This is a big day for Orion's End. I can finally announce that I received funding from Screen Australia to dedicate more of my time to developing the game. It is really exciting.

To celebrate, here's a new trailer showing all new content from the game. The Steam page has also been updated to reflect the current state of progress.

#indiegame #pixelart #scifi #cozy #videogames #spacesim #cozygame #indiedev

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTTInWJ0mTc

So.. What are we playing, today?
I'll try to play some ED, if the servers are nice to my Fleet Carrier ^^

New Game Announcement

The Astra Protocol.

The next game set in the Astra Protocol universe.

For more details, check out https://slicebar.games/games/the-astra-protocol/

Star Wars: X-Wing Collectors Series with XWVM alpha

Played #XWVM (closed) Alpha with my ViperPit and with #XR glasses. I’m simply in awe that I can replay missions from #XWing (or #TIEFighter) with more modern graphics and modern interface devices again. I spent _so many_ hours playing this as a kid.

This is the heavily cut VOD of the live stream over at https://live.famkos.net (pick your poison):

https://makertube.net/w/hW6cJeqBY42YoryJL1gRg5 /
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8at4P5rf-gE

I go over the input settings and show it’s capabilities to connected various joystick devices, demo the Proofing Grounds and showcase mission 1+2. In the end I go over various settings for the XWVM engine and how the machine hardly sweats displaying the gorgeous cockpit.

XWVM is not an official product from Lucasfilm Ltd. or Disney. It is not endorsed or authorized by either. It is a fan recreation of the game engine used to play X-Wing and TIE Fighter for the sake of accessibility and requires the original game assets to work.

The game was played with #Viture Pro XR running in Side-By-Side mode thanks to ReShade on a Linux PC.

Kudos to the XWVM team, they are doing a stellar job here.

https://beko.famkos.net/2025/03/03/star-wars-x-wing-collectors-series-with-xwvm-alpha/

X4: Hyperion Pack & Flight Model Update - A New Era Begins!
Today marks another major milestone for X4: Foundations with the release of the Flight Model Update and X4: Hyperion Pack!
For more details, visit: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/392160/view/546725769035907147
#X4Foundations #SpaceSim #gaming

"So what can you do in your game besides carrying cargo or passengers and mining asteroids?"

"The usual."

"Like shoot enemy ships and steal their cargo?"

"Um... nope."

"So what is it?"

"Well ... fishing?"

(Very early and rudimentary for now, but it works) #gamedev #picotron #spacesim

There's a new Dev Log for Orion's End on Steam, where I talk about what features I've been working on this last month or two, and some new screenshots. I've had new ideas that have me pretty excited. #indiegames #videogames #spacesim

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2081810/view/545599869129064543?l=english

I've always been a huge fan of Microsoft's Flight Simulator, but somehow I never really got into playing its cousin: "Microsoft Space Simulator".

Until today! - I just received this beautiful "Space Simulator" bigbox. English and German diskettes for MS-DOS and a thick paper manual. Looks like everything's pretty much unused and in pristine condition. I need to check this out!

This... is... amazing!

I do play to much x4 I think just started to build my first wharf. I do produce half of the materials I need to keep it running myself.
I also produce all the building materials, so it is mostly free to build

What a great game.

Here's my latest space simulation video! I haven't really done much with orbital decay before so this was interesting! Once again, I've added a soundtrack to my video, no VFX this time though. That's because it already looked very cool! Because of how the video was rendered, the accretion disk has this interesting sparkling effect.

https://youtu.be/49JFtJJV-No

I've been playing #VoidCrew a #cooperative #SpaceSim #Game on my #SteamDeck recently and have posted up my impressions on my resurrected #blog.

https://spelk.online/posts/void-crew

I'm surprised how well it plays on a docked deck and I'm kind of flush with excitement that I can now play (some) of my #Steam library as if they were on a #console. Big telly and couch FTW!

I've been playing #VoidCrew a #cooperative #SpaceSim #Game on my #SteamDeck recently and have posted up my impressions on my resurrected #blog.

https://spelk.online/posts/void-crew

I'm surprised how well it plays on a docked deck and I'm kind of flush with excitement that I can now play (some) of my #Steam library as if they were on a #console. Big telly and couch FTW!

I've been playing #VoidCrew a #cooperative #SpaceSim #Game on my #SteamDeck recently and have posted up my impressions on my resurrected #blog.

https://spelk.online/posts/void-crew

I'm surprised how well it plays on a docked deck and I'm kind of flush with excitement that I can now play (some) of my #Steam library as if they were on a #console. Big telly and couch FTW!

welp, went to some random low-level picket thinking it would be a piece of cake and instead got wreaked by the mini-boss. #SpaceBourne2 #VideoGames #RPG #Gaming #Games #UnrealEngine #IndieGame #SpaceSim #DBKGames

Just got my first Destroyer in x4 Frontier. Also this is one of my stations I use for my operations.

Around 50 hours in the game, I do hope my wife still recognizes me.

Thanks to my daughter, Spunkmeyer the Cat looks now even better! Since my daughter is a teenager, further cooperation may not be guaranteed. #gamedev #picotron #spacesim

One of the cool things about #Picotron is the ability to check local time. This way I can reset asteroid fields for mining and provide new trade rates, both on a daily basis. #gamedev #spacesim

I still need to rework the star systems to provide a better traveling experience, but instead, I did this: You can now pick up a stray. It mostly sleeps in your backseat but also hangs around you at space stations. Priorities, sheesh! #Picotron #Gamedev #Spacesim