It shouldn't be. I think it is only about where you start. Settlement mission is only available from home planet. This is not very clearly told on the UI.
Haha, I know the feeling! But that is part of the challenge, trying to optimize your runs. It is a bit frustrating, especially when giant gold ores are rare and you miss them due to full cargo...
Hi! Thanks for your great comment and for playing the game! The Maw is available in the demo - you can find it from a planet Pearl that you have to find yourself - so go do some space exploration (there will be some additional missions also)! The next version will have keybindings, but good point about younger players - they might like to have arrows working right away.
Yes, the plan is to make this full steam game, but I think there will be much more for this itch version also!
Multiplayer mode is interesting idea, maybe that could work as an old school split screen action! Big inspiration for this game has been old "cave flying games" from 90s, like Auts and Wings. They were all about multiplayer stuff!
I am currently working on second galaxy, so the game is expanding.
Thanks for playing and the compliments! My favourite part is also first landing on the moon & other planet. Their upgrade trees are still pretty parse, but eventually will be fun to start making those and having some "personality" on the planets also. Some of the planets will later be discovered by exploration, not through upgrade tree, so that will add another aspect to the game also.
I actually first had thrust based controllers (see Nova Drift), but went with twin sticks since those are easier. It makes it a bit silly for the default ship to be facing different directions.
Good point about planet damage multiplier - I think I will remove it, it is a relic from the times before missions (I got exploration and defend phases).
And good point about the drone - I am actually thinking of having 1-5 "sidearm slots" for the ships, so you can pick your load based on your preferences or what kind of mission you are planning to take.
And yes, I hope I can get this to full steam game. Big plans, with many more planets and hopefully even multiple galaxies!
Just updated a new version that fixes this. Unfortunately you have to start from beginning, since there is no save feature (yet - working on this next)!
Yes, that is a bad logic that I just recently noticed. There is a cargo delivery mission that you need to complete first - and it might not even be available before completing some of the other missions.
Thanks for reporting and playing! This will be fixed!
Thanks for playing it! There will be, lots of content coming. This is early alpha version. Idea is the possibility to expand to another galaxies. Also home galaxy will be bigger with more missions.
Thanks a lot, makes me super happy to hear! Lots of new updates coming, this is just the beginning. Currently in the making: few unique ship types (with their own upgrade trees), more planets to colonize, new mission types, more unique upgrades etc!
Yep, I agree that the difficulty curve is pretty steep. Didn't have much time (or experience) for level design so had to show ideas/concepts pretty quickly.
