In alpha now, out later this year
Prison ArchitectandDarwiniadevelopers Introversion Software have taken toTwitterto announce they’re working on a new spaceship management game, The Last Starship. It’s a procedurally-generated romp through various mission types such as asteroid mining, battling space pirates and rescuing ships in distress, all spread throughout the galaxy. Introversion have quite a bit more to say on what they call their “broken, unfinished and bug filled prototype“ in their announcement video, which you can watch below.
One person wasn’t immediately happy with Introversion’s announcement though. Robust Games’ Adam Riches, currently working on comedy point-and-click adventureLoco Motive, noticed that the trailer and Steam store page for The Last Starship included some astronaut sprites he’d produced. Introversion hadn’t approached Riches to ask for his work’s inclusion, but when healerted themto it they reached out andapologised. Riches subsequentlytweetedthat they’d compromised, and “both parties are satisfied”.
Introversion acknowledge that there’s “placeholder art and sound” in The Last Starship, which has begun a closed playtest on Steam. They say to expect glitches, with regular free updates to fix bugs and implement feedback from testers. There’s a sizeable hint ofFTL: Faster Than Lightabout The Last Starship, what with you needing to pimp out an empty space-going hull with all manner of life-support, weapons and propulsion systems.
