Welcome to this week’s podcast, my friends! This week, Jim, Spaz, Hunter and I take a look back at the games we’ve previously covered on the show, to see how they’re doing. Our criteria
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Show Notes
Completed Games – 70
- Episode 10 – Infinite Space 3
- Episode 15 – Ring Runner
- Episodes 17 & 47 – Void Destroyer – Sequel in development
- Episode 21 – Distant Worlds – Obvious.
- Episode 23 – Eterium
- Episode 25 – Star Ruler 2
- Episode 28 – Artemis
- Episode 30 – Enemy Starfighter – Became another game.
- Episode 38 – The Last Federation
- Episode 39 – X Rebirth
- Episode 41 – Galactic Civilizations III
- Episodes 49 & 160 – SPAZ 2
- Episodes 51 & 157 – Ascent – The Space Game
- Episode 52 – Tactical Space Command
- Episode 56 – Space Salvager
- Episode 59 – Exodus of Sol
- Episode 61 – Interplanetary
- Episode 62 – Starship Corporation
- Episode 65 – Zigfrak
- Episode 69 – Starpoint Gemini 2
- Episode 70 – Elite Dangerous
- Episode 74 – Reassembly
- Episode 75 – Ancient Space
- Episode 77 – Cosmonautica
- Episode 78 – Apollo4X
- Episode 79 – Beyond Sol
- Episode 80 – Gratuitous Space Battles Series
- Episode 81 – Rebel Galaxy
- Episode 90 – StarDrive 2
- Episode 91 – Sol Trader
- Episode 92 – Into the Stars
- Episode 94 – Quintet
- Episode 96 – Transcendence
- Episode 104 – Zotrix
- Episode 105 – Dimension Drive
- Episode 113 – Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy
- Episode 114 – Close Order
- Episode 115 – Defect
- Episode 116 – Battle of Sol
- Episode 120 – Everspace
- Episode 121 – Conflicks
- Episode 132 – Polaris Sector
- Episode 136 – Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation Simulator
- Episode 138 – Star Nomad 2
- Episode 139 – Stars in Shadow
- Episode 140 – Tharsis
- Episode 146 – Concealed Intent
- Episode 150 – The Fleets of Sol
- Episode 151 – Starpoint Gemini Warlords
- Episode 153 – Close Order
- Episode 156 – The Long Journey Home
- Episode 158 – Falling Stars: War of Empires
- Episode 159 – 3030 Deathwar Redux
- Episode 163 – Sol Trader
- Episode 176 – Endless Space 2
- Episode 180 – Particle Fleet: Emergence
- Episode 183 – BossConstructor
- Episode 203 – Empyrean Frontier
- Episode 208 – Deep Sixed
- Episode 209 – Icarus Starship Command Simulator
- Episode 210 – Spacecats with Lasers
- Episode 211 – Star Fleet Armada Rogue Adventures
- Episode 213 – Space Tyrant
- Episode 219 – Solar Settlers
- Episodes 224 & 266 – Helium Rain
- Episodes 230 & 259 – Star Traders: Frontiers
- Episode 231 – Orbital Racer
- Episode 267 – ADIOS Amigos
- Episode 271 – X4: Foundations
- Episode 274 – Hypergate
Games Still in Development – 49
- Episodes 3, 101 & 161 – Rogue System – Developer suffered a head injury, so development is on hold, but we hope it continues.
- Episode 4 – Star Citizen – Yup.
- Episode 14 – Rodina – Still working on it!
- Episode 32 – Pulsar Lost Colony – Still being regularly updated.
- Episodes 68, 168 & 236 – Imperia – Now Alliance of the Sacred Suns, still in development, albeit slowly.
- Episode 82 – Wayward Terrain Frontier – Still in development.
- Episodes 111 & 175 – Starfighter Inc – Still in development, about to undergo a name change, apparently.
- Episode 127 – Descent Underground – Renamed Descent, still in development.
- Episodes 128 & 177 – Void Destroyer 2 – Slowly coming along, looking great.
- Episode 130 – Infinity
Battlescpape – Still coming along slowly. - Episode 141 – Planetary Prospectors A.R.M. – Development is
slow, but still ongoing. Renamed to ARM PLANETARY PROSPECTORS Asteroid Resource Mining. - Episode 142 – GalaCollider – Still in development, albeit a bit slow.
- Episode 143 – Drifter – Might be in development forever.
- Episode 145 – Wing Commander: Flat Universe – Still coming along.
- Episode 148 – Star Command Galaxies – Slowly but steadily coming along.
- Episode 165 – Galactineers – Development is really slow, but
developer is active, so it seems to be ongoing. - Episode 169 – Planet Nomads – Seems to be nearly done development.
- Episode 173 – Dual Universe – Still under development.
- Episode 179 – Convicted Galaxy – Still being worked on, albeit slowly.
- Episode 186 – Space Engineers – Will always be in development.
- Episode 189 – Avorion – Still chugging along.
- Episode 195 – Lightspeed Frontier – Still being worked on, according to its developer.
- Episode 198 – Skywanderers – Developer still posting development videos, so it seems to be ongoing.
- Episode 206 – Astrobase Command – Still chugging along.
- Episode 205 – Remnants of the Precursors – Developer still seems to be working on it, though there’s not been a new alpha in a year.
- Episode 214 – Space Impossible – Still in very active development.
- Episode 217 – Hellion – Still coming along.
- Episode 218 – Interstellar Space: Genesis – Making some nice headway, this one.
- Episode 220 – Galactic Crew – Still in active development.
- Episode 221 – Interstellar Transport Company – Still being developed actively.
- Episode 222 – Cosmoteer – Still under very active development.
- Episode 223 – Nightstar/Nightstar: Rogue Wings – Dev has a new VR game in development, Rogue Wings is changing direction, apparently.
- Episode 227 – Astrox Imperium – Still under active development.
- Episode 232 – Starship Horizons Bridge Simulator – Last update was 10/18, so it still seems to be chugging along.
- Episode 235 – Angels Fall First – Still under active development.
- Episode 237 – Starmancer – Ported to a new engine in September, so hopefully still in development.
- Episode 239 – MegaWars – Has undergone a name change, but development is still ongoing.
- Episode 242 – Undercrewed – Still in development.
- Episode 246 – Solar Warden – Still in development.
- Episode 248 – Age of Space – Still coming along.
- Episode 251 – Remnant – Still in development.
- Episode 252 – Starfighter: Infinity – Approaching late beta and release.
- Episode 258 – Landinar: Into the Void – Coming along nicely!
- Episode 262 – Executive Assault 2 – Coming along great.
- Episode 264 – Noble Armada: Lost Worlds – Still seems to be in active development.
- Episode 265 – Starcom: Nexus – Still plugging along!
- Episode 268 – Rebel Galaxy Outlaw –
Hopefully will be out soon! - Episode 270 – Interstellar Rift – Still making progress!
- Episode 273 – Star Dynasties – Early in development still.
Abandoned/Incomplete Games – 22
- Episode 13 – Dominium
- Episode 18 – Galactose – Appears abandoned, no updates since 2016. However, was told they were at a con recently, so who knows for sure?
- Episode 22 – Void of Darkness – Game sort of released then apparently abandoned in
incomplete state, based on what I’ve played. - Episode 27 – Wings of Saint Nazaire – Dev moved onto Rebel Galaxy Outlaw, not sure if they’ll ever return to this one.
- Episode 29 – Star Villains and Space Heroes – No new posts since 2013, appears abandoned.
- Episode 34 – Mandate – Abandoned,
company shut down. - Episode 35 – Skyjacker – Website still exists, but no new posts since 2013, appears
abandonded . - Episode 42 – Star Quest 2 – No updates since 2013 since failed Kickstarter, appears abandoned.
- Episode 55 – Slower than Light – No posts since 2014 after failed Kickstarter, appears abandoned.
- Episode 99 – Space Warfare: Infinite – Seems to have been either renamed or abandoned for another game called Embers of Empire.
- Episodes 102 & 149 – Descendants:
Voidbourne – No new video or update since 2016. Seems abandoned. - Episode 106 – Shallow Space – Site no longer exists,
game seems abandoned. - Episode 108 – Commander Kamala – No updates on blog or social media since 2016, appears abandoned.
- Episode 109 – Quasar – Site no longer exists, can’t find any other updates, appears abandoned.
- Episode 123 – Galactic Conquerers – Can’t even find info about the game, likely abandoned.
- Episode 131 – The Final Frontier: Space Simulator –
Last update in 2016, appears abandoned. - Episode 134 – Fringes of the Empire – Appears abandoned, still in early access, no updates in ages, dev working on a new game.
- Episode 178 – Nebula Online – No updates since 2016, appears abandoned.
- Episode 182 – Atomic Space Command – Appears to be abandoned.
- Episode 207 – Sirius Online – Abandoned, developer launching follow up game after successful crowdfunding campaign.
- Episode 225 – Daath Origins – No updates from
developer sinceMarch, 2018, seems abandoned. - Episode 261 – Starflight 3 – After crowdfunding failed, this appears to have been abandoned.
Other Games Mentioned
- Genesis Alpha One
- Starsector
- Overload
- Terminal Velocity
- Descent (2019)
- Star Wars: Republic Commando
- Metroid Series
- Star Wars: Empire at War
- Star Wars: Battlefront II
- Star Wars: Chess
- Raw Data
- Starshatter – add links
- Gemini Wars
- Forza Horizon 4
- Battlefield: Hardline
- Monster Hunter: World
- EVE Online
- Robo Recall
- Genesis Alpha One
- EDF 5
- Ace Combat 7
- Sunless Skies
- Mechwarrior Online
- Ace Combat 5
- Jane’s USNF
- Strike Commander
- Vector Thrust
- Warthunder
- Steel Beasts
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
- Assassin’s Creed Origins
- SYNTHETIK
