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NewsIn the Overhaul, we get around that by splitting the play area into zones. Each zone might contain a series of installations lending it to a particular...
Cry Havoc!
News 3 commentsBZZZZZZ – THAWCK – ‘that sounds like XL weapons fire, a siege laser maybe, it can’t be here already…’ Spins camera round for a look and it’s...
Overhaul Progress Update
News 1 commentUnder the hood is also progressing well, taking the time to rewrite the base layers has paid its dues. With the implementation of NVIDIA Physx and all...
Zone Theory and Unit Construction
News 2 commentsSo as you’ve probably worked out, one of the distinguishing features of Shallow Space is concurrent activity spread across several play areas that we...
Open-world Overhaul: It's Evolution #5
News 3 commentsThe game also now has a rudimentary AI that will simulate such tasks as auto-attacking, mining and trading (soon to be extended with patrolling etc...
Open-world Overhaul: Material Concerns #4
NewsIn a 4X colonization would be that thing, but this is an RTS (an open-world one at that) so we have to think outside the box. But you don’t have to...
Open-world Overhaul: Captains Log #3
News 5 commentsBut we need to keep the maps fresh. One thing we learned from the current alpha is that isolated clusters of rocks and gas do little to create a juicy...
Open-world Overhaul: Zones and UI
News 7 commentsBut why zones? Well there are inherent technical issues making a true open world space game, we found that the usable play area really falls far short...
Core Mechanics Overhaul - exploring the open world
News 5 commentsImmediately playing the prototype it’s a vast difference, the smaller ships become much more fun especially the Markab destroyer which was previously...
Shallow Space - EARLY ACCESS: Update 8
News 2 commentsWe also added a sandbox level which has some very basic carrier stations in there, jump lanes and all the stuff we’re going to be using to build the...
Looking back, moving forwards, it's a new year!
News 11 commentsThen we hit Steam, which is crazy! I’ve used it back since Halflife 1 days and to scroll through my Library and see ‘Shallow Space’ there, still...
Shallow Space - EARLY ACCESS: Update 7
NewsThe beginnings of the missile system, progress on the hangar screen including a revamped colour picker and an optimisation pass, cutting down memory usage...
Shallow Space - EARLY ACCESS: Update 6
NewsIn this update we continue to focus on refining the strategic experience, work on the reported issues, inject new ships and modules and put in the scaffolding...
Shallow Space - EARLY ACCESS: Update 5
NewsUpdate 5 is out! Saving and loading fleets, objectives system, a new ship and many more fixes, changes and additions. Also, more of the Armstrong cruiser...
Shallow Space - EARLY ACCESS: Update 4
News 5 commentsJust one week after the Early Access Release, a massive update has landed.
Force Multiplier
News 1 commentBack in the trenches Mathias joins the project in an unexpected twist of good fortune, it’s a curious sensation actually as I remember peering over...
User Interface Evolution
NewsPreviously the levels were pizza box shaped; now we’ve changed them to a cylinder shape. Not only does this feel more fitting when combined with the...
Belly of the Beast (Steam Page Live! Modding Thoughts...)
News 5 commentsOn the journey to Early Access last week I came to quite an unexpected crossroads. You see I took the scene that I’d been using to construct the tactical...
Limit of Exploitation (Ship Configurator, 3D UI, Video #46 Mayhem)
News 3 commentsThe game engine is progressing at a phenomenal rate, at lot of the stuff I did last month paved the way for this rapid progress so mechanically we are...
Some Semblance of Order (Roadmap, new Ship)
NewsWork on Omega continues with a Medium Corvette model being unveiled, the artists now report they are ‘in the swing’ but there’s a short break while...
Pushing the Envelope (Website, Resource Collectors & Turrets)
News 4 commentsFinally we finally met a pair of web developers who are able to take a set of sketches and some instructions and build us a website worthy of the game...
of Modding, Level Design and Apologies
News 4 comments...that’s when I got the first indicator that I’d made a mistake. The mistake was twofold I think; firstly blasting another game to get your point...
The Omega Directive
News 31 commentsSo it’s business as usual here at Special Circumstances, interesting ideas flying at me from all corners of the team as I silently enact Plan B which...
Crowdfunding - Mission Failed! A Post Mortem
News 20 commentsIt was to be our first mistake because the $2000 we spend on advertising and press releases was essentially set on fire. We pushed the live button on...
Major Demo (Update 0.7.03)
News 2 commentsSo the main focus of this update has been to make the controls better conform to user expectations. The orbit camera becomes prevalent allowing the player...
Demo Update (0.7.02)
NewsSo now we begin to settle into a frequent cycle of adding features to the demo and testing them. It's easier this way because we get to test the implementation...
Shallow Space Crowdfunding Goes Live on IGG!!
News 5 commentsBy now (or sometime very soon) the Mac and PC demos should be online and ready for download, please take the time to work through the two tutorials which...
IGG Crowdfunding Countdown Annoucement!
News 3 commentsWhat’s more? The demo will be released on PC and Mac. What’s more still? We recognise it will be an alpha demo with bugs, so we will be supporting...
A Grand Unification
News 11 commentsInto the room walks Vincent Van Diemen, the producer of ‘Nexus: The Jupiter Incident.’ Now Vincent has been watching the project for some time now...
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