quoting: GuestCan you describe how you're working on the planets?

Planets are not interactive in the game, you can't land on them or even approach them. It would be cool to land on a moon, walk on it, mine it for resources - but that's also nothing like the game we have right now. We're heavily focused on strategy, trading, economy, and we felt like landing on planets was a huge development that didn't fit in the game's focus.

As you point out, some projects do stuff like this, but they're also long-terms projects from established companies or high-budget Kickstarters. We're just two guys :)

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Steam is much more easy to get on and has a bigger audience, so it's the obvious first step. We'd definitely like to ship on GOG too, though that is mostly up to GOG, as they do their own selection.

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Quoting: GuestBut... I wish they wouldn't say "PC". They say it _a lot_, even at github.

Well, it is for PC - Windows and Linux desktop computers. I'm not sure which term would be more accurate.

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Quoting: PublicNuisanceHopefully they plan a DRM free version

Well it is open-source, so... Duh. :)

I'd just like to correct this : the game's code is open-source, the full game isn't. Basically we're trying to be as open as possible while still selling the game on Steam (and possibly GoG). So the sources are available, it won't have DRM, people may be able to rebuild the game to mod it - but technically the game isn't really open-source.

It's a bit weird, I know.

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We do have a dev blog over here [External Link]. We did't talk about Linux issues though, mostly because we didn't have any ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

One of the Linux bugs we had was that UE4 wrongly required OpenGL 4.3 at launch in early Alpha builds, instead of the OpenGL 3.2 we actually needed. As described in the article, we also have small behavior differences on rendering and player input, but to be honest it's a minor topic.

By the way, that was Vivaldi ! :)

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We're doing a realistic flight model, so fully Newtonian with clever flight control. You don't have a speed limit, you can turn independently of your direction, and so on. Heat has an effect on the engine's efficiency. It doesn't play like KSP at all though, it's much more action-oriented.

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Developer here.

Hey PublicNuisance ! We will ship the game without DRM, so no worry on that front. :)

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