Author: Steve

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Above Earth Trailer

Above Earth will be available soon.

New Screenshots For Above Earth

Icarus Starship Command Simulator Is Now Available On Steam

Thanks for all the help from the beta testers and Greenlight voters!

My next project: Above Earth

As I finish up the development of Icarus SCS I couldn’t help myself but think about my next project. All that remains for me to accomplish what I set out to with Icarus SCS is to finish some basic writing and playtesting. I already have it mostly integrated with the Steamworks API as well –…
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It Got Through Greenlight

Icarus SCS got through the Greenlight process a couple months ago. I appreciate the votes from you guys and I will do my best to get it up on Steam as soon as possible. Until then I will be focusing on feedback from the beta testers. Greenlight page: Steam Greenlight Page I also created a new…
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The Greenlight Campaign Begins!

I don’t know how long it will take – or if it will ever get accepted. But it is on there now. Watch the Greenlight trailer and if it looks like something you might enjoy – head over to Steam and give it a “yes” vote: Steam Greenlight Page

The Alpha Is Done

The alpha is done. If all goes as planned, today I will be meeting some professional game devs who were kind enough to be willing to playtest the game. I also plan to take it to some game dev meet-ups and if possible some small indie conventions to have people give their feedback. The feedback…
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Music and Sound Effects

It’s been a long road, but I now have all the music and sound effects done for the alpha and nearly the final release. The music consists of about 17 full songs plus a bunch of smaller musical phrases. They were produced by me using my VST of choice. They are in the game, they are…
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A Whole Bunch of Stuff

I keep saying to myself “I’ll just do this one more thing and then I’ll make a devlog post”. But that “one more thing” turns into two more things and then three more things and then ten and then 20. But I finally did that last thing (it was particle effects btw). A lot has happened…
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