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If money was not an issue, is there a movie, series, or a video game you would fund as a passion project with no intention on making a profit on it? (feddit.uk)

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[-] Knossos@lemmy.world 32 points 5 days ago

Wing commander, Freespace.

Games of this genre are completely dead. I'd love another decent mission based space flight game.

[-] ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com 3 points 4 days ago

The guy behind Wing Commander (and my favorite game of all time, Privateer) has a mission based space flight game out next year. You can see the first hour of gameplay here: https://youtu.be/1H-0x4xk2Xk

Keep in mind, cutscenes are in-engine not pre-rendered.

[-] Knossos@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Thank you for the link!

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah. I troll through old Wing Commander-like titles for good SteamDeck support every so often, but then I realize that I also want to play with 3 friends.

Whoever gets this done will get my money.

In the meantime, there's Empty Epsilon which is Star Trek, rather than Wing Commander; and there's Starlink: Battle For Atlas, which at least has solid local co-op on a docked Nintendo Switch (but is sadly buried in DRM on SteamDeck, while also badly overpriced.)

[-] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Nah dude. X4 is great. The genre is still niche, but not dead.

[-] Knossos@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Sure, X4 is amazing. But that is multi leveled. Management, etc.

I'm talking about very specific mission based games. No economy. No money.

[-] voracitude@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Have you tried the original Everspace? It's a roguelike so it's basically randomised missions. Rebel Galaxy might also scratch the itch but it's more "naval" in it's combat - you move on a 2d plane and fire broadsides, rather than dogfighting.

[-] Knossos@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I have played Everspace 2. I enjoyed it.

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