This Space Of Mine (TSOM) is a sandbox/space exploration project where the concept is to have cubic voxel-based planets (à la Minecraft) that allow you to build your spaceship to explore other planets and eventually other systems.
This is a game project inspired by three experiences I've encountered:
- Spacebuild (an old Garry's Mod mod) focused on building a spaceship, managing its oxygen, electricity, etc.
- Outer Wilds: exploring a system with bizarre but interesting physical laws.
- Oxygen Not Included: micro-management game of a space colony (including atmosphere management, liquids, etc.).
However, to avoid an overly ambitious and unachievable project, the goal is to maximize incremental progress. One of the first objectives of the game is to have a sufficiently stable multiplayer base to play together (even before adding any content) and to make it easy to get the latest client version to connect to an always-active server.
Then, features will gradually be added to gather feedback during development, somewhat like an agile approach where the product is continuously tested by anyone.
Once the project is reasonably polished, I also plan to release it on Steam to make it more accessible.