The Snarkiest Tutorial Ever - Let's Play Wayward Terran Frontier: Zero Falls - Gameplay Part 1
83Wayward Terran Frontier: Zero Falls is an "open world" space simulator and sequel to the original Wayward Terran Frontier. The game lets you loose almost immediately with very few specific goals, apart from piracy, looting, and the wanton destruction of a galaxy full of enemy spacecraft. It's got a really goofy tutorial, and controls pretty well, so I'm rather looking forward to what I can do along the way!
Our goal was to make a game simulating space combat between large capital ships at extreme detail on the scale of individual crew members. We've spent multiple years building a custom in-house engine capable highly detailed ship interior simulations while still supporting real time combat between large numbers of ships in an open persistent world.
The result is a massive open world where any ship, station, asteroid, artifact, or wreckage can be entered by the player and controlled in real-time. Space battles are epic and immersive because there are no hit points, instead you have to try and survive as pieces of your ship are physically destroyed and ships can be cut in half or filled full of holes. Play as a renegade shooting up neutral supply convoys and scooping the cargo that falls out, or disable and board enemy ships to take back to your hideout. Research technology and upgrade designs to make your favorite ship into the ultimate war machine. The universe is full of loot and enemies and things to explore, and your character will have all the tools needed to design the ultimate ship and put together the ultimate crew.
We also look at progression from the perspective of RPG mechanics. Even though the game is a deep and detailed simulation, we want gameplay to have progression, customization, and specialization much like a character based roleplaying game. Instead of unlocking talent points you will find crew members that add unique utility to your ship as a whole, or you might find module blueprints that allow you to customize portions of your ship's design to suit your play style.
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