Interstellaria

Really quite a refreshingly new pixellated concept. Its got a little FTL influence, and quite a bit of those waaaaay old space exploration game concepts mixed in. It would be just delightful to play (but the interface could use some polish) if it wasnt riddled with bugs. Stuff just plain doesnt work. This game should be listed as "in dev"

DO NOT BUY IT - this game is out-right UNFINISHED (no updates since 2021). It has bugs that you can replicate in five (5) seconds, left non-fixed. For example, an opened inventory window causing you to buy 2 items for the price of one. The only quality part of the game is the music that is top-of-the-line. If you have any even basic understanding of programming, you know what kind of programming mistakes were used to create various glitches. The game tries to recreate Star Control 2 with not-so-good outcomes and everything comes across BASIC. It is a Unity game. But focus on the glitches. Oh and I'm leaving out the non-terminal cosmetic bugs that you can just ignore and mention the ones that can kill your game or at least a character or two. Losing a character is a big deal in this game - it is a time and one-of-a-kind augment item loss. 2-for-1 Open Inventory Buy Slowing to a Crawl when the Path-Finding Fails Randomly Misplaced Inside Terrain (Effectively Dead Character) Augmentations Running out until Loading a Save (a Game State Failure) Failing to Shoot at Enemies Auto Harvest Mode Randomly Failing Generating Asteroids with Non-Retracable Drops Generating Asteroids that Make You Unable to Re-Enter Your Ship Moving Items Randomly Hangs Your Game Shops May Sell You Stack One Over the Boundary But Do Not Give the Item (a boundary check error) Unable to Buy Item Stacks into Your Fleet Cargo (though buying 1... I mean 2 per click somehow works) Enemy Encounters Scale with Fleet Size (making having just one ship optimal - ships' drops are terrible) Item Descriptions Randomly Not Appearing (happens in many places - the star map locations, the inventory screen and the fleet screen) Cursor Overlaying Something Interact-able Randomly Hanging the Game (mostly happens in shops, sometimes inventory) Guns Ignoring Energy Requirements (e.g. the Gatlings firing and reloading even at 0 weapons energy) Free Ship Event Ignoring Fleet Size Limit of 5 Get Ur-Quan Masters instead.

Interstellaria is an open world space action-adventure game, which doesn't say much. It can trace its lineage back to older games like Spaceflight and even newer ones like FTL. It does not, however, manage to stand atop their shoulders. Surprising amounts of the game require no participation from the player and many design descisions serve only as obfuscations. For more, check out the VIDEO REVIEW: https://youtu.be/RjcECX7TcQs