The Light Of AltairAn indie game by
SaintXi The Light of Altair is a sci-fi colony building game with a deep plot. Grow colonies from landing pod to metropolis, while sending off new spaceships to expand your territory to other worlds. You are not alone in space, 8 factions from different parts of the world are all following their own agendas in the solar system; diplomacy and orbital-combat are essential to learn.
The Light of Altair is based on a custom built 3D engine that enables easy zooming from galaxies all the way down to individual moons and asteroids covered in the colonies with their glass domes, mines and launch pads. Advanced shader technology is used to add rich details and lighting to surfaces.
"Light of Altair is a dramatic reworking of the first book in the Legacy of Altair trilogy" says CEO Simon de Rivaz. "You follow the tale of Adrian Alandan in his mission to colonize the planets near Earth... nothing is simple when hyperspace is involved and the human race splits into factions set apart by space and time".
"The game is played out through the colonies the player builds on worlds, moons and asteroids." explains Lead designer Thomas de Rivaz. "The player can build a colony up from a landing pod to a mighty metropolis, or build a network of colonies to trade with each other. Throughout the storyline the player is free to develop in many different directions and the game adapts to suit the player's needs and discoveries."
Light of Altair was written targetting high-end DirectX graphics cards: "The sight of the sun sparkling through a hemisphere of Hydroponics Domes at dawn is amazing" says de Rivaz.
Features- Colony building on planets and asteroids throughout a system.
- Manage industries and colonists to grow from a tiny landing unit into a towering city.
- Detailed storyline based on a future-history of Earth. Not everyone is an enemy - not everyone can be trusted. Changing alliances and new gameplay twisting events are custom made for each mission.
- Rich single player campaign traced across the galaxy.
- Play out important plot events from different sides taking on the role of one of 8 different factions.
- Rich Simulated Universe: A gritty backstory that ties in closely with a realistic future history of Earth, technologies and developments take place in a coherent near future sci-fi setting.
- Detailed tech-tree with over 30 weapons, buildings, and ship-mods to discover.
- Design ships: Pick a ship schematic and equip weapons, armour and mods to hardpoints. Then command shipyards to build a fleet from the design.
- Cinematic camera views of space battles in planet orbit.
Moon Base EridaniSaintXi is excited to announce the first sequel to their flagship title
The Light of Altair. Being set within the same universe as the original game,
Moon Base Eridani continues the story of the original game from a very different viewpoint. While
The Light of Altair focused on the wide interstellar expansion of Humanity into the stars,
Moon Base Eridani looks deeper into what it takes to be a colonist in a hostile world.
Based on player feedback,
Moon Base Eridani concentrates on allowing the player to make their own choices to secure their colonies’ growth. With this free form gameplay, the game is infinitely re-playable with different results every time based on the decisions you make. Creative director Thomas de Rivaz remarks “Without the restraints of scripted missions, we have much more time to improve on the core gameplay that made
The Light of Altair fun. Moon Base Eridani keeps the player thinking about a ‘better’ way of laying out their colony. This iterative play style keeps a player’s interest peaked as they solve the mysteries of colonial management”. With multiple worlds to explore and many unique challenges to overcome within a dynamic economy and environment,
Moon Base Eridani is set to create a new standard in simulations.