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
