Planetoid Pioneers is a physics-driven and community-generated 'Metroidvania' built on Data Realms’ new Crush2D game engine. The special Contributor Edition released in April 15th 2016 includes all fully integrated tools the developers themselves are using to build the game, and invites the Contributor Community to create content alongside with them. The game-only preview (with no editors) will be released in the spring of 2017, and eventually turn into the version which launches out of Early Access with all game editors, later in 2017.
History
Data Realms’ previous and debut game was Cortex Command, an indie title that blazed the trail of the the “Early Access” movement. Many of the people involved in Planetoid Pioneers came from the modding and fan community of Cortex Command, after having stood out as exceptionally talented creators in their own right. Planetoid Pioneers and its new game engine, Crush2D, has been in development since late 2009. It features an extremely detailed physics simulation with destructibility, game mechanics that make the most of it, and tools for creating and sharing your own content with unprecedented ease.
Features
Detailed physics-driven, community-generated gameplay
Local 4-person pick-up-and-play co-op and p-vs-p multiplayer
Versatile vehicles, interesting tools, and powerful weapons
Alien life forms to discover, fight, mount, and turn into pets who do your bidding
Atomizer/Assembler that lets you absorb resources and 3D-print Blueprints with them
Use the in-game editor to author your own Blueprints and entire Planetoids
Then easily share those Blueprints or Scenes as single, self-contained .PNG image files
Ever-growing Asteroid Belt populated with official and Contributor Planetoids to visit
Powered by Data Realms' world-class, proprietary Crush2D physics and game engine
More details coming soon!