Everspace 2 Dev Tracker

Everspace is an original IP created by Rockfish Games.

And yes, sales of the first game still support us; we are our own publisher!

Yes, Early Access will be this December, and then we plan to add more content and nail the game for about a year before sim-shipping the full release on PC, PS, and Xbox in HY1 2022. /Michael

We're super excited about both next-gen consoles, but we cannot comment any further without potentially shooting ourselves in the foot. We'll share more details about the ES2 console release in 2022 when the time is right. :) /Michael

Galaxy on Fire; we were the creators of 1 and 2.

We did make some money from the first game, but keep in mind we started FROM SCRATCH (after having been fired from our previous studio and having our IP ripped from up in court), literally starting with nothing but the money in our pockets.

That kickstarter helped us fund EVERSPACE, and the commercial success it has been gave us the ability to push this larger vision of EVERSPACE 2. Still, we want to do even more, so we created a second Kickstarter and are utilizing the very powerful community-centric feedback from the alpha/beta/early access to help you guys realize our goal as well.

Yikes! We are investigating the issue and are seeking to rectify this issue; thanks for reporting and providing feedback.

I'll follow-up when we've discovered what can be done.

Hello there EVERSPACE community!

As we move closer to early access, we are expanding the volunteer moderation team on our social channels. With this in mind, we're happy to announce that one of our beloved community members will be joining the team on the subreddit - everyone please welcome /u/hazzydevil!

He will be working with the ROCKFISH community team to keep this subreddit in the loop about the latest ES2 news, help guide info to the wiki, and obviously help keep things tidy here for you all as well, which I'm sure you can see the fruits of his labor already.

We're working on some elements behind the scenes to bring our social circles together more fruitfully, and I'm excited you're on this ride with us. If you have any suggestions or desires, let us know and we'll see what we can make happen.

The Switch is the only version where the game can be purchased as an all-or-nothing package; there aren't any other options on the Switch. Getting the Stellar version of Everspace has both the game and the DLC on the game card itself.

I laughed :D

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The procedural generation of levels isn't designed around a realistic portrayal of space, but rather a clustered variety of obstacles and enemies. When your inertia dampeners are damaged, aiming is far more challenging and movement is restricted in a way that makes exploring tight points of interest really difficult, thus removing your ability to gain resources quickly and carefully. The game doesn't "magically become" something else, but rather hinders mobility until the component is repaired.

Sure, some players can deal with the component damage. Which is the same with other components being damaged (i.e. an evasive player doesn't mind their shields being damaged because they rarely get hit anyway).

You should be proud you're skilled with drifting to where this handicap doesn't affect you as badly as it does other players.

Correction: We agree that inertia dampeners make sense in our next game since it is far more similar to a space simulation model (being an open-world RPG) as opposed to a very fast-paced arcade-y roguelike shooter, especially so in conjunction with the feedback from our demographic (which is primarily space game enthusiasts).

We hear you and we understand your perspective and desires. But we don't agree this feature would have been the most beneficial in Everspace, which is why the Enhancement is an unlockable that also changes collision damage AS OPPOSED TO a merely applying drift.

Everspace 2 will be quite different in this regard.

Hey there! This is Erik, from the video.

First off, major shout out to u/HazzyDevil tackling a lot of questions through Reddit. Absolute champion sir, thank you.

Alright, now for the response pertaining to "recovery" options after dying:

EVERSPACE 1 took place in a roguelite loop because the main character being a clone could easily respawn and start back at the cloning facility for another attempt at completing his objective. As such, it made sense gathering the wreckage and recovering your past dead self in order to build yourself up.

EVERPSACE 2 is the continuation of that story, and (without spoilers) some things have changed about the clone you're playing as. The most important one is this: You no longer respawn. The body you have is 100% yours, with a full lifespan ahead o...

We just distributed them! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rockfishgames/everspace-2/posts/2711655

Very soon; mid-December! We've been optimizing it quite a bit, to ensure our community will be able to run it when it arrives.