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This is amazing! The visual style is stunning. This actually comes very close to a style of game I've wanted to exist for a long time. The premise being this: Y

This is amazing! The visual style is stunning. This actually comes very close to a style of game I've wanted to exist for a long time. The premise being this: You're on a ship going between destinations, but there's no light-speed shortcut, or jump-cut to the destination. Instead, you have to maintain the ship for the entire duration of the journey. Making sacrifices in power and computing ability to resolve problems that occur throughout the ship.

ta1243 2y ago
Just had a few seconds, A/D is strafing as I'd expect
- carlnewton 2y ago
  I just opened it again to make sure I wasn't imaginging it. Oddly enough, A works to strafe left for me, but D doesn't work to strafe right. I'm using Firefox 121.0. Edit: ignore me! It's one of my plugins!
  - cess11 2y ago
    If someone is using Vimium or something similar and aren't aware yet, entering input mode, usually 'i', will let key-presses slip by the plugin input parser and go straight to the web page.
franck 2y ago
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! I like your idea a lot, I would definitely play this.
peddling-brink 2y ago
That sounds similar to a sub-plot in Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Very interesting book!
- carlnewton 2y ago
  I've never heard of it, but I'm on the lookout for a new sci-fi read, so I think I'll get it! Thanks!
  - SamBam 2y ago
    Don't read it if you're terrified of spiders. Otherwise, it's a great book.
    - joshstrange 2y ago
      I hate spiders but I was able to get past it for this series. That and A Deepness in the Sky.
RA2lover 2y ago
See Tharsis (https://store.steampowered.com/app/323060/Tharsis/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/323060/Tharsis/) and Seedship (https://johnayliff.itch.io/seedship https://johnayliff.itch.io/seedship).
- winnie_ua 2y ago
  Wow. I didn't know that Seedship is available in browser. Played it on Android long time ago.
rom16384 2y ago
This game reminds me of the 90's FMV game Mission Critical [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Critical_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Critical_(video_game)
FragmentShader 2y ago
> you have to maintain the ship for the entire duration of the journey. Making sacrifices in power and computing ability to resolve problems that occur throughout the ship. There's a multiplayer game where you get in a match and play tiny minigames where you fix the issues of the ship, and once you fix them all, you win. The twist is, there is an assasin among all players, and his goal is to sabotage your ship even more and to kill everyone, without getting caught. So the duration of the journey is only based on how quick you either fix the ship, find the impostor or die. Wish I could remember the name, it was pretty popular during the pandemic.
- TimSchumann 2y ago
  I think you're thinking of Among Us. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Among_Us https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Among_Us
  - gexaha 2y ago
    [flagged]
  - FragmentShader 2y ago
    Yeah! Thanks :)
- daelon 2y ago
  https://spacestation13.com/ https://spacestation13.com/ maybe?
  - ZeWaka 2y ago
    Yeah this isn't the right game, but is much closer to a full game based on that idea than among us.
- 0xEF 2y ago
  Are you thinking of SpaceTeam? We had a ton of fun with this game at a previous job. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sleepingbeastgames.spaceteam https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sleepingbe...
nmarinov 2y ago
FTL: Faster Than Light is sort of similar to your premise but the style is very different - it's a roguelike RTS. https://subsetgames.com/ftl.html https://subsetgames.com/ftl.html > In FTL you experience the atmosphere of running a spaceship trying to save the galaxy. It's a dangerous mission, with every encounter presenting a unique challenge with multiple solutions. > What will you do if a heavy missile barrage shuts down your shields? > - Reroute all power to the engines in an attempt to escape? > - Power up additional weapons to blow your enemy out of the sky? > - Or take the fight to them with a boarding party?
- Matumio 2y ago
  Warning, FTL can be addictive. It has a heavy luck dependence that makes you want to try again. That said, the game mechanics are really well done and give you options for creative problem solving. For example your pilot increases the chance to evade missiles. Unless he is busy extinguishing a fire in another room. So instead you can open a door to space and power down your own oxygen supply. And use that power to charge a second weapon.
jrrv 2y ago
I have pages of notes for a game like this that I've been thinking about since university, largely inspired by Battlestar Galactica and The Expanse. This game reminded me of it too, maybe I'll get to it one day.
buzzy_hacker 2y ago
> You're on a ship going between destinations, but there's no light-speed shortcut, or jump-cut to the destination. Instead, you have to maintain the ship for the entire duration of the journey. Neptune's Pride [0] is a fantastic real-time strategy game that has this feature without the maintenance part. You play the game over the course of days instead of minutes or hours. And it may take hours for your ships to reach their destinations. A ton of fun with friends. [0] https://np.ironhelmet.com/#landing https://np.ironhelmet.com/#landing
gr8r 2y ago
had my vote at the landing page
davidw 2y ago
> the entire duration of the journey Sounds a bit like 'Desert Bus' https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/desert-bus-the-very-worst-video-game-ever-created https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/desert-b...
LanternLight83 2y ago
Sunless Seas and Sunless Skys are two narrative-driven games in the Fallen London universe which otherwise hit a lot of these beats.
taink 2y ago
I can recommend Tin Can, which is somewhat similar to what you're talking about. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1315980/Tin_Can/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1315980/Tin_Can/ You maintain an evacuation pod for as long as you can to survive the small journey (I think it can take as much as 30 minutes?) between the ship you're escaping and safety. It's not perfect but it might scratch your itch.
alisonatwork 2y ago
You might enjoy FAR: Lone Sails. I was a bit frustrated by having to spend most of the game running around fixing stuff, but if that mechanic appeals to you then it's surely one of the prettier running-around-fixing-stuff games there is. I also started a game a while back called Still There which seems like that's what it's going to be, but I haven't completed it yet so don't want to pass judgement. You're on a space station and not a ship, though, and it's point-and-click.

ta1243 2y ago

Just had a few seconds, A/D is strafing as I'd expect

carlnewton 2y ago
I just opened it again to make sure I wasn't imaginging it. Oddly enough, A works to strafe left for me, but D doesn't work to strafe right. I'm using Firefox 121.0. Edit: ignore me! It's one of my plugins!
- cess11 2y ago
  If someone is using Vimium or something similar and aren't aware yet, entering input mode, usually 'i', will let key-presses slip by the plugin input parser and go straight to the web page.

franck 2y ago

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! I like your idea a lot, I would definitely play this.

peddling-brink 2y ago

That sounds similar to a sub-plot in Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Very interesting book!

carlnewton 2y ago
I've never heard of it, but I'm on the lookout for a new sci-fi read, so I think I'll get it! Thanks!
- SamBam 2y ago
  Don't read it if you're terrified of spiders. Otherwise, it's a great book.
  - joshstrange 2y ago
    I hate spiders but I was able to get past it for this series. That and A Deepness in the Sky.

RA2lover 2y ago

See Tharsis (https://store.steampowered.com/app/323060/Tharsis/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/323060/Tharsis/) and Seedship (https://johnayliff.itch.io/seedship https://johnayliff.itch.io/seedship).

winnie_ua 2y ago
Wow. I didn't know that Seedship is available in browser. Played it on Android long time ago.

rom16384 2y ago

This game reminds me of the 90's FMV game Mission Critical [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Critical_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Critical_(video_game)

FragmentShader 2y ago

> you have to maintain the ship for the entire duration of the journey. Making sacrifices in power and computing ability to resolve problems that occur throughout the ship. There's a multiplayer game where you get in a match and play tiny minigames where you fix the issues of the ship, and once you fix them all, you win. The twist is, there is an assasin among all players, and his goal is to sabotage your ship even more and to kill everyone, without getting caught. So the duration of the journey is only based on how quick you either fix the ship, find the impostor or die. Wish I could remember the name, it was pretty popular during the pandemic.

TimSchumann 2y ago
I think you're thinking of Among Us. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Among_Us https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Among_Us
- gexaha 2y ago
  [flagged]
- FragmentShader 2y ago
  Yeah! Thanks :)
daelon 2y ago
https://spacestation13.com/ https://spacestation13.com/ maybe?
- ZeWaka 2y ago
  Yeah this isn't the right game, but is much closer to a full game based on that idea than among us.
0xEF 2y ago
Are you thinking of SpaceTeam? We had a ton of fun with this game at a previous job. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sleepingbeastgames.spaceteam https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sleepingbe...

nmarinov 2y ago

FTL: Faster Than Light is sort of similar to your premise but the style is very different - it's a roguelike RTS. https://subsetgames.com/ftl.html https://subsetgames.com/ftl.html > In FTL you experience the atmosphere of running a spaceship trying to save the galaxy. It's a dangerous mission, with every encounter presenting a unique challenge with multiple solutions. > What will you do if a heavy missile barrage shuts down your shields? > - Reroute all power to the engines in an attempt to escape? > - Power up additional weapons to blow your enemy out of the sky? > - Or take the fight to them with a boarding party?

Matumio 2y ago
Warning, FTL can be addictive. It has a heavy luck dependence that makes you want to try again. That said, the game mechanics are really well done and give you options for creative problem solving. For example your pilot increases the chance to evade missiles. Unless he is busy extinguishing a fire in another room. So instead you can open a door to space and power down your own oxygen supply. And use that power to charge a second weapon.

jrrv 2y ago

I have pages of notes for a game like this that I've been thinking about since university, largely inspired by Battlestar Galactica and The Expanse. This game reminded me of it too, maybe I'll get to it one day.

buzzy_hacker 2y ago

> You're on a ship going between destinations, but there's no light-speed shortcut, or jump-cut to the destination. Instead, you have to maintain the ship for the entire duration of the journey. Neptune's Pride [0] is a fantastic real-time strategy game that has this feature without the maintenance part. You play the game over the course of days instead of minutes or hours. And it may take hours for your ships to reach their destinations. A ton of fun with friends. [0] https://np.ironhelmet.com/#landing https://np.ironhelmet.com/#landing

gr8r 2y ago

had my vote at the landing page

davidw 2y ago

> the entire duration of the journey Sounds a bit like 'Desert Bus' https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/desert-bus-the-very-worst-video-game-ever-created https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/desert-b...

LanternLight83 2y ago

Sunless Seas and Sunless Skys are two narrative-driven games in the Fallen London universe which otherwise hit a lot of these beats.

taink 2y ago

I can recommend Tin Can, which is somewhat similar to what you're talking about. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1315980/Tin_Can/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1315980/Tin_Can/ You maintain an evacuation pod for as long as you can to survive the small journey (I think it can take as much as 30 minutes?) between the ship you're escaping and safety. It's not perfect but it might scratch your itch.

alisonatwork 2y ago

You might enjoy FAR: Lone Sails. I was a bit frustrated by having to spend most of the game running around fixing stuff, but if that mechanic appeals to you then it's surely one of the prettier running-around-fixing-stuff games there is. I also started a game a while back called Still There which seems like that's what it's going to be, but I haven't completed it yet so don't want to pass judgement. You're on a space station and not a ship, though, and it's point-and-click.