New Stars DevLog #17 - New Ship Builder, Upgraded Ship Models, and more...
The ship builder has been rebuilt from scratch.
It now focuses exclusively on turret selection with 13 new turrets to choose from, with more balanced ship stats. You can manage different ship presets, more easily than with the last ship builder, and rename them with ease. You can also randomize preset, simulate combat, and toggle cinematic mode.
5 new ship models, with empire branding, and new turrets.
The ship colours are customized to match your empire's theme, and include your empire icon. The ships also have shield VFX which will activate when shields are active and are hit.
This will showcase the new turret VFX, which are all unlocked by default (for now), so you can try them all out.
Turrets may have different properties in future updates, and their own technologies to unlock them.
Nomadic star clans will use the previous ship models for now, since they seem to match the theme of nomadic space pirates more.
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Feel free to comment your suggestions below. View the Changelog: newstarsgame.com/changelog. Playtest New Stars: adamjr.xyz. Wishlist New Stars to support development. This page is intended to be a development preview, which may not reflect the final state of the game. Credits: - Star satellites icon by Lorc under CC BY 3.0
[ 2023-09-28 16:41:36 CET ] [ Original post ]
Over the past few weeks, the ship builder has been rebuilt from scratch, and animated combat visuals are now more advanced. Ship models, ship trails, and more have also been upgraded, and the main 'Solace' update features are mostly complete.
New Ship Builder
The ship builder has been rebuilt from scratch.
It now focuses exclusively on turret selection with 13 new turrets to choose from, with more balanced ship stats. You can manage different ship presets, more easily than with the last ship builder, and rename them with ease. You can also randomize preset, simulate combat, and toggle cinematic mode.
Upgraded Ship Models
5 new ship models, with empire branding, and new turrets.
The ship colours are customized to match your empire's theme, and include your empire icon. The ships also have shield VFX which will activate when shields are active and are hit.
Ship Builder - Combat Mode
This will showcase the new turret VFX, which are all unlocked by default (for now), so you can try them all out.
Turrets may have different properties in future updates, and their own technologies to unlock them.
What will happen with old ships models?
Nomadic star clans will use the previous ship models for now, since they seem to match the theme of nomadic space pirates more.
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Stay tuned for more updates...
Feel free to comment your suggestions below. View the Changelog: newstarsgame.com/changelog. Playtest New Stars: adamjr.xyz. Wishlist New Stars to support development. This page is intended to be a development preview, which may not reflect the final state of the game. Credits: - Star satellites icon by Lorc under CC BY 3.0
New Stars
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New Stars is a 4X strategy game, on a galactic scale. Explore new worlds, build mega-structures, and found prosperous interstellar colonies. Go head-to-head with alien empires and build the greatest empire to survive the test of time, or be the last remaining in the galaxy to succeed.
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Customize your empire from world preferences, eight different ideologies with their own bonuses, hundreds of empire icons and more. Customize a unique galaxy based on your preferences. There are five different galaxy sizes to choose from.
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Unique empires, species, and clans exist within a customizable and procedurally generated galaxy with limitless possibilities, and thousands of unique planets, stars and worlds. Some planets have valuable resources that can be collected.
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Explore star systems and discover new secrets of the galaxy, and find clues to your lost home. Discoveries such as white dwarfs, ancient ruins, lost ships, and much more can be found within the abyss. Some planets have hidden features that increase their value.
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Expand your empire across new stars to new frontiers, and build strong colonies that will power your galactic economy. Collect natural resources from planets and stars using starhubs. Beware of pesky space pirates that may plunder your resources for their own gain.
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Merge ships into one fleet, and combine them against your adversaries. Defend against attacks by upgrading starbases, or fortifying your colonies. Research new ship types or advanced military capabilities to get an edge over your alien foes.
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Declare wars, trade resources, make agreements, declare friendships, share intel, forge galactic unions, and much more. Some empires may be openly hostile or require appeasing, others may be cooperative, and some may be integrated into your empire.
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Construct military starship presets with unique turrets. Unlock larger ships and more powerful turrets to allow your empire to get an edge in interstellar warfare.
There is much to do in New Stars and you choose how to play.
New Stars is in development, so there is more yet to come...
Customize your empire from world preferences, eight different ideologies with their own bonuses, hundreds of empire icons and more. Customize a unique galaxy based on your preferences. There are five different galaxy sizes to choose from.
Unique empires, species, and clans exist within a customizable and procedurally generated galaxy with limitless possibilities, and thousands of unique planets, stars and worlds. Some planets have valuable resources that can be collected.
Explore star systems and discover new secrets of the galaxy, and find clues to your lost home. Discoveries such as white dwarfs, ancient ruins, lost ships, and much more can be found within the abyss. Some planets have hidden features that increase their value.
Expand your empire across new stars to new frontiers, and build strong colonies that will power your galactic economy. Collect natural resources from planets and stars using starhubs. Beware of pesky space pirates that may plunder your resources for their own gain.
Merge ships into one fleet, and combine them against your adversaries. Defend against attacks by upgrading starbases, or fortifying your colonies. Research new ship types or advanced military capabilities to get an edge over your alien foes.
Declare wars, trade resources, make agreements, declare friendships, share intel, forge galactic unions, and much more. Some empires may be openly hostile or require appeasing, others may be cooperative, and some may be integrated into your empire.
Construct military starship presets with unique turrets. Unlock larger ships and more powerful turrets to allow your empire to get an edge in interstellar warfare.
There is much to do in New Stars and you choose how to play.
New Stars is in development, so there is more yet to come...
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