Stardust Tycoon (itch)

Stardust Tycoon

This game is a 2D sandbox space game, inspired by the original "Frontier Elite". I've taken some liberties regarding the gameplay, but overall, you're a space pilot and can choose your own destiny!

Features

• Procedurally generated expanding 2D universe
• Thousands of different ship brands you can fly
• Numerous upgrades to your ships to help in your adventure
• Interact with a lot of different NPC's and follow their daily routines
• Help local enforcement in keeping planets safe
• Stock market - Buy and sell shares to increase your wealth

Roles

• Trader. Buy and sell commodities between systems
• Passenger carrier. Transfer passengers between system
• Pirate. Attack traders and ferries and loot them for their commodities, avoid the local law enforcement
• Miner. Mine ore and find rare gems and minerals
• Explorer. Discover new star systems, and reveal the story of an ancient alien race

Buzz words

• Travel in a continuously expanding procedurally generated 2D universe
• Choose your own fate and fortune. Be any role at any time
• Increase your wealth, and use it to get bigger and better ships - or to upgrade existing ones
• Reveal the mystery story regarding an ancient superior race, long gone
• Encounter thousands of different other ships, some friends some foes
• Help local community by taking on missions
• Mine ore on the planets to further increase your wealth
• Colonize new star systems - Make them your own
• Become the ultimate tycoon in space
  

DEMO BUILD #4 RELEASED (24.08.2018)

The game comes in 2 downloads:

1. A version without Java bundled. This means you have to have Java installed on your machine before playing (16MB)

2. A version with Java bundled. This version runs without further downloads (59MB)

Recommended specs to run the game

• OS: Windows 7, 8, 10
• 32bit OS required
• Processor: Intel I5 or higher
• Memory: 4Gb Ram
• Hard Disk Space: 250MB
• Video Card: OpenGL compatible dedicated graphics card, min. resolution 1280x800

Timeline

24.08.2018: I've uploaded a new demo of the game, containing a lot of bugfixes and improvements to the game. See the development log entry for details.

17.08.2018: I've setup a Discord server where ideas, feedback and bugs can be discussed. https://discord.gg/s4AwyTq - Here I will answer questions and comments.

01.07.2018: A new version has been uploaded (0.32) with a lot of changes under the hood.  See the devlog entry for full details.

21.06.2018 : I have uploaded a new version (0.31) with faster generation of universe. Plus I now save a log file with all loggings while the game is running. In case of problems with the hyperjump, please open this log-file and paste it to the comments (or PM me with the content)

17.06.2018 : I have now released the first demo build of the game, displaying the core game mechanics.

Help me, please :)

Since this is an early demo build, I would really appreciate it, if you could open the file stats.txt after you've finished playing and paste the contents of the file in the comments below. This gives me valuable data, that I need when optimizing the code.

This file is placed in \users\<yourname>\AppData\Roaming\Stardust Tycoon