Solbound Privateer

In the distant future, careless youths wandering across space make prime targets for becoming a pirate's Fodder pilot. They have perfected the use of failsafes and a dim hope of freedom to coerce these Fodders into endless gladiator battles against rival crews. A Fodder's only way out of the nightmare is to play their game and help their captain win the never-ending contest to become the most renowned crew across the galaxy.

...and YOU just became their next Fodder.

Controls

Key	Action
W / A / S / D	Horizontal movement
Ctrl / Sp	Vertical movement
Mouse	Yaw / Pitch steering
Q / E	Roll ship
L-Click	Shoot primary weapons
R-Click	Shoot secondary weapons (Hold to calculate missile-lock)
V	Toggle camera view outside/inside
Enter	Release mouse (to make window fullscreen, etc.)
Esc	Pause game
Alt	Lock onto a target
F9	Save a screenshot (saves to 'C:\tmp\')
~ `	Open in-flight Module Controls menu
=	??? (developer's debug button. Behavior may change at any time, and may break the game. Avoid pressing it)

Development Plan

• Demo 1:  Space Sim focuses on the core flight, combat, and NPC mechanics to make a space game.
• Demo 2:  Shipwright will be about ship customization, letting you break down the pieces of your ship and reconfigure them however you want.
• Demo 3: Fisher will be about a robotic fishing and whaling mechanic, the new attachments it will need, and space robot swarms.
• Alpha (v1.0): combines the three demos into a single game and begins to polish the very rough edges.
• Version 1.1: public launch of the base game and chapter 1 of the story.
• Version 1.2: expands on the combat features and adds the next story chapter.
• Version 1.3: further expands the combat with wingmate squadrons and optional tutorials, and adds another chapter of the story.
• Version 1.4: adds the final story chapter, with other brand new features.

Solbound privateer is currently in an early prototype stage. Keep tabs on its progress at my website.