The Boundary Traveller

The replimat is popping today. We've implemented a lot since we last posted! * Survival Mechanics (food, water, rest) * GOAP and more dynamic behaviors * Inventory, Storage, Pickup/Set Down Items * Fully functional semantic memory * Courier Job and delivery And more! #indiedev

Interfaces in ALIEN, 1979.

What a year it's been for The Boundary Traveller! We've made a lot of progress, from an over-scoped threejs prototype to our current build in Godot. Progress is accelerating and the space adventures we envisioned are becoming reality. Thanks for your support #indiedev #godot

For xmas TBT gets aggro ships and ship damage, with explosions! Things did not go well for this crew. When you armor has failed ballistic rounds will penetrate into the 2D sim and have devastating consequences. Now on to cargo/transport missions #godot #indiedev #gamedev

Check out the scope of what is possible with double precision Godot. TBT has a complete 1-1 scale solar system. You can really feel the vastness of space as you disappear into the black #godot #indiedev #gamedev #godotengine

I love RPG games, but after the scripted dialogue ends and the cutscenes fade, the illusion falls away. Turns out they were just puppets all along. That's one of the reasons The Boundary Traveller is compelling. No puppets, just a crew of dumbasses with 8b brains and endless fun

We created a few new planets in our real-scale solar system! While planetary landings are out of scope, we want to implement LLM assisted procedurally generated away missions. Maybe one day, with your support. Burn hard, get the job done, keep flying. #indiedev #godot #gamedev

In the Boundary Traveller universe travel via jump drive has been illegal for non-citizens since the war. Combined with embargoes, the authority has a stranglehold on the system. The jump drive ban act has however invigorated a vibrant local economy, and black markets. ;)

Today I'm starting work on the first Pirates faction: The Red Vipers. These pirates will be one of the many threats in the system that you must evade to get the job done. The Red Vipers have bribed the system authority and now act as privateers without oversight #indiedev #godot

Letting the sim run while I design new systems always yields interesting conversations. In this run everyone decided to talk about some smugglers. The AI Director will analyze crew convos and create new characters and missions dynamically! #indiedev #gamedev #llm

The new title screen + music goes hard. We're going to add a bit more detail but this is good enough to share. We've been leveling up those shader skills. Music: Last Shelter by Rockot #indiedev #godot #gamedev

@VoidmawGames I have nothing to add, nice clean and unintrusive tutorial. Ship it!

Sharing my current intro I have to Katanaut and some of my learnings about trying to create a concise intro to an indie game. Open to any kind of feedback! Still working on the dialog <3 #gamedev #indiegames #screenshotsaturday #ドット絵

In Boundary Traveller ships and stations will have multiple decks (z-levels), and to make travel easy we've developed the Space Lift! This will make travel on-ship easy, until the power goes out and it's back to the maintenance tunnels. #indiedev #godot #gamedev

One side of Boundary Traveller: talking about turkey sandwiches with the homies The other side: Oops I broke the 4th wall again and we are analyzing consciousness and simulation theory and the implications of machine intelligence. Also there's gonna be explosions. #indiedev

The crew is relieving some stress in the mess hall today at our new gaming rigs! Your crew's needs including oxygen, food, sleep, and stress will be an important part of the Boundary Traveller. Ignoring these needs could lead to disastrous consequences. #indiedev #godot #gamedev

Eating behaviors completed! In this run the Traveller crew is having dinner in the mess hall and trying to figure out where are the jobs have gone since the fascists took over. Oddly relevant. #gamedev #indiedev #llms

Good morning! Time for a Megafumi Mart FINE MEAL. Printed on demand, and now includes PDDC proteins! PDDC proteins are what makes space travel possible, repairing telomeres and reversing rad damage! EAT TODAY SPACEMAN. #indiedev #gamedev #godot

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@VoidmawGames Thanks :D Katanaut also has that gritty sci-fi aesthetic we like, going to have to check it out!

@agentforge_ai The aesthetics look great!

We're working hard on The Boundary Traveller. We have a lot of new features in the current build, more active agents with new off-duty behaviors, a ship editor, inventory systems, ID cards, space slop, and so much we can't keep track! #gamedev #GodotEngine

For the next month we will be completing the behavior tree for off duty and other behaviors, and then begin working on our transporter missions and finishing the ship sim. You will send your crew to find passengers, who may or may not be secretly antags. Thanks for your support!

Boundary Traveller NPCs are a lot smarter. They now generate their own goals and plan their own off duty behaviors. LLM calls determine their plans and compose function calls to execute them. Next steps here: memory and reflection. #LLM #gamedev #GodotEngine