Fifteen years ago I made a Flash game called Starcom...

September 2, 2024 9:35 AM

Fifteen years ago I made a Flash game called Starcom...
Six years ago I released my first PC game called "Starcom: Nexus" (previously). For the past four years I've been working on a follow-up title called "Starcom: Unknown Space". Today it graduates from Early Access on Steam.

Both games are heavily inspired by the DOS classic "Starflight": a sort of Star Trek like top-down space exploration ARPG.

It's mostly a solo effort but I did have the help of several talented contractors for the music, character portraits, and ship module 3D models.

Role: Programmer, designer, etc.

posted by justkevin (6 comments total)

It's got me hooked. Between the exploration adventures, some suitably wondrous surprises and the super old school 2D dogfights, it has that charm and depth I associate with really classic games.

While I'd wholeheartedly recommend your game to my friends, I just want you to know that I had to get a pen and paper out after blundering into the temple maze, and now I think you're just a little bit evil.
posted by Eleven at 8:33 AM on September 9

[ Congrats on finishing and launching, it's a great accomplishment and we've added it to the sidebar and Best Of blog!]
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 6:51 AM on September 11

Is there somewhere that we can play the flash game, by the way?
posted by Canageek at 9:24 AM on September 14

I played this actually ! Will keep an eye out, question what did you code it in ?
posted by OneCrateGuy at 4:24 PM on September 16

Congrats!
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 7:36 AM on September 17

I'm sure Greg Johnson would be pleased to hear about this!
posted by JHarris at 5:16 PM on November 5