Space Opera Gravity

[Magitek]

Hmm well this brings back some memories doesn't it? It seems I missed my own thread activity.

Hey is there any update on this? This project looks pretty amazing. It seems that you worked so hard on this I was wondering if there is a prototype people can play

To answer your questions, I don't work directly on this game prototype anymore. I ran into design issues with AI and subsequently got distracted by another project.

Well, OP has been online 20 days ago, so I'd like to hear why the project died, does he plan on continuing it, etc.
Although I think the answer is pretty obvious.
Edit: uhh, actually a year and 20 days, oops.

However I am still working with this particular space engine today and the game in question is going good, if a bit slow. Interestingly I still retain ALL the functionality from this particular prototype, as I intend the system to cover large scale conflicts that occur in the game.

The art for this appears to be stolen from Starsector http://fractalsoftworks.com/ I wonder if that caused problems for him.

The art was always a roadblock for me as a programmer, but I have actually drawn the assets myself now. I don't think I will be publicizing the said newer title until it is due for release (which could be a long time looking at my track record).

i mean it looks really good though... I think if he stuck with it he could of released and had lots of success... Even if he abandoned it I would love to see the src and maybe even expand upon it

At the time, perhaps it would have been successful; although I also thought at the time Starsector would actually come out in a reasonable amount of time and I would just be squashed by them commercially as I could never compete artistically or financially. While I think the game could have been fairly successful, it would have always been a really niche project - I was never happy with how the gameplay systems were coming together and it just never really became fun to play, it always needed more gameplay systems. I was also never particularly good at ship design so that basically doomed it going commercial.

As for the source, I don't know about releasing it for this prototype as it would require some pretty solid effort on my part to re-separate it from my current project - you definitely don't want to be tracking down the issues I have had with the original 2012 engine!

(Bonus) An interesting side project for homeworld developed from this particular prototype: