How much would a decent intergalactic starship cost? If you said $10,000, you are totally dreaming — but you also might be in luck if you’re willing to settle for a mere video game. A new indie project, Starship Empire, is asking for $10K on Kickstarter to purchase better artwork for this stellar ship simulator.
Starship Empire gives you command of not only your own ship but a crew as well, and then it sets you loose to trade, explore, and get into a whole heck of a lot of real-time PvP fights. The big twist with this game is that a lot of the action takes place inside the ship as you order your crew around. The developer is billing it as “Star Control meets FTL plus multiplayer.”
The game promises an intuitive interface and a “hybrid” permadeath system. Starship Empire is being developed by one man, Bruno Campolo, and will rely on a free-to-play model with microtransactions to bring in the dough.
[Source: Kickstarter, Starship Empire]
