Things we need to fix before we test gameplay:

• The game can only run for 24 hours before it uses too much memory.  We need to either fix the memory usage or add an automatic restart.
• The game only runs on Linux, we’re working on a Windows version so we can get more people playing.  Eventually we hope to get it working on Mac too.

Gameplay Screenshots (click on a screenshot to make it bigger)

Once we get the Windows version working, I’ll upload a YouTube video to show off Distant Empires gameplay.

My brother and I are almost ready to test multiplayer for Distant Empires. I’ll be looking for testers in the next couple months or so. This will be mostly to test balancing, gameplay and to see how to game handles lots of players.

Distant Empires is a computer game of space conquest where you drive a spaceship and try to help your alien race take over the galaxy. We’ve been working on this game for almost 2 years now.

There are still some problems we need to fix:
- Various network problems, memory leaks, some weapons don’t work on the client yet.
- Planets are placed too close together, we’ll have to space them out.

The game only works for Linux right now but we plan to make it work for Macintosh and Windows. I’ll announce on this blog when its time to test, we’ll probably put a download link on http://distantempires.com/.

I’ll put up a gameplay video after we fix most of the problems.