RICHARD ZHENG

Development 2

• Released on September 14,

2012 by Subset Games

• Funded $200,000/$10,000 goal

through kickstarter

• One of few successful kickstarter

indie games

• Developers remained

focused

• Allowed for free update in

April 2014

Goal: Space Simulation 3

• Game is a top down real time strategy

game

• Features rogue-like elements

• Places player as captain of a crew and

spaceship

Combat 4

Progression 5

Randomized scenarios and

Replayability

6

Combines to create space

simulation environment

7

• Game is designed to be very hard

• Player must learn from each playthrough

• Each obstacle represents problems a typical spaceship

captain might face

• Music also adds ambiance

Gameplay 8