News Between the Stars - Now OUT in Early Access

[prudis]

Between the Stars is a space action game with RPG growth and real time combat that places you at the helm of an interstellar cruiser. Your mission will be to protect the civilized world from the Children of the Sun, a faction that dominates border planets in the known universe. In order to undertake your mission you must cross the galaxy, face new challenges at each warp jump, and make difficult decisions that affect your ship, crew and the world that surrounds you while upgrading your ship's equipment and fighting in battles to survive.

• Fight in intense space battles in real time.
• Use special abilities on your ship in the right moment to mark the difference on the battlefield.

• Unlock, upgrade, personalize and buy different playable ships and their systems in order to conquer the galaxy.
• Create a captain and develop them throughout the adventure. Level them up and acquire different attributes depending on your decisions.
• Explore the stellar map and its events generated in a procedural universe.

• Visit space stations and planets across different sectors that make up the galaxy.
• Hire and upgrade your crew in order to face the dangers of the universe. Ensure their safety and cover your casualties, as well as level them up.

• Hundreds of text based events that will pit your capacity as well as your crews against countless dangers.
• Craft, salvage, and investigate new weaponry in order to augment your offensive capabilities.
• Decisions made in one event could change the evolution of the entire playthrough.
• Enjoy a standard difficulty mode or play with permadeath on for a challenge.

Early Access info

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?
“While we cannot accurately pinpoint a launch date, we can say that it will take approximately one year and potentially a bit more depending on myriad of factors.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?
“We plan to add the following to the final version of the game:

1. Ships: There will be multiple new playable ships available for the player to purchase, customize and play as.
2. New internal systems and weapons for your ships.
3. Many new events (secondary and random) for you to encounter.
4. The final two chapters in the game will be available.
5. A New wave based gameplay mode will be added.
6. General polish and optimization.
7. Controller support.
8, More OST music (more tracks).”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?
“The current version of the title has a total of 160 events between secondary, random and main storyline events. There are 9 playable ships, fully customizable, each with their systems and armaments. Currently there's around 12 hours of gameplay split into three main chapters, with an additional Prologue chapter. Voice acting is present during the current main mission chapters. There are minor bugs in the title that we are working to polish, with optimization being a focus as well.”

originally funded on KS back in october

 

[EdwardTivrusky]

I've watched a couple of Steam broadcasts of this and it's on my list with an eye to picking it up on payday ... and Void Bastards ... and, so many other games have my eye next month it's awesome.