Was Rocket Engineer gone? Where were the developers? Where are we? Here we are!
Yes, Rocket Engineer is back on track and more than alive! After a significant 9-month-long period without any progress updates, we are thrilled to announce that Rocket Engineer is back! In reality, Rocket Engineer had stopped development for only 5 months. Several factors could have easily killed the game, but thankfully, they didn’t.
In fact, since December, we have been working tirelessly to rework Rocket Engineer from the ground up. In just two months, we successfully reached feature parity (and even a bit more) with the previous code base that had 2 years of history.
Remaking Rocket Engineer has resulted in significantly more stable, scalable, and future-proof systems. It also allowed us to shift our focus from rocket design to colony and resource extraction. This shift has made the game more accessible and enjoyable, and we’re excited to continue pushing it further.
Over the next few weeks until April, we’ll be posting detailed updates on each new or reworked feature to give you more information and share more screenshots. One of the most important changes is the significant reduction in the size of Rocket Engineer’s solar system, which allows us to add much more detail to planets and moons.
We are incredibly proud to announce that Rocket Engineer is back on track and in its production phase. That means we’re focusing on polishing, fixing bugs, and ensuring that the game feels great to play. The game loop is already closed, but the first early access will only contain a sandbox mode where you have unlimited resources on Earth but will need to exploit resources everywhere else to expand your off-world colonies.
We will be very busy in the coming months. We don’t want to announce any release date yet, but we do have internal deadlines that we are confident about achieving.
Feel free to join our Discord if you want to stay updated on Rocket Engineer!
https://discord.gg/BkNjccBwDX