Will they ever make a 3D RPG in the FTL Universe?

[Hurricane]

I mean they have some nice races and ship designs already, the ship specs would be amazing i mean droids onboard and orbiting the ships in an RPG style such as Freelancer? Truly amazing!!

The Unique races would be very nice and could wage war in certain sectors, obv the rebels could at war with the federation and then add more mysterious sectors such as the crystal race or even more!

I know these devs are only tiny but it doesnt have to be perfect graphics, freelancer graphics would be fine for me, look at Galaxy on flames 2 its nice to play and is a mobile game!

Im sure they would get the funds from kickstarter too!!

[Sirius]

Probably not.
Like you already know, the dev team is very small - and from my own experience I can say it is very different to program a 3D game than a 2D one.
For starters, you need other kinds of artists than they probably have, 3D meshes and textures are quite different from 2D sprites. Even when we assume they would use an available engine rather than program their own, it's still a totally different thing.

Besides, personally, I don't believe th game would have been recieved as well as a 3D game - I really think the top-down "retro"-look is a huge part of the charm.

I get what you're saying, though. A proper 3D game in the FTL universe would be neat.

Really not that similar, but take a look at "Drox Operative"
It's a sort of ActionRPG like Diablo in space, only your "Character" is your ship that also develops, and the Sectors are randomly generated, with adjustable options (Size, number of species, etc). I really like that game, and was thinking about a FTL mod for it the other day, as it is very moddable.
But like I said, it's really more like Diablo than FTL.
Still a good indie (pseudo-) 3D space game where you start with a crappy little ship (as one of 12 or even more races) that you need to build up and equip with loot.

However, the pricing is a bit cheeky.

[Hurricane]

Well tbh they could even keep the 2D look if they expand the universe but im sure people would get bored faster.

A 3D game would truly be amazing, i have a feeling this star citizen is gonna flop hard as they have hyped it up way too much, they are already selling ships which is just dumb and shows they are only after cash in the end......

[Sirius]

Heard about Star Citizen, but I agree that it will not go over well.
While I am the first to jump on these games, I do have concerns regarding SC.
As I have for Elite: Dangerous.
I rarely see good things in games that flat out require permanent internet connection (as both those examples do, if my information is correct)

But agreed, a FTL-like game in 3D would be (possibly) pretty awesome.

[Gl1tchMaster]

tbh, I don't think this game would benefit from being put in a 3D space.

[Hurricane]

Fireb4llz の投稿を引用：

tbh, I don't think this game would benefit from being put in a 3D space.

Then youve never played freelancer?

[yacabo]

Look up Pulsar the lost colony, you like what you find

[Hurricane]

yacabo の投稿を引用：

Look up Pulsar the lost colony, you like what you find

Seems more story based and has square graphics lol :(

[Dr. McWeazel]

Uh, yeah. Having a solid story around which your game is centered is generally a good thing, as long as the gameplay is decent.