Little rockets taking off

My roommate wanted me to try to make a game where players could build their own little factory empires. I told him I would work on it on the weekends. Anyway, I wanted to show off these little rockets that I made today.

The idea is that they will be used to transport resources.


The game will be called Terra Vita, and will be focused around creating a mining empire on another planet (in the form of a top-down tycoon), with a high focus on creating a somewhat-sustainable system. It’s kind-of a mashup of Factorio, Sim City, and others. Players will have to choose wisely how they design their mining systems so that they maximize on resources sold rather than resources used up in the process (e.g. coal used in powerplants vs. selling coal).

Here’s the backstory of the game:

I have the placed limited to friends-only currently, but I will be opening it for the public in the next week or so, once there’s more to do. Here’s the place for future reference:

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That’s pretty sick. Do update us when it’s open!

Do you ever plan on releasing a custom skin feature? Here’s what I plan on doing…

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Yeah I have a baked version of the rocket that can be textured

My skin would totally be a Falcon Heavy.

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That’s what I based the rocket on!

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Will the game be like an RTS game?

Most definitely an RTS, which is one of the only genres that I have always liked

I’ve always been a fan of RTS, (A)RPGS, and MMOs games. I definitely look forward to playing the game when it’s released. :slight_smile:

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Ooh I can’t wait to play :happy3:

I know this isn’t a war game, but I cold only think of this audio byte every time a missile rocket was launched.

Looks pretty fun XD, try putting rockets everywhere then exiting and then loading the place again, all rockets will launch at once.

“The idea is that they will be used to transport resources… and Tesla’s.”

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Awesome idea, I actually have something planned similar to this for the future. A suggestion if you haven’t thought of it already; have the rockets land back at pads you can place, thereby allowing you to reuse rockets.

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Yup! It already does land actually, but was just demonstrating launching

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Here’s a video of them landing too:

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