This is a FLOSS game inspired by Escape Velocity Nova, but in 3D™.
Inspirations mainly taken from EV Nova, Sid Meier's Pirates and Crusader Kings. Some more ideas you'll find in docs
In particular, Ramblings about what this game should be.txt is a long but interesting (imo) read.
Uses Godot Engine (3.2) because I've decided that I wanted to actually try and make something playable this time. I've tried this as a pet project coding my own engine recently, but it's just too time-consuming :p
To function, the godot project needs a data/ folder at the root. You can find it over at https://github.com/wraitii/WindRider-data
- simple editors
- auto-aim and auto-intercept
- weapons firing projectiles, and turreted weapons.
- Ships have an actual hold, made of cells, that items can be stored in, with specific areas for engine parts and hardpoint.
- This is one area where I'm taking a different road from the Escape Velocity concept of 'Mass' and 'Cargo Space'.
- (very simple) AI ships that you can kill.
- Basic architecture of a trait/event system
- Functional commodity market (ish)
- The outfitter is technically in there though probably broken at the moment of writing this.
- Several pathfinding improvements -> letting player pick target systems, having a proper autopilot.
- AI improvements, such as some actual collision avoidance and/or pathing (ties in with pathfinding improvements).
- Many missions need to be added.
- Missiles of all kind and beam weapons.
- Trade needs to actually be useful.
- Add a bar, with a 'fighting' mechanic somewhat inspired by Sid Meier's Pirates -> So that you can bounty-hunt in bars.
- Also this ought to tie in with danger in stations and such. Some places will be too dangerous to go.
- Might have a low-sec and a high-sec bar in some stations.
- Add a boarding mechanic. Again, might do something like Sid Meier's Pirates to make it more fun (should probably be optional though).
- Have stations where you actually need to stop and jump zones that you actually need to go through.
- Expand the map.
- Add more 'governments', and actually have opinion do something.
- Write more of a story too.
- Actually simulate the outside world a bit better
- Add a lot of content. I need outfits, ships, stations, asteroids, weapons, things like that.
- I actually might go and fetch some existing content from NAEV as a placeholder.
- Add sounds. Currently there exists a single 'pew' sound, which is actually a recording of me saying "whoosh".
- Add music. I ambition some actual tracks, and some procedural music generation.
- Ultimately the goal is to have some procedural content.