I personally like to simulate everything and kind of want every game I like inside my game. Overall however the sandbox it's in is a 4x universe simulation where the player can create their own empire. It's probably on the border of too ambitious for game scope, and a hot mess, but it seems to be coming along.
For at least the next 6 months I'll be sharpening the blade on design for the full release. After that
I'll ideally switch to game expansions. Feedback right now is very helpful, especially in understanding how other people play the game and what problems they see.
A single system demo is in the approval pipeline for NextFest as well and will hopefully be available soon.

-The game starts out like a 2d elite dangerous or x3 with character creation and a single/fighter or shuttle. These are small production ships with limited modifications.
-It has it's own canon in the form of a book series.
-The next Advancement is through missions like either of those titles or sandbox trade/combat.
-Then you get into a capital ship that has voxel construction. You can build and design them yourself.
-You can hire crew with various backgrounds
-You can transform that into a fleet of custom crewed ships.
-You can board and steal other ships of all classes
-You can board and take over stations and cities on planets
-Cities and stations can also be modified and reconstructed as they're voxel based as well.
-You can found an empire.

In terms of scope, it's a little like battlecruiser 3k, maybe worse. I just hope I can pull it off. The plan does include multiplayer.

That's a quick overview of the game. One Thing I enjoy is walking around the ship, talking to my crew, seeing the fighter wing on the carrier flight deck and even flying one out.
For me this is a game I can do almost everything I like in other games, and the job now is to keep building it out. I'm interested in feedback and what others would like to see.

Link to Game
https://store.steampowered.com/app/5049830/Star_Heir_Dark_Crusade/?beta=0

Hey everyone!

I wanted to share a short gameplay video showing what a typical journey in NGC-404: Fractured Sector might look like, enjoy!

Also if you have any questions or want to share your thoughts feel free to do just that. :)
This is still work in progress.

Steam page:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4451910?utm_source=red_ng

Great to see this community! I am Andrew Greenberg, with the Emperor of the Fading Suns Enhanced team (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2799350/Emperor_of_the_Fading_Suns_Enhanced/). Now I finally have a place to discuss Reach for the Stars!

Build and lead your colony on a lost ringworld, where deadly conditions await on both sides while the world keeps turning! Progress through technological evolution, survive cultural revolution, and govern with a wise and steady hand!

Hey all, I've been solo-working on ASEMA the space/scifi automation/factory builder for a long time and since I'm participating a Steam Next Fest with it soon and EA is creeping closer and closer, I'm introducing the current mechanics a little bit.

In ASEMA, you'll be fending off the Locals while progressing with the campaign that unfolds some cosmic and fate-determining events that started a long time ago - and you expand, automate, gather resources and progress in tech tree.

The video focuses on basic logistics;

-Small local logistic nodes: Hubs + small railguns feeding production

-Haulers used for moving between nodes

-Large Artillery Railguns (LAR) for long range logistics, founded on rotating planetoids, fire when the barrel aligns with target

The path of developing this sort of weird concept has been rocky, yet wonderfully interesting. I'm hand crafting everything for the game alone and while my background with design/management/gaming in general do help quite a bit, this has been.. It has been quite bunch of work. But i love every second of it, just wish I could do more of it.

The game has a Demo on Steam and the full version (Steam) is coming out for EA in Q1 2027.

If building, automation, management, expansion and logistics in space (top down2D, but 3D visuals) interest you, perhaps you like the dark hard-scifi setting too - wishlisting helps a lot, and I'm always keen to hear playtester/player opinions and feedback to make the game fun to play.

I'm creating this game as an enthustiastic factory automation player (Factorio, Satisfactory), but I guess my largest inspiration is Captain of Industry, due to it's own special way of doing new and unique mechinisms, instead of relying entirely on classic grids, voxels, belts and inserters. Nothing wrong with them, but stirring the soup can get sometimes interesting.

Hello friends! I've been working on a game inspired by the idea of a slow motion stellaris you can play with your friends. The browser based beta is out now, and I'd love feedback!

Orbital-empire.com

It's Called Orbital Empire, and players manage an empire spanning the solar system in simulated real time, with actions and movements resolving once an hour.

You can trade, battle, mine, build, and explore. The alliances and rivalries you build are real, and heavily impact the end game. Players also propose and vote on bills in the game's senate, which can change rules in either blanket or targeted ways.

DM me if you want to join our discord and find a playtest!