- Genre
- Simulation
- Plays on
- A session
- 45 min
- Price
- Free
- Made by
- Michael Zahniser and the Endless Sky contributors
- Published by
- Cassette Classics
Gameplay
About
Endless Sky is an open-source space trading and combat sim in the spirit of Escape Velocity. You start with a beat-up freighter, a little credit, and the whole galaxy in front of you. Make your fortune however you like: run cargo between rival economies, ferry passengers and colonists, mine asteroids, take bounty contracts on pirate captains, or sign on as a mercenary in a war and decide which side pays better. Every purchase changes your ship, and every ship changes what the galaxy lets you do. Hundreds of hand-authored star systems, planets with their own products, cultures and problems, and a long branching campaign that reacts to the pilot you became. Save anywhere; there is no wrong way to play.
Credits
- Game, engine, data and art; title lettering in the key art
- Michael Zahniser and the Endless Sky contributors
- Web port
- wasmga.me
- Composited, relit and graded the key art, icon and loop
- Cassette
- Magnetar in the key art and loop, CC BY-SA 4.0
- RisingLeaf
- Emerald Sword and fusion flares in the key art and loop, CC BY-SA 4.0
- @Karirawri
- Nebula haze in the key art and loop, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Becca Tommaso and Azure
- creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ (key art, icon, loop and screenshots)
- CC BY-SA 4.0
Links
- Website
- endless-sky.github.io
- Community
- discord.gg/Rsc3Ce8
- Source code
- github.com/endless-sky/endless-sky
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
Accessibility
- Remappable controls
- Colour-blind friendly
- Difficulty options
- No time pressure
Keyboard controls are fully remappable in the game's settings; combat difficulty scales gently with chosen ships and the game never forces a fight. The web build has no background music; sound effects are present. Ships, outfits and system info are all plain text.
