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  • Single-player combination of arcade 2D spaceflight and strategic manipulation of your network of contacts
  • Run missions using your family and friends' connections to government or business
  • No ship given to you at game start: you must take a loan and hire a ship, or borrow one from a wealthy relative
  • Fly between planets, interacting with the various characters you come across in cities and in space
  • Research information on other characters through chatting to friends and relatives
  • Customise your ship with lasers, passenger quarters, shields, bolt weapons, missiles and scanners (coming soon)
  • Blackmail others with the information you find, or sell it to the press (coming soon)
  • Trade goods for profit

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  • Procedural generation of a whole society of thousands of random characters
  • Start every new game from your character's birth
  • Choose your parents and all your major life choices as you grow up
  • Your choices determine your personality and your friends, relatives and enemies
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Watch the launch trailer here:

We have already had a review in, too! "Great fun and a must-play": Verybiasedreviews.tech

If you have been on the fence about the game thus far, then this is your chance to purchase Sol Trader today. For the rest of you, I cannot thank you enough for helping me make it to launch. Time for us to share this news to the far reaches of the Sol System, and say nice things about the game to all we meet!

What's next?

I'm continuing to actively work on the game, sorting out any bugs that crop up and tweaking and polishing the gameplay. I'm also going to give some thought to add-ons and expansions over the next couple of months, and listen carefully to all the feedback I get.

Thanks for all the support from the IndieDB community and others - I couldn't have done it without you!

Sol Trader on Kickstarter

Sol Trader on Kickstarter

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We've launched a Kickstarter for Sol Trader, giving backers opportunities to bag some nice rewards, including the access to the Beta program.

Upgraded lighting and new combat as Kickstarter reaches final hours

Upgraded lighting and new combat as Kickstarter reaches final hours

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Sol Trader's demo has received a significant update in the last week, with new combat code and improved lighting, as the Kickstarter campaign enters its...

The huge difference a good entity system makes

The huge difference a good entity system makes

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Lots of new things to talk about this time around. I've recently added a brand new Entity System to the game, which has dramatically increased the speed...

Two new gameplay trailers!

Two new gameplay trailers!

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A couple of recent new gameplay demos to share, and a development update.

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Dec 13 2016

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Dec 1 2016

RT @chrismdp: Yay: @soltdr back to "Mostly Positive" on Steam! Thanks so much to those who bother to leave +ve reviews - we devs *really* appreciate it.

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