A freeware BSG space sim just got released

[adamant_2001]

Okay, I'm part of the game's team. It's a freeware Viper sim called Diaspora and we just launched the first episodic release a few hours ago.

A certain person with some sert'er ferign accent who likes space sims makes videos on this site, and I figured that people here should know:

After four long years in the making we are proud to release Diaspora: Shattered Armistice. Diaspora is an episodic-release single and multiplayer space fighter combat game set in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica universe. Diaspora is a standalone freeware game based on the FreeSpace Open Engine, everything needed to play is in the download. The project is not-for-profit and not associated with NBC Universal or Bigpoint's Battlestar Galactica Online.

Our team opted for episodic releases, each involving short plots surrounding different Colonial or Cylon ships and characters. The first Release, Shattered Armistice, tells the story of the Battlestar Theseus and her crew during the attack on the colonies. Many ships seen in the show are part of the first release but some such as the Viper MK2 and the Battlestar Galactica are going to be seen in later releases where they are part of the main story.

Shattered Armistice has a fully-voice acted 8 mission campaign with an original score and cinematics. Several ships never before seen in the Battlestar Galactica universe such as the Sobek class battlestar and Assault Vipers make an appearance.

If there is continued fan interest and support, future episodic releases will see ships such as Pegasus and Galactica from the show. You'll also see more ships not from the show that flesh out the Cylon and Colonial fleets.

http://www.diasporagame.com

Edit- Website is down due to heavy traffic.

Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWt2m1xtJbw&feature=player_embedded

Windows Torrent
http://diaspora.fs2downloads.com/Diaspora_R1_Windows.exe.torrent

 

[Spectrum_Prez]

Is the name a homage to the old F2P MMO-ish ship-based combat game Diaspora?

 

[Juan Regular]

Looks sweet, I´ll give this a go when I get home. There aren´t nearly enough space sims nowadays. And based on BSG? Even better.

 

[adamant_2001]

Is the name a homage to the old F2P MMO-ish ship-based combat game Diaspora?

Nope, just that the actual word ties well with the setting, since it's a diaspora to a new home.

 

[Squilookle]

Looks like a bit of olright- but it's too dark. You can barely even see the stars. And you gotta at least be able to see the stars...

 

[octafish]

I love me a Freespace 2 mod...although I don't care for BSG (Boomer is a guy) I'll still give it a whirl.

 

[MortisLegio]

Looks like a bit of olright- but it's too dark. You can barely even see the stars. And you gotta at least be able to see the stars...

To be fair, If your in a spaceship and the engines and running lights are on you wouldn't see too many stars. The lights from the ship would block the light coming from most stars.

OT: Cool. I love BSG, I wish it was more of a RPG but hey I can't complain over freeware. Nice job guys.

 

[Squilookle]

Looks like a bit of olright- but it's too dark. You can barely even see the stars. And you gotta at least be able to see the stars...

Too be fair, If your in a spaceship and the engines and running lights are on you wouldn't see too many stars. The lights from the ship would block the light coming from most stars.

When you're driving in a car, the engine noise drowns out nearly all sound from the outside world. Should sandboxes then, by this logic, silence all outside noise when you drive around?

No, because, well... that would suck, wouldn't it.

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

Looks pretty cool. Will download later when I have the time.

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

Looks like a bit of olright- but it's too dark. You can barely even see the stars. And you gotta at least be able to see the stars...

Too be fair, If your in a spaceship and the engines and running lights are on you wouldn't see too many stars. The lights from the ship would block the light coming from most stars.

When you're driving in a car, the engine noise drowns out nearly all sound from the outside world. Should sandboxes then, by this logic, silence all outside noise when you drive around?

No, because, well... that would suck, wouldn't it.

Both in games and in real life I pump up my music until I can't hear the outside world. Not THAT'S realism.

 

[MortisLegio]

Looks like a bit of olright- but it's too dark. You can barely even see the stars. And you gotta at least be able to see the stars...

Too be fair, If your in a spaceship and the engines and running lights are on you wouldn't see too many stars. The lights from the ship would block the light coming from most stars.

When you're driving in a car, the engine noise drowns out nearly all sound from the outside world. Should sandboxes then, by this logic, silence all outside noise when you drive around?

No, because, well... that would suck, wouldn't it.

Notice how it's a clear night and no stars are out. It's because the city is brighter than the stars. I'm not saying you wouldn't see any but most would to far away and/or not bright enough to see in a spaceship with the engines firing and the exterior lights running.

 

[Squilookle]

I'm fully aware of the effect you're talking about. My point is that just because it's realistic doesn't mean you should abide by it.

Notice how this scene is, to put it mildly, dull as ditchwater. Now look at this:

OK, maybe it's a bit overboard, but it's still more interesting as a background.

Even this is a better looking background than next to nothing:

 

[Vinculi]

But, but, Yahtzee is British...

 

[exessmirror]

wasn't there a rule against advertising

 

[TaintedSaint]

website is down

 

[Goofguy]

Well I was intrigued by this but the lack of a functioning website hinders me from checking it out...

 

[Krantos]

I was totally expecting a Rick roll. Instead, website is down.

That's what happens when you advert on the escapist...

 

[adamant_2001]

On the stars, the goal of the project was to look like the show. So yell at Zoic who did the initial art direction for BSG

A windows torrent and trailer link's been added.

 

[Aeshi]

This isn't that new, I remember playing the demo of this (or some other BSG Freespace mod that looked very similar) years ago.

 

[Adeptus Aspartem]

I still prefere the fancy kind of universe ala freelancer / dark star one. It's just prettier to look at