Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/super-starship/id1554379441 Super Starship Les Bird Device with 3GB minimum RAM required to play Explore a MASSIVE persistent universe. 900,000 stars, each star with its o… Free Buy Now Watch Media DetailsDevice with 3GB minimum RAM required to play Explore a MASSIVE persistent universe. 900,000 stars, each star with its own solar system. More than 4 million planets to discover! Full 3D universe. Fly your starship to any part of the galaxy and to any planet. MASSIVE planets with terrain - fly down through the planet atmosphere and see the detailed terrain. Planets can have oceans with animated water and water reflections. Solar systems are HUGE - because of the size there is a time-scale (up to 100x) that is automatically applied so you can fly from planet to planet very quickly and you can turn off the time-scale if you want to fly in real-time (can take HOURS to reach a planet though). Collect beacons on the planet surface by flying through the beams. Beacons offer missions, points, credits, minerals and possibly fuel. Collect all beacons on a planet for extra points/credits. Starbases you own make profits. Dock with your starbases and collect the profits to increase your wealth. Colonize planets and build a fleet to invade and take over other colonized planets. Build an empire! You like No Man's Sky? Well, this is not that, but it is inspired by it. NO PIRATES! This is a mission of peace to map the galaxy for habitable planets to be colonized. Fly to any star you see in your view and explore its solar system without worrying about being attacked. Persistent universe. All discovered stars and planets are cataloged on the galactic server and remembered. Come back in days, weeks, months to see how the universe has changed. Other captains will see your discovered stars and you will see theirs. Your mission as starship captain is to explore and map the galaxy for the IGDB (Intergalactic Database). Use your local and galaxy map to help you accomplish your mission or just fly by the seat of your pants. Your ranking is based on how many stars and planets you discover. Habitable planets are worth more points. Planets with intelligent or advanced life are worth even more points. Multiple Game Center leaderboards "Just give me a starship and stars to steer her by" - 2021 Les Bird Information Seller:Les Bird Genre:Adventure, Simulation Release:Mar 17, 2021 Updated:May 11, 2022 Version:4.0 Size:486.5 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Super Starship is a space exploration game with a massive persistent universe inspired by the game No Man's Sky. The universe consists of 900,000 stars in 9 quadrants (100,000 stars per quadrant). You can pilot your starship to any star you see, claim it and explore its solar system. There are more than 4 million planets to discover. The entire universe is persistent powered by a PHP/MySQL backend server. Any star claimed by one pilot is visible to all other pilots in realtime and will remain claimed by the original owner forever. The game supports multiplayer mode using PUN2+ servers globally - explore with your friends! Your mission as starship captain is to scan and discover habitable planets for future colonization. Some planets may contain intelligent or advanced lifeforms which are worth more points. Some star systems have star bases which, when docked with, can be used to refuel or upgrade your ship. This is also where you upload your scanned planet data to get credits (for upgrades/fuel). Cloak your ship for privacy - no other players can see you. Nearly 50 missions (side quests) to complete. There are multiple Game Center leaderboards. The game supports compatible game controllers (Xbox, MFi, etc), or you can just fly by using onscreen controls (swipes and sliders). 60 FPS on iPhone 7 Plus and newer devices. Also tested and runs on iPhone 6 (not the 6s) so 6s owners should have no issues. Just launch and play, no special logins required. Game Center ID is used as in-game name. Enjoy some screenshots... Truncana likes this. psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,945 702 113 England #2 psj3809, Mar 17, 2021 Looks tempting but would want a single player mode. Can’t work out if it has that or not Lesbird Well-Known Member Nov 30, 2010 145 68 28 Male Game Programmer Boston Massachusetts https://lesbird.github.io #3 Lesbird, Mar 18, 2021 Hi, you can either play "cloaked" where you are invisible to other players, essentially single player, or play offline (in airplane mode). Actually I should add a toggle to play in single player mode. That will be in the next update. Thanks for the tip. Also playing in cloaked mode is remembered so if you start the game another time you'll start in cloaked mode. -Les vectorarchitekt, Truncana and kline6666 like this. Truncana Well-Known Member Mar 18, 2013 623 91 28 #4 Truncana, Mar 18, 2021 Bought. Looks kinda in prototype stage... Transitions from stars to planets are not so natural, cockpit is too much x-wing style, I would like to see the 3D model of player ship in a stats and storage menu and, as I said somewhere, I would like to earn money to buy new ships. It has a lot of potential, but now it’s in an early stage of development. Hope to see something new soon. Lesbird likes this. Lesbird Well-Known Member Nov 30, 2010 145 68 28 Male Game Programmer Boston Massachusetts https://lesbird.github.io #5 Lesbird, Mar 18, 2021 Thanks for your feedback. Much appreciated. Curious how do you envision transitions to/from star systems to work? Personally I kind of liked the zoom in to the star and see the solar system then zoom out when you leave it but I'd like to hear some other ideas. I like the view of the 3D model of the ship idea, I'll find a place to add that - probably when docked with a star base. Buying new ships is on my list of features to add. -Les Truncana likes this. Truncana Well-Known Member Mar 18, 2013 623 91 28 #6 Truncana, Mar 18, 2021 For the ship outside 3D model, please consider a more inspired design... The one you have chosen is too classic and not so exciting kline6666 Member Aug 11, 2020 9 6 3 Male #7 kline6666, Mar 18, 2021 Yeah. Bought it and played it for about one hour. So all I do is driving around and scanning systems and planets? The engine is nice and competent and I like the planet models but I guess as a game I expected a bit more, like maybe the planets with intelligent life can generate missions for you to take on, even if those are UPS like delivery missions that help them develop and integrate into the federation, maybe there could be a story mode even if it is as cliche as “follow your father and save the universe” or something. Maybe the planets can have semi randomly generated collectibles, ancient relics and artifacts and snippets of story that give idea to the civilizations that came and died. Maybe there could be unique, big structures for you to discover. I dunno. The universe feels lonely and dead. Maybe that is how it should feel like but I don’t think there is a sense of wonder and discovery as I go around scanning stuff. Lesbird and Truncana like this. Lesbird Well-Known Member Nov 30, 2010 145 68 28 Male Game Programmer Boston Massachusetts https://lesbird.github.io #8 Lesbird, Mar 18, 2021 Great suggestions. I do have some "cargo transport" missions coming in a near future update but not linked to planet intelligent life but I could probably tie them together. Structures and artifacts are good ideas too. Thanks for the feedback! -Les Truncana and kline6666 like this. Lesbird Well-Known Member Nov 30, 2010 145 68 28 Male Game Programmer Boston Massachusetts https://lesbird.github.io #9 Lesbird, Mar 20, 2021 FYI, the next update coming this week will have some really good features added. For @psj3809 I've added single player mode so you can play offline. For @kline6666 I've added missions that will randomly appear when you scan a planet. The missions will relate to artifacts and relics that span multiple star systems where you have to go find the rest of the parts to complete them. Each artifact/relic will have a brief story behind it. I'll keep expanding on it when I think up new ideas or as more ideas come my way. -Les Gwarmaxx, Truncana and kline6666 like this. kline6666 Member Aug 11, 2020 9 6 3 Male #10 kline6666, Mar 21, 2021 Very nice! Looking forward to the update! Lesbird Well-Known Member Nov 30, 2010 145 68 28 Male Game Programmer Boston Massachusetts https://lesbird.github.io #11 Lesbird, Mar 23, 2021 V1.1 update submitted to the App Store. Some cool new additions. 1. Planet missions where a planet scan may reveal an artifact followed by a mission to find the rest of the pieces in other star systems. The star systems are highlighted with a HUD icon as well as on screen arrows to guide you. You'll need to scan the planets in the star systems to find the other pieces. Thanks to @kline6666 for the idea. 2. A Star Library where you can view all of your discovered stars and then plot a course to any one of them. Very useful. kline6666 and Truncana like this. Lesbird Well-Known Member Nov 30, 2010 145 68 28 Male Game Programmer Boston Massachusetts https://lesbird.github.io #12 Lesbird, Apr 7, 2021 New updates to Super Starship. V1.6 includes: 1. Turn based combat missions. Near by star bases may come under attack. Help save the star base by engaging the enemy in combat. Manage your power level, shields and use torpedoes and phasers to fend off the enemy fleet. Torpedoes and ship power (which energizes the shields) can be replenished by visiting any star base. Torpedoes are one shot, one kill. Phasers are multi-shot distance based and reduce the health of the enemy and kills them if enough damage is accumulated. 2. Star Library can now show the entire discovered star list (in addition to your discovered star list). Plot a course to any star in the list. 3 Star Library now has a search feature where you can enter the star ID of any star in the galaxy and plot a course to it. The star can be discovered or undiscovered, as long as the ID is valid you can plot a course to it. vectorarchitekt and kline6666 like this. kline6666 Member Aug 11, 2020 9 6 3 Male #13 kline6666, Apr 7, 2021 Very nice! I see the update in store now. Will give it a try shortly Lesbird likes this. Lesbird Well-Known Member Nov 30, 2010 145 68 28 Male Game Programmer Boston Massachusetts https://lesbird.github.io #14 Lesbird, Apr 15, 2021 Anything in particular you want to see in the next update? I’m always listening to suggestions. Les Lesbird Well-Known Member Nov 30, 2010 145 68 28 Male Game Programmer Boston Massachusetts https://lesbird.github.io #15 Lesbird, Dec 14, 2021 New updates coming for Super Starship V2. All new version with lots of new features (requires minimum 3GB RAM device) - Solar systems are now MASSIVE with extreme distances between planets - Time-scale (up to 100x) automatically applied while in a solar system so you can fly from planet to planet very quickly - Turn off time-scale and use real-time but can take HOURS to reach planets - All new planets with detailed terrain - Fly down through the planet atmosphere and see the amazing terrain details (higher res the lower you fly) - Planets can have oceans with animated water, water reflection and shorelines - Planets are MASSIVE - millions of kilometers in diameter - Collect beacons on the planet surface to get missions and bonus points/credits/fuel/minerals - Collect all beacons on a planet to get extra points and credits - Collect minerals from beacons and sell them when docked with a starbase for more credits - Same persistent universe. Release date very soon, possibly before Christmas. All existing data from V1 is retained. See attached screenshots. Les Attached Files: SSSCREENSHOT0003.PNG File size: 1.1 MB Views: 11 SSSCREENSHOT0009.PNG File size: 997.8 KB Views: 11 SSSCREENSHOT0015.PNG File size: 823.5 KB Views: 11 SSSCREENSHOT0032.PNG File size: 1.1 MB Views: 11 SSSCREENSHOT0054.PNG File size: 883.1 KB Views: 11 VirtualBoyFreak, decript, kline6666 and 3 others like this. Truncana Well-Known Member Mar 18, 2013 623 91 28 #16 Truncana, Dec 14, 2021 Awesome update. Did you changed the ship design? Lesbird likes this. Lesbird Well-Known Member Nov 30, 2010 145 68 28 Male Game Programmer Boston Massachusetts https://lesbird.github.io #17 Lesbird, Dec 15, 2021 I did use a new ship model but it is only used in the hologram. I took out multiplayer for now as I did not like how Photon separated the servers into regions. I’m looking into alternatives that support MMO type connectivity or maybe roll my own. Pretty much every time I played the game I never once saw another player online. I also took out the Korgon starbase battles. Les kline6666 and Truncana like this. Lesbird Well-Known Member Nov 30, 2010 145 68 28 Male Game Programmer Boston Massachusetts https://lesbird.github.io #18 Lesbird, Dec 26, 2021 Super Starship 2 has been submitted to the App Store for a January 1 release. Here's a sample video showing the seamless transition from outer space to planet surface recorded on an iPad Air 4. Some of the major updates: - Detailed planet terrain and seamless transitions from space to planet surface - Beacons on the planet surface that you can collect by flying through the beams - Beacons have points, credits, fuel, minerals and sometimes a mission - Collect all the beacons on a planet for bonus points and credits - Sell minerals when you dock with a starbase for credits - A galactic economy system has been added - all stars that you own with starbases make profits on any transactions such as planet upload, mineral sells, ship refuels and ship upgrades. You get a percentage of all transactions made at any of your starbases. Become a Galaxy Tycoon! - All data from V1 is retained - you still own the stars/planets/habitables discovered from V1 Les Attached Files: IMG_0681.PNG File size: 3.9 MB Views: 2 IMG_0679.PNG File size: 3.9 MB Views: 2 IMG_0678.PNG File size: 3.7 MB Views: 2 Echoseven, kline6666, decript and 2 others like this. Truncana Well-Known Member Mar 18, 2013 623 91 28 #19 Truncana, Dec 26, 2021 Simply awesome!!! Great job mate! I hope it will include the possibility to change (sell/buy) new spaceships… Lesbird Well-Known Member Nov 30, 2010 145 68 28 Male Game Programmer Boston Massachusetts https://lesbird.github.io #20 Lesbird, Dec 27, 2021 Thank you @Truncana much appreciated. What would you like to see as far as ship upgrades go? You can already upgrade your fuel capacity and warp/impulse speeds. Are you thinking to buy new ships for their style/looks or for their feature upgrades? In No Man's Sky ship upgrades are useful because you can increase the capacity of the minerals you mine on planets, so it's very useful to buy/sell ships in that game. My game doesn't really have those restrictions/features though so not sure what the benefit would be to buy/sell ships. I'm curious what your thoughts are though as some good ideas come from discussions like this. Les kline6666 and Truncana like this. 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Hi, you can either play "cloaked" where you are invisible to other players, essentially single player, or play offline (in airplane mode). Actually I should add a toggle to play in single player mode. That will be in the next update. Thanks for the tip. Also playing in cloaked mode is remembered so if you start the game another time you'll start in cloaked mode. -Les
Bought. Looks kinda in prototype stage... Transitions from stars to planets are not so natural, cockpit is too much x-wing style, I would like to see the 3D model of player ship in a stats and storage menu and, as I said somewhere, I would like to earn money to buy new ships. It has a lot of potential, but now it’s in an early stage of development. Hope to see something new soon.
Thanks for your feedback. Much appreciated. Curious how do you envision transitions to/from star systems to work? Personally I kind of liked the zoom in to the star and see the solar system then zoom out when you leave it but I'd like to hear some other ideas. I like the view of the 3D model of the ship idea, I'll find a place to add that - probably when docked with a star base. Buying new ships is on my list of features to add. -Les
For the ship outside 3D model, please consider a more inspired design... The one you have chosen is too classic and not so exciting
Yeah. Bought it and played it for about one hour. So all I do is driving around and scanning systems and planets? The engine is nice and competent and I like the planet models but I guess as a game I expected a bit more, like maybe the planets with intelligent life can generate missions for you to take on, even if those are UPS like delivery missions that help them develop and integrate into the federation, maybe there could be a story mode even if it is as cliche as “follow your father and save the universe” or something. Maybe the planets can have semi randomly generated collectibles, ancient relics and artifacts and snippets of story that give idea to the civilizations that came and died. Maybe there could be unique, big structures for you to discover. I dunno. The universe feels lonely and dead. Maybe that is how it should feel like but I don’t think there is a sense of wonder and discovery as I go around scanning stuff.
Great suggestions. I do have some "cargo transport" missions coming in a near future update but not linked to planet intelligent life but I could probably tie them together. Structures and artifacts are good ideas too. Thanks for the feedback! -Les
FYI, the next update coming this week will have some really good features added. For @psj3809 I've added single player mode so you can play offline. For @kline6666 I've added missions that will randomly appear when you scan a planet. The missions will relate to artifacts and relics that span multiple star systems where you have to go find the rest of the parts to complete them. Each artifact/relic will have a brief story behind it. I'll keep expanding on it when I think up new ideas or as more ideas come my way. -Les
V1.1 update submitted to the App Store. Some cool new additions. 1. Planet missions where a planet scan may reveal an artifact followed by a mission to find the rest of the pieces in other star systems. The star systems are highlighted with a HUD icon as well as on screen arrows to guide you. You'll need to scan the planets in the star systems to find the other pieces. Thanks to @kline6666 for the idea. 2. A Star Library where you can view all of your discovered stars and then plot a course to any one of them. Very useful.
New updates to Super Starship. V1.6 includes: 1. Turn based combat missions. Near by star bases may come under attack. Help save the star base by engaging the enemy in combat. Manage your power level, shields and use torpedoes and phasers to fend off the enemy fleet. Torpedoes and ship power (which energizes the shields) can be replenished by visiting any star base. Torpedoes are one shot, one kill. Phasers are multi-shot distance based and reduce the health of the enemy and kills them if enough damage is accumulated. 2. Star Library can now show the entire discovered star list (in addition to your discovered star list). Plot a course to any star in the list. 3 Star Library now has a search feature where you can enter the star ID of any star in the galaxy and plot a course to it. The star can be discovered or undiscovered, as long as the ID is valid you can plot a course to it.
New updates coming for Super Starship V2. All new version with lots of new features (requires minimum 3GB RAM device) - Solar systems are now MASSIVE with extreme distances between planets - Time-scale (up to 100x) automatically applied while in a solar system so you can fly from planet to planet very quickly - Turn off time-scale and use real-time but can take HOURS to reach planets - All new planets with detailed terrain - Fly down through the planet atmosphere and see the amazing terrain details (higher res the lower you fly) - Planets can have oceans with animated water, water reflection and shorelines - Planets are MASSIVE - millions of kilometers in diameter - Collect beacons on the planet surface to get missions and bonus points/credits/fuel/minerals - Collect all beacons on a planet to get extra points and credits - Collect minerals from beacons and sell them when docked with a starbase for more credits - Same persistent universe. Release date very soon, possibly before Christmas. All existing data from V1 is retained. See attached screenshots. Les
I did use a new ship model but it is only used in the hologram. I took out multiplayer for now as I did not like how Photon separated the servers into regions. I’m looking into alternatives that support MMO type connectivity or maybe roll my own. Pretty much every time I played the game I never once saw another player online. I also took out the Korgon starbase battles. Les
Super Starship 2 has been submitted to the App Store for a January 1 release. Here's a sample video showing the seamless transition from outer space to planet surface recorded on an iPad Air 4. Some of the major updates: - Detailed planet terrain and seamless transitions from space to planet surface - Beacons on the planet surface that you can collect by flying through the beams - Beacons have points, credits, fuel, minerals and sometimes a mission - Collect all the beacons on a planet for bonus points and credits - Sell minerals when you dock with a starbase for credits - A galactic economy system has been added - all stars that you own with starbases make profits on any transactions such as planet upload, mineral sells, ship refuels and ship upgrades. You get a percentage of all transactions made at any of your starbases. Become a Galaxy Tycoon! - All data from V1 is retained - you still own the stars/planets/habitables discovered from V1 Les
Simply awesome!!! Great job mate! I hope it will include the possibility to change (sell/buy) new spaceships…
Thank you @Truncana much appreciated. What would you like to see as far as ship upgrades go? You can already upgrade your fuel capacity and warp/impulse speeds. Are you thinking to buy new ships for their style/looks or for their feature upgrades? In No Man's Sky ship upgrades are useful because you can increase the capacity of the minerals you mine on planets, so it's very useful to buy/sell ships in that game. My game doesn't really have those restrictions/features though so not sure what the benefit would be to buy/sell ships. I'm curious what your thoughts are though as some good ideas come from discussions like this. Les
