Ships That Fight Underground (STFU) is a complete re-imagining of the original six degrees of freedom shooter genre. STFU has been designed from the ground up with meaningful progression, addictive multiplayer battle modes with class-based combat, in game mining, and player generated content capabilities with community engagement.  

Hybrid Gaming Model
 
STFU incorporates interrelated economies that will co-exist within the STFUniverse. The first economy will be that of a traditional Web 2 game model where players, using a Corporate Ship, can enjoy a game they love in a familiar design without the requirement to interact with blockchain in any way.
 
The second economy is for blockchain players. They engage in the same game modes and content as F2P players, but can use their Chain Ships to take part in a deep blockchain based economy with sustainable play-to-earn mechanics.

Later on in the release cycle, there will be a series of single-player maps and modes accessible to everyone, as well as a engaging unlockable campaign. If a player is taking part in NFT mechanics, they will also have access to various mining and collection missions. One could play only these single player game modes and have a rewarding experience, but the greatest honor will be for those who excel in multiplayer combat.

Descent’s fast-paced, six-degrees-of-freedom combat made addicts of us all!  Descent’s frenetic and pulse-pounding action were light-years ahead of its 1995 release date.  Like us, many of you still share war stories of your epic network battles.  You remember your heroic shots, your death-defying maneuvers, and matches ending with a narrow escape as the tunnel collapsed behind you.
 
Sadly, as consoles took over and PC games were pushed aside by publishers, great games like Descent were left to languish in obscurity.  A whole generation of gamers grew up without Descent’s heart-pounding, non-stop action, robbed of the true 6DoF space adventure that is their birthright!
 
We’re bringing back 6DoF by blasting Descent into the 21st century with current-generation gaming technology.  Descent: Underground is more than a graphics upgrade. Get ready for multiple types of customizable ships!  Prepare for upgradable weapons and sensors with richly-detailed tech trees.  Brace yourself for destructible voxel maps with new power-ups and mod tools to make your own maps and more!

Assuming the bug is squashed - next week.
 
 
    We have Co-op ready to be released in the next few days
    We have the last of the launch ships read in the Warlock (thief) and Goliath (Hauler) ready to be released with Co-op
 
 
 
Next sprint:
 
 
    Survivor map with new bots will be released to coincide with being the featured HTC Vive game passed out to major influencers like PewDiePie and Angry Joe etc
    Our first cockpit in the game – you can toggle it on or off.
    EU Servers come on line as an option
    Persistent lobby working
    Offline vs. Bots and Survivor available
    Map updates for Hauling and mining – new Arena maps for play.
    Cockpit - so important we said it twice.
 
 
 
Next sprint: QOL Pass (Quality of life) – These are just some of the things we are working on improving.
 
 
    Game, general - Improve “bullet hell” gameplay. More dodging, weapons "fill space".
 
        Weapons - Rebalance
        Weapons – Vulcan: Improve
 
    UI - Control Configuration: Improve
    Game modes - Game types need to have single victory based upon what it is named, and not points. Capture the core needs to be about the core being captured. Anarchy about kills.
    Ships - IFF indicator & Sound/Notification for shooting friendlies
    Game, general - Framerate limiter when in a menu
    Loading Screens - a splash screen up while the main menu (and maps) is loading. It can take a long time with just a black screen
    Launcher - Launcher needs to look more like our website in style and have a voice or music playing
    UI - Menus: Improve consistency - example: back button changes location and label on different screens, making harder to use.
    UI - Make overall UI design pattern and guide, apply everywhere.
    Additional maps for all modes.
    Achievements updated
 
 
 
 
 
 
So much more – these are just the highlights.
 
 
 
 
And as we are doing all of this, we are also working on the Single Player campaign - most of the systems are in place now which will allow us to focus most of our attention there.
 
 
 
 
Also, we have a Demo planned to help bring more attention to the game after we have our QOL pass done - we have purposely been somewhat low key until we feel it is more balanced and fun, and you guys have been and still are instrumental in making that happen, we thank you!

Du multi payant en early access, une idée très conne depuis toujours qui assure un jeu vide: pourquoi payer pour un jeu multi pas encore fini ? Je ne jouerais quand ça sera fini et avec plein de joueurs => y'a personne qui joue => personne n'achète car c'est vide => jeu qui se viande

Le truc le plus con c'est que quand ils ont fait leur EA il y'a eu pile au même moment un descent like qui est sorti et qui avait du solo

Little Orbit Inc. and Descendent Studios are pleased to announce they have reached a settlement to their ongoing dispute.