How big is The Ring anyway?
The ring is enormous. It’s area covers more than 81 times surface area of the earth. Playfield is a square of 3000x3000km.
Category: ΔV: Rings of Saturn
In space, no one can hide his heat signature.
Take a pilot’s seat in of excavating ship in rings of Saturn. Defend yourself from aggressive takeovers with a mass driver.
Featuring real life spaceflight physics, company and crew management, and more.
You can find general game information here, or dive into the devlog below:
The title
Today I finally made a title screen. Much nicer than initially expected. https://gfycat.com/marrieddelightfuljunco I probably should have a title on it, somewhere.
Overcooling the reactor
Nuclear Thermal Rocket relies on high internal temperature to provide thrust. Phase-change of the medium consumes significant heat and excessive use of
Power of the mass driver
Yesterday I added power management mechanics. For tests I put most of the power consumption figures from top of my head. But
Keep your turbine prisine
Fellow pilots of second-hand ship, heed my warning. Your ship reactor may be operating on peek efficiency, but it is not the
Hud is Hard
Let’s add some simple texts over the gameplay, so the player can actually see what’s going on. How hard can it be?
The unit of Universe
This is derivative from Reddit post I started. Godot’s Physics2D engine operates on internal, pixel-based units. ΔV needs the data in real-world
Sound in space
I finally got around to add sound effects to the game. Even with prototype sounds it ended up pretty well. It was
Weapons of mass drive
Build into core of Rosatom-Antonow K37-TNTRL and powered by internal nuclear turbine, EMD-14 electromagnetic mass driver can deliver 10 steel mining projectiles
Exploring the ring with second-hand ship
Exploring the Ring with second-hand ship poses new set of challenges. Those vehicles are quirky and systems can fail at any time.