u/WoodpeckerFancy9436

We’ve just released a new trailer for NGC-404: Fractured Sector.

This version focuses more on real gameplay, including large-scale space combat, moving weapon mounts, new impact VFX, exploration, colony management,

We’ve reworked a lot based on community feedback.

Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4451910/NGC404_Fractured_Sector/?utm_source=ref_red_trailer

I’m building a closed economy for a strategy game and I’m trying to understand the theory behind one problem.

Empires produce goods, use intermediate resources, trade with each other, and physically transport everything with ships. Trade only moves money between empires, so the total money supply stays the same. Ships and buildings also have monetary upkeep, and those payments go to a central bank instead of being destroyed.

The problem is that the bank slowly absorbs more and more money. Loans only fix liquidity temporarily, because the principal and interest eventually return to the bank. So the bank needs some way to put money back into circulation, but every method I can think of creates weird incentives: equal payments reward inactivity, colony-based payments reward expansion, trade-based payments punish self-sufficient empires, and production-based payments may reward useless overproduction.

Is there an established economic approach to this? How could the bank recycle the collected upkeep money without rewarding inactivity or encouraging inefficient production and transport? Or is this simply a sign that a growing economy cannot work well with a fixed nominal money supply?

Or maybe theory says it should work so that would mean my model is wrong and i just have to redesign it, i feel like i hit a wall with this one. The latest thing i've tried is dividend base on the economic activity, production and trade but after several "months" it seems like one empire is just taking all the money, when the rest is fighting for scraps because their growth is hindered due to lack of funds.

Thanks for help

Hey everyone,

We've been working on NGC-404: Fractured Sector, a top-down space game built around direct ship control, fleet combat, colonies, economy, diplomacy and multiplayer.

After getting a lot of community feedback, I went back and reworked several parts of the combat presentation and feel: better readability, clearer impacts, improved ship movement, more visible weapon fire, better destruction feedback and a cleaner overall battle flow.

This is the current combat test after those changes.

It is still very much work in progress, but I’m trying to make battles feel less like icons shooting at each other and more like actual ships trading fire, taking damage and breaking apart.

I’d be curious what people here think about the combat feel, readability and pacing. Does it look understandable? Does the scale work? Is there anything that feels off from a space sim perspective?

Thanks for taking a look.

For anyone wishing to follow the development: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4451910/NGC404_Fractured_Sector/

Hey r/4Xgaming,

Because of the recent discussion about self-promotion here, and because a few of our posts were removed or considered not fitting the sub, we wanted to make this our last update here for now.
We don’t want to be part of the problem or annoy a community we actually respect. This subreddit gave us a lot of useful criticism, and we genuinely appreciate it.

Small preview of what we have done base on your feedback:

https://reddit.com/link/1umdjd0/video/cyjqejhrk0bh1/player

If video doesn't work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pAymDtWnIY

Big thanks to the people who took the time to comment, criticize, point out issues, or just give us useful reactions:

u/Akem0417
u/Gryfonides
u/NidzoMadjija
u/ben_sphynx
u/sidius-king
u/OldPayphone
u/HallowedError
u/FutureLynx_
u/TakeMeIamCute, for the Dogo photo, still waiting for that feedback :)
u/Front-Side-6346, for pointing out that we still have many things to improve

And just to clarify one thing before we disappear from here: yes, NGC-404 is absolutely meant to be a 4X game. It has exploration, expansion, exploitation, extermination, AI factions, colonies, economy, diplomacy, fleets, wars, and a procedural galaxy.

Here is a look at the galaxy map with around 200 star systems:

https://reddit.com/link/1umdjd0/video/5axkb5p3g0bh1/player

We’ll stop posting updates here unless the rules become clearer and this kind of post is actually welcome. If anyone wants to follow the project, you can find NGC-404 follow us at: r/WhiteDogoGames or
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4451910/NGC404_Fractured_Sector/?utm_source=ref_red

Thanks again for all the feedback, even the harsh stuff. It helped

Hi! I just finished a new trailer for NGC-404, my 2D space strategy/RPG.

The trailer shows the early game after spawning, exploration, the galaxy map, trading/market, combat, distress signals, and a bit of multiplayer.

I’d love to know what you think. Does the gameplay look clear? Is there anything confusing, missing, or something you would want to see more of?

Any feedback is welcome.

The Steam page is here if you want to follow/wishlist:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4451910/NGC404_Fractured_Sector/?utm_source=ref_red