State of Fortune

The pitch

Escape Velocity left a deep impression on us as kids. State of Fortune is a single-player 2D top-down space opera built to honor that. You explore systems, fight when you have to, trade between worlds, upgrade your ship, and follow a storyline through whichever faction you've thrown in with.

What's there

A curated megagalaxy with lore tuned to each of its six factions: the militant Iron Quorum, the corporate Trust, the Cartographers (who'd rather survey than fight), the Resurfaced (who'd rather hide than be seen), the quiet Drift Compact, and Concord, the by-the-book peacekeeping force everyone has opinions about. Each one has its own background, its own ships, and its own AI.

There's a long mystery buried in the world, slow-burning, environmentally seeded, that rewards players who pay attention across factions.

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