In Star Control: Origins, there are about 3,000 unique planets that are split into roughly 75 different classes. The newest dev journal will walk you through how we create our planet classes through a mixture of procedural generation and designer balance.
Check it out here:
https://www.stardock.com/games/article/488103/
Star Control: Origins - My trip to Jupiter
Some people have speculated that Jupiter was meant to be Sol’s twin in a binary star system. In reality, Jupiter is not even close to having enough mass to be a star. You would need at least 80 Jupiters to have a chance.
A peek into development for Star Control: Origins takes us on a tour of Jupiter's various moons! Check out the new images and interesting backstory here.
https://www.stardock.com/games/article/487813/
Star Control: February 2018 - Of the Lexites
"There are many different paths to accomplishing things in Star Control: Origins. We don't leave breadcrumbs - we're counting on people working together. It's not a multiplayer game, it's a massively single player game."
What'chu talkin' bout, Brad?
Check out the February Dev Diary for Star Control: Origins, packed with updates on the game's progress, answers to your frequently asked questions, and some discussion on the lore and how it fits in with the classic series.
https://www.stardock.com/games/article/487303/
Star Control - The Art of Storytelling
"In an age of gigabytes of memory the challenge isn't in how many worlds you have, it is how to make those words compelling."
Great adventure awaits you in Star Control: Origins! In this recent dev diary, Brad touches on the art of storytelling in a game and shares a little bit about our Adventure Studio feature.
Check it out here: https://www.stardock.com/games/article/487769/
Star Control Origins Ship Designing Contest
Do you think of yourself as a legendary shipwright with greatness just waiting to be discovered? Maybe you can join the GREAT STAR CONTROL ORIGINS SHIP BUILDING CONTEST!
That’s right, we are challenging those with the Fleet Battles beta to build the best spaceship in this or any other galaxy! The winners, of which we will select 10, will go down in Star Control: Origins history as legendary shipwrights and quite possibly a little too good at cutting corners and meeting deadlines.
Rules - By entering this contest you are agreeing to the following:
- The contest will be held from this date (December 19th) until Christmas Eve at midnight (the 24th/25th).
- You may submit any number of ships within reason, but each entrant will only win from one ship from what they submit. So make sure they are your best.
- Winners will be announced after our space elves (Altarians) reach a decision working through night and day on December 27th.
- The ship must work in-game as a viable fighter. It can’t be a “show ship”.
- Each ship must be uploaded to Steam Workshop for consideration.
- Your ship must be an original creation, not copying an existing design (e.g. USS Enterprise).
- Including lore/background for your ship is optional but not mandatory.
- Void where prohibited. Prizes contain no cash value.
How to Enter
1. Design your ship in Star Control: Origins.
2. Submit your ship to the Star Control: Origins Steam Workshop. http://steamcommunity.com/app/731360/workshop/
3. Post a link to your Steam Workshop submission in the comments of this post.
4. Supply us your email here. http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/ccb250eb2/
Prizes
From the entrants, we will select 3 winners and 2 runner-ups. Those winners will get to pick from any 2 game keys from this list, whilst runner-ups will get to pick only 1:
Star Control: Origins is a science-fiction adventure game set in an open universe that puts the player as the captain of Earth's first interstellar vessel on a mission to find allies to help save humanity from certain annihilation.
The beta unlocks the Fleet Battles feature, where you'll assemble ships in a fleet and engage in battle with fleets controlled by either the computer, humans via the Internet, or even friends sitting at the same PC.
You can literally design your own ships to use in combat using the Ship Crafting system, or you can download ships designed by others to play with. Ship Crafting not only allows you to decide what weapons and defenses a ship has, but allows total control of how a ship looks.
Check out CEO Brad Wardell's guided tour to the beta here!
Explore the Galaxy. Investigate New Worlds. Squish Some Hostile Aliens.
Pre-Order Star Control: Origins Today for a Special Discount!
https://youtu.be/L1bgnu-JTgc
About Star Control: Origins You are the captain of Earth's brand new, state-of-the-art ship, The Vindicator. Your mission is to gather together allies to fight an ancient alien menace that threatens to annihilate the human race. ...No pressure, right?
After two decades of waiting, a new Star Control game is finally coming! Star Control: Origins asks you to save the Earth itself while unraveling the mysteries of the multiverse.
Features
Interact with aliens, both malicious and absurd.
Explore a living universe that frankly can't believe you're flying around in that...thing.
Travel across exotic and amazing worlds searching for relics, Precursor artifacts, and treasures.
Navigate through thousands of planets in a universe that has a deep history spanning back
hundreds of thousands of years.
Design your own ships or download them from Steam to build fleets and take them into combat in Super Melee!
Engage directly with the development team, post your ideas, and be a part of something amazing!
Pre-order Star Control: Origins now: http://store.steampowered.com/app/271260
Complete the Collection, Buy the Bundle: http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/4970/
If you love Star Control (or you're just getting into it and want to experience the whole story), you'll want to get our bundled pre-order. You'll have access to the games as they were originally released and can play them while you wait for Star Control: Origins to release!
