A life sign!

[Space Borders]

Yes I'm still alive, but Life hasn't been easy for me over the last few years. I know I should have made a post here much, much earlier and want to apologize for this very long period of silence.

Regarding the game, well, it's placed on ice for the time being. That's the bad news, but there is still some hope left for it.

There is however some good news as well. In 2014 I started working on a new game (very different from Space Borders) then ceased all work on it, but I picked it up again about a year ago. Trust me when I tell you that this game is a lot more fun than Space Borders. It's very much in the perspective of old school GTA games, but with all kinds of vehicles, including ships and planes. The physics are much smoother and the AI a lot more realistic than those in old GTA games though. The object of the game is to get rich and possess all kinds of vehicles and buildings. It's also an open world game. The game is about 75% done.

There is a dedicated forum (still just in template mode) for this game. Anyone who is interested to find out more and even become a tester will be able to sign up for that via the new forum. As a big bonus, you might get a city / town named after you if you help out.

I consider this game to be my top priority at the moment, so Space Borders will have to wait.

Here is a little preview, but honestly, the images don't do it any justice. You have to see it in action.

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I know this might not be what you hoped for after all this time, but I'm sure you'd love this new game if you gave it a try.

[Clinkzbone]

HE LIVES!

[Clinkzbone]

Welcome back! Hope you're doing good IRL. The new game looks pretty sweet, I remember playing GTA on my phone years and years ago (or at least something similar to GTA), back before touchscreens were a thing. Good times. Though I hope the sounds are not final, some are pretty headache-inducing, like the car skidding/screeching sounds.

Would be happy to playtest the new game, and I hope that someday SB will get it's time to shine again

[Space Borders]

Thanks, things are much better now. I was just going through a difficult phase.

Don't worry about the sound effects. The game is still in its rawest form and changing sounds is a piece of cake. I'm currently working on fine tuning the game engine, AI and physics and after that, it'll all be about mission and world design and finally the UI. The map is pretty massive (256km2 / 3 islands), with plenty of cities / towns, so much room for exploration and expansion, endless possibilities really.

Missions will earn you money that you can spend on cars and assets. Assets will generate additional income (but require regular visits to keep being productive), while better cars will increase your chances of succeeding in certain missions. You will have to set your priorities according to your goals. Unlike in old GTA games (don't know about the newer ones), getting into trouble with the police can be handled by paying fines in most cases. Some cars will feature special abilities. There will be trucking / shipping missions and you will even be able to play as the police, fire fighter and do military missions as well. Further there will be pro racing, street racing, Mafia style missions and a lot more.

The wealthier you get, the more awesome items you will be able to afford and the better the missions will pay you. There is even a yacht that you can obtain and I was thinking about adding a small island that you can buy once you have advanced sufficiently, sort of the crown jewel. It'd also add a "sandbox mode".

It's actually very hard to describe everything that's going to be in this game, firstly because the list is very long and secondly because I haven't made up my mind about several ideas yet. In any case, judging by what's already finished it has really great potential to be a fun little game.

[Roger579]

When do you thing you'll be able to work on the game again??

[Space Borders]

Hard to tell, all efforts are going into the new game "Highway Smash" atm, but there's definitely going to be an announcement either here or on the FB page once I work on a new update.

[Angel 947]

If you get back to the game could you create an advanced deep space mining? Maybe 3X more resources and perhaps alien factories instead of masterminds. Or maybe both at the same time.