This is the sort of thing you see when visiting a planet in Endless Sky. Simple graphics and text are all you get here, but it is more than enough to convey a feeling for the planet and it’s culture. Inhabited systems have planets you can land on which takes you to a management screen where you can make trades, build ships, visit the bank, or see if there are any special missions in the starport.
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In combat, you will have to sort out how to fly effectively. For routine operations, you can let the computer land on planets, make jumps, and otherwise maneuver your ship for you. Movement is inertial so a burst of thrust will carry you indefinitely in one direction until you correct. When flying within the system, you can control your ship in real-time using directional arrows and other commands for combat, scanning, and the like. You begin the game with knowledge of only a small piece of the galaxy, as you explore and purchase maps you discover ever more worlds and civilizations. The network of conduits divides the known galaxy into various regions by way of various choke points so if you want to get to a planet you can’t always take a straight path.
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The galaxy represents a series of star systems connected by warp conduits through which ships can travel from one system to another. You will spend most of your time in one of four main activities: Completing Quests, Trading, Fighting, and managing your fleet of ships. The graphics are top-down 2D and the pace of gameplay is leisurely except when engaging in combat. That said, while the game is perhaps unfinished, it is none the less very playable with minimal bugs and a good deal of content to explore and play with. As of this writing, it is still in beta at version 0.91. Open-source GamingĮndless Sky is an open-source game, and as such is free to play. From here you will wander the galaxy completing quests, trading, and battling among the stars. Endless Sky is a game of space exploration, adventure, trading, and combat created and maintained by Michael Zahniser. You begin your game in one of three starter ships, a humble but practical shuttle, a slow and vulnerable freighter, or the smallest available combat ship.
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