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K37 MK2

A preview on work-in-progress re-imagining of Rosatom-Antonov K37 Turbined Nuclear Thermal Rocket with Lorentz-effect accelerator. Pictured ship without impact shielding.

Improving the shaders

Godot 3 has a built-in normal mapping shader for 2D sprites. It works, but doesn’t really offer anything outside standard normal mapping.

Sometimes you design a game mechanics, and sometimes, when you are lucky enough, it emerges out of nowhere and surprises you. ΔV

Getting things under LIDAR

A bit longer gameplay video, featuring precision ring maneuvers, enlarged asteroids, Doppler Effect LIDAR and a bit of Coherent Light CL-150 Mk3 mining laser

CL-150 Mk3 mining laser is a powerful tool for any ring prospector. While expensive, it can be easily retrofitted even to ancient

Expanding the HUD

Continued work on HUD of K37. I’m trying to design its display to mimic modern civilian jets. Today I added ship mass

A dive into The Ring

I always envisioned the initial sequence of diving into The Ring as a short cutscene showing starship on final approach on a

The ring is enormous. It’s area covers more than 81 times surface area of the earth. Playfield is a square of 3000x3000km.

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

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