What gameplay is currently in the demo?

[MrBloodworth]

Very interested in this game for my group. But my question is what features and or gameplay is currently in and working in the demmo/Game? Is there a Game yet?

Thank you.

[Scrogdog]

No game yet. At present you can wander the ship and interact with some systems and a few NPCs (and a chicken). You can fly the ship and "see the sights" as it were. But there are no landings or even collisions yet though those things are coming.

[pt88]

The main systems in the demo are ship sensors + navigation on the bridge (along with a whole galaxy to explore), and the engineering systems, oh and several decks to explore. There are tutorials for both so get stuck in.

Though the demo is fairly bare bones at the moment, the engineering tutorial especially should give you a good idea as to how detailed the ships systems are, because they are structured and connected with principles used in real sea ships - every system is logically connected to some other system or source of power with actual cabling / piping, and every button and panel does (or will do) something - there are no (or will be no) redundant panels and buttons like you see on many other space games.

Just bear in mind the game is still in early pre-alpha access so don't expect too much.

[thelamaknows]

At the moment the main thing that is fairly fleshed out is starting the ship's reactor core and powering up the ship from 'cold and dark'.
This is fairly involved and is meant to showcase the concept of ship wide systems. There is an entire process for firing up the reactor and getting the ship to run under it's own power.
Once you have the ship started up, the Navigation section of the bridge comes online and you can then warp around to a select variety of stellar objects.
Beyond that-- not much. After the tutorial you can fire up the reactor in a few minutes or dashing about. Flying around is fun for awhile but you can't do anything at these locations.
It does all look really good. The windows can be tinted or even have screen-saver images displayed. Crew just sort of walks around but doesn't really do anything yet. You'll only see Engineering crew.

[Masked]

God I hope they get rid of the chicken. I really dislike games that add chickens for no reason. I don't even get why so many devs focus on this. It's one of the worst immersion breaking things when pet chickens are in a game, or a chicken with powers etc lol

[claire]

Originally posted by Masked:

God I hope they get rid of the chicken. I really dislike games that add chickens for no reason. I don't even get why so many devs focus on this. It's one of the worst immersion breaking things when pet chickens are in a game, or a chicken with powers etc lol

Admiral Cluck Norris is a part of The Magellan. She'll always be there because the crew will need fresh eggs ( along with her friends).

[Masked]

Originally posted by claire:

Originally posted by Masked:

God I hope they get rid of the chicken. I really dislike games that add chickens for no reason. I don't even get why so many devs focus on this. It's one of the worst immersion breaking things when pet chickens are in a game, or a chicken with powers etc lol

Admiral Cluck Norris is a part of The Magellan. She'll always be there because the crew will need fresh eggs ( along with her friends).

Well as long it's just a chicken with an actual purpose then that is fine. I just keep seeing immortal chickens and chickens with gameplay mechanics in so many games that don't serve a purpose a real chicken would and that just ruins immersion for me.

Thanks for the reply

[Victus]

Have a look in this video, hopefully the tech demo gets an update, this game is a gem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLpkObtmr6w