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I had some savings when I started, and was fortunate enough to get good enough sales to keep going. Since you're a small team, with no publisher, did you have trouble financing the game? More story missions, events, and more of a story! Beyond that, I don't want to spoil it.ĥ. While there are story missions in the game, the story isn't complete. Although, I'll say, I think most of the games I've mentioned have stood the test of time very well.Ĥ.

I think that ages better, too, since oftentimes games won't produce that same feeling anymore when you go back to replay them, and just wonder how you ever put up with, I don't know, the UI or a particularly grindy mechanic. I think really, it's less about capturing the specific mechanics of those games, but more trying to reproduce the feelings they elicited in me when I was playing them. Master of Orion (in particular, the second one), of course - again, not a direct influence as not too many mechanics are similar, but. Mech Warrior (more specifically, MW4: Mercenaries) is another - I loved outfitting mechs in that one, and really wanted to combine that feeling with having a larger, more open sandbox to make use of the loadouts you come up with. Realizing that the game world was actually that huge, when you didn't expect it, that's what made it hit. It was so impactful because there was no loading screen, you just flew really fast, and hey, there's another star system there! Assuming you were able to aim at it laying in the right course was tricky - if you didn't, you'd be in the middle of nowhere and out of luck.

the feeling of that is something I still remember vividly. Solar Winds is another one - the top-down shooting in it, I didn't too much care for, but the moment when you activate hyperdrive for the first time and fly to another system.

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Star Control 2 had a huge galaxy to explore, a story that changed it, and was just full of cool moments. Well, both 1 and 2, actually - I remember playing a bunch of melee against a friend, and those kinds of top-down startship battles were so much fun. Pirates was amazing, too - another game I played at my mom's work way back.Īs far as Starsector, it's pretty fair to cite both of these as influences.

What was your biggest inspiration for StarSector?įirst off - I love both of those games! I've got Privateer installed right now, actually. I found StarSector to be a mix between Wing Commander: Privateer and Sid Meier's Pirates, but in space. Does that sound insufferably artsy? It probably does, doesn't it.Ģ. I guess that doesn't really answer 'why', though - the 'why' is because I really, deeply, feel the need to create something. I've been trying to make games just about my entire life Starsector is just the project where it all came together, in terms of my ability to carry it forward. It's something I've been interested in for as long as I can remember! I was able to play some games at my mom's work occasionally (the original Warlords, and King's Bounty, to name a couple) and it was just so incredible. Why did you decide to start developing games? If you've followed my previous write up for this game and wanted to know more, you'll pleased to know that as of today, you can read my exclusive interview with the lead developer of 'StarSector' Alexander Mosolov.ġ. Even if you don’t consider it one of the best, it’s still one complex game and a real hidden gem. StarSector is probably one of the best sci-fi open-world games ever created.

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