Author: Thilaksha Ekanayake

This is the first official dev log for Star Zeal!

After about one year worth of progress, and not giving up I was satisfied enough to create a website for the game.

Solarian Heavy Corvettes and new Milky Way background wip.

A military transport inside a gas cloud of the Orion Nebula.

New planet surface graphics style wip, much smoother for fps and gameplay too.

Some toony explosion fx wip and more work done on ship death.

The AI finally shows up to fight 😛

So, for the first dev log, there are some major changes and many minor ones to mention.

1: New cartoon style shaders for ships and other 3d objects. Also more art progress in ship details, backgrounds etc…

2: Replacement of the 3d planet surface with a 2d one. This was done because the 3d one was much too clunky and sapped the FPS a bit too much. Also the new one has more character and fits better with the rest of the art.

3: On the coding side there has been heavy work on the AI! Now the AI factions auto generate themselves with the procedural tech/research. The ships warping in here are from a generated pirate faction using the human designs of ships.

Don’t forget to check the Media(older builds) in order see much more of the progress so far.
–Media(Older builds)