Okay, I just played a bunch of Time Pilot and Time Pilot ‘84! Both are awesome and I love the sci-fi of ‘84! I think that one is a little harder but way more fun than the couple levels of the first one I played. Definitely stoked on this recommendation, even if it wasn’t intentional 😂

Awesome! Thank you! If you want to play test it now, join the discord and I'll get you a steam key:
discord.gg/mvVNaqh6
I will also be posting more updates there. And it's also available to wishlist on steam here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3621370/...

Thank you o7 If you want to play the beta now (so far it’s just the survival mode and not the full game), you can join the discord and I’ll give you a beta key.

But I’d love for you to try my game and tell me how it compares. It may scratch that nostalgia itch!

I’ve got a Vewlix with LaunchBox on it. I might already have it on there, so I’m definitely gonna fire it up if I do 😂

Oh man, it does! I’ve never actually played Time Pilot but now I have to.

Final Fantasy 8 and Earthbound. Basically my two favorite stories in video game format.

You made these planets?! I may have to message you if you’re open for commissions!

🧵7/6
Forgot about the "limping" mode. If you run out of fuel you'll be limited on your max thrust so you'll have to move slowly and build up inertia to try to make it to a station before your oxygen depletes. All the while you have to listen to your pilot suffocate until you get to a station.

🧵6/6
- Warzones! Not shown in the video but choose a faction to help from a mission board and help your chosen faction gain control of key locations in the system. Pick your side wisely.

Please consider wishlisting on steam if this sounds fun to you 🙏
store.steampowered.com/app/3621370/...

🧵5/6
- Comms systems: If the player attacks a random NPC or if an NPC shows up and is hostile to the player, they will talk trash to the player. So far I have a JSON of 100 hostile lines of trash talk. This also works for bounty hunt missions and is being incorporated into the new encounter types.

🧵4/6
-Station Mission Board generation: I've created a bunch of mission templates. Each board will generate a a countless dumber of different missions depending on the location, controlling faction, that stations different faction standings, and the players relationships with the various standings.

🧵3/6
- NPC system that generates ships of all factions. Depending on the players relationship with the faction, they'll fly by or attack on sight. Get too poor of a relationship with them and they may just put a bounty on your head. Still working on adding different types of NPCs and encounters

🧵2/6
- Fully functioning faction reputation system. There are 20 stations and 10 factions spread throughout the system with a variety of different flavors and story hooks. All of your actions shape the environment so choose your enemies and allies carefully.

This looks awesome! It’s like someone really loved Space Invaders but wanted to play it like X-Com!