Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation

Bottom line: it's not the best game ever, it's very old and it shows, it's very casual style, but yeah it's worth a few bucks. Casual, fun, laid-back space mining game. With the occasional pirate attack. You can basically complete all of the unique content in just 4 or 5 solar systems... but if you enjoy being a "space trucker" or "asteroid miner" or "casual pirate hunter" then you'll still get some enjoyment after that. It's a very old game, but I like it. There is, however, [b]A HUGE ISSUE WITH MODERN HD SCREEN RESOLUTIONS MAKING THE TEXT AND UI WINDOWS & BUTTONS APPEAR MICROSCOPIC[/b] BUT I HAVE FIXED IT. [url=https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3033353871]Click here to read my guide if you encounter the same problem when you play the game.[/url] Now I'll tell you some specifics about the game. You can setup various options when you start a new game; galaxy size (number of star systems), amount of starting money, ship you start with, death penalties or perma-death, number and frequency of pirate squads, how quickly jobs expire and refresh, likelihood of finding more advanced asteroids in each system, your face portrait, your name, and - this is IMPORTANT - what condition you want to set for "VICTORY". You can set it to end the game when you earn a certain number of credits, or when you murder the pirate officer in every star system, or a couple other options. You can also MOD THE GAME YOURSELF using the txt files in the "MOD_DATA" folder if you feel like it's lacking something. There are only 32 ships in the game that you can buy and fly, but each one is built differently. You will travel between star systems. Land at space stations to sell merchandise, buy ship upgrades, buy skill upgrades, modify your equipment, buy/swap ships, or turn in job orders for extra money. Then you go out to complete various simple jobs. Like "transfer 1200 food to station X" so you buy 1200 food items and truck them over to the correct station to turn in the job there. Or you can go mine asteroids for minerals and profits. The minerals can be used to upgrade the equipment on your ship; the raw asteroid ore can be sold for money. Or you can go bounty hunting and murder some pirates. Your ship has several numbers you need to keep track of. Energy lets you use your systems (like your laser guns, mining lasers, shield boosters, and afterburners). Fuel lets you travel from place to place; if you run out then your engine drains your energy instead. Run out of both and you're stuck until your energy recharges. Hull is your HP basically; if you get damaged you need to return to a station and pay to have it fixed, if it drops to zero then you die. Shields soak up damage before your hull does, they will recharge slowly over time or automatically at a station. And your cargo limit determines how much stuff you can carry. Then later on, in some of the bigger ships you also will be able to carry and launch drones to help you fight pirates or mine asteroids. Just remember to recall your drones before you try to land on a station!! The story is, you got arrested for "bad thoughts about The Corporation" so they're forcing you to work off your fines as an asteroid miner on the edge of civilized space. ... Whatever "victory condition" you set determines how you end up paying off your fine or escaping this space prison colony or whatever. Thats' it. You're basically free to do as you please after you finish the tutorial, assuming you even bother to follow the tutorial.

Good fun!!

About 4 hours of playtime. Permadeath, 100 sections, all hardcore or max difficulty. Did not know what I was heading to and ran into a warpgate in my first section. Did not have autowarp. Got a very cool screenshot of ship remains. I got careless. This game is very zen. Like how death screen has list of what was lost /stolen; you are a criminal after all is said and done. Did not yet complete tutorial or even a pirate kill. Immensely enjoyed equipping my ship and mining. Time to rinse and repeat and be more careful, but still maxing out everything. Everyone needs to purchase this game and get lost in it. First impression, I know, but it sinks it's claws in you from get go. Thank you for making this game momoguru.

Développé par Momoguru, j'aime entre autre le contrôle total qu'on a sur la difficulté. Parfois on veut juste traverser 100 galaxies et upper tous ses modules au lvl 99 pour le fun, sans galérer juste à gérer les voyages interstellaires et le commerce dans une ambiance décontractée. D'autres fois on préfère lutter contre de vicieux pirates, piloter à la main en mode simulateur et vivre les galères de tout pilote de vaisseau. Plus de 350 heures de jeu et toujours fan (sans compter les tests sur Kongregate avant d'acheter sur Steam).

very simple in appearance, but a hell of a lot work went into this by one person. love that.

Bare-bones space sim. You get to: *Mine asteroids *Fight pirates *Trade You beat the game quickly and reset the universe with custom settings, keeping most of your stuff. After that you can soft reset, keeping most of your stuff. You can grind for hundreds of hours to slowly max out your skills and equipment. Not worth full price, but if you want a mindless time waster with a space theme pick it up on sale.