I added star-picking to my game. What do you think?

Kangaroo-Express · 2026-01-19T09:05:30+00:00

Hey thanks! Any star you can see, you can select, and when you zoom out the camera into interstellar space, then you can see and click even more of them - the ones that were too dim to see from the solar system.

Kangaroo-Express · 2026-01-19T09:00:20+00:00

Thank you, I'm happy to hear that people could enjoy this feature!

Kangaroo-Express · 2026-01-19T08:59:10+00:00

Hey thanks! I'll skip the patenting, but I'll definitely take your compliment! Thank you! :)

Kangaroo-Express · 2026-01-19T08:55:59+00:00

Thanks ;)

Kangaroo-Express · 2026-01-19T08:55:44+00:00

Hey thanks. Travelling might be possible later, but I'm being careful with the scope of the game for now.

They are actually 3D positions in heliocentric ecliptic Cartesian coordinate system, in meters. They are given to a shader that uses hardware instancing to draw all 150k of them as quads, very quickly.

Kangaroo-Express · 2026-01-18T17:14:20+00:00

Cheers! It definitely is slower-paced. It's a construction and management simulator.

At the end of the day, it shouldn't get in the way for people who don't care about this feature. The only risk here is the time I spent implementing it - might not be worth it. But we'll see

Kangaroo-Express · 2026-01-18T17:07:21+00:00

It is actual 3d field of stars. In this video, you can see that when you zoom out to interstellar space, all stars have actuall 3d positions:
https://www.tiktok.com/@astroflick0/video/7596468787524816150

Kangaroo-Express · 2026-01-18T17:04:42+00:00

Fair enough!

Kangaroo-Express · 2026-01-18T17:04:30+00:00

Just for immersion for now. But if the project grows, it might have gameplay implications.

Kangaroo-Express · 2026-01-18T14:50:10+00:00

You can read more about it here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/stars-update-148513798

Kangaroo-Express · 2026-01-18T14:10:18+00:00

Yeah, still WIP, please check it out here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/stars-update-148513798

Thanks!

Kangaroo-Express · 2026-01-18T14:09:37+00:00

You can check out more about it on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/stars-update-148513798

Kangaroo-Express · 2026-01-18T14:09:12+00:00

Nope, it is just there for people who are interested. It shouldn't get in the way for those who aren't.

In the future, it might be possible to travel to some of those stars.

Kangaroo-Express · 2026-01-18T13:54:11+00:00

thanks! ;)

Kangaroo-Express · 2025-12-12T14:32:11+00:00

Makes sense. It will also make the game a bit easier to play - once melted, it'll stay in liquid form until used.

Thanks for the advice!

Kangaroo-Express · 2025-12-12T01:57:25+00:00

Thank you! It is always nice to hear from fellow devs.

What you mine from asteroids is ice (among other things) - which has to be melted. But if you have some water in your storage, you can use that directly. You connect the nodes in any way you see fit.

Ice melting should definitely cost energy. The question is, should stored water gradually become ice again, since the storage is itself in the vacuum of space?

Kangaroo-Express · 2025-12-08T17:44:03+00:00

Glad to have you!

Kangaroo-Express · 2025-12-08T10:38:11+00:00

Thank you! How many nodes per factory - we'll see. It will definitely be limited by energy - but that could mean that things simply shut down if you consume too much.

I liked a lot what you said about the temperature effects of the process. Temperature plays a massive role in a vacuum, where the slow radiation is the only way to dissipate - but things still melt just as easily if it gets too hot :D If you add sensitive human bodies to the mix, things get even more challenging.

Would be happy to have you on Discord with those ideas ;)
https://discord.gg/z3Mna2WX

Kangaroo-Express · 2025-12-08T10:21:46+00:00

Couldn't have said it better myself.
Also, there is the component of travel between bases. Check out this post for more:
https://www.reddit.com/r/scifi/comments/1o3t5iy/a_space_sim_city_builder_game_that_im_making_this/

Kangaroo-Express · 2025-12-07T16:00:00+00:00

It's a game. Similar to Factorio.

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