Delos: Space Traffic Control

Je fais une pause de Elite Dangerous pour être gérant d'une station dans Delos. Pas grand chose à faire, 2 plateformes d'amarrage, 2 ressources à gérer. C'est très simple mais c'est un début qui laisse beaucoup de place à une tonne d'idées. Peut-être dans de futurs mise à jour : Gestion de l'énergie, de l'alimentation de la station, diverse ressources, commerces, plus d'emplacements d'amarrage, sécurisation de la station contre des pirates, etc. Il y a moyen de faire pas mal de choses ! On encourage le ou les devs !

There's a whole super-genre of "doing a job, but fun" games that I love, and this one fits. Right away, the camera perspectives and mega-zoom capability drew me in. You aren't a disembodied god's-eye-view like the sim or tycoon games of the past; you're viewing the whole scene through cameras, switching between them for better views in different situations. Halo:Reach's campaign did this a lot. The stations, gates, and ships all have a grounded, plausible-sci-fi feel, and have lots of detail to admire while you wait for ships to shuffle around the yard. The flat panel interfaces are enhanced, once again, by a grounded feeling thanks to elements being tightly bound to moving objects, as if our cameras have systems to recognize and tag objects. At the time of writing, there is a small learning curve. I failed three runs early on, but did not take me long to feel like I would never make a mistake again, and that I had seen all there is to see. Even so, it's enjoyable and relaxing just directing traffic, keeping my resources and credits in balance, and trying to choose transfer requests carefully for the best prices, and to optimize traffic flow. If you can get both vessels to leave through the same gate, you can use the other gate to queue up the next pair of vessels. Needless to say, I'm looking forward to new challenges and new content from the developer. I'll be keeping my eye on this project, and glad that I got in for $3 this early. I hope they value their own efforts and increase the price commensurate with the maturity of the project.

A hidden gem with great potential Delos is a very enjoyable and refreshing experience. You play as a space traffic controller managing incoming and outgoing cargo ships at a small station. It’s a mix of logistics, time management, and strategy — but with a calm sci-fi vibe and just the right amount of pressure. You manage offers from various ships [spoiler] (buying or selling cargo) [/spoiler], decide where to land them [spoiler] (left or right pad) [/spoiler], and make sure they safely depart through the correct gate [spoiler] (Earth or Phobos) [/spoiler]. The core mechanic of avoiding incidents — like collisions or overfilling your storage — adds a nice layer of challenge without being stressful. Watching your cargo slowly drain like an hourglass adds a cool sense of real-time progression. There's even a jukebox tab with relaxing space music, which adds a lot to the atmosphere. It’s still a bit buggy (had a crash after ~25 minutes of play), but that’s to be expected in early development. The concept is strong, and I’m genuinely looking forward to more updates. Things I’d love to see in the future: Resizable UI windows or more flexible interface design. More cargo types (like medicine, food, fuel, etc.) with upgradeable storage. Missions or contracts to add long-term goals. Deeper station management or progression. If you enjoy simulation games that are chill but still require attention and smart decisions, give this one a try. The developer clearly has a vision here — and I’m excited to see where it goes.

So uh, I have done everything there is to do ...

This is filling my fantasy of being Susan Ivanova on Babylon control yelling angrily at freighters! Role-playing with fellow space traffic controllers on the global chat is also a lot of fun. Overall this is a great start, just can we please have a higher resolution Mars texture ?

Novel and adventurous take on a 'pick up and play' game. You're ATC for a Space Depot, basically an Amazon Distribution hub. You manage the income and outgoing freight and have to manage your inventory while paying attention to who you have approved to land and be aware of who is queued up to take off. All in all a fantastic little game to blow off some steam and for $3 it's well worth the spend to support this Indie dev. I've spent $3 and received a LOT less, before...