We planned to release 0.7 at the New Year to make you happy. :) And rushed to work on it. But there still several important things to do, so we decided do not release unfinished update. It would be unpleasant to receive unfinished update at the New Year.

We just need a several days to complete it, so the new update will be slightly later.

However, we still have some gifts!

As and in previous New Year, we give away gift keys for followers!
First 16 people who will request a key in the comments below will receive a free key. One condition - you haven't the game in your Steam library (before request, please make sure that your profile is visible for everyone).

Update: All keys sent.

Happy New Year! Will hope in the new year the human civilization will make even more scientific discoveries and people will spend more resources for science! :)

We planned to release 0.7 at the New Year to make you happy. :) And rushed to work on it. But there still several important things to do, so we decided do not release unfinished update. It would be unpleasant to receive unfinished update at the New Year.

We just need a several days to complete it, so the new update will be slightly later.

However, we still have some gifts!

As and in previous New Year, we give away gift keys for followers!
First 16 people who will request a key in the comments below will receive a free key. One condition - you haven't the game in your Steam library (before request, please make sure that your profile is visible for everyone).

Update: All keys sent.

Happy New Year! Will hope in the new year the human civilization will make even more scientific discoveries and people will spend more resources for science! :)

Just a short news about possibility to repaint a modules in custom colors. Also you may note new 3D modules which is also slightly redesigned. Hope you like it! :)

Just a short news about possibility to repaint a modules in custom colors. Also you may note new 3D modules which is also slightly redesigned. Hope you like it! :)

You probably already very used to blue background of Celestial Command, and seems like everyone already tired from this. The background is blue not because of this is style or we are fans of blue color. :)

Now, when we are developing 3D, it is good time to revise the style of the background.

In most space games, especially old, the background looks like a colorful mess. We wish to avoid this type of backgrounds and prefer more realistic solutions, but real black space - probably is not very suitable style for Celestial Command. However, we made this variant just to see how it will looks like.



It is only a test, currently color of the background still blue, but we are wish to change it to something new, just didn't' decided how exactly.

By the way, take a note on the star at the second screenshot, it is more detailed. We plan to slightly change a style of star.



And some news about development process. We continue to adapt various systems for 3D. For example, these connectors and mounting points previously was located above the modules.



But now it is fixed.



Also you may note that some parts of the ship already replaced with 3D models. Here one another screenshot:



Oh, yes, also we made some performance optimization. Geometry of planets and asteroids becomes more simple when it is far from the observer. Many people appreciate that the game runs on weak computers, so we wish to keep it performance and even improve it.

Besides, pretty soon we plan to add a support of touch screen, so the game should be able to work even on Windows Tablet PCs.

Thanks for support!

You probably already very used to blue background of Celestial Command, and seems like everyone already tired from this. The background is blue not because of this is style or we are fans of blue color. :)

Now, when we are developing 3D, it is good time to revise the style of the background.

In most space games, especially old, the background looks like a colorful mess. We wish to avoid this type of backgrounds and prefer more realistic solutions, but real black space - probably is not very suitable style for Celestial Command. However, we made this variant just to see how it will looks like.



It is only a test, currently color of the background still blue, but we are wish to change it to something new, just didn't' decided how exactly.

By the way, take a note on the star at the second screenshot, it is more detailed. We plan to slightly change a style of star.



And some news about development process. We continue to adapt various systems for 3D. For example, these connectors and mounting points previously was located above the modules.



But now it is fixed.



Also you may note that some parts of the ship already replaced with 3D models. Here one another screenshot:



Oh, yes, also we made some performance optimization. Geometry of planets and asteroids becomes more simple when it is far from the observer. Many people appreciate that the game runs on weak computers, so we wish to keep it performance and even improve it.

Besides, pretty soon we plan to add a support of touch screen, so the game should be able to work even on Windows Tablet PCs.

Thanks for support!

When we shared our plans about new 3D graphics, people started worried about two things:
1. The game may lose its 2D charm.
2. System requirements will be increased so the game no longer will run on slow computers.

But we want assure you, there is nothing to worry about :)

At first, let's look at this:



We added new planets and asteroids, but as you can see, it looks pretty much like the familiar Celestial Command.
However, now we can rotate the camera! :)



To compare, let's take a look at 2D planets from previous version.



View of star system in 3D:





Let's take a closer look at new asteroids!
At first, let's look at previous version:



And new!





And one of new planets:



And what about performance, the new version will have even better performance than previously, why exactly, we will explain in further posts.

So what do you think? :)

When we shared our plans about new 3D graphics, people started worried about two things:
1. The game may lose its 2D charm.
2. System requirements will be increased so the game no longer will run on slow computers.

But we want assure you, there is nothing to worry about :)

At first, let's look at this:



We added new planets and asteroids, but as you can see, it looks pretty much like the familiar Celestial Command.
However, now we can rotate the camera! :)



To compare, let's take a look at 2D planets from previous version.



View of star system in 3D:





Let's take a closer look at new asteroids!
At first, let's look at previous version:



And new!





And one of new planets:



And what about performance, the new version will have even better performance than previously, why exactly, we will explain in further posts.

So what do you think? :)

Yesterday we told that we will keep you informed about development of 3D.
So, there it is!



It is only a beginning, just changed camera. But it is already looks so much better and so more serious! Also you may note how funny previous 2D things looks in 3D perspective.







Also we want to show you this small container in 3D. It is already in Unity Engine, not in 3D editor. Textures is little bit messed up during baking, but it will be fixed later.





We are very excited to work on this update and soon we will show you even more amazing stuff!

Yesterday we told that we will keep you informed about development of 3D.
So, there it is!

It is only a beginning, just changed camera. But it is already looks so much better and so more serious! Also you may note how funny previous 2D things looks in 3D perspective.







Also we want to show you this small container in 3D. It is already in Unity Engine, not in 3D editor. Textures is little bit messed up during baking, but it will be fixed later.





We are very excited to work on this update and soon we will show you even more amazing stuff!