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Author Topic: Starcom: Unknown Space | Is this okay?  (Read 2772 times)

Azrael_Sanguin

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Starcom: Unknown Space | Is this okay?
« on: August 31, 2022, 07:57:15 PM »

Just wanted to raise the existence of Starcom: Unknown Space https://store.steampowered.com/app/1750770/Starcom_Unknown_Space/?rdt_cid=4031278010605872548&utm_campaign=sbrd2&utm_source=rd

Looks very similar almost Identical, anyone know about it?
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Re: Starcom: Unknown Space | Is this okay?
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2022, 09:14:01 PM »

It looks like a sequel to Starcom: Nexus.
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Re: Starcom: Unknown Space | Is this okay?
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2022, 09:42:15 PM »

Yeah, this doesn't look like it's at all Starsector-derivative. At most inspired by some of the same stuff?

...So to answer the question in the thread title: Yes, this looks to be okay.

Also potentially interesting, so thanks for pointing it out.
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Re: Starcom: Unknown Space | Is this okay?
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2022, 11:21:16 PM »

It looks like a sequel to Starcom: Nexus.
It's this.
Which itself was a sequel to the 'original' Starcom, which was a Flash game that was published in 2009.
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Re: Starcom: Unknown Space | Is this okay?
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2022, 07:40:50 PM »

I actually found Stasector because I got bored with the original Starcom game, which is pretty cool by the way.

I was looking around for "games like starcom" and found starsector mentioned in a thread.

Starsector is much bigger and with mods is vast/infinite. I keep coming back to it and haven't really played starcom since.

The original starcom had a pretty good storyline, tech upgrades system for the pilot and the only ship you fly is the one you build piece by piece as you learn new tech.

So to me it's really a totally different game within the same genre.
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Re: Starcom: Unknown Space | Is this okay?
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2022, 08:24:29 AM »

That spaceship buildin hexagonal interface looks a-mazing.
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Re: Starcom: Unknown Space | Is this okay?
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2022, 02:55:25 PM »

It's in the first one too, worth trying. A lot of fun, more arcade style combat and awesome that you build your ship design as you progress.

I hope no-one minds that I'm enthusiastic about another game on this forum.  ;D
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Re: Starcom: Unknown Space | Is this okay?
« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2022, 01:16:18 PM »

I've enjoyed the Starcom: Nexus a lot. Looking forward to seeing where they take Starcom: Unknown Space.

I believe that the developer wanted to keep the modular ships from Nexus, but make them look a bit less "blocky" in a sequal. Looking good so far!
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Re: Starcom: Unknown Space | Is this okay?
« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2022, 11:15:17 PM »

wow this looks cool added to wish list will check it out later
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Re: Starcom: Unknown Space | Is this okay?
« Reply #9 on: October 20, 2022, 03:05:52 AM »

It looks cool! I'm gonna check it out when it releases.

From the screenshots on Steam, it seems to have a number of different mechanics from Starsector so I don't think it's "almost identical", it just has a top-down 2D ship system.

It seems to have a tech research tree, hexagonal ship building, more detailed resource use, possibly dialog skils (xenoculture insight?) and individual crew management. Seems like it's probably much smaller in scale too, with a focus on a single ship over a fleet that can hold several capitals.
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Re: Starcom: Unknown Space | Is this okay?
« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2022, 10:09:50 PM »

no it is not. will be reporting this to the relavent cyber authorities as soon as possible
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