CONSTELLATION DISTANTIA

Kurikka, Finland, February 16th 2017

Constellation Distantia, a story driven space game in the spirit of sci-fi gaming classics like Star Control 2 and FTL, will be available on Steam Tuesday 28th of February 2017. The game is priced at $12.99, £9.99, 12,99€, with a -33% launch discount.

Adventure, Strategy, Action

Experience free flying and space combat, mine asteroids and detonate entire planets for resources. Study technologies and craft equipment. Encounter events, people and places from friendly to hostile while following a path of missions in a grim mystery. Step into an atmospheric world of sphere miners, created by true sci-fi fans.

For PC and VR

The game in its entirety is designed for traditional PC playing in mind from the very beginning. In addition, a complete VR port is available in SteamVR for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

“You have done a tremendous job! I love it!” - West Coast Game Lab / Jussi Loukiainen

“It is really fun and I love a game with a good story.” - Decode / Martin Risby

Features:

Professionally written story (200+ pages)

50 handcrafted missions with more than 100 illustrated cutscenes 

40 unique star systems with celestial objects of all sorts from rocky asteroids and icy moons to life containing planets with cities

Polished core mechanics: Karma management, combat, trading, crafting, free flying, mining and resource management

Planetary scale thermonuclear detonations

Many different types of combat: Mission related combat, karma related combat, hostile lunarians, plain robbery and ill will, AI vs. AI combat and bossfights

VR support for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift

Constellation Distantia on Steam for PC and VR.

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Constellation Distantia is the premier release from Skånerbotten, a family owned game development company established in 2015. 

This game guide for Constellation Distantia includes the following sections:

System Requirements

Combat and Flying

Karma

Starports

Mining

Crafting

Trading

Known issues & bug reporting

Story, Strategy, Action - 3 main pillars of Constellation Distantia.

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Key features

Professionally written story: 200+ pages of professional grade storyline with thrilling twists and events. Constellation Distantia presents a complete lore to build on in the future as well. 

Varying missions: Around 50 handcrafted missions with more than hundred illustrated cutscenes keeping the gameplay interesting for hours to come. New type of missions are revealed often to keep the player on the edge of the seat until the very end.

Unique star systems: 40 full scale star systems presenting celestial objects of all sorts from rocky asteroids and volcanic moons to life containing rock planets and gas giants.

Interesting events: There are a lot of people in Distantia, and not all of them friendly. Mining vessels, modified fighters, transporters, dome habitats on deserted rocks all the way to mega-cities. You gotta be on guard.

Combat: Sometimes it's hard to find a peaceful solution and a combat situation becomes inevitable. There are several types of action: Mission related combat, karma related combat, hostile lunarians, plain robbery and ill will, AI vs AI combat and bossfights.

The flying model, distances and scales are tuned towards entertaining gameplay instead of an accurate simulation. That doesn’t equal easy cruising, however. The laws of physics play their part and the 6-axis controls of the jet spacecraft (called the Eagle-Owl) do require one’s full attention.

Check control mappings for your controller / keyboard+mouse in the game’s Settings menu. 

Worth noting is that during the first few missions, Eagle-Owl Two has no boost engine. When Eagle-Owl Three has been built though, you can get boostin’. While flying, click the Boost button for a few seconds of turbo speed, or hold the button down for continuous rocket boost. If this speed feels like child’s play, be informed that there are more powerful engines available in the Lab.

During one-to-one combat, the enemy - or enemies - posing a direct threat to your vessels, are marked with red squares on your HUD. Then again, there will be armies of ill-spirited Movers marked with yellow squares that might, or might not, attack you.

Since the targets are moving really fast in space, the important aspects to learn in combat and asteroid mining are:

To estimate the correct aiming lead

To reach effective shooting distance

It’s also highly recommended to upgrade the Eagle-Owl as soon as possible. Stronger rocket engines, better maneuverability and more powerful guns will improve your chances of survival in combat.

Description

Created by Skånerbotten Ltd, Constellation Distantia is a story driven sci-fi adventure packed with action and strategy game elements. The game world consists of 40 predefined star systems holding hundreds of planets and moons to explore. 

Two vessels in your command: a massive nuclear mining ship capable of star travel, and a smaller exploration vessel ready for service. Mine planetoids and asteroids for resources with precision, or choose complete annihilation by nuking them to Kingdom Come. Defend your ships and complete different types of missions to reach faraway stars, and figure out the haunting truth about Constellation Distantia. 

Features

Professionally written story (200+ pages)

Around 50 handcrafted missions with more than hundred illustrated cutscenes keeps the gameplay interesting for hours to come 

Unique star systems presenting celestial objects of all sorts from rocky asteroids and icy moons to life containing planets with cities

Polished core mechanics: combat, trading, easy to grasp crafting, free flying, resource management and mining

Several different types of mining from asteroid splitting to planet scale thermonuclear detonations which literally vaporize a complete planetary crust to oblivion

Release Date Feb 28th 2017

PC and VR in Steam (Oculus Rift & HTC Vive)

Downloads & Links

Screenshots

Logos

Short Teaser Video

Gameplay Trailer video

FAQ

Steam Store page

Press Release

Contact