No not the film :haha: a Kickstarter for a space sim in our own solar system http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1314641444/space-trucker?ref=live as usual more infor on Kickstater.

Bit of a whopper of a 300K target and only 31 days to get it

Website http://www.spacesharkgames.com/

Space Trucker, an exciting new vision of humanity’s future in space from an award winning team of game development veterans.

The year is 2022, government spending on space is decreasing but commercial access to space is at an all-time high. A young billionaire sees the opportunity presented by this new environment and reaches out to fulfill a childhood dream. You are this entrepreneur, and your dream to become a space trucker is about to come true. After making deals to acquire surplus modules from the US, Russia, and other corporations you have completed construction of your modest orbital base. Now, at the beginning of our game, you must build your first space ‘truck’. Move supplies and materials from those who produce them to the places they are needed and turn a profit. As your potential customers grow so must your fleet and its capabilities. Don’t forget to research new technologies to keep yourself ahead of the curve, and your budget out of the red. Will you monopolize the market or be another failure along the unforgiving road to the new frontier?

Space Station

Your corporate station is the hub of all activity. This is where you, as the CEO, orchestrate your company’s activities. Directing your ships around the solar system and buying and selling goods for a profit. It is also the home base of all your vessels, it is where they must return to repair or refit. As the game progresses you will be able to upgrade this station and add on the ability to research and manufacture new technologies on orbit: turning your once tiny outpost into a thriving city in the sky. 

Ship Building

A core component of the Space Trucker gameplay is building your own space trucks. Each ship is made up of three types of modules, command, cargo and propulsion in varying configurations and numbers. A fourth module, the hull, is what everything else attaches to and determines the configuration of all other modules. 

By choosing from a catalogue of hundreds of unique items you can create the exact ship to fit your mission plan. Build a fast cargo carrier moving perishable goods, a huge fuel tug making the long hauls to the furthest outposts, an opulent luxury liner ferrying tourists on space adventures, or a general all-in-one freighter for the budget conscious. Each module has its positives and negatives expressed by its stats. Those stats combine to create the custom ship. The game is to create a ship that does what you want, for the price you can afford, without too many drawbacks. As new technologies become available you can always return to change and upgrade your ship, for a price. 

Crews

A good crew can make a fine ship great! Recruit and train your ship’s crew wisely and they will repay your efforts with faster travel times, better buy and sell prices, effective maintenance that lasts, or even saving the ship during a critical emergency. 

Marketplace

A thriving space economy needs stuff, and you’re just the entrepreneur to get it what it needs. Buy fuel from the polar refinery on the moon and sell it at a premium to the Mars fuel depot. An array of stations, bases, colonies and outposts around the solar system produce stuff. The more stuff they have stockpiled the cheaper they’re willing to sell it for. Additionally those same places consume like there’s no tomorrow. The less they have of something they need the more they will pay to the person who can provide it.

This is the essence of the market economy you will find yourself a part of in Space Trucker. Tools are available to help you identify the most lucrative opportunities and capitalize on them. Using your fleet you will provide for the needs of an ever-expanding human presence in space.

Route Planning (Orbits)

Space is a dynamic place, every object is in constant motion, and getting from point A to point B is never as easy as aiming the bow at your target and firing up the engines. That’s where the route planner comes in. It helps you find the optimal path between were your ship is and where you’d like it to be. The route planner will help you make the right choices to send your ships on their way. As they travel to their destination you will also use this view to keep tabs on their progress.

Storyline

The story of private companies and citizens conquering space is one that is playing out in front of us right now. In Space Trucker that story continues. A rich and exciting narrative has been crafted. From the opening cut scene introducing you to the game, to triggered events that actually expand and affect the world, the story is the continuous thread that ties everything you're doing together.

This story is not just window dressing. When you begin the game it is early in man’s expansion into space. Few stations and outposts are available, and most of them are close to home, and technologically you have few options available to you. Events in the storyline will open up new destinations for you to explore. The creation of a new asteroid mining base gives you a place to take all those tools and machine parts. It also provides the raw ore needed by the LEO manufacturing facility. Do you have the right kinds of ships available to take advantage of these new opportunities? If not, maybe it is time to add to your fleet.

Research

As a space company it is up to you to advance the state of the art within your sphere of influence. It will be your job to research new materials and technologies to make your fleet faster, more efficient, and more capable. New hulls and modules will open up unexplored markets and better ships. After all, nothing drives technical advancement like increased profits! But be careful, R&D is expensive; strike a balance between making do with the old and living on the bleeding edge.

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Space Trucker is going to give you the opportunity to experience our vision of mankind’s future as a multi-planet species. As a single player PC and Mac game it will be available on Steam and other digital distribution systems as well as our own website. This has been just a small selection of what will be available to you in Space Trucker. We’ll be revealing even more exciting features as the Kickstarter campaign progresses, so keep an eye on the updates!