{"id":10389,"date":"2014-01-02T10:36:45","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T15:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/?p=10389"},"modified":"2014-05-29T05:26:27","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T09:26:27","slug":"checking-up-on-deep-space-settlement-an-indie-4xrts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/checking-up-on-deep-space-settlement-an-indie-4xrts\/","title":{"rendered":"Checking up on Deep Space Settlement &#8211; An Indie 4X\/RTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/deep_space_settlement_4X_RTS_large.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\" title=\"deep_space_settlement_4X_RTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10391\" title=\"deep_space_settlement_4X_RTS\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/deep_space_settlement_4X_RTS1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a while since we wrote about <a  title=\"Deep Space Settlement - Real-time space 4X strategy game\" href=\"http:\/\/dss.stephanierct.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Deep Space Settlement<\/a>, an indie space 4X\/RTS game that has been in the works for the past three years. I discovered the project almost two years ago and back then I <a  title=\"Deep Space Settlement\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/stellar-indie-venture-deep-space-settlement\/\" target=\"_blank\">wrote a stellar indie venture piece<\/a>. Since then,\u00a0St\u00e9phanie Rancourt, the programmer, and Mathias, the artist have been pumping new shots and videos <a  href=\"http:\/\/dss.stephanierct.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">in their website<\/a> showing their progress once in a while.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s their two latest videos. The first video shows ships circulating around in 3D space with some zooming in and out, some ship close ups and a few glimpses on the UI.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3KjK9eGlhzU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"368\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The second (older) video shows an implementation of space fog (fine grains of dirt, I guess) and an asteroid field.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7ydqjbAExok?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"368\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no recent video showing off the empire-building aspects of the game. So, for now what they have to show from their recent work is mostly focused on ships. But, this is of no surprise, I think, as ships do seem to be the game&#8217;s main focus anyway. The list of features does include empire-building features such as trade, technologies unlocking and resource gathering but this seems to be a game much more about managing fleets from big capital ships to smaller support ships, and space stations, apparently.<\/p>\n<p>The devs also promise single-player, multiplayer and high moddability.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll continue following St\u00e9phanie&#8217;s and Mathias&#8217; journey and let you know when there&#8217;s further progress.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no pre-orders available and no indication of when the game will be released at this time. For the time being you can <a  href=\"http:\/\/dss.stephanierct.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">donate\u00a0in their website<\/a>\u00a0to help with the development. If you want more frequent updates you can always follow the devs&#8217; progress by following their\u00a0<a  href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/StephanieRct\" target=\"_blank\">programming<\/a>\u00a0(St\u00e9phanie) and <a  href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/DSSMathias\" target=\"_blank\">art<\/a>\u00a0(Mathias) twitter feeds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a while since we wrote about Deep Space Settlement, an indie space 4X\/RTS game that has been in the works for the past three years. 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