Hi Anouke.
I think I actually Agree. Astro Galaxy has the one ship, (though you can buy
more ships if you want), and must manage it in detail, installing modules
like cargo bays, mining gear, guns, marines, ftl drives and such. A lot of
the game involves managing your ship and it's personell, highering crew,
making sure you've got enough fuel and cargo space and such etc.
I do like the realism in Astro Galaxy, like the way planets actually have a
surface and composition when you mine them, and the way interplanetary
distances are calculated iin au, (astronomical units), while interstellar
distances are calculated in light years, and that you need to physically
plot courses before flying there.
There is pvp, but I'm not sure how serious it is generally, since it seems
even just managing your single ship is quite a task.
The main problem with the game unfortunately is the graphics. The game is
very playable, but the solar system map is made up entirely of unlabeled
java script links, which means say to find the moon in order to plot a
course to it I needed to just go on clicking until i found the right one,
and the interstellar map is completely! inaccessible since your not told
what star you've clicked only given a course to it, (this means I've got
utterly stuck in the tutorial).
Funnily enough however, I just got an E-mail back from the developer about
Astro Galaxy. He stated that he was working on an alternative interface for
navigating the graphical parts of the game which would be available "in the
future"
Since the maps in Astro Galaxy have a very similar layout to the maps in
Space Odicy, (and I bet the maps in their other game sea odicy are similar
too), I suspect the developers are working on a general access fit for all
titles, which would be awsome and mean we could add a good few more complex
games to the mix which is always good.
Of course though these things take time, though I feel quite hopeful with
the developers' positive attitude that they'll not be forever.
All the best,
Dark.
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