Dustership

About the game

Dustership is a space western roguelike game that takes place in the Gaucho Galaxy: where the ruins of long dead galactic empires are now the wild frontier for explorers of the current age.

This is a work in progress. My goal with this demo is to create a fun real-time combat system, inspired by games like Hyper Light Drifter and Eastward, that will form the core of the game. I am building Dustership in Godot engine, and I use Aseprite for art and animations.

The story starts with April, a retired government officer for the Ammellan administration. She was a member of the Preservers, an elite squadron of intelligence operatives who directly report to the Ammellan emperor. Those days for April are long past, and she now works as a bounty hunter who plies her trade on the outskirts of so-called civilized space.

Controls

Input prompts for Xbox controls are used in the demo. These are the keyboard and mouse controls:

• F to interact
• Esc to open pause menu
• Q and E to switch pause menu screens
• Q to switch character
• Left click to attack
• Shift to dodge

Links

Dustership was chosen as a finalist on Backdrop Build:
https://backdropbuild.com/builds/v4/dustership-a2ms

Demo trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-iAhtzoOmQ

Music by Chris Doucet: https://thedoset.com/

Follow along with the game's development at the devlog below.