Drifter

It's been far too long! Drifter 0.8.4 is now live! This is the fifth release in the 0.8.x series, codename "Event Horizon". I'm continuing to work on finalizing the various bits and pieces of the game that need to be done for 1.0 but in the meantime I've got a lot of fixes and quality of life improvements rolled up into 0.8.4. My plan is to go back to a more regular update schedule going forwar…

Drifter 0.8.3 is now live! This is the fourth release in the 0.8.x series, codename "Event Horizon". We've finally converted the game to use SDL2 instead of SDL1 which means the game should handle monitors and resolution changes a lot more smoothly than before. Also while it's not 100% there yet it should better handle Retina/HiDPI displays as well. Eventually we will be switching over to the S…

Drifter 0.8.2 is now live! This is the third release in the 0.8.x series, codename "Event Horizon". We've finally fixed the bug we were experiencing in lua that was causing some instability. The game should no longer crash on the starmap when you're running missions. Also we've added a bunch of new stuff as we prepare to add pilot skills and attributes. You can see some of the new UI we've got…

Drifter 0.8.1 is now live! This is the second release in the 0.8.x series, codename "Event Horizon". In addition to a number of bug fixes we've finally completed the initial implementation of the faction system. You can't interact with it just yet but once factions are fully implemented it will allow all kinds of interesting things like faction specific missions, equipment and ships. WHAT'S NEW…