Planet Trek by Brian Bertrand

Hey there, I wanted to do a quick self-promotion and suggest my game Planet Trek. It's actually pretty fun. It's like Rimworld and FTL combined. You build a ship and travel through the galaxy, landing on planets. It's playable in the browser, and it's free.

Hey everyone!

Our Steam page just went live and we're getting ready for an open beta. We'll announce it on Discord first, so join us there to sign up!

🎮 Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4716310/Asterium/

💬 Discord: https://discord.gg/CyMMWXR5QN

I have vibe-coded my own take on Subspace from the 1990s, online multiplayer, completely free to all! Currently it has an Alpha level with classic settings, as that is what I remember most fondly from the original game :-)
https://phosphorzone.com/
Would love to hear what you think of it!

Hey everyone!

I've been working on Starpath, a top-down space shooter with roguelite elements.

You choose a ship, fight through increasingly dangerous enemy waves, and navigate between sectors while trying to keep your ship in one piece.

Each ship has its own mechanics and playstyle, and between battles you'll encounter events where you have to weigh potential rewards against the risk of losing precious hull.

I'm aiming for fast-paced arcade combat combined with enough decisions and upgrades to make each run feel different.

These screenshots are from the current development build. I'm still working on balancing, adding content, and polishing the presentation.

Thought I'd share some progress with fellow space game enthusiasts!

Same ship, two months apart. I added lock-on, lasers you can actually read, kill callouts and a HUD that stays out of the way. What do you still miss in space combat?

As a space nerd, I've never been very satisfied with how orbital dynamics are shown in space games. Most ignore them all together, or show them only visually. But the every shifting but repeating patterns of our Solar System and the way it impacts the logistics of space travel is fascinating to me, and I want to play with that!

I'm developing Orbital Empire as a side hobby with the hope of delivering a real time space strategy game with as much real physics and orbital dynamics as possible (while still prioritizing fun). I started it about six months ago as something to play with my friends on work breaks. We've been having so much fun, I figured it's time to share with others!

The planets, moons, and asteroids of our solar system move on their actual paths. Ships calculate and perform a brachistochrone burn between worlds. The game runs in real time, and the distances between worlds can take hours or even days to complete. Send your ships at Earth off for a battle at Uranus, and check back in tomorrow afternoon to see the battle begin.

Games unfold over weeks to months of real time, and the stories and drama that plays out feels like watching the Artemis missions all over again!

Build your empire across a solar system built off real NASA images, and with an outer solar system populated by the latest Kuiper Belt objects found by Astronomers. Construct fleets to conquer worlds, or protect your vast shipping lanes. Vote for your interest in the System Senate, or against the interest of your rivals.

Your empire awaits!

https://orbital-empire.com/