接近无限/Approaching Infinity

Embark on the limitless cosmic adventure that is Approaching Infinity a procedurally generated space exploration roguelike with a nostalgic feel and modern sensibilities
Think Star Trek the roguelike or turn-based Star Control2
Upgrade your ship outfit your officers and navigate through a dangerous galaxy filled with alien factions mysterious artifacts and tactical turn-based battles Every playthrough is a unique story waiting to be written
Be who you want in each new universe Use the robust character creator to tweak every part of your appearance Or hit randomize a few times load a preset or completely ignore it Then choose from10 space-themed character classes each with unique game-altering skills
Don t worry Later you ll be able to recruit up to5 more officers of different disciplines to round out your team
Is up to you
14 major factions have full quest lines you can immerse yourself in learn their history secure their future or work against them
You start with a quest to find out what happened to the human colony but it s optional You can fight or make peace mine asteroids buy and sell commodities survey planets extort freighters smuggle illegal goods engage in diplomacy collect powerful artifacts choose a side in the galactic conflict craft become famous or infamous harvest rare plants grok creatures destroy the universe become a god salvage shipwrecks avenge humanity
Or don t
It s a galactic sandbox where you can dedicate yourself to a specific role or mission or just drift from place to place doing odd jobs and selling your excess loot
Follow the stories quest lines of12 major alien races8 of which lead to unique victories There are2 more ways to win that you can discover on your travels Or you can ignore those goals and explore forever leveling up your crew and gear to god-like proportions
We recently conducted a survey in the Discord Half of players go for a faction victory the other half try to see how far they can go
Victory is not assured in this dangerous broken galaxy Death could be waiting just beyond that nebula behind a tree or around the next bend in that underground tunnel It is most assuredly waiting for you in shipwrecks and star temples
But if you crave exploration and role play more than hard-core challenge then fear not Simply select adventure mode and death will be no more than an inconvenience on your journey through the stars
Not everything is as it seems and some objectives are hidden There are mysteries to discover and problems to solve with your own wits
As both a developer and a player I ve always loved procedural generation s ability to supply fresh unpredictable challenges Approaching Infinity leverages proc-gen extensively to ensure that every sector planet cave item and encounter can surprise you Explorers rejoice
Approaching Infinity walks a line between deeply-simulated vs streamlined systems
For example fire is fairly simulated You can burn trees with your flamethrower and the fires will spread It catches faster on planets with high oxygen content and goes out immediately with high CO2 or vacuum And if you re on fire stepping on water will put it out although we don t track the temperature and wetness of every tile
But when it comes to time and distance these concepts are mostly abstract streamlined and game-ified a sector of space with all its stars and planets is displayed on the same size map as one interior deck of a shipwreck or the explorable planetary landing zone around your shuttle And the time it takes to move in any of these places is one turn
No drunk cats here But you can shoot a hole in the wall of a pressurized shipwreck and everything including you will move in the direction of the escaping air
The dividing line is fun ignore reality where simulation would be tedious but embrace it when it can be used creatively
Approaching Infinity is my life s work and it was conceived prototyped and kickstarted in2013 It was published exclusively by Shrapnel games in2015 I finally got the rights back to it in2020 and brought it to Steam Early Access where I ve been improving it ever since moving towards the20 release
This passion project is the perfect expression of my eternal love of science fiction and strategic RPGs
I will continue to add content to Approaching Infinity as long as I am able including both free updates and big DLCs There are still so many stories waiting to be written I don t plan to make a sequel I will continue to expand this game as I have done for the last12 years Join me in my great sci-fi odyssey