Eternal: The Road to a Game

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A couple of years ago, I made a very simple and very almost nothing space drifting game on my website called “Eternal.” It’s goal was that you’d simply float a 2D pixel through endless space and stars while listening to SomaFM’s Deep Space radio. That was it. That was the whole game. A threejs marvel, am I right?

Well, that was until 48 hours ago, and now it’s an entire browser-based, optimized for phones, space sim and trading game, with online multiplayer and … a list of features so huge you could only call it RuneScape, if it had a baby with EVE Online and Elite Dangerous.

You can try it right now, here. And I encourage you to do so, because there are things that can only be bug tested with other players!

Yes, I accomplished this with the help of Claude, to bring my vision into actual reality. The game is very … pixelated PS1 looking, but I implore you! Zoom in on your character’s face.

Here are some of the features that I can remember off the top of my head:

• A truly infinite universe. You can fly and warp forever.
• Varied systems with different types of planets, and stars, and other space oddities and anamolies.
• You can land on any planet and traverse the entire thing.
• You can fly into a gas giant and die if you go too far.
• You can fly into a black hole, and die.
• You will be accosted by pirates at some point, whether in space, or on the ground.
• See ‘ghosts’ of other players, or see actual players themselves, and group up with them. Raid dungeons on planets, setup groups, and Flotillas (guilds).
• There is crafting for weapons, ammo, gear, food, drink, ship parts, and more!
• You can customize your character’s look.
• You can subscribe on my clearance page and get special cosmetics.
• You can own a handful of ships at once.
• You can deploy your own miniature space station anywhere you want.
• You can burn wood at ground level and cook food.
• You can go fishing.
• You can mine ore.
• You can chop down trees.
• There are abuse reports and bug reporting features.
• You can fly to the edge of a solar system … and keep going. Forever.
• Some systems require a better jump drive.
• Shattered planets, rogue planets, glitch planets, PIZZA PLANET.
• Romanceable NPCs.
• Guns.
• Armor.
• AND MORE.

So just go try it out. I’m in there flying around and you can logon with your fediverse handle, your atprotocol handle, or a normal email, and link all three!