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They are rare and the last good one was certainly Descent : FreeSpace 2.

Now I know that some indie devs are working on those type of games as it's a niche abandonned by major publishers.

We should post here news about those type of games are they are not often on the front stage.

I start with videos of a game I've read about on Rock Paper Shotgun:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL8usuG0avM

That was the alpha.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpgkqPaEelM

That was the beta.


.....Where is my joystick?....

That second video of Naumachia looks awesome. I've never heard of it.

I'm waiting for:
- Jumpgate Evolution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hd9KAa1Ty4
- Infinity The Quest For Earth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibZZRDIhtVo

Although more than anything I wish there was an IWAR 3, because IWAR 2 is the best space sim ever (besides Freespace 2). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyXTnJ__9M4
It's got ramming shields! Your 2 main gun turrets can detach and become ai wingmen! It's got ramming shields!



Yes, the true way to play a space sim is with a joystick. Although 6 degree of freedom games like IWAR 2 or X3 would be interesting with a Space Navigator.

I'm working on something of my own. Not based on Ogre, going very slowly and I have no idea if I'll finish it -- but it's nice practice. If I'll have inspiration and time, maybe I can make something out of it; perhaps by porting to iPhone or something similar.
http://www.youtube.com/user/ivucica#gri ... DB33FE65A4

This is nowhere near being releasable (and I don't have energy to direct any opensource effort), but I saw this thread so I thought I'd post. If nothing, then to show that there's probably tons of this stuff being developed behind closed doors.

Klaim wrote:They are rare and the last good one was certainly Descent : FreeSpace 2.

Now I know that some indie devs are working on those type of games as it's a niche abandonned by major publishers.

We should post here news about those type of games are they are not often on the front stage.

I start with videos of a game I've read about on Rock Paper Shotgun:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL8usuG0avM

That was the alpha.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpgkqPaEelM

That was the beta.


.....Where is my joystick?....

Good find!
It is an Italian indie game, made by a team consisting only of a 3D artist and an ex-crytek programmer... i met the 3D guy and the project is really awesome and convincing!
I hope they succeed in publishing it and in gathering a good community...

kojack> I tried only the demo of IWar2 at the time but it was far less hardcore navigation than the first. Now you make me wanna try... Maybe they have it on Gog.com...