r/evnova

I build this alone. Strike Wings is top-down space combat, a homage to the DOS-era space shooters, with its own setting rather than being a remake of any of them.

The game side I had a handle on: 50 warship classes, battles that put a couple of hundred ships on the field, three voiced campaigns, a battle editor, 24 pilot multiplayer over Steam or LAN. Windows and macOS, out in October.

What I did not plan for was the storefront. Capsule art at six sizes, a short description that has to explain a whole genre before someone scrolls past, a trailer, a content survey, an EULA. Weeks of work with no gameplay in it at all, and none of it is the kind of work I am good at.

Store page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4718360/Strike_Wings/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=sideproject&utm_campaign=prelaunch

Site: https://strike-wings-games.github.io/

If you have put a side project on a store like this, what ate your last month that you did not see coming?

Name a better EV:C strat, I dare you...

I couldn't resist the temptation to add my fav EV ship to my current game project (I mostly player Vanilla back in the days). It's low poly and very simple, but it comes in 3 color schemes :)

If you're interested, there's a public free Playtest coming this week, join in! https://store.steampowered.com/app/4718450/Aeons_Odyssey/

I now added the first off script ship tho the game. The Miner! It gives the player the ability to mine Ore from Asteroids. This will be an alternative way to make money other than missions. It was fun building this little guy, kinda looks like a yellow and orange bug with the arms 😄

As you can also see in this short clip, the UI, the HUD has changed quite a bit. I still have some tester spots open if anyone is interested!