Mysterious Space

Mysterious Space
Stable game
Developer	Ben Hendel-Doying
Theme	Sci-fi action space shooter
Influences	Rogue Crystal Quest
Released	March 15th, 2014 (0.1.0)
Updated	Feb 10th, 2015 (0.6.0)
Licensing	Closed Source
P. Language	C#
Platforms	Windows
Interface	Keyboard, Gamepad
Game Length	a few minutes to an hour
Official site of Mysterious Space

Overview

I know that "what makes a Rogue-like" is a topic of some debate, and I wanted to explore it for myself, by starting with a thoroughly un-Rogue-like game idea - an arcade-style space shooter - and making it as Rogue-like as possible.

In Mysterious Space, originally made for 7DRL 2014, you're tasked with delving deep into Sector ZZ-Omega to recover an important piece of information, and to return with that information in one piece.

To get there, you'll have to stop at planets along the way to find much-needed fuel.

Arm yourself with procedurally-generated weapons, armors, and shields to defeat the enemies that stand in your way.

Features

• Procedurally-generated planets, with tunnels and caves (looks Terraria-ish to me)
• "Alien Artifacts", analogous to potions: does the Red Alien Artifact repair armor, this game? Or will it scramble your sensors for 10 seconds? Only one way to find out...
• Two different modes of local co-op play
• A variety of enemies, each with unique movement patterns and ways to kill you
• Procedurally-generated weapons, shields, armor, and accessories to equip yourself with
• Upgrade Parts, which you can collect and use to further customize your ship
• "Secret logs" that reveal the lore of the world (galaxy? universe?)
• Unlockable ships
• Support for xbox-like gamepads, arrow key, and wasd

Plans for the Future

• More enemies
• Mini-bosses, and full bosses (tuned for whether you're playing single-player, or co-op)
• More equipment, and other ways to customize your ship
• Internationalization (I have partial French and German language support)
• More things to find and do on planets
• Different types of levels entirely, in addition to planet-type levels

Websites

• itch.io page
• Steam greenlight page
• mysteriousspace.com development blog
• My YouTube channel where I post development update videos