hextor.Games will officially release the space trade sim *Warp to Sector One* on Steam on November 12.
With five career paths to choose from, how will you make your way in the vast universe?
Set across 2,000 procedurally generated sectors, this sci-fi game lets you engage in trade, combat, and exploration.
Players can choose from 11 different ship classes, ranging from the “Courier”—whose speed is its greatest weapon, allowing it to outrun pursuers—to the “Dreadnought,” capable of ending battles in a single strike. Players can also customize their ships by upgrading weapons, defenses, and utility modules.
By hiring AI captains, you can form a fleet of up to 25 ships and use this fleet to make a name for yourself across the cosmos through five career paths: merchant, berserker, explorer, diplomat, and colonist.
According to the developer, the game pays homage to “Trade Wars 2002,” a text- and ANSI-graphics-based multiplayer space trade game from the ’80s and ’90s, and aims to faithfully recreate its core concepts, atmosphere, and feel.
Additionally, the computer UI, wireframe graphics, and all-caps text styling are heavily influenced by sci-fi movies and TV shows from the ’70s and ’80s. The developers hope that those familiar with this atmosphere will find it nostalgic, while those unfamiliar with it will enjoy experiencing “the vision of the future as depicted in the ’80s.”
The game features two types of combat: tactical battles where you fight in small groups—either solo or with wingmen—by skillfully managing phase, attitude, and momentum meters; and large-scale fleet battles where hired captains join the fray all at once. Even players who favor a “rule by force” approach are sure to be satisfied.
Whether you take on “clean” jobs like hunting pirates or transporting supplies, or dirty work in the underworld, the choice is entirely up to you. How you choose to live your life in the vast universe is entirely up to you.
Another key feature of this game is the ability to finely adjust CRT presets—ranging from crisp, flat-panel-style displays to retro pixel graphics with a burnt-in look—as well as customize the UI to your liking, from a minimalist monochrome console to a modern-retro style.
Power, money, or an insatiable spirit of exploration? “Warp to Sector One,” a space trade sim where you live freely in the universe guided by five career paths, is scheduled for official release on Steam for PC on November 12.
