I didn't teach the ship how to do this.
The ship was told to hold position and shoot, and it automatically decided to fire thrusters to cancel recoil.
Watching systems interact in unexpected ways is such a great feeling.
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Amazing how a bit of particle effects makes everything feel so much more alive.

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Design the wildest ship you can imagine and fly it into battle. Modular builds, real physics, and backed by your production line at home.

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Finally added a particle effect system to the engine.
Naturally, thrusters were the first to get the visual upgrade.

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Ever thought about poaching talent from the enemy? Hire rival crew for the right price, then keep them alive.

You only see a hunger bar, but underneath a whole metabolism is simulated. Healing means feeding the right macros.

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Ships in Stellar Shipyard are built tile by tile and flown under real physics. What you build is what you fly.

Design freedom, with consequences included.

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Instead of opening a menu in the middle of the screen,
what if the UI came to the thing you clicked?

In Stellar Shipyard, selecting any machine or storage surrounds it with controls and info - so your focus never breaks.

Does this feel more natural to you?

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Detailed destruction and lots of debris are guaranteed products of defending your precious resources. The only defense is a good offense, so stay sharp.

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Mount thrusters on an asteroid and take flight. You have full creative freedom to create any vehicle you want in Stellar Shipyard.
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