Browsing through what Steam has to offer today, I came across a really interesting game that might be considered a challenge to Space Engineers (and possibly FTL).
The game is called Kinetic Void. It’s a 3rd person ship building sandbox game set in the far future. You build ships (even fleets), launch them into space, deal with factions and either be nice to them, or blow them out of the galaxy.
From what I’ve seen, these are the key features;
– Build ships by gluing parts together. You can build tiny drones, to very large capital ships. Even build a fleet of ships.
– Friendly ships will follow you. I’m guessing ships that are part of your fleet.
– The game map is humongous. Lots of places to go, with its own planets and Suns. The only limit is how much your computer can handle. Love that thought.
– Has a Creative and a Survival Mode.
– The game doesn’t have to be played one way. You can play as a fleet of friendly traders if you wish, or as harbingers of doom.
– Doing a new game, is a brand new galaxy full of randomly generated planets and suns. You can also set the number of factions.
– Not all factions are friendly, and some actually hate eachother.
– Ships have weapons.
– Your ship can be controlled by your keyboard, joystick, or mouse.
– Asteroids around some planets.
Of course, though, what this game lacks that Space Engineers has, no 1st person view. If that thing had that, then it would be so freakin’ awesome. Maybe in the future, the devs of this game might do it.
Though I do have to caution myself. I feel when the game is fully developed, it’s going to be a real time strategy game with Multiplayer. Not something I would play, and hope they keep the theme of the game as they have it now. Or even better, have it as an optional thing.
Currently, the game is under heavy development. Not sure exactly when it started. Going by the comments, late last year. Yet I never saw it on Steam until now. It’s $20.00, but people urge anxious buyers to hold up on purchasing.
Still, I’ll pin this thing onto my wishlist and hope it’ll be as awesome as what’s in my head. Definitely something to watch.