Are there any video games today with the energy of the Wayfairer series by Becky Chambers? Big, realistic universe, but very small personal conflict?
I want to hop in a freighter and try to make a life in the stars.
Frankly, bonus points the more it looks like a modern take on an 80s game.
@ajroach42 Taxinaut is nearly 1.0 now. It's kind of like "what if the prologue to The Fifth Element never ended"
@clayote this looks cute
@ajroach42 oh right, Before the Green Moon. You want to get on the space elevator to the moon to make your fortune. To even afford a ticket, you have to farm https://turnfollow.itch.io/before-the-green-moon
@ajroach42 FixFox nails the vibe up thru its middle act, I felt it didn't earn its ending though https://joystickventures.itch.io/fixfox
@ajroach42 Sable. You're going on your coming-of-age pilgrimage. Ride your hoverbike across picturesque sand dunes [which you can catch sand fish in, if you like!] and scavenge junk out of downed freighters to pay your way. https://store.steampowered.com/app/757310/Sable/
@ajroach42 Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor. Will you ever get out of this spaceport? Might as well be friendly with the incredible assortment of life here, when they'll give you the time of day. https://sundaemonth.itch.io/diaries-of-a-spaceport-janitor
@ajroach42 Umurangi Generation. You're a courier with a photography hobby. It seems like maybe you're living through an alien invasion, or something? Mostly that means people won't pay for photos that look like the aliens, or ascended deep-sea jellyfish, or whatever they are. Features some sweet parkour. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1223500/Umurangi_Generation/
@clayote not at all what I'm looking for today, but this looks really neat. Thank you for sharing it.