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gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐

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I'm making Loadstar, FTL meets Elite space-trader with 16bit retro vibes

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gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · Oct 1

I am making Loadstar combining FTL style combat with Elite style open world gameplay. Love the 2D tactical combat of FTL but always disappointed that I couldn't keep exploring, improving my ship
#indiegame #gamedev #solodev

🚀Please wishlist on Steam
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Loadstar on Steam

Captain your own starship in this 2D, open-world space-sim. Explore, trade, mine, smuggle, steal and fight your way across the milky-way galaxy with real-time, tactical combat.

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gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 2h

The pot and the kettle

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 22h

That's a cool idea. I'll try to consider modability when I start coding that part! Probably it'll all be in json files but I may make an editor to help me during development, if so I'll share it.

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 1d

For sure, there's tons of scope in an open world for this and I think it's what's really exciting about the idea. Instead of being told why you're fighting, you set your own stakes. Imagine combing ftl text dilemmas with rumours and treasure maps from a tavern or a crew person's backstory etc.

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gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 1d

Just posted a new gameplay preview on my YT showing ship design with automatic layout of rooms and doors plus some combat with the new crew control and helm features!

youtu.be/NRrC2t_G2hg

#Gameplay #gaming #spacesim #spaceship #godot #ftl #elite #elitedangerous

Loadstar - Ship Design and Combat Preview

YouTube video by Gareththegeek Games

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gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 1d

That's beautiful, keep it up!

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 2d

Saw an absolutely giant one in Cologne Zoo recently and now it lives rent free in my nightmares!

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 2d

Light goes on, light goes off

Currently working on adding crew to my #FTLike #spacetrader Loadstar. Stress testing this little guy's reactions to me flipping the weapons power on and off.

#indiedev #pixelart #solodev #gamedev #indiegames

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gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 3d

Rude!

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 3d

Might have got distracted while working on my FTLike #spacesim !

There's a long way still to go!

#gamedev #spacetrader #animation #funny #godot

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gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 5d

This is the first time I've felt genuinely optimistic about a political party in my adult life, and that's longer than I care to think about!

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 6d

Let's go!

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 7d

When things get serious you gotta break out the unit tests even in #gamedev ! Thanks gdUnit4 for having my back writing C# unit tests for my #godot game and interactively debugging in #vscode 💪

github.com/MikeSchulze/...

#unittest #testing #indiedev #GodotEngine #solodev

GitHub - MikeSchulze/gdUnit4: Embedded unit testing framework for Godot 4 supporting GDScript and C#. Features test-driven development, embedded test inspector, extensive assertions, mocking, scene te...

Embedded unit testing framework for Godot 4 supporting GDScript and C#. Features test-driven development, embedded test inspector, extensive assertions, mocking, scene testing. - MikeSchulze/gdUnit4

github.com

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gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 9d

Of course!

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 9d

Every time I think I do..I realise I don't

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 9d

10 games to get to know me

I already regret the ones I didn't pick!

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gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 12d

Just make sure you do a thorough search to make sure no one else is using it. My game Loadstar was called Starborn originally until I found out Zenimax had a pending trade mark on it 😭 naming is the hardest part! I like a short name fwiw, much nicer for graphic design 👍

Good luck!

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 13d

A final goodbye maybe

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks, appreciate it!

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 14d

How #monday feels!

Working on crew animations for my FTLlike space trader Loadstar

#pixel #pixelart #animation #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

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gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 14d

Added the first crew member to my FTLlike spacetrader Loadstar. It's hard to draw a person with so few pixels and colours available, what do you think?

#pixelart #retro #gamedev #ftl #spacetrader #elite #godot #GodotEngine

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gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 17d

Creating a prototype using #godot 's TileMapLayer to let the player design the layout of their #ftl-like ship for my #spacetrader Loadstar!

Link in my profile

#gamedev #solodev #GodotEngine #pixelart #gamedesign #prototype

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gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 18d

Freaky!

gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 18d

Just published my first #devlog !

I completed my first epic focused on combat enhancements, take a look at the devlog for the deets.

Next epic is crew manipulation!

store.steampowered.com/news/app/394...

#spacesim #ftl #spacetrader #indiegames #solodv #indiedev

Loadstar - Loadstar Devlog - Alpha 2 - Combat - Steam News

Welcome to the first Loadstar Devlog! I plan to publish a devlog with the completion of each alpha version tracking my progress towards the finished game and the features I'm adding along the way. `Al...

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gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 23d

Playing with the new Range feature in Loadstar's FTL-like combat system

Each weapon has an optimal range and sensors work better close up

#ScreenshotSaturday #FTL #indiegames #tactical #spacetrader

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gareththegeek 🚀 making Loadstar ⭐ @gareththegeek.bsky.social · 25d

Happy #WishlistWednesday !

I am making Loadstar combining the 2D tactical combat of FTL with the open world freedom of space traders like Elite with a sprinkling of Sid Meier's Pirates! thrown in for good measure.

Please wishlist store.steampowered.com/app/3948030/...

#ftl #elite #pirates

Loadstar on Steam

Captain your own starship in this 2D, open-world space-sim. Explore, trade, mine, smuggle, steal and fight your way across the milky-way galaxy with real-time, tactical combat.

store.steampowered.com