Everything You Always Wanted from a Space Game... (But it's Not Starfield)

[@shookings]

5 days later, and this game now has over 1K positive reviews. I can't help but think that you had something to do with that. Good on you, man

[@davidboss2160]

i had no idea it even existed until this video

[@bare_bear_hands]

The power of trusted reviewers 😂 whenever one of our internet gamer boys reviews a game and it's good, those invariably get a huge uptick in activity, which is one of the best incentives for such developers.

[@MrPlumloko]

@@davidboss2160 same imma get it now too lol

[@davidboss2160]

@@MrPlumloko just got it its pretty neat

[@kruk_7279]

X2: The Threat

[@michaelnelson9328]

going to buy it even with the flaws. Gamers need to support developers like this

[@TheOpacue]

Exactly! I'm gonna get it too!

[@aitoluxd]

Same.

[@OscarBradford-qj2mx]

word

[@OscarBradford-qj2mx]

I got it after this vid too

[@guily6669]

There's only one big problem for me which is the SinglePlayer part... If it had COOP, now that would be a completely different thing to explore with friends.

[@sxullpunch638]

1 guy has done more than all of the star citizen team in 10 years

[@HCforLife1]

this guy is releasing updates (new features + usually about 20 bugfixes) every week! Look then at Elite Dangerous - the whole team does smaller updates every three months XD And I am not even joking!

[@efxnews4776]

He not the only one... Did you ever heard about Empyryion? It's basically the samething here with downgrade graphics and voice, it aslo is a craft game, so you build everything, just one guy too although you do much of the creativity work...

[@insector2093]

wtf are ya guys talking about.. this looks like the most janky shit i'v ever seen, and empyrion looks like it bought everything on the asset store. like hole shiet you cant compare this 1 man project to a game that has been in dev for like fucking 10 years now. if you guys cant see this your brain is literialy microscopic

[@StefSubZero270]

Thats a massive oversimplification. This game has a lot of stuff been reused from the first game, also it is not a single guy, its a single producer a.k.a. a single group of people working on it. Comparing this to Star Citizen is no-sense, SC has the most modern technology they personally created from scrap available (which takes a huge amount of time to do) and the game is of a far above quality in all aspects, graphic wise, physics -wise, sound-wise etc. This is not a "small thing" to consider, it is the whole point. It doesnt take much time to do what these guys did with a team, while it actually does take a lot of time to do what SC is doing considering also that most of the work for SC is going into the Single Player campaign and not the Multiplayer one. Again, its like comparing an average quality product vs a top quality product: the top quality product will always require much more time and caring to do.

[@sxullpunch638]

@@StefSubZero270 Learn to sarcasm sir

[@ligerstripe99]

I find it utterly amazing the time we're living in when one person can make and deliver what todd howard 'promised' starfield was going to be.

[@sephypantsu]

built by hundreds of people over 25 years

[@ligerstripe99]

@@sephypantsu poorly talented people if a single person can do this them self.

[@Zaela_Zhezzaia]

Yeah. Starfield is bad. Play this game instead. This one man did a way better job then Bugfesda

[@hglbrg]

the more people you ad to a dev team, the slower and worse the output. Too much red tape.

[@ligerstripe99]

@@hglbrgYup, all the meetings, the hr bullshit. And now the maoist like dei stuff too.

[@wheretoplaygames]

If at all possible, you should see if you can interview the creator. This looks fascinating! I would love to hear how he managed to do all of this.

[@AXLplosion]

@@greengamerguy623 isn't that kind of obvious lol

[@Aesyaan]

@@greengamerguy623 well, one person CAN do all that, just this one didn't do ALL of that

[@willlienellson7451]

@@greengamerguy623 I bet he didn't make his own version of photoshop either. woah

[@archvaldor]

Get used to this-studios are dead. With ai and asset packs there just isn't the same need for so many worker drones.

[@ragzzytv]

@Shawn Rasmussen if you think that AAA studios don't buy premade pack or if music composers don't use premade samples, you are terribly wrong. Even developers use libraries. It's just impossible to code everything from scratch in assembly.

[@RyuDouro]

This just proves what I always said, passion is the strongest force you can have when building games.

[@jorgeloredo100]

​​@@greengamerguy623eople are way too ignorant about how Game development works

[@johndodo2062]

The star citizen clowns couldn't do this with 500 million and a decade

[@prometheus9096]

@@johndodo2062 😂😂😂

[@edumazieri]

@@greengamerguy623 we get it. you don't have to go into each comment and yell that.

[@henning_jasper]

@@johndodo2062 no but they're doing something else actually

[@Arcadif]

"what this game really needs is a massive budget and a team", I couldn't agree more. This project being the work of a single passionate person is insane. What would it be with tens of people working on it.. Can't wait to see what it becomes in the future

[@thomaswayout9081]

most probably? worse.

[@LordAzuren]

@@thomaswayout9081 probably true. A small/medium team would hardly do much better and they wouldn't have the excuse "it's a single dev doing all the work" to make us overlook major flaws. IF you want to go big with space games you have to be a very large studios with a lot of money behind, games like this one can make their fortune based on the fact they are basically a one man work and hence will be valuated as such. In no world the community would accept any space game with a "warp jump into planet surface" after Elite and SC (especially the latter put that into a whole different scale with all the seamless things that manage). Let's be real, these products are amazing but we should always keep the perspective clear, not overhyping things just to see them fail brutally after some time. This game has potential but pumping it so much to expect it go beyond Elite and SC is kinda crazy imho and could potentially backfire hard over the author if he can't manage the expectation of the playerbase (look what did Sony marketing over NMS).

[@crownofglory1264]

But the dev could be like a Palermo (from Money Heist). needs to be in control.

[@atomotron]

I feel like adding more people will get things worse. The more people there will be, the more money-making stuff they will introduce to the game, to keep it profitable.

[@LTDANMAN44]

i disagree. too many cooks spoil the broth

[@Hellohallo]

after starfield release: this game looks 10.000 times better

[@unknownmf2599]

okay let's not overrate it that much

[@Izzmonster]

@@unknownmf2599 Starfield was a trash fire, this game did way more with way less and shows real promise. This games existence is a huge embarrassment for bethesda.

[@JOHNSMITH-vx5yz]

It looks SIMILAR. actually.

[@JOHNSMITH-vx5yz]

​@@IzzmonsterSTARFIELD. IS GOING STRENGTH TO STRENGTH TO 💪 STRONGER. ,, 😊😊😊😊😊

[@Nzchimeran]

I think we all need to support this developer. Games well priced and is quite fun. A few bugs here and there but the guys working hard. Really hope he does well from this, seems like a top bloke. Respect

[@lights_utopia1130]

Im gonna get it mainly because it looks so freakin good.

[@Nzchimeran]

@@lights_utopia1130 playing it now, it's fun but quite rudimentary. I think the textures are very basic even on max settings, definitely not even pushing my GPU . Game play is fun, though ship combat is twitchy and ships very easy to move off target

[@Official_Dominatus]

Yeah this dev is honestly going to have a more complete game than starfield if it doesn't get abandoned. Imagine if he holds onto this like NMS held on to their child.

[@AerysTMD]

Modders/modding support! Hope dev allows creation kit ala Skyrim.

[@elsantos6806]

"A few bugs here and there", same old bethesda?

[@skorne7682]

As someone who tried creating my own game for years and never really got anywhere, the fact one guy created all this is simply mind boggling to me.

[@Dsters111]

Never give up homie, I’m proud of you for even trying. I believe in you dawg

[@JAY-fq7sb]

I got about 140+ hours in Spacebourne 2. I would say I know a little bit about it. Just some FYI advice. When in space combat and you get a missile lock on you hit X to fire flares to make them avoid you. When you approach a planet hit B and this will show all the locations on the planet. You can select the one you want to land at. If you have a mission on the planet it will be purple in color. This game is very full of massive surprises and can give you lots of fun. I know I have had a huge amount of fun finding all of the in's and out's of this game. I was also very shocked that one guy did this. The guy has some talent that is for sure! 😁👍 Oh, and you can "Raid" a Village for Loot only once. Then sell it at a station or outpost. Good way to build up your money. You will need a good sniper rifle to do this and hang back from the village. Just take note of the planet and the village you looted, you can't loot it again. Well you can, it's just that all the homes will be blocked off and empty of Loot. You will only get the drops from the ones you snipe and the main building if it is that type of village that has one. If not, don't bother. 😉👍 Mercenary missions will give you these types of missions and those villages are not NPC ones they are generated for the mission. This is a Very good way to make early cash! Look for the Loot fugitive or Pirate village missions after you finish the Mercenary Task mission. They may not be high level stuff, but the stuff will get you on your way to getting better at raiding. 👍😉

[@azhighwayz2310]

Lol that's what I've been doing for cash. Tried mining but it was slow, even using a script with voice attack. Found out about pillaging the villages and haven't looked back since. I usually kill the few they send out after me, then go back into the village to raid another structure, then jet pack it close to the ground out of the village again before they take you out, then rinse and repeat. With a bit of practice it's the best get rich quick method in the game. I've pulled multi millions from a single village raid. I'm betting at some point it will be patched out or at least nerfed to some extent.

[@OliverK1]

Agreed, I have 120+ in it, as you said with just one person working on it the fact that he was putting out quick fixes on a daily basis for a while is impressive. He listens to the community, Creating Space stations or capturing them is fun, and now that the War feature is being implemented you really have to start deciding who you want to tick off or you can have the whole galaxy after you.

[@adaman8423]

Can you have own fleet following your ship?

[@JAY-fq7sb]

@@adaman8423 You can have a 4 man wing. They can be given orders through a F1 dropdown menu. It is a work in progress, but it does work pretty well for now. I find it best to give them the order Break in most battles. I don't loose as many that way. 🙄🤦‍♂👍

[@JAY-fq7sb]

Oh, and after a fight. Always have them warp away. They seem to glitch out if you jump to a new system while following you. You can always call them back in during any fight. Even while on a mission. It does help on those Freelancer, Bounty, and other missions that are right at or above your level. Where you may need an extra bump in power. Your wing men can give you that edge you need. 👍😁

[@abnerrenaud6768]

As someone who actually played this game, its amazing what this indie studio did, the amount of things u can do, the graphics, the vastness of the galaxy, simply amazing! This dev totaly deserves an award for this!

[@ComboDamageTV]

Any improvements to the story and narrative since you spent more time with it? His negative feedback on that one aspect is whats holding me back.

[@leositro]

As a professional game developer who's worked at big AAA studios and on small indies this is really impressive.

[@MiklosHajma]

Same here. I can see how the developer made shortcuts, but it's extremely well done.

[@sir.niklas2090]

I'm in aw, but I am an intern for a small indie studio. :D

[@solosailorsv8065]

As a Pro, what do you think of supporting/encouraging MODDERs like Skyrim's for just one example ? Is it a ton of extra work for the OEM? Thx

[@blackamericandestroyergod1957]

As a senior game and film developer named George Lucas I say that too much is good

[@jdjin291]

what have you worked on , show proof lol

[@Lakota238]

I hope the lone dev for this game makes a fortune! He did an awesome job! Obviously he’s one of us and didn’t want to wait for big dev companies to listen to us and get one of these right for once. Good on him! 👍🏽👍🏽

[@DoktrDub]

Makes me concerned how it’s just one dev, a large project taken on by one dev doesn’t take well.

[@AZ-ib8uf]

@@DoktrDub Elaborate

[@KryoNaut]

@@AZ-ib8uf I suppose the dude means burnout or abandoning the whole thing eventually due to stress or monetary issues or such like a good few games that ended up being abandoned or no updates and bug fixes after a couple months of release and popularity but there's a lot of good small team or one man dev games out there so it's pointless to be so concerned about it

[@Tom-pk4ye]

@@KryoNautthis is the sequel to a game by the same lone developer that also had mostly positive steam reviews. Seems like he has a history of supporting his releases long term and iterating on them in future releases. I think this is a solid bet personally.

[@TheZeusxt2000]

fdev take freaking notes

[@jasonwalsh3267]

Definitely have no choice, but to support this person/developer. So far he's shown more heart n soul than most AAA companies out there. 😊

[@thefirstsin]

that guy GIGACHAD

[@johndodo2062]

Not most. Stop lying

[@larion2336]

@@johndodo2062 more like all. Even star citizen has fk all features compared to this.

[@settratheimperishable4093]

Isn't it extremely easy for one person to have more heart and soul than large corporations though?

[@human-ft3wk]

@@settratheimperishable4093 not extremely easy, but easier

[@twoHRdrive]

God i LOVE finding these reviews on hidden gems. Thank you! This totally flew under my radar. Going to follow the game's development now for sure

[@NorninTGK]

The fact that AI generated text to speech allows one guy to make a fully voiced game with this scale without being limited by needing hundreds of voice actors who have to record thousands of lines really is one of the best things of our current AI technology.

[@dizydeus]

Voice actors would disagree lolo

[@SamEmilio2]

Yeah it's not an equal result obviously, but the fact that AI can help him get the game to this point is just fantastic

[@lothara.schmal5092]

It’s really cool, but honestly it sounds bad, I wouldn’t play it, but I’m very into character focused stories so dunno

[@lothara.schmal5092]

@@dizydeus and they’d be right to, everyone has to fight for their living, it is completely understandable.

[@isitanos]

It's gonna undercut the shitty, soulless voice acting we see in so many games and pull the carpet from under the mafia-like voice actors' guild, but good, talented and hard-working voice actors have nothing to fear in the next decades.

[@robertphillips8935]

This developer deserves a whole team behind them!

[@999jay999]

More isn't always the best.. look at EA and Activision ...

[@JohnTravis1965]

@@999jay999 Yeah, my first thought about adding a development team and publisher was "And then, lootboxes!" Nope.

[@captainLoknar]

He's an independent game publisher but from what I heard he never studied programming, he probably hired a team already. Seeing what was built, there's at least 4-5 guys working for him. Possibly 100. Based on a quick google search I could be wrong..

[@termitreter6545]

@@captainLoknar No, its well believable this is one guy if you look closer. I would assume this game runs on Unreal Engine or so, and he uses the stock vehicle/on-foot gameplay systems as well as a lot of asset store materials. This is the kind of game that looks too good to be true, and it most definitely is.

[@timrim9405]

As a senior developer I hate this so much because later we have some single dev or tiny teams that want to make MMO or something but in the end they are only ridiculed as being delusional on Kira channel. Even in time of Flash games I knew famous "single developer" that in reality hired around 30 freelances who did majority of work... X devs means that only X devs are in official team (stable and in control). In reality even CDP and Blizzard gets help from external companies. "One dev" thing is often just harmful marketing and may mean that we are dealing with a rich narcissistic person

[@MrDavidMoyer]

16:27 pro tip - those purple light beams to your left indicate crates that you can loot before you leave the building. Keep an eye out for them throughout the game if you're interested in possibly finding free money or new gear that someone left lying around not bolted down. And the green things that fly out of dead enemies are cash and ammo pickups, those you get automatically. The other items they drop are cargo or gear, which you need to manually collect because you do have a limit on your inventory size for those.

[@SpaceTimeSorcerer]

Having played some Spacebourne 2, I would say the game still needs a layer of polish, but it is certainly impressive as something made by one individual.

[@arthurmorgan4791]

ive been playing this game for the past week and im blown away by the fact that a single guy has made what elite dangerous and star citizen wish they could be.

[@daethmer7834]

How is the optimization/bugs?

[@isitanos]

To be fair the amount of content looks to be much lower, a few points of interest on a planet and that's it, the rest is barren. As a janky cinematic experience it looks fun though.

[@hillbillya1]

Elite Dangerous is multiplayer

[@thetimeis1256]

Star citizen looks incomparably better but just needs more content

[@emanuelruettimann]

Star Citizen is an MMO and therefore hardly comparable. But I agree that Star Citizen devs should seriously take some notes here.

[@gamer_boyrs266]

Someone please give this developer one award he deserves it.

[@blackamericandestroyergod1957]

Two awards

[@SomeDude26]

three awards

[@Madhuntr]

four awards

[@maximus7288]

five awards

[@ralphm4132]

Award him a nose that can smell through space!

[@TrueFFranco]

This level of immersion made by one single person is beyond incredible, I will buying right now even if I dont like cause this guy really deserve it.

[@SnowyLeopardFrom1997]

do consider mine as well when it's finally out... I never cared to market it before, but here I am now :)

[@frostphoenix8256]

Having been utterly disappointed with everything about Starfield (thankfully saved my money), but still craving a good space game, this is everything I'm looking for. The fact that a single person has outclassed Bethesda is both incredible and tragic.

[@HeartInLight]

Wow, that guys vision and work is really impressive. Hopefully his work goes viral and people start throwing money at him, so he's able to really make his vision complete. I dont play pc games anymore, but I would love for this to come to fruition. There is alot of fun to be had with a game like this.

[@ZX235w3]

How the freaking did ONE guy make this game? I know AI and random procedural generation does most of the work but this is still damn impressive.,..

[@marloncebo242]

The sad irony is that throwing money at him won't improve the game much, because Im not sure if he would hire others to help on it. Would still be good to support him though.

[@HeartInLight]

@@marloncebo242 Ok well, its been like the last 2 gens of console people havent stopped throwing money at COD and they still make basically the same game every year with mostly recycled maps. In fact they've added lots of things people have asked them to stop doing, and they wont. So moving away from corporate to individual, we may see a difference in how our money is spent and handled. Maybe not. But ill take that chance over wasting it.

[@blvckl0tcs750]

@@ZX235w3 well if its like all the other games like this: Asset reuse.

[@blvckl0tcs750]

@@HeartInLight Gonna touch on this. They dont make the same game every year exactly, its the same core but they make it refreshing to play. If the cod community truly hated a game cause it was unfun itd be where Infinite warfare and b04 are. Also i want you to know the cod community are comprised of majority people who should have no decision on the games mechanics. These are the same people living in nostalgia and wont even let the devs make a balanced cod. Also you cant even argue modern cod is significantly more balanced than before. You also complain about map reuse when this is something the community within itself incited along with cod maps still neeed to be designed based off the lore of the game so yes youll see the same maps in a game thats rebooted from a previous game. theres not much option without making a completely new game and storyline. Please understand that outside of vangaurd the last cod titles have been a step in the right direction in their own ways. and stop acting like individual publishers havent fucked the community just as hard as AAA ones.

[@xantishayde-walker4593]

For a solo dev, this looks amazing. I would love to see more of the story. Keep on fighting the good fight, Battle Brother!

[@master_ace]

Apparently its a continuation of spacebourne 1 story, though there are some gaps between 1 and 2 that people are not quite happy about. Think it was something about missing content due to tye difference between original plans and what came to fruition or something... not too sure though

[@philliprogers7987]

Watching the space part.. it almost feels like a redone Freelancer. This is definitely a project of love congratulations to the developer.

[@milanfiedler2677]

You are absolutly right! Finally somebody make new Freelancer! Very nice.

[@fergoka]

Exactly. The attention to details (where he had time and resources to concentrate) are insane.

[@TwoThreadsAhead]

Star Citizen.

[@david1525]

I totally got this solely due to how close to Freelancer it was. I am happy.

[@elwiseguy69]

Yoo I just found my Freelancer disc I bought over 16 years ago! Going to try and install.

[@ComboDamageTV]

Finally. I only play games in 3rd person so I needed to see this. Everyone keeps uploading first person. Thanks for this

[@Krystalmyth]

I actually like the scuffed AI voices. Makes it feel like they have their own unique space accents. 😂

[@hop-skip-ouch8798]

Yup. It feels it has the remnants of earth accents but passed through some sort of translation.

[@sicstar]

It's not AI scuffed voices in the game, it's just the universal translater everybody wearing having a hard time on some of those languages :|

[@komradeklutch6215]

I actually totally agree with this. Gives it that deep early 2000's PC game voice acting. I like that.

[@mickeystix]

Did you watch The Expanse? The Belters in that show have a unique accent, and parts of this remind me of that, like Zir at 13:55

[@theguylivinginyourwalls]

@@sicstar That is the best handwave for scuffed voicework in a space game I've ever seen. "They sound like that because of the translator" fits so damn well with a setting like this.

[@pathfindermorning]

I love how just one person can make an epic space game oozing with effort and passion, but massive dev companies with good funding can barely make something half as fufilling

[@LuigiDaMonster]

This game looks FANTASTIC!! Coming from only one person, that's pretty wild! That's also what makes this game so much more mind blowing. Can't wait to see more!

[@osirismpg7393]

1 person game? OMG! Hey TODD, Hey star citizen! :D

[@kingslead8369]

I think this is one of the first games to use ai to majorly contribute to it's development, relying heavily on ai like chatGPT to create the story and content surrounding the entire thing, including the missions. Honestly, this is an amazing concept, and the way he uses them here showcases the amazing development ai can help in the future, to say nothing of his own involvement in it. This is amazing.

[@earlnoli]

agree. AI is really a game changer for content for games. Hopefully even story lines would be as rich with voice acting too. Oblivion "tried" to mimick humans but failed. But I cant wait 3 years from now where AI generated content would be more integrated and better.

[@danielk5780]

I wonder how long it takes from AI writing good stories and creating voice lines to AI generating sophisticated code for programs.

[@kingslead8369]

@@danielk5780 Their are already quite a few that help with coding. I'm not sure if they'll create an ai that makes code without input though.

[@Dhaiwon]

I read a book once where there was an AI (the sci-fi level one) acting as a game-master/director/admin for a dive MMORPG. There were no set classes, it just generated them based on people's behaviour in game or/and past experiences, fully interactable NPC's and so on. No set storyline, no matter what you did or who you killed after it launched it just adapted. We are not there yet, far from it, but what this game shows is that we probably have found the rock we need to look under to get there.

[@Viilap]

I wonder why AI isn't more used it literally can generate 95% of the game these days u can generate the whole world story dubbing

[@Perceval777]

Can't believe only one person made all of this... Sure, it looks a bit rough around the edges but for just one man that's amazing work!

[@Mythicalgoon]

Produced by one guy not made by one guy, they have a whole team of devs

[@MrTesteur]

@@Mythicalgoon excepted first draft of Limit Theory which were insane for a single dev's concept, nobody can decently release such a game alone.. I don't even understand why would someone thinks so.. 🤔

[@Perceval777]

@@Mythicalgoon Ah, I see. My mistake.

[@captainLoknar]

@@silverfoxeater [citation needed] the game developer is what we call the production company. this happens to be the name of a Turkish guy who has no education in tech from what I can tell. He has to have a team of some kind. It's quite often a horrible mistake to name the company with your name or not register a company at all for such a big project - even worse is not hiring any experienced programmers. That means if you become disinterested or unable to complete the project, it's doomed. From what I see here he's not that dumb.

[@cwizden]

This is amazing. Having a game like this made by ONE person makes me question the big games that have whole studios behind them. It seems like it already has some better mechanics than NMS.

[@worm82075]

The reason he was able to make this game by himself is because he is using the default models included with the game engine. it will look completely different with custom assets.

[@Fallenangel_85]

It's the my summer car of games. It's impressive, but saying it was made by ONE person ignores all the people that made the parts it's assembled from. The dev has lots of devotion and drive, really good piece of work.

[@jenrosejenrose7417]

I have a couple thousand hours in NMS and parts of this look like it was 100% generated by the same things that frustrate me with NMS... all the days the same length, most gravity the same except random storms, the same same samity of NMS even when it's being complicated, the complete lack of personality of most NPCs.... and I still love a lot about it but like, space is big and in NMS it feels very small sometimes.

[@cwizden]

@@jenrosejenrose7417 I feel like better online/multiplayer in NMS would really improve it. I enjoy how in SC you can be on a planet, message random people, and get a ride back to X station. Adds a bit of realism, plus I found a few good groups to chill with for a while this way. People I would have never met if I didn't get stranded or need help.

[@pcraft8785]

Diversity hires. Got to check them boxes for that Blackrock and vanguard money

[@newbiE24]

He should teach Bethesda how to make a space game. FR. How is it possible, that one guy did this and a AAA Game Studio made Starfield? The mission shown here alone is way better than my experience with Starfield so far lol

[@6StimuL84]

I agree...Having a blast with this.....

[@imdwgsolol]

It's probably because one developer can make real progress without spending the majority of his day in company meetings xD

[@GoHardOrGoHome85]

😂

[@Durwood71]

Starfield is pretty great, though. Seriously, why do people feel they can only praise one game by criticizing another?

[@newbiE24]

@@Durwood71If you like Loading Screens Simulator and crappy Gameplay, then ofc Starfield is great.

[@solosailorsv8065]

For a solo-Programmer, this is either the best RESUME' ever created , or a demonstration that this Programmer can do anything everyone else does, "and does not play nice with others" LOVE IT !!

[@Martinit0]

Man, if you successfully published your second game you don't need a resume any more. He has leveled from work slave to business owner. Do you guys have an idea how difficult it is to even get noticed on Steam?

[@Nighturz]

its a single producer, but its a single group of people actually developing the game. not sure why everyone keeps saying one guy.

[@newdiary6978]

@@Martinit0 It's easy to get noticed IF your game is good like the dev on this game . with a little help of ads here and there. Then, emailing some content creators to advertise the game for free. Cuz, you know, he's just solo.

[@makug]

I'm blown away that people don't even give credit to Burak Dabak. NO ONE ADDRESSES HIM BY NAME!

[@nikelsad]

Hm... Does that mean he doesn't have a name?.. The game with procedurally generated universe and AI-voiced characters is made by an AI -- confirmed!!1 jk

[@NorCalMtnBiker86]

@@nikelsad I literally was think the same exact thing 🤣

[@rexbk09]

LOL 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@09SkyFrost]

Even you didnt addressed his name I still dont know the name

[@HanmaHeiro]

@@09SkyFrost apparently it's Burak Dabak

[@zualajonngte669]

Freelancer vibes!! Edit: The ship control mechanics, the dog fights, the planet flybys, the system jump, the HUD mechanics and color. In addition, character interation (be it 3rd or 1st person) and planet exploration which we wanted in freelancer is available! Which is f**king awesome!! The dev have my respect!

[@AdamJayCross]

I was going to comment the same... It is totally like an improved, modern Freelancer... Waiting a bit, but will definitely buy it.

[@esrvdb88]

Was thinking the same. Even the HUD is similar. Freelancer is an under rated classic.

[@thatguykalem]

It’s wild that people still talk about Freelancer all these years later. They really nailed it with that one.

[@AdamJayCross]

@@thatguykalem it was a masterpiece, still waiting for its successor.

[@t.t6294]

@@AdamJayCross Everspace 2 seems to be just that

[@MausBastion]

-This game has everything you want -But can you let the ship fly in auto while you're walking through the ship? -No...? -Yeah, that's what I thought. And leaves with a tear on his cheek.

[@dustynstevens5192]

The amount of work put in here… for one person is inconceivable. I am not able to find the words to articulate how impressive this is.

[@redbee5741]

Because it's not just one person who've made this. He's made the game, but not the assets from the game. It's a lot a free stuff made by other people that he used to create his own.

[@lewistherin4096]

You know using some free textures doesn't give it life. Enemies need to interact with you, there are tons of quest lines and dialogs, and even connecting all used assets and libs takes ton of time. If you argue by saying he didn't create it alone, no one does. Mine the ore to create your hardware, then write your own os and compiler for it, write a game engine, create textures, compose music, write the shaders and of course a shader language, create your own graphics card, ... what?

[@chrisvandijk99]

Star citizen should hire him LOL

[@avenged-khaos]

@@lewistherin4096 most of them systems are also premade from the asset store all this guy did was put together a puzzle full of pieces there plenty of one person dev teams that do much more impressive work

[@lewistherin4096]

@@avenged-khaos yes true, but still it's a lot of work and dedication. Do you know how to program or how to make games? Searching for the right assets takes time, the quest lines, building the interface and connecting it to the logic. And again my question who is not doing that? We all build on stuff someone else made.

[@dadrunk5213]

This is insane eso! I love how your giving everyone an opportunity to really help make this developer more known and supported.

[@eakthekat]

Please keep doing the "Let's Play" for this game. It looks amazing. I want to play this one, but I'm a lore hound, so I must play them in order. I will likely purchase them both to support the developer. As everyone else has said, it's just hard to believe that this was created by just one guy!

[@matiascorrales2843]

Its amazing that only 1 person can do this. Awesome work!

[@jack_k2136]

Looks amazing. This is the first time I have heard of this game. They can procedurally generate cities, NPCs, and Elite Dangerous struggles.

[@ZedMazaus480]

Yes more please! It definetly deserves a full play through live stream and lore videos. I know I'm hooked.

[@PreacherwithoutaPulpit]

It's awesome to see this game getting the attention it so rightly deserves. Finally the people who can do the most to help this passionate developer realize his game are making videos that are reaching millions of gamers. Well done and I hope to see more from you on this game...

[@HighestPing]

Video Title: (But it's not Starfield) KZbin: Yep, that's Starfield alright

[@Perjoss]

So this text to speech instead of voice acting obviously isn’t perfect, but it makes me very excited for where games development is going in the future. It means even tiny indie projects will eventually be fully voiced and possibly even indistinguishable from real actors.

[@renynzea]

Could probably be done now, to a lesser degree, by having one person doing the voice acting, then use AI to change the voice being outputted. That way you get the variety AI offers, plus you keep the human cadence and inflections.

[@RebeccaBrunner]

@@renynzea Most text2speech build the inflections off a specific persons voice... not sure if there is any work on convincingly changing a person's voice from one to another. I'd be very curious if you have any links to projects/research on that.

[@michaely6665]

I'd say text to speech is better than low effort voice acting anyhow.....................you can forgive AI more than bad human!

[@seriphyn8935]

I ran all of the voice files of an NPC from one game through an AI generator and he sounds like the real deal, far better than the text-to-speech voice acting on display here. Can even make him go from English accent to Scottish with the right text accents. Of course, there'd be some legal issues doing that for your own product, but hey, even if the dev uploaded samples of his own voice to an AI...

[@RebeccaBrunner]

@@seriphyn8935 some AIs are trained on pronunciation and changing accents is as simple as redefining how a word is pronounced. Doesn't even require training. Just a remapping of a dictionary to different vowel sounds. You can use the mapping to have the AI learn new words too. The official tacotron python package uses a bot trained on pronunciation. Pretty cool stuff

[@Queracus]

This looks so much like 2003 Freelancer we played as kids :D but now with planet walking. EPIC

[@retrom8442]

Thanks for bringing this amazing game to our attention. I found your preview to be very helpful. It's absolutely amazing just One Person can making this game. The potential of this developer with a team to back him up is mind blowing. I hope this game gets the funding and backing it deserves.

[@demon_xd_]

3:16 wait… I recognize that music, and those icons for spacesuits and damage resistance! Is this the same dev from Seedship and Beyond the Chiron Gate!? How does this guy keep making gems by himself!?

[@baileydanley8742]

You are going to make this game blow up like valheim ! I’m getting this game !

[@Centerstrain01]

This is literally EVERYTHING I have ever wanted in a Space Game

[@jacob6885]

I like the AI voices. It makes me think like that's the galactic universal translator working it's magic in your ear. Also, if it's truly procedurally generated and to include generated quests and npcs, the AI voice would be necessary. Further, if it generates voice from text, it would make modding easier (assuming the game is even moddable)

[@KingpinCarlito]

You make a good point. Instead of the “bad voice acting” breaking the immersion it actually builds lore if it was a translator module

[@EsTaDuLhOoOoO]

@@KingpinCarlito and thus from a limitation is born a feature

[@catbert7]

It's just really funny to hear this when ElevenLabs voice AI exists.

[@jacob6885]

Sci-Fi has always had a staple of world building with different quality of products. While the nice shining white orbital habit of rich folks would be translators that handle the nuisances of inflections, culture turns of phrase, and idioms... This guy has the 7-11 knock model that is basically one-size-fits-all. It handle languages... mostly... but since inflections are different between languages, not to mention species, those don't work so well. Remember, this character has a scrapped together Frankenstein ship and can't pay his rent. I doubt he has a subscription to a top on the line inter-stellar translator capable of turning any language of any species into perfectly inflected English with a unique voice for each speaker.

[@BloodyKnives66]

Didn't really think about that, but yeah, it would make sense if they explained it has a translator device. Maybe the character can put it in his ear in the beginning of the game.

[@kummer45]

This guy did the Starfield I was waiting.

[@r.daneel.90]

You can feel the inspirations from Elite Dangerous, Star Citizen and No Mans Sky (which you should play, to have more of those feelings of wonder and awe, each game provides them in different ways). Spaceborne really looks great, almost too good to be true, I find it hard to believe that only 1 person made it.

[@gareth7574]

The space flight looks like almost a clone of Elite

[@lamebubblesflysohigh]

Probably not just 1 person. I would guess he outsourced most the art and probably got some help from devs working for some game studios who cant work on different gaming related projects due to their current contract so they are remaining uncredited. The rest is a magic of modern game engines.

[@savmass]

@@gareth7574 It's quicker than E:D more "Arcady".

[@Libertas_P77]

This should make CIG cringe with embarrassment over Squadron 42. To put out a game like this, solo.. they’re all out of excuses to not have released that game 4-5yrs ago as it’s single player, and could have worked on a sequel with the full features they’re still working on now.

[@georgefenrirbitadze4757]

@@Libertas_P77 Star citizens scale is nothing compared to this game, stop comparing it to what CIG is doing, either you have no idea what you talking about or you are just a hater

[@ResoluteOnyx]

Got some hours in this and I can agree that it’s an amazing space game. It’s absolutely incredible.

[@tarsisbrito9609]

But I need to understand.. Is it an amazing game because it's a game made by just one guy, or is it an awesome game because it's actually really really good?

[@ResoluteOnyx]

@@tarsisbrito9609 it actually is really good and fun.

[@danhealy79]

Is the audio in game better than in the video?

[@ResoluteOnyx]

@@danhealy79 from my experience with my headset yeah.

[@Blowfeld20k]

@@danhealy79 No offence, but why do you even care if it's better in game? (Which if you think, is pretty unlikely since sound isn't that badly represented in YT's audio codec) Since it's never gonna be fully voiced. Have you thought much about the genuinely viable alternative for a one man indie dev ....... which would be a screen full of text for every conversation.

[@LukeSly91]

This looks insane! How this was made by one person is difficult to fathom

[@billywashere6965]

Most of the big heavy lifting was done by the first SpaceBourne, and a lot of the assets available on the UE marketplace.

[@RivalGrimReaper]

1 producer, not one person.

[@Opnn8d1]

Clearly, careful and clever usage of assets from the marketplace are being used. No need to hire an art team when there are so many artists selling their libraries on the marketplace to be used in projects like this.. This developer has clearly paid a lot of attention to games like Star Citizen and Elite Dangerous and has used cultivated knowledge with UE to duplicate many observable functions, without CIG's insistence on reinventing the freaking wheel. Of course, this game is single player, so that removes a ton of headaches from the process. I shall keep an eye on this one, as I really look forward to seeing where this goes.

[@voiddistortion7937]

@@RivalGrimReaper no, it is 1 person. Burak Dabak is a one man developer and publisher.

[@Nick_R_]

​@@voiddistortion7937 And he has a law degree. And this is his third game, all three having pretty positive reviews.

[@someguythatlookslikeme8306]

I've had the game for a year now, and I love it! It DOES have everything! One guy made this, I want to patreon him just for doing this! It's got all the stuff you would like in every other game. It's not Stellaris, it's not trying to be Star Wars, it's battles aren't Banner Lord(no horses?), but it's fookin everything. Try it. For $19, it's the best $19 I've spent on STEAM.

[@officejedi7465]

The "target destroyed" and explosions of the ships reminds me a lot of one of my favorite space games on Playstation One - Colony Wars!!! this seems like Colony Wars with a lot more RPG and exploration elements added to it. Looks amazing. Gonna check it out.

[@t.p.b.1213]

was looking for this comment, my absolute fav space game, this is like CW on roids.

[@RokkitGrrl]

Imagine a venerable Colony Wars franchise, still alive today, had Psygnosis not fallen. :(

[@officejedi7465]

@@RokkitGrrl omg with todays graphics capabilities and VR - this would be amazing! ah..if only...

[@TheVerrm]

Love it! Congratulations to the developer! It would really benefit from getting more people on the board. It's such a huge project it's hard to even imagine it's being handled by single person.

[@ashwinnmyburgh9364]

I've been wanting a space RPG like this for so long, so I'll definitely be checking this one out.

[@ryanheinig7975]

Same here. Seems maybe easier, and quicker to learn too, then some of the newer "X" series games.

[@ryanhenderson8908]

It should embarrass Bethesda that a single dev could do something even remotely comparable.

[@celphalonred1999]

Nope haha, starfield/Bethesda shits all over this garbage and this can't compare

[@the_seer_0421]

​@@celphalonred1999what a terrible bait.

[@blakeman321]

This guy needs funding and a team!!! Clearly this guy knows the heart of a space rpg gamer! It has everything we are looking for, just needs polishing out!

[@kubel83]

How the hell can only one man make all this. That’s mind blowing

[@DFX2KX]

Knowing about the Unreal Asset store and *crucially* what NOT to buy on it. As well as being competent enough with the engine to add to what you bought. Also not being afraid to pay for contract work here and there. If you've got those skills you can do a *ton* as a single dev.

[@IsraelSocial]

A lot of hours and hard work!😮

[@klukyapb5361]

@@DFX2KX yeah i personally believe thats what assets are for, for small developers like this man to deliver a product with a much smaller staff

[@BlackShardStudio]

​@@DFX2KXexactly. You need to leverage the work of a lot of other people, but assembling all of it into a single game experience is quite impressive regardless.

[@DFX2KX]

@@BlackShardStudio indeed. Considering the price that he's asking for it is quite reasonable, that makes it even more impressive TBH

[@etiennegaus8570]

the reason this game is good is , hes doing it for fun because he loves the work hes putting into, this man has a vision not a work order with a deadline . i dont care that im on ps5 im supporting this man im buying the game and never play it ;D

[@denizorsel1029]

If I had money, I d have sent you a PC brother!

[@etiennegaus8570]

@@denizorsel1029 thx sir ! ;D

[@g2wheels010]

this game feels like one of the guys who were very criticising on how company broken their early promises and someone prompted him with "why dont you make your own then?" and then he did and proved everyone it is do-able.

[@FenrisWolfblood]

Man, this game looks to have some serious potential. I would love to do voice acting in a game like this.

[@cavemanben]

Get in line! My range is off the charts. Been told I'm a mix of Sir Ian McKellan and James Earl Jones. I could do this whole game.

[@arkgaharandan5881]

you should inform the dev and if you can make other stuff like music you should do that too.

[@GeraldFordsMOM]

@@cavemanben you sound more like a mix of SpongeBob and Bart simpson

[@imadilias7307]

​@@GeraldFordsMOM 😂

[@jesse420SOCAL]

For free I hope

[@MacRaider]

After watching Danny playing this I fell in love with the epic vision this dev is creating. Bought it on Steam and just about to dive into it! i finished watching the Expanse last night and this looks exactly what I'm looking for to create my own sci fi soap opera :)

[@rawlzi116]

how is it?

[@Portawolf]

And? Works it on Steam Deck?

[@MacRaider]

@@rawlzi116 It's got great potential. Still a bit janky and playing with controller is pretty awkward but the scope of things you can do is amazing for a single dev game. Well worth buying to be honest.

[@MacRaider]

@@Portawolf No idea tbh. Could be tricky with the control system as it's more suited to M&K really.

[@IceKoldX]

I'd like to see more of this game, just picked it up because of your entry review here. Thanks for the suggestion, hope the dev gets the support he needs.

[@eno88]

I randomly found this video. Saw spacebourne 2, liked it, alt-tabbed to Steam to look for it. I didn't even need to search because THERE IT WAS, front page with 50% off in the daily deals! I don't believe in signs, but this is one awesome coincidence.

[@helux5644]

Because of this video, ESO, I was so impressed I purchased the game. Thank you for covering this understated gem.

[@badfish5447link]

22:16 that missile dodge was freaking awesome it was like out of a movie

[@JETLIFEMUZIK]

It’s incredible what you can do when you actually care for a game

[@ethaniel_tweedy]

My man really turned round and said “fine… I’ll do it myself “

[@persnikitty3570]

Reminds me of No Man's Sky and Elite Dangerous. That said, those games had teams behind them, though the No Man's Sky story is rather amazing (Internet Historian). That this game series was created by a single person is mind boggling.

[@VesperAegis]

I just couldn't get into it. Venturing into my first world into a "city" and realizing it was just blocks representing skyscrapers with sprite markings with no place to land as I got out of my ship and walked on air absolutely destroyed my immersion. It suffers from the same problems other titles have had, but the mechanics and gameplay are often worse and the entire game just feels extremely empty. I hope that changes because I think this game has some potential, but no amount of "But One Guy Made It And It's Still Early Access!" can change the lack of fun factor in exploration thus far.

[@Tentacl]

I love those works of passion. OF COURSE they'll never have A+ polish. But they have a forgotten thing in gaming: Soul.

[@leneecasteel2005]

Hi ESO!! Please do continue your playthru of this amazing game. It is amazing what one dedicated and passionate person can do! I hope support for him(?) goes through the roof. Even a small support now means them reinvesting in the game and hopefully hiring a team to work with!! Imagine what that could mean if his coworkers have just half the talent he does. Blowing our mind now is nothing when compared to what they could do!

[@RoadrunnerGaming-sc5xg]

Looks really cool reminds me of when the big-name studios made real games 20 years ago

[@jasonsmart4916]

Impressive especially considering only one man made this just imagine what he could do with a full team of devs!

[@nilsolsen8727]

Hopefully they all share the same vision. Sometimes growing your team worsens things. Unless they are able to actually work together harmoniously.

[@kevinloree5806]

Looks like a great mix between Everspace and No Man's Sky, with a good helping of RPG elements from Morrowind and KOTOR. Has a great chance of being my next hyperfixation game :)

[@shaunhall960]

Your conclusion is absolutely true. We as a community should jump on board and make this game world a reality.

[@SchubertDipDab]

Just bought this but will hold off on playing until it's closer to final release. We need to support awesome indie devs like this.

[@RodimusPrime29]

Honestly this may hold me over till Starfield releases & beyond to continue supporting this developer. Game looks awesome considering its one person.

[@Volyren]

Starfield is the last modern sci fi rpg that will be made. This guy used AI for the grunt work, the voice acting, and the world building. Add to that Nuero-Sama, the AI Vtuber, who can also help code, as well as interact intelligently in text or speech. The next big sci fi rpg will ship unfinished by design. Your new AI will ask you what types of games and stories you like, then program and compile the game on the fly to your tastes. Given the last 6 months of advancement, we'll have the tech for a game like that in 3 years or so.

[@BxPanda7]

@@Volyren I'm hyped asf for this, we all know AI's are better at writing than Bethesda 😅

[@Volyren]

@@BxPanda7 hey, me too, but. The game will probably bomb. Its gonna have to be pc-only, and high end at that. Plus, the game will take hours to compile. It has to create assets and do all that coding. So in the meantime, you can just talk to your AI. 8 hours later, the game is done, but you don't start it. The AI looked at your search history to figure out the kinds of games you like and you don't use incognito mode. She's roleplaying as Lola Bunny and wants to nibble your carrot. Like...i'm not even making a joke. Thats the absurd part. AI is terrifying. Just not in a skynet way.

[@RebeccaBrunner]

​@@Volyren Your assertions on the advancement of AI make me want to cry. It takes several months to train a good AI on several terabytes worth of data, across 100s of GPUs. Let alone have a multi-purpose AI that can build a game for you in 3 years. Also "the last 6 months of advancement". Yeah this math has been around since 1943. Deep Learning started taking off in 2010. GPTs have been talk of the research town for years. There are tons of books/courses on them. chatGPT is actually already irrelevant - it was trained on 2021 data. Nothing about this was in the last 6 months except general public awareness of it, lol

[@BxPanda7]

@@Volyren "She's roleplaying as Lola Bunny and wants to nibble your carrot." You say that like it's a bad thing 😂

[@cubablue602]

This is pretty insane for a 1 dev team. Obviously rough round the edges and some aspects of gameplay more developed than others but this is definitely going on my wishlist.

[@Cautious_Gamer]

Added to Wishlist. For one developer, this looks immensely impressive.

[@nomad7317]

When 1 guy is better than Bethesda + Microsoft

[@celphalonred1999]

Nope haha, Starfield/ Bethesda/Microsoft shits all over this garbage haha

[@elgorditobonito4980]

@@celphalonred1999 NUh uh. starfield is absolute dogshit lmao. Even elite dangerous is better than starfield.

[@nzrynz]

​@@elgorditobonito4980Imagine hating a game just because of your inflated expectations and features they weren't even going to add in the first place.

[@soucravn]

This looks great, and I feel there's quite a bit of Mount & Blade inspiration and I would even say, hey it's Mount & Blade in space, which I'm all in for

[@liammurphy2725]

Oh my days....too much excitement on the 1st day of April. This looks phenomenal. Great accents from some of the characters, especially the Afrikaans, proper Boer. the rest just sounded like paddies in space. The dogfighting was awesome as was the general character movement. Gotta say it looks way more fun than NMS. I'm off to check other content creators to catch their take on it. Defo one to watch. Thank you for this.

[@sgt_retiredcharlie4102]

I'm DEF going to BUY this game! I was on the fence until THIS review! This was the LONGEST review I've seen so far and it's definitely sold me!

[@nickmcewan5932]

Looks amazing! Imagine what the developer could do with a massive budget and a team! Would be the best space game ever!

[@igavinwood]

What a find. OK I get it's not AAA, yet, but as you say this is worth supporting. As the designer has one game complete and still found the passion and drive to create this one, I would be fairly certain that they'll not give up. I doubt they have a life beyond developing this game and we all have bills to pay, so definitely a worthwhile buy if for no other reason then to support someone that makes the gaming industry better.

[@Quadrolithium]

Not being AAA is the best part for me. You expect less, so you get less disappointment. I'm into indies and AA games nowadays.

[@ravensnflies8167]

been burned by "AAA" game devs for so long now, calling someone not triple a is almost a compliment. and to compare them to trip a is pretty bad ass for them. hope this guy gets filthy stinking rich from this.

[@RocketRoosterFilms]

This game is amazing! It wonderfully reminds of all the space themed tech demos from the 90s!

[@RashFever26]

How is a single person doing this??? Mindblowing

[@farolito74]

Just bought to support this dev. Impressive work! The text to speech is kind of harsh, but I'm sure that can make use of a better plugin as that tech advances anyway. So cool!

[@kancharlachandra792]

What an underrated game. Thanks for bringing this into lime light. I know star citizen is a big project but now I regret instead of spending 150$ on that game I better spend 20 bucks and play this. I hope that developer notice the support he will be getting and continue to support it.

[@SuppositionalBox]

Brother, Star Citizen is just a form of employment for those folks. I'd be surprised to see the game "Finished" and fully released within the next 10 YEARS. As someone who bought the intro package ($45?), I feel its a waste of money. Much better spent on this game, for sure!

[@IAMMASED]

When the game you grab for 15$ beats the game still in development for over 15 years and 100 million dollars

[@StefSubZero270]

How does this game beat SC in any remote way? Also SC is still an open alpha, I would like to see how this game was in open alpha. SC is very playable and has been for a few years now while still being in alpha. You cannot compare a near finished game with an alpha, its just unfair. Also the fact that SC is much bigger and complex and detailed and of a higher quality in everything is not a "small" factor to count, it is the whole point. Any dev team would take years to do what the dev team of SC is doing, its not like RSI is not "capable", they are very capable, they just made the mistake (imo) to not focus on one thing at a time: they are both investing resources for the multiplayer game (which is literally the most ambitious game in history, so thats a huge risk) and for the single player game. They should have chosen one of the two and focus all on that first and then focus all the dev teams on one single project. Developing 2 colossal games at the same time was their mistake. Also for the correction SC has been officially in development (in-game wise) for 10 years not 15 (which is a huge difference, so lets not let these numbers slide like its the same)

[@Mr.McWatson]

This is an unreal level of development for one dude.

[@acrofanatic]

You have made me want to buy this! This feels like a great game. It has some mechanics from No man's sky (like the leaving and approaching planets) that Starfield won't have. I love space games!

[@sebstefanson6796]

what s the best space game that you would recommend?

[@acrofanatic]

@@sebstefanson6796 at the moment it would be No Man's Sky or Elite Dangerous depending on if you want more realistic or not. Both have great mechanics. I myself am more partial to NMS because of the possibilities. But sometimes i just like to cruise around in the darkness towards a yellow star in ED.

[@sebstefanson6796]

@@acrofanatic thanks mate, I've played NMS several times after picking it up cheap second hand years ago, one of my favorite games ever, it was crazy to see it change and grow so much. I reckon i might try ED then.

[@sebstefanson6796]

@@acrofanatic also, do you have any other recommendations for other game genres?

[@acrofanatic]

@@sebstefanson6796 at the moment i am playing a lot of V Rising and it is great! Valheim has been fun as well. I recommend Guild Wars 2 as an mmorpg. Ghost recon Wildlands is fun as a co-op. Sniper Elite 4 is great. Just Cause 4 is just a fun game to wreck some havoc. Deep rock galactic is a good shooter. Heave Ho for some funny co-op. And World War Z is great.