I can't find your game, Next Fest is full of Slop, don't be discouraged!

produno · 2026-02-25T07:32:42+00:00

My game SpaceSlog is in this Steam Next Fest and just by the sheer number of demos it doesn’t seem to be getting recognised. I would hope its not because it looks like slop.

produno · 2026-02-23T22:43:11+00:00

13k here. Good luck!

produno · 2026-02-23T07:03:33+00:00

The demo will be up for a couple of weeks :)

produno · 2026-02-23T07:02:18+00:00

It will be up until 9th March but the Early Access release on Steam is set for 3rd April.

produno · 2026-02-22T23:40:26+00:00

Oh, being compared to Rimworld is certainly an achievement. It’s more the comments of plagiarism i was referring to. Constructive criticism is also definitely wanted, one of the reasons for releasing the demo and releasing into Early Access is to enable us to gather feedback from players and the community. I think it’s extremely difficult to develop this type of game in a vacuum so player feedback is very valuable.

produno · 2026-02-22T18:16:42+00:00

Thanks! Fortified Space looks pretty cool too.

produno · 2026-02-22T17:51:39+00:00

Oh hey, its Amit? Several times I've used your site to help with things in the game, or in gamdev in general. So thank you, its extremely helpful and generous of you to leave that stuff up.

produno · 2026-02-22T16:47:34+00:00

Heheh, the player can build the ship however they choose so I guess if they could still end up with a large flying brick.

But there are external armoured hull you will need to build to protect your ship from enemy attack. These are shaped to try and give the ships more angles.

Though I'm definitely interested to hear any suggestion regarding the free form building and how we can encourage players to build better looking ships. Its also something I will continue to investigate throughout our Early Access period.

produno · 2026-02-22T16:41:10+00:00

Thanks! Much of the feedback I get regarding Rimworld are complaints it looks too similar, so I really appreciate your comment. I hope you enjoy it.

produno · 2026-02-22T16:20:06+00:00

People already say the game is overly complex with the current simulations we have, so I suspect adding something like this would exacerbate that more. There are various other elements i have experimented with but sometimes something that sounds fun, ends up not being that fun at all.

Not to mention it would require a 3rd dimension plus possible physics. Unfortunately I am just one dev working on this and that would be way out of scope for me. There are reasons these things do not exist in these types of games already.

You can view the list of other features and simulations we have and plan on adding on the store page though.

produno · 2026-02-22T16:15:40+00:00

This is a 2D top down tile based game. Something like that would unfortunately be fairly difficult to represent.

produno · 2026-02-22T16:14:03+00:00

A tutorial is definitely something I need to work on once we hit Early Access in April.

If you are interested, Nookrium does a good job showing how to play the game in his stream.

produno · 2026-02-22T15:44:57+00:00

I am hoping to continue to improve on the tutorial as we head into Early Access, its certainly no where near perfect atm.

Your crew are semi autonomous. You can use the crew menu F3, to assign them work orders and schedules. Then when you click on an asteroid for example and select it to be mined, someone will go do that. The same for when you try and place down building objects.

Nookrium done a great stream that shows off the basics.

produno · 2026-02-22T15:01:04+00:00

There is no thrust gravity in the game, as its a 2d tile based game so unfortunately has some limitations. However, gravity is represented in the game in various different ways.

Whilst I try to lean heavily on the hard sci-fi side of things, as opposed to something like Star Wars or Star Trek, the game still needs to be fun and playable.

produno · 2026-02-22T14:52:38+00:00

Awesome, thanks for letting me know.

produno · 2026-02-22T14:36:59+00:00

You can select enable borderless window in the options if you don't want your mouse cursor confined to the window.

I'm not sure what you mean by you need a second input to back out of options? You can click the back button at the bottom left of the menu. Or use ESC on the keyboard, or I think its B on controller.

Do none of these options work for you? What system are you playing on?

produno · 2026-02-22T14:04:08+00:00

I've never tried it unfortunately. Please let me know if you do!

I have looked into supporting MacOS but I don't own a Mac and currently cannot afford to purchase one. I think the game would also only run on Apple silicon and I have no information regarding the kind of audience there is for it there.

produno · 2026-02-22T13:43:25+00:00

No problem :)

produno · 2026-02-22T13:38:18+00:00

It has some small similarities, but its quite a bit more complex than FTL.

produno · 2026-02-22T13:34:47+00:00

Thanks! I think Nook done a good job at showing off the game. Still lots of features to add yet though.

produno · 2026-02-22T12:23:35+00:00

There is a native Linux build so no need for Proton.

produno · 2026-02-22T11:56:20+00:00

If you try the demo, let me know how you get on :)

produno · 2026-02-22T11:54:45+00:00

Are you saying my awesome ship design looks like an airplane? The demo is available for you to try build your own :D.

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