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This is a 2D space trading and combat game, in a similar vein to Escape Velocity. Naev is played from a top-down perspective, featuring fast-paced combat, many ships, a large variety of equipment and a large galaxy to explore. You pilot a space ship from a top-down perspective, and are more or less free to do what you want. As the genre name implies, you’re able to trade and engage in combat at will. Beyond that, there’s an ever-growing number of storyline missions, equipment, and ships; Even the galaxy itself grows larger with each release. For the literarily-inclined, there are large amounts of lore accompanying everything from planets to equipment. The game is highly open-ended, letting you proceed at your own pace. Features: A large galaxy with hundreds of planets and moons to explore; Real-time, semi-Newtonian gameplay reminiscent of the Escape Velocity games; Many different ships to buy and pilot, and many ways to customize each of them; Multiple factions, each with unique ship designs and personalities; Open-source, meaning ultimate freedom of modding; Currently Naev is a playable game, but it is far from being a complete one. Players are encouraged by contributing new stories for the game, and by shaping those stories into playable missions. Other ways to help include making art or sounds, improving gameplay via balancing work, or (if you have the ability) even a bit of coding on the main program. The game engine is written in C. Missions are written in Lua. No, there is no multiplayer, and there probably won't be. |
