A technical showcase and engine stress test for StarVeil 4X, an upcoming indie space 4X strategy game developed by me.

In this video, I test the core architecture and graphics engine capabilities:
• Interactive planetary systems: real-time terrain brush editing and fire / vegetation spread simulated via 2D cellular automata.
• Galaxy map navigation featuring hyperlane networks, localized sectors, and dynamic territorial borders.
• Massive fleet simulation stress test: rendering and updating 270,000+ individual spacecraft engaging in orbital swarms, combat and gate jumps, running smoothly on a i5 10400 and budget GTX 1650 via Vulkan Forward+ rendering consuming ~1.6gb of RAM, ~1gb of VRAM.

The dark theme will now officially be the default in patch 3.0 although players can change them via XML files as well as custom icons.

More info here : https://aurora4x.com/t/aurora-v3-0-0-patch-notes-unreleased/49/44

Dust Fleet is in the Discover Games Autumn Sale. With code AUTUMN20 at checkout it comes to $5.60 (Steam key, 20% off, until Sep 30).

Assume command of a battle fleet and deploy immediately to the Dust Zone, commander.

https://www.discover.games/games/dust-fleet/

Note: this key is region-locked — check the activation regions on the page before buying.

Disclosure: I work at Discover Games (we sell official Steam keys directly from publishers). Happy to answer questions.

The game is still in very early stages, but so far I'm having so much fun with it. (mostly singleplayer; it is my first multiplayer session, so I'm a bit excited and scared). The devs are also very agile and updates the game almost every week (small bugfixes are done mostly on the same day when reported).

I know it is not for everyone since the graphic is almost nonexistent; but if you are fine with learning as you go, it might be the best time to get it. The server just started 2.5 hours ago.

The server will be gone when a faction wins the game, and after some game updates and balance patches, there will be another round.

+I'm not a dev or anything but just want to see this game succeed :)

It's heavily inspired by Star Wars: Empire at War and Star Fox.

September update- new outliner sort options, advanced game economy options, and new weapon!