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New Starship Rubicon Gameplay Trailer Drops!

Last week we dropped the Greenlight for Starship Rubicon and we appreciate everyone checking it out. We wanted to get out a few videos showing off the game and are now releasing the all new gameplay trailer you can watch above. The gameplay trailer shows off the games randomized universe, ships, customization and even more gameplay! We are working hard to get the game out by years end so stay tuned and if you haven’t already, check us out on Steam Greenlight.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=331311253

You can also pre-order Starship Rubicon too
www.starshiprubicon.com

Starship Rubicon Hits Steam Greenlight + Reveal Trailer

After spending the last few months polishing Starship Rubicon we are extremely excited to debut the game on Steam Greenlight. Wick and I are both huge Steam fans and as such if you would like to see Rubicon on Steam, we’d appreciate an upvote. We are also using the Greenlight to debut our new Rubicon Reveal Trailer featuring new gameplay footage!

So take a minute to head over to our Steam Greenlight page, give us an upvote and check out the new trailer and gameplay screenshots!

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=331311253

"In Starship Rubicon, Earth has been casually destroyed by a mysterious race of space-faring invertebrates. You are a fighter pilot... Read All

scrypt Supporter wrote on 10/27/2014 at 07:33pm

Looks like sexy fun! Congrats guys :)

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/27/2014 at 09:31pm

Thanks scrypt, it's been a fun ride so far.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 10/27/2014 at 10:40pm

When you say an "up vote," do you mean a "yes" to the question of "would you buy this game if it were on Steam?" I finally played the Kickstarter version today. I was surprised by how small the zip file is (12mb). I need to spend some more time with the game, I apparently suck at it currently. Still, I would like to throw some support towards our first published game.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/27/2014 at 10:53pm

Yep, answering "Yes" to that question is an upvote.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 10/27/2014 at 11:35pm

Excellent, I will do that and I'll see about getting in some more game time in with it. =)

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 10/27/2014 at 11:36pm

Oh and have you noticed any issues with the site? From what I see, it seems some of the HTML coding may be messed up. It doesn't load or even look properly.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/28/2014 at 12:19am

The Greenlight site? If so, no it looks good here.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 10/28/2014 at 12:28am

Yes, it looks horrible in Chrome, but it's fine in IE, so I was able to give it a "vote up."

Zach_Foster wrote on 10/28/2014 at 01:34am

Just up-voted in steam, cant wait to play it! I wish i could have played it at the Retro Game Expo, but there was too many people, too many things to do, and not enough time to do it. Any news on a beta release?

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/28/2014 at 01:39am

Yeah, we are going into a VERY early beta soon and then a larger beta after some unspecified time.

All that to say, my goal is to have it out by year end or before.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 10/28/2014 at 02:39am

This is great! Can't wait for it to come out!

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Duck Hunt High Scores, IndieGameCon & Starship Rubicon

I spent this last Saturday at the Eugene IndieGameCon doing a split Cheerful Ghost and Starship Rubicon booth. Since Starship Rubicon is the first game Cheerful Ghost is publishing it makes sense to show the game at a booth together and this was the first time we did it. It's one thing having a table at an event for a video game community but it's something very different to show off a game. I was also really excited to see people responding well to the build of the game we had to show. After the first few people ran into a steep difficulty wall, Wick balanced the game and everyone that came afterward had a bit easier go of things. Some people did very well, some... Read All I spent this last Saturday at the Eugene IndieGameCon doing a split Cheerful Ghost and Starship Rubicon booth. Since Starship Rubicon is the first game Cheerful Ghost is publishing it makes sense to show the game at a booth together and this was the first time we did it. It's one thing having a table at an event for a video game community but it's something very different to show off a game. I was also really excited to see people responding well to the build of the game we had to show. After the first few people ran into a steep difficulty wall, Wick balanced the game and everyone that came afterward had a bit easier go of things. Some people did very well, some people died quickly but nearly all the people that played it had fun.

Wick and I have boothed at a lot of Portland events and really enjoy doing it even if each event doesn't get a huge turn out. I wasn't sure what kind of audience to expect as IndieGameCon was in Eugene Oregon and I am not too familiar with the video game scene there. That said, the event was packed all day long with people very excited to play all manner of games shown. I had to get out of the way as the crowd around the game was too thick for me to be as close to the table as I wanted to be. If you are into the Indie Game scene in Oregon, IndieGameCon should be on your list as one of the events you need to be part of and I want to thank Ted Brown for letting us be part of it.

Later that evening Wick and I headed to the after party at a local club called the Shoryuken League. It's a retro arcade bar that has a few cool arcade games. Wick and I started playing a few fighting games but the highlight game of the evening, for me, was Duck Hunt. I am happy to admit, I spent a lot of time playing Duck Hunt as a kid and specifically the clay shooting portion of the game. I finished the night with a high score of 566,500 which isn't anything to be ashamed of and by the time I left wasn't surpassed. I went over to the Twin Galaxies high score page for Duck Hunt and whereas the high score is for two ducks mode, if I have more time and will I might try and get in on that action.

I also want to give a special shoutout to one of my friends Nic Biondi and his game Hard Lander. Nic is still adding awesome stuff to Hard Lander and each time he shows it the people that play it have more and more fun. Hard Lander is a physics based multiplayer space ship game that is absolutely off the hook crazy fun in multiplayer with friends. Some people had so much fun they camped out playing the game for hours and screamed in excitement when something crazy happened(I know because I heard them on the other side of the room). Hard Lander is on Steam Greenlight right now and is something the world needs so upvote it on Steam.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=279815737

View the full Imgur album of the event here as well as images to prove my Duck Hunt high score:

http://imgur.com/a/ZWpxS#13

http://indiegamecon.com/

Starship Rubicon Will Be Our First Published Game

A few months ago I posted that Cheerful Ghost was publishing it’s first game and today I am happy to introduce you to Starship Rubicon!

Starship Rubicon is a space shoot-em up that modernizes the physics and mechanics of Asteroids combined with the ship modification and roguelike elements of FTL.

In Starship Rubicon, Earth has been casually destroyed by a mysterious race of space-faring invertebrates. You are a fighter pilot whose cryopod has been collected by a possibly-insane AI, who has placed you in the unenviable position of being humanity’s savior. Shanghaied and alone, you must gather the remaining human survivors and traverse the surprising biodiversity of deep... Read All

scrypt Supporter wrote on 09/03/2014 at 02:14am

Interesting! Looks cool :)

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/03/2014 at 02:58am

Yeah it's been a lot of fun to work on. Can't wait for people to get to play it.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 09/04/2014 at 12:07am

It seems interesting, I'm looking forward to seeing a game play video. Do you think there may be a demo in the works?

Travis Admin wrote on 09/04/2014 at 01:27am

Starship Rubicon: Jon Dodson is about to make you his bitch.

Travis Admin wrote on 09/04/2014 at 01:28am

You share a first name, I couldn't resist.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/04/2014 at 03:46pm

@GregoPeck: As far as a traditional downloadable demo, I am not sure. It's not on our development roadmap but we might get one out after launch depending how things go. If people want to try it, it will be playable at a OMSI event coming up in Portland.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/04/2014 at 03:47pm

@Travis: Thats awesome. :godmode:

Wick wrote on 09/04/2014 at 09:27pm

@GregoPeck:
The original game that was funded by the Kickstarter campaign is available for free at:

http://wickworks.tumblr.com/rubicon

Though so many things have changed in this new version I'd hesitate to call it a demo.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 09/04/2014 at 11:26pm

Cool, thanks for the link!

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