A downloadable game for Windows

A basic 2D procedural universe. Explore a total of 131k total 2d star systems in a retro style. 

Feature's

Varying star systems with random planets with star temps.

Planetary nebula{Dark Cyan and orange ones}

Supernova{the blue ones}

Pulsars{The pink/white ones}\

Wolf Rayets Very uncommon and show up as {blue and white}

Icons and text above planets showcasing what there rich in 

Planet Class system to show  if there a Gas/Ice Giant

More coming soon.


Tree icon: Rich in plant life

Water drop icon: Rich in water

Grey brick icon: Rich in mineral's. 

Green Ball/Circle: Has sentient life

This is the first thing I've coded without unity so it is incredibly basic.

NOTE: This procedural generation uses a specific seed and is not random every time [still  thousands of star systems}. On the X and Y plane 65535x65535 in total 131K total systems.


Another note: This game will not work without Visual studio redistributes installed because it was written in C++.







Controls

WSAD-Normal Movement

WSAD+SHIFT- Turbo speed movement.

Mouse 1 to click and observe procedural systems.

The game window is resizable.

 Built off of Javid's Programming the universe Video 

Download

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Orion 1.75.zip 37 kB
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Orion 2D 1.85.zip 8 MB
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Orion 2D 1.95.zip 8 MB

Install instructions

Visual studio C++ 2015   or higher is required.


DL it here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-d...


just run orion 2d exe file.

Development log