2022-10-14 Intro

*I updated the games main page. Be sure you have read that first.

Hi there, I'm Matt and I am making this game. For now, I am the only person working directly on design and code, but I have a few friends helping out with some graphics, testing and feedback. I hope to bring in more people to work on this project if I can.

I'm not doing a lot of dev blogs or change logs as I am focused on coding right now. Once I get all the small and basic stuff done, I'll have some interesting stuff to post about. I'll try to give a summery update here.

I'm still in the stage where I am working on base features. I have added most the basic actions like movement, targeting, firing, scanning and collecting. I built my own GUI system from scratch though it needs a graphical overhaul. I also got the social system working up to the point where global chat is working. I added waypoints, the waypoint menu, and the "go" button a bit more recently. Even more recently I added the space object markers and toggles for them. Most recently I got server commands for admins running.

Much of the graphics are getting updated. Some ship designs are stand-in assets, and some were provided by friends. The asteroids and stations are mostly generated using AI with a bit of post processing. A few friends and I have been playing around with AI graphics a bunch. The GUI will also be getting a graphical overhaul at some point too.

That is most of it in a very short form. I have obviously left out the nitty gritty bits, especially the network stuff, but that is where I'm at. Next up should be adding player made bases.