Helium Rain (tuxdb.com)

Helium Rain is a single-player space simulation that places you at the helm of a spacefaring company. Exploration, trading, station-building, piracy are all options. You will need to master both real-time action and long-term strategy: destroying a freighter has a direct impact on the economy, while declaring war will make your spaceflight environment slightly more hostile...

12 playable ships with weapon and engine upgrades
Play fighters, bombers, cargos, corvettes or capital ships.
Realistic economy model
Take advantage of an accurate simulation of space trade to be the most competitive company. If diplomacy fails, blockades are in order.
Fast-paced combat with a Newtonian flight model
There is no speed limit in Helium Rain. You can fly at half a mile a second while aiming backwards !
Localized damage model for spacecrafts
Aim for critical systems in order to disable ships, kill their crew or capture targets.
Procedural contracts, world exploration, technology upgrades
Pick contracts and build your empire.

What to expect during Early Access

Hello !

We're releasing Helium Rain in Early Access to garner feedback from the community, and decide which features are the ones most needed. Here is our plan :

Add joystick, gamepad navigation to the menus. Using only the mouse for navigation in menus is annoying for joystick users. Bug tracker entry
Make orbital engines affect the travel speed. Some orbital engines would offer a higher travel speed between sectors. The spaceflight gameplay would be unchanged. Bug tracker entry
Introduce fuel consumption. Using orbital engines would draw fuel from your spacecraft's tanks, needing periodic refueling. Bug tracker entry
Add modding suppport to the game. While we're not sure whether this will be available or when, this is something we are investigating right now. Bug tracker milestone
Main story quest. While Helium Rain is a sandbox game at its heart, we are adding story elements to it.

Please tell us if one feature is more important to you ! Don't hesitate to suggest other ideas in Discussions if you believe they would make the game better. This is what Early Access is for.

Thank you and have fun !

[ 2017-08-15 10:28:34 CET ] [Original Post]

Minimum Setup

OS: Ubuntu 16.04
Processor: Intel Core i3Memory: 4000 MB RAM
Memory: 4000 MB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 / DX10 compatible GPU with at least 1GB VRAM
Storage: 5000 MB available spaceAdditional Notes: Only 64 bits versions of Linux are supported. Check the Linux support thread in the forums !

Recommended Setup

OS: Ubuntu 17.10
Processor: Intel Core i7Memory: 8000 MB RAM
Memory: 8000 MB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Storage: 5000 MB available spaceAdditional Notes: Only 64 bits versions of Linux are supported. Check the Linux support thread in the forums !

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