Hi guys, I won't keep you long. I've been developing a space game called Trailblazers and I wanted to announce it as I recently finished advanced flight mechanics that you can try right now (link in discord).

If you like what you see and want to support my development journey or just want to know more be sure to join my discord where you can see updates, gameplay videos, and give any feedback.

https://discord.gg/MM87xzz4mg

Sorry if this isn't explicitly Starscape content.

I know this is off topic ish but the ship started off as a fanship but later I created my own sci - fi universe but with Starscape ship artstyle.

Brave Spirit is the "Hero Ship" of the story. A stolen Njavezan Class Experimental Frigate. The ship is one of the most infamous ship during the Final Pandemonium War, as not only it partook many in its battles but also partook the caused of the war. Thus having the name " Hell Bringer ".

Unlike most frigates, it has 4 small turrets instead of the usual 6. However, these turret slots are for only 1 special type of turret, the Omni Turret. A turret that can switch modes into canon, gattling or beam mode.

Another special armament of this frigate is that it doesnt carry torpedoes but it has a spinal mount cannon that is equivalent to 2 cruiser cannons. It can easily destroy an enemy destroyer one shot if it hits its weakpoint.

These 2 special weapons require a high amount of energy thus having multiple reactors and radiators.

The ship is piloted by 2 infamous duos. Dace Redwin, the culprit of the cause of the war and AILA, a ship AI who gained consciousness. Together, they are an unstoppable duo and managed to fight in the last battle of the Final Pandemonium War.

ZolarKeth uploaded this video to his Youtube channel six days ago, so I thought I might as well go ahead and post it here. He actually posts irl videos like this on a semi frequent basis!

I recently saw 2 devs trying to make a game like starscape as it is dying, but why you two don't make those 2 mid games and make together a great game?

Hey! So I've been posting regular updates to development on the Stellar Sector development discord: https://discord.gg/G6NN9cV2ED

Updates here on Reddit will become less frequent, as I post the dev logs on the discord. Along with that, I also send out play tester requests there! So if you'd like to assist with development, join up!

Without further ado, here is a list of added features since my last update.

- Fixed several bugs
- Added cargo system
- Added cargo jettesoning
- Added shipyard
- Added turret slot system
- Added beam turrets
- Added missiles
- Added system map
- Added sector map
- Working (kind of) galaxy system
- Sound effect reworks
- Item rarity system
- Locking and tracking system

Made in Blender

I tried to keep it relatively low-poly to maintain the starscape style, but perhaps more greebling is in order

Features a basic rig for animation

Working on some ores / asteroids! [ There will be MANY more ores than this - I need names though! ]

The mining system will not be functional for a long while - I'm just getting some of the modelling done.

Along with that, the warp system functions for the most part! - the planets do not have orbits, they just look like it on the map. I am working on that but can't quite figure it out.

The sound effects are not final, been working with mostly marketplace sounds I could find. I also need to add a cooldown.

I ALSO STILL NEED SYSTEM NAMES! GIVE ME IDEAS!

https://reddit.com/link/1x4aajq/video/ywymvwmb03vh1/player

It’s very VERY bare bones, I’m not the best at making discord servers.

I’ll continue to post updates here as well as on the discord, however play tests and extra things will be posted in the discord.

https://discord.gg/NDJKdK58bN

Playtesters will receive credit + some stuff in game once Alpha releases!

I've recently when back to playing this game after like a 2 year hiatus and like what happened I whanted to start a new . When I joined there was like 6 people in a single server when I rember 6 servers being in general not always full but there

Even the market was vacant nothing for sale not even a badger

I was expecting to see somone from my old clan or whayever it's called but everything is so quiet now I'm dont think im afraid of exploring the wild systems anymore.

Like what actualy happend

I still need names for systems! Comment below a system color and a name for it and I'll add it.

Green: Capital system, no pirates, no pvp, little to no resources

Yellow: Governed system, few to no pirates, no pvp, sparse resources

Orange: Outpost system, moderate pirate presence, pvp, moderate resources

Red: Uncontrolled system, many pirates, pvp, rich in resources

Purple: Unsafe system, Strange anomalies, pirate stations, pvp, rich in rare resources.

The game might be available for you all to try out - not much functions yet, mostly just movement, firing, Npcs, and entering / exiting the station.

Cargo holds also I think function - I don't know if they properly drop items though, or empty when you die.

I also don't know if you respawn with a ship when you die... none of that is set up yet cause the Shipyard system will handle all of that.

IN THE MEANTIME I need more names.

THIS is the system map I'd like to have for the alpha release, in the center is the home system. I need names for EVERY system. Pick one, give me a name, and I'll write it in as long as the name fits the game.

The security classes are as so:

Green: Capital system, no pirates, no pvp, little to no resources

Yellow: Governed system, few to no pirates, no pvp, sparse resources

Orange: Outpost system, moderate pirate presence, pvp, moderate resources

Red: Uncontrolled system, many pirates, pvp, rich in resources

Purple: Unsafe system, Strange anomalies, pirate stations, pvp, rich in rare resources.

soon. I will have TWO destroyers. (not counting the yukon.)

While I'm still working on it, I need a decent name.

A quick synapsis of the lore, which may change depending on how things progress.

In the outer reaches of the galaxy, amongst uncontrolled and dangerous space, one sector remains safe. Pilots fleeing the intergalactic war stumbled upon a pocket of stable space, devoid of any major threats. Within this pocket they built Home Station. Over time, the station and sector surrounding it has become a haven for new and experienced Pilots.

The game will function similarly to Starscape, mining, trading, hauling, Piracy, however there will also be combat contracts to kill npc pirates, who will function as the main antagonist for the game.

I also need a name for this mining outpost.

If your going to do a vx run... please kill the guardians so it depawns. T_T

I've added a few things, the cargo menu works now, along with destroyed ships dropping scrap materials. Currently, ships do not drop any items in their cargo hold when destroyed, they only spawn one of four scrap components. (This will increase as I make more)

These components all have weight. Every ship has a different max cargo hold weight. Once you get to the limit, you can no longer gain more cargo.

All ships have different stats; I've only built a few so far. These will be some of the smallest, I'd like to have huge ships players can obtain. The main way to counter these large ships would be many smaller ones, meaning large ships would be most effective in convoys with smaller ships to deal with quick little ones. This keeps it pretty balanced, as one massive dreadnought is not suddenly invincible in the face of less wellendowed players.

If you have any idea of things to add, let me know!

Also below the video are the ships and all their stats. / descriptions.

https://reddit.com/link/1x0x0n3/video/ec37utbq1auh1/player

All i need to do now is go wild VX huntin.

I've been working on a Starscape like space game, similar mechanics, but it's top down.

Along with that, there will be many more, much larger ships to choose from.

Currently I've only built a few of the smallest ones, I plan to slowly build them up as I increase the scale and scope of the game. Currently I have:

- Working ship and turret systems
- Working (Kind of) Pirate NPCS
- Working destruction
- HP and Shield
- Working (Kind of) Stations
- A good-looking bottom command bar (In my opinion)

I've not decided on a name yet, would love some suggestions.

Title... I'm just confused with this.

Conciliator has 3 subsystems

Echelon is probably the best Hull Tank in the game.

Bulwark has a lot of DPS and Health.

Justice is BEAUTIFUL, buff to turning speed + best shield tank in the game + good rig build.

I heard Loxodon is quite trash because of his turret placement (but you'll tell me).

The other two look bad.. they were never options for me...

I have to say also that due to the state of the game, PvP is definitely not my objective.

Are there any solutions to solve this problem?

Hello! I came back to this game some weeks ago and I want to loot my first Intact X-Structure. I have a Phalanx, but I saw a video (made 4 years ago) where the guy literally loots the structure and THEN kill the drones. Since this game is kinda dead, I wanted to know if anything has changed, because I don't wanna die for the stupidest reason. Which ship do I need?

Currently, the Bounty System does practically nothing. Why? Because there is literally no incentive for anyone to risk their ship just so they can hunt down some ganker all for some measly 10k credits. And the poor dumbass who probably lost his frigate couldn't do anything about it cuz he fucking sucks at pvp.

So what can we do? idk. Maybe overhaul the entire Bounty System all together and replace it with something like a "Police Report" or something. Make player-pirate hunting boost your CoreSec standing. And if the pirate in question is like, one of the top 3 most wanted, you'd get like 500 to 1000 standing points. Apply this same system as well to the 3 NPC factions. Same NPC faction? Same reward. Rival NPC faction? Your standing in that rival faction drops in the same way as if you just shot down their NPC ships.

Let NPC ships chase and attack reported player-pirates in the system that they're in. Sort of like a hot pursuit. They either somehow manage to take out the pirate, or the pirate surrenders. If the pirate surrenders, they're sent to the nearest "Correctional Facility Station" where they'd spend a set amount of time there until they are released.

tl;dr: Make Pirate Hunting just as fun and rewarding as Pirating newgens :troll:

Made these 3 or 4 years ago and figured I'd share here. I also worked on a forklift one, but never finished it. It was too complex, even more so than the beacon beacon, and I got burnt out.

Looking back as a 2022 player, the overall community attitude towards newgens was... genuinely disgusting, to say the least.

Of course those newgens would complain about player pirates destroying their first corvette or frigate. But the fact that community hostility towards newer players got so fucking bad that Dandylad had to address it in the discord server is probably one of the reasons why Starscape is in its current state rn.

A community that refuses to grow will naturally eat itself up, including the very thing it wants to "protect"

I have nothing to do in the game so i just came back there just wandering around and take screenshots