Star Explorers

Starfield if it was good

Stripped down, focused, evocative space exploration and procedural dungeon crawling. Harsh but not cruel. Incredible audio-visual texture; very easy to just while away the time. Pay attention to the main menus, the manual, and other guidance; this game has plenty of quirks, like running at it's own comfortable resolution and then full-screening. Don't get discouraged, explore the UI; the game is telling you just what to do and is funkily intuitive, like if you want to land on a planet at night vs. day (for a more favorable temperature range), just...hold W to orbit the planet faster. I don't remember reading that, but it just...made sense, and worked just as I expected.

May be the worst game i have ever played. Complete vomit. Did an AI electrocute itself then accidentally create this? I cannot believe it came from the pen of the same author as Islands of the Caliph. I knew going in that it probably wasn't a game for me but i took a chance. I want the 37 minutes of my life i wasted back Star Explorers is an anti-game. The one nice thing i can say is the author *did* try. It is not a soulless game or some kind of asset flip. But the idea is implemented so badly, the controls so horrible and the relentless assault on my eardrums comparable to torture. What there is of gameplay, i did not understand. How do you f***** a game of piloting an explorer ship, scanning systems and landing and exploring planets and derelicts? Play Star Exploreres and find out for yourself.

Hey this is a really great concept, I really respect it! It's not bad either, takes some getting used to but there's a lot of positive to be said. I grew up with Doom etc so the graphics don't chase me off, and I guess in the age of Minecraft it shouldn't do that to the modern gamers. Great work!

Haven't played the game as much as I should. One of the best space exploration games I know of with an atmosphere I can't entirely describe except for "uncanny but in a good way". The music definitely builds that up. It's a good game for just wandering around the small galaxy and seeing what I can find to profit off of. And it has some difficulty options including a sort of casual mode where you don't really take damage from many planet's extreme temperatures and corrosive atmospheric vapors. I haven't played it yet, but it definitely seems perfect for just relaxing and seeing what's out there. Especially on the Steam Deck. There's a bit of a learning curve but it isn't as bad as, say, X4 and especially Dwarf Fortress. Absolutely recommended.

Sometimes, while playing this game, I'm sure this game is worth what I paid for it. Other times, not so much. Finding a towel in my starting inventory, per Towelie's instructions, and asteroids as trojans leading and trailing in gas giants' orbits? Both a plus. Random crashes and deaths? Allowing me to airlock myself into deep space without even a decompression warning? Not so much! If you're going to be a troll, be a CLEVERER troll, dev, sheesh: Add a decompression warning so I know how much I screwed up BEFORE I get spaced. *THINK.* And all of this just in the first hour of play X'D I mean, I've definitely gotten less enjoyment out of... I think I spent $3 on this game? Can't even get a proper milkshake for that much anymore. Damn inflation.

Didn't play this game that much but i feel from my heart i must say this is the best space game i have ever played.

I lub this game. It's fun and has some depth, but some parts of it are repetetive and way too small scaled. It's still in active development, as the single dev is working on multiple games at the same time, which is very formidable. Somehow managed to run on my old weak laptop on like 30 fps somewhat well, excited to play it on my new one

What i dislike is that it takes some time to learn your gonna die lots as you figure it out what i like is the game itself so i am determined to learn it and you do and its real fun i think its a very good and very addictive game

Essa é uma análise que dói no coração em ser negativa, mas não vejo forma mais honesta de avaliá-la. Sei o quão difícil é para desenvolvedores solo ou equipes pequenas criarem jogos indie, que, inclusive, considero os mais criativos da indústria. No entanto, Star Explorers, apesar do potencial colossal e do estilo gráfico encantador, peca demais na execução. Como o nome sugere, o jogo propõe uma exploração galáctica em um universo aberto e, inicialmente, transmite uma sensação maravilhosa de que há algo oculto a ser descoberto, um grande mistério, algo precioso escondido, enquanto o jogador avança sob uma falsa sensação de solidão, tensão e até terror psicológico. Parece que a qualquer momento algo maior pode surgir para impedir sua jornada. Infelizmente, essa sensação não se concretiza. A jornada, seja no início ou no fim, é exatamente a mesma: extremamente vazia. Não há nada para se descobrir além de algumas ruínas alienígenas, elementos químicos da tabela periódica, desertos vazios e cavernas que rapidamente revelam os padrões da geração procedural, sempre repetindo os mesmos encaixes. Se o objetivo era criar um universo realista, com planetas vazios, eventos naturais coerentes (tornados, meteoritos, vulcões, lagos de mercúrio, ácido ou lava, temperaturas condizentes com a distância da estrela), então esse objetivo foi cumprido. Ainda assim, mesmo quando surge uma cidade rara ou um planeta com alguma forma de vida, a sensação de descoberta se esgota na primeira imagem ao pousar, não há profundidade além disso. Mesmo reconhecendo que o jogo não prometeu explicitamente algo diferente, minha avaliação negativa não se baseia apenas em expectativa frustrada ou gosto pessoal. Star Explorers carece de polimento, cuidado e, principalmente, capricho. As IAs são extremamente básicas, as animações são robóticas e sem naturalidade, e a jogabilidade se torna rapidamente repetitiva e exaustiva. As missões são poucas, cansativas e mais frustrantes do que desafiadoras, a ponto de eu sentir alívio quando a campanha terminou. O jogo possui avaliações “Muito Positivas”, algo que sinceramente não consigo compreender. Um indício disso é que apenas 24% dos jogadores concluíram a primeira missão e somente 8,9% chegaram à segunda, o que sugere que muitos abandonaram o jogo após poucas horas. Star Explorers tem um potencial gigantesco. Meu desejo sincero seria vê-lo expandido e desenvolvido com o cuidado que sua proposta merece. Por enquanto, resta acompanhar as atualizações e torcer para que esse universo, tão rico em potencial, deixe de ser tão pobre em conteúdo real.