Scavengers from Planet X
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Six months in hibernation. That's not a long time, especially considering that the planet Earth you've left behind is over three thousand light years away. It is time to start a new life.
You were lucky. After waking up from hibernation you got a job at the employment office located on the sleeper ship. You are now resident pilot of the Utopia space station, that means you are some kind of space taxi driver. It's a good job that includes a flat in the space station, your new home. From what you've been told, Utopia Station is like Las Vegas on Earth. It looks like a good place to start again.
Scavengers From Planet X is an open world old-style science fiction space adventure game. Explore the sector by carrying out taxi missions, solve mysteries, find missing ships, discover new planets, and enjoy life in the Carina sector.
Warning:
- This is a non-violent game. Neither the spaceship nor the player have weapons. You can't shoot anyone and no one will shoot you.
- The game contains taxi missions and story-related missions or quests.
- Taxi missions are computer generated and will send you to random locations.
- Quests and dialogs may contain twisted humor, bad jokes and adult references.
- Some quests are comedy, others are not.
- This is a low budget solodev game. No fancy graphics, no licensed music, no realistic animations, no modding support... but it's free.
- It is suggested to read the manual
The game is free, but donations are welcome. Thanks.
Version 1.2 Notes (minor update)
Bug: Non-essential NPC marked as essential . Fixed
Bug: Error in navigation system. Provisional fix.
Version 1.1 Notes
Gameplay: New flight assistant added
Gameplay: Relevant NPCs mark is now show by default
Bug: Missing collision shapes in Greenhaven. Fixed.
Bug. Steps sound keep playing after open the console. Fixed
Bug. Saving a game in the space cause malfuctioning until the lands in a planet or station. Fixed
Bug: Mouse wheel active in sublight mode. Fixed!
Bug: Loading autosave after a crash does not works. Fixed!
Bug: New Tokyo info file not found. Fixed!
Warning: Linux and MacOS versions have not been fully tested.
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Development log
- Update v.1.1Dec 01, 2022
- Scavengers From Planet X ReleasedNov 25, 2022
- Aiming to release at the end of NovemberSep 27, 2022
- Update 0.7.8 previewMay 03, 2022
- Version 0.7.7 Alpha releasedApr 29, 2022
- 2021 February: Gameplay previewFeb 09, 2022
- The project keeps progressing at good pace.Jan 13, 2022
- Scavengers from Planet X loreOct 09, 2021
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Gave it a go on a Mac - can confirm it worked just fine.
Games has been great so far, I have found a bug when using , and . to change between targets when warp to a system of moving to an area inside a system. It scrolls through the targets normally but it finally goes to a target that names "null" and it gets stuck there without the ability to continue to cycle through the targets again. I am on Linux , Manjaro XFCE latest version.
Thanks for reporting it.
Working to fix it. I will publish an update in a few days.
One issue I have with my keyboard layout is that `z` for rotation is very cumbersome. Maybe if you could change it to use the physical layout for the keys (raw mode) instead of the localized layout (cooked mode) ?
If `y` has no use anywhere in the game having them both assigned for that rotation direction would be a slightly hacky workaround (that still wouldn't cover French users with their `AZERTY` layout, though...)
Working on it. The plan is to allow key customization.
When I try to download it I get an error stating "zip: unsupported compression algorithm" and am unable to download it. This is with the standalone itch.io software for windows, on win10. The download works from a web browser though.
I have no idea what this is going on. I'll open a ticket for Itch support. Thanks for sharing it
Looks cool, will play it tomorow
Thanks! Hope you have fun!
played it for 20 minutes, its cool and fun. Definitely will play it more
This looks promising. Nice cockpit view. Space, planets, flying, exploring. Hope there will be joystick support. Looking forward to full game.
Really loving it so far! Do you plan to add keyboard/mouse control support in the future? This is my kind of game lol I'm really interested to see where it goes!
Yes. The game will have support for keyboard+mouse. I hope to have it ready for the next big update.