One of the Best Roguelikes is Finally Out After 10 Years! | Nova Drift 1.0

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Nova Drift distills the mechanical depth and strategy of an ARPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void.
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Nova Drift is a 'rogue-lite' space shooter that melds a classic arcade experience with modern action-RPG elements like theory-crafting and deep player choice. Your ship rapidly evolves as you defeat enemies, allowing you to shape its abilities and weaponry to your desires in a matter of minutes. Unlike many ARPGs which can absorb hundreds of hours of time, Nova Drift allows you to take a ship build from inception to execution in a single game session.
Features
Create a unique build every run. Games are quick, allowing for rapid experimentation, iteration, and advancement.
Cunning and creativity are rewarded as you chain upgrade modules for powerful synergies, reminiscent of deck-building games.
Access over 200 modular upgrades as you progress and expand your arsenal.
Build to play how you want. Snipe, command a drone army, discharge your shields, charge up, burn enemies with your thrusters, or smash right through them... there's a way to make it work.
Unlock various challenge modes, providing greater risk and rewards. The stakes are high, as death is permanent!
Every game is randomly generated, keeping the fight intense and unpredictable. Fight through the campaign or play endlessly...
#NovaDrift

[@novadriftgame]

Thanks so much for playing Retromation!

[@Retromation]

Congratulations on finally dropping in 1.0! You have really made an absolute juggernaut in the genre, hope you have a well deserved break ahead of you!

[@Dynoqwerty]

Ive been playing this game for ages, I had no idea it was still in pre-release! I’ll have to boot it up again soon!

[@UsernameXOXO]

Thanks for releasing! I've been anticipating this for years.

[@sparklinglate9214]

ur game is good i have fun with vary of build also coop would be good 👍

[@quailron1581]

I hope this hits Switch someday :D

[@lunarjie2961]

I would love a little mini series of this for the full release. So glad it’s finally 1.0

[@Potatezone]

I had no idea this game was in early access, it just seemed finished. Good stuff!

[@tiagopassarela]

crash builds are kinda hard to pull off but when you do they are so much fun

[@salimshatila1595]

reto PLEASE make this into a series if you see that this has enough changes from the early access!

[@BuzzaB77]

Can you imagine the start of this? "Hey I got a great idea, asteroids but as a rougelite, should be simple enough...."

[@MetalMockingjay]

My favorite part was when he said "it's drifting time" and nova drifted the Star Eater.

[@irvine5732]

Crazy that this is just now getting a 1.0 release. Probably going to have to grab this when I get home. It's so cool how many different builds can go down in this game.

[@irvine5732]

Played for about 3 hours once I got home. I just wanted to keep doing run after run. I ended up getting my last run of the night to Star Eater using a hilarious build like the one in this video of Firefly and Thermal Lance with lots of burn and crashing nonsense. Fun stuff.

[@archangelkiragis]

Additional projectiles does increase the bullets you create when you break bullets with your swords. There's a funny build there where you counter enemy attacks to fill the screen with bullets. Might not get very far, but it'd be fun to play for sure.

[@johnstrine]

The more projectiles upgrade was increasing the number of shots you fired back when you hit enemy projectiles with your swords to deflect them.

[@Lucy39236]

Please do a series of this game, it’s a great game and I want to start watching a series of yours again

[@daviddeling8060]

Okay new vid Just as i come online, awesome

[@Retromation]

this one is just for you alone, everyone else go away!

[@ultimateprogamer5843]

I'd absolutely love and adore to see another series on this game i loved you playing it previously.

[@GaloKaineRey]

Love to see nova drift lately, been doing some Engineer Quad Sword build with Interceptor Swordsman backups and it wrecks shit up...

[@Almethese84]

I'd love to see a series like a road to 1 million score mayhem mode!

[@noorh9159]

i remember when you did an earlier lets try for this. it was so incredibly fun to watch i might just also pick this up now that its finally out!!

[@Derplordington]

The bonus projectiles on swords increases the projectiles reflected back btw

[@Jengamouse]

Would love to see more! There are so many cool builds you can do.

[@schrodingerscard]

Absolutely love to see you play more Novadrift.

[@benjaminfrost2780]

would love at least a mini series of this in 1.0

[@roguewolven]

Ah, I love this game. Major props to the dev for the final release of one of my favorite games! And nice build Reto, that was some solid crash damage.

[@meep9738]

I require more nova drift pls

[@MIC132MIC]

You get extra swords for extra cannons, so you would get more if you picked the hull that fires from both broadsides.

[@Chromodar]

Played this game on and off for I don't even know how long 🥰

[@Astral-fc6nd]

Finally been waiting for like 4 years

[@_The_Jeff]

I LOVE NOVA DRIFT!!

[@Jasta85]

Saw the announcement yesterday, gonna boot it back up this evening.

[@cavemandanwilder5597]

Please do play some more Nova Drift!!! There isn’t enough good Nova Drift content out there.

[@caomouse8829]

(It took 10 years to be released) Developers: "This Little Maneuver's Gonna Cost Us 10 Years" 😂😂

[@Anthraax]

Ayoooo glad to see support for this awesome game to celebrate its official launch! +1 for those algorithms

[@Desh727]

I've been loving this game on and off for at least 5 years. Maybe longer. Fantastic game.

[@poorleno543]

That giggle at @24:00!

[@Jasonataia1]

Yes love to see this game in 1.0 status give us a few more runs at least and show off some new stuff. And an Araxia run where you dont spend upgrade points at all once you get it.

[@schrodingerscard]

NOVADRIFT!!!!

[@FaustoMartense]

I got it a few months ago. So nice 1.0 finally come out.

[@TheFriend03]

that was cool I'd love a serie on this one for sure!

[@Unotakehandle]

You know it's a good game when it's got you giggling like a madman

[@Junogray]

would love to see some more wild builds, with moderation of course, we know you have lots of other gems to show off

[@anthonydalporto9742]

think added projectiles multiplied the reflected projectiles, so when you hit a bullet with the swords it shot back 3 weaker bullets.

[@devonhutchison3485]

“Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!”

[@daytonjob5519]

Good vid. Would be interested to see more.

[@user-lm1np7hm5k]

I hope we're spending some time on this one :)

[@tdahl42]

You know you want to do a quick deep dive into this game again

[@Kraus-]

To get more swords you can use a body like the battery or broadsider.

[@BuzzaB77]

ooooooo they did it! time to reach for my steam deck!

[@rhymeswithmoose228]

RETROMATION NOVA DRIFT!!!!!

[@superninja3464]

Hmmmm Do I want more. Yes, yes I do. VERY MUCH DO LOVE THIS GAME

[@TryHardGamerYT]

Good to see that ram builds are still insanely busted 😂

[@Dracobyte]

Nice video!

[@rickhammer7204]

Hell yeah!!!

[@Mr.Larcenies]

I love this game so much too

[@twiceevery2weeks]

can we get a playthrough?

[@MarkoVuckovic32]

Did this really had to release now? I literally have so many games to play and this will unfortunately have to wait for a long time but I was looking forward to 1.0 release ever since I discovered this game a few years ago.

[@viziroth]

so you actually need to swing the swords or can you just fly by and run them through enemies?

[@Wilzardthespy]

Please start a series and show us some broken builds.

[@JazzyFunkaHolic]

Just a beautiful game

[@rhymeswithmoose228]

Nova Drift is a horror game now

[@joshuabloom8659]

lets see more

[@Aura-Of-Syrinx]

Wonder if we'll see it on switch :o

[@sagehatch7733]

You would play astral ascent again

[@scottrussell360]

Bravado and Absorption are auto-takes on every single build. Bravado = big exp

[@mcgigglesgherkin]

I don't understand how this game has been Roguelike-ified

[@User-he6zd]

nice.

[@Turkeyjl551]

Algorithm :)

[@IcyTimothyT]

4th day asking retromation to play “knock on the coffin lid”

[@Retromation]

On the top of my list, don't worry! Been wanting to cover for a while. Maaaaybe tomorrow or probably more likely Thursday.

[@grandwyrm5275]

wow im early

[@UnknownZYX_4085]

crash builds but they literally crash the game

[@BofaDom]

Play more shovel knight it got a bunch of new updates