diff --git a/content/news/047/index.md b/content/news/047/index.md index 804f6fb89..fc653ea47 100644 --- a/content/news/047/index.md +++ b/content/news/047/index.md @@ -86,6 +86,51 @@ before release includes: [@im_oab]: https://twitter.com/im_oab [Tetra]: https://github.com/17cupsofcoffee/tetra +### [Space Frontiers] + +![In-game screenshot of a real-time render of a modular gridmap-based spaceship interior](spacefrontiers.png) +_Render achieved with dynamic point lights._ + +[Space Frontiers] ([GitHub], [Discord], [Twitter], [Reddit], [Steam Group]) +by [Starwolves] is an online moddable sci-fi action RPG community game +simulating space (and spaceships) in 3D. + +By the end of last year the client was made with Godot. Shortly after that the +decision was made to replace the Godot project with a [Bevy Engine] client. + +Rust and Bevy are now used for both server and client. +There are a lot of advantages such as sharing libraries and neat code replication, +reducing code overhead. +In-fact both the server and client are now developed in [the same virtual workspace]. + +The client includes a new camera perspective from top-down isometric to 1st person. +A new 3D dynamic gridmap framework has been successfully implemented in ECS. +The prototype includes an in-game map editing tool with the ability to export to +file. +Inspired by the videogame "System Shock". +There is a recently uploaded [showcase video]. + +The project is commercial, [open-source] and has a proprietary license. +There is a milestone for a license change to free open-source. + +[Starwolves.io Bulletin Board] was launched half a year ago. +There are 25~ registrants left that can receive a permanent unique forum group/title. + +_Discussions: [StarWolves.io Bulletin Board]_ + +[Starwolves.io Bulletin Board]: https://starwolves.io +[Starwolves]: https://starwolves.io +[Bevy Engine]: https://bevyengine.org/ +[Space Frontiers]: https://github.com/starwolves/space +[GitHub]: https://github.com/starwolves/space +[open-source]: https://github.com/starwolves/space +[the same virtual workspace]: https://github.com/starwolves/space +[Steam Group]: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/starwolvescommunity +[Discord]: https://discord.gg/yYpMun9CTT +[Twitter]: https://twitter.com/starwolvesstar +[Reddit]: https://reddit.com/u/StarwolvesStar +[showcase video]: https://youtu.be/Qr_in7tUxAM + ## Engine Updates ### [macroquad] diff --git a/content/news/047/spacefrontiers.png b/content/news/047/spacefrontiers.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..710abc6e8 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/news/047/spacefrontiers.png differ