Category: Dev

  • Snow (and other weather)

    Weather effects have been added to the game, including snow, rain, mysterious shimmer, cloud shadows, fog, and lightning. This has really helped make the planets come more alive. I also changed the way I’m creating the planetary landscapes, moving from pure 2D to top-down 3D, so it brings a little…

  • What is VAST: The Rift?

    (In short, Various Adventures in Space-Time…) It’s the year 2930 and you can explore the entire universe – every star of the roughly 8.2 trillion galaxies. That gives you septillions of planets and moons to trod on with your cool spaceboots. I’ll break down the numbers more later. 🙂 It’s…