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Just thought some of you on TeamLiquid would be interested in a game like this...
What is FTL?
FTL is a spaceship simulation roguelike-like. Its aim is to recreate the atmosphere of running a spaceship exploring the galaxy (like Firefly/Star Trek/BSG etc.)
What is the gameplay like?
The game is split into two major parts: exploration and combat. You explore by making faster-than-light jumps over vast distances in space; arriving at locations containing text-based events that have a variety of choices and outcomes. Your crew will improve with experience, while your ship can be upgraded with advanced weaponry and equipment purchased with collected scrap metal. Fighting enemy ships involves real-time management of crew, power distribution and weapons. Check out the video on the front page to see it in action.
http://www.ftlgame.com/
Release date: August 2012?
As of now, FTL has 36 hours left on its kickstarter campaign to help fund development and is being developed by two ex-2K Game guys. If some of you are interested, you can back the project and for only $10 they will give you a DRM-free copy of FTL (can be redeemed through steam as well). I was wondering if anyone was already a backer and tried the OnLive Demo?
+ Show Spoiler [screenshots] +
Interview with the two FTL guys
http://geek.pikimal.com/2012/03/28/indiescriminate-an-interview-with-the-makers-of-ftl/
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FTL is being released in 14hrs! surprised there arent more posts in here, the game looks great, anyone into space, or roguelikes should be all over this. Too bad to price point yet as far as i know, im expecting 10$, w/e the price tho, going to support the little guys on this one, and will be a good pass time while i also have Black Mesa dloading as well 
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Sorry to bump this once again, but the game is now on Good Old Games website. http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/faster_than_light/ 8.99$, no DRM, and no need to wait for steam version which is in like 4 hours! im not that patient, going to be playing this while Black Mesa is downloading in an hour. I think this game deserves more love, but regardless, GG GL people.
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On September 14 2012 23:03 rebuffering wrote:Sorry to bump this once again, but the game is now on Good Old Games website. http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/faster_than_light/ 8.99$, no DRM, and no need to wait for steam version which is in like 4 hours! im not that patient, going to be playing this while Black Mesa is downloading in an hour. I think this game deserves more love, but regardless, GG GL people.
Does the GOG version come with a Steam key?
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On September 14 2012 23:23 Yacobs wrote:Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 23:03 rebuffering wrote:Sorry to bump this once again, but the game is now on Good Old Games website. http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/faster_than_light/ 8.99$, no DRM, and no need to wait for steam version which is in like 4 hours! im not that patient, going to be playing this while Black Mesa is downloading in an hour. I think this game deserves more love, but regardless, GG GL people. Does the GOG version come with a Steam key?
I dont beleive it does. Which kinda sucks. but im ok with it, although i think if you order directly from ftlgame.com, it says something about a steam redeemable key or something.
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Yeah I just went ahead and bought it straight from the developer and it comes with a Steam key.
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This looks AWESOME! The graphics remind me of Sundog <3
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Pumped for this game, 1 hr to go on steam 
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This game is very awesome. Loving it so far, although it is pretty difficult :D
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My god, i just spent 3 hours straight playing this lol. Truly amazing game IMO. So refreshing.
My last playthrough went something like this :
Name my 3 crew members with names of my friends. I started out helping out at a distress beacon, killing a pirate ship and saving some civilians. One asks to join my crew, hell yeah i say. So now, ive got 1 on pilot, 1 on weapons, 1 on engines, and the extra member on shields so they replenish faster. After killing a few ships, and throwing down some scrap for some upgrades, i travel to some random star. Well, its a massive star, ejecting solar flares at me, my FTL engines are on cooldown, and theres a pirate ship there, saying "If were going down, youre coming with us" or something to that effect.
I aim for their weapons systems, direct hit. Awesome, they cant shoot me now....too bad they can still teleport on my godamn ship! with some nifty little micro, my 4 crewmates live, even though they took a beating. Now, i finish off that pirate ship. But those solar flares are raping me now. Theres fires all across the ship, i try to open the outside doors to eject the O2 so the fires stop, but those pirates who came on my ship, disabled my automatic door locks. Now im putting out fires, while trying to repair the door systems and shields as well so i can stop taking hull damage. But shit gets out of control, too little to late at this point. Fire in the O2 room now, its almost over. Dave and Jordan try to put out the fire in the O2 room, but fail, and die in the fire. Just Marc and the civilian left now, waiting as the fires kreep up into the medbay. Its over. All dead. After 10 mins of insane panic and damage control, it wasnt enough. Sorry crew. We failed.
EPIC GAME!!
anyways hope you liked the story, for 10$, this game is easily worth the money.
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I'm buying this game tomorrow, can't wait to play it ^^ .
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Great game, totally worth the ten bucks.
Can confirm that buying from ftlgame.com gives you a steam key; useful for europeans as 10 USD is still less then 10 EUR.
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I just watched TB's wtf is FTL and i want the game so badly! Hoping to trade my TL1 for it, if i didnt get a deal in 1/2days i ll get it directly xD
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I love this game but by god is it hard.
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I bought it, ill update later tonight when i get a chance to play what i think of this game. looks great tho.
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I have been playing it pretty much since I got it, It can be a ton of fun, as well as frustrating, I had an awesome ship going, I got to sector 5 I think, then I ended up dieing because I got in a tough fight near a sun and my engines kept getting disabled so I could not flee :/
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my friends have been playing this a bunch; seems pretty cool
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