An Android exclusive which is still in active development, as per the usual Trese Brothers' development routines, which are: launch a beta, engage with the community, update several times a week. Play Store link for the regular version (Free) Play Store link for the Elite version (Paid) The free version doesn't have any ads, and allows you to play pretty much the game to completion. I know it has less content than the Elite version, but I can't say I know the details - less characters, weapons and equipment, I believe, and maybe the map is smaller? Star Traders is their most successful game, I believe, and it's a Space Opera themed game. You control your ship, select the crew, and what kind of jobs you can take. The gist from the store is: Some people might be dissuaded by the art style, but that being said, I can't recommend enough all of their games - Star Traders RPG (which is also available on iOS), Cyber Knights RPG, Templar Assault, and their new Kickstarter for Heroes of Steel, which would be a similar fantasy-based tactical RPG, looks quite promising. They also react very well to the community, and include several of the feedback on their very frequent update. And, as an added thing, if you buy the full version but don't like it, the developers provide their email addresses in the game description, and will honor any request for a refund after the 15-minute window Google allows. If that doesn't tell you how serious these two indie brothers are in terms of their commitment and love for their games, I have a hard time making my case I'll try to create threads for the three of these games, though the gist will be pretty similar. Hope this helps starting the discussion around these Cheers, Paulo
@pjft - thanks for starting this thread too! I am one of the two Trese Brothers and would be excited to answer any questions and will be posting details about game updates here! Our most recent Android update took is past 500 ships in the game and 50 types of ship upgrades! There is a long-running thread about Star Traders on the iOS devices already which you might check out: http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=170816 Also, we have a fourth game in the works if you check my signature!
Star Traders 5.0.9 was just released to the Android markets last night in part of a "triple-release" effort in which all three of our games received awesome new updates. Good luck taking on the new Alien Killer awards, those are not going to be easy! Please support Star Traders RPG By Leaving a Review v5.0.9 - 3/12/2013 - New Ship Artwork: Steel Mast - New Award: Alien Killer I - New Award: Alien Killer II - New Award: Space Hive I - New Award: Space Hive II - New Award: Alien Flagship (Heela) - Two New Merchant Ships - New Ship: Royal Lifter - New Ship: Royal Liner - Message when Exploring with 1 HP
Excited to announce that there is a new release of Star Traders RPG (space simulation RPG trader) available for your Android mobile gaming pleasure. v5.0.11 - 3/15/2013 - Improved HUD Display for Contracts - Display Cache Locations on Zoom Map - New Ship Artwork: Cold Iron - New Ship: Line Falcon - New Ship: Tiberia Long-Liner - New Ship: Dune High-Lift - Better Zoommap Performance The biggest improvement in this release of Star Traders is around the HUD (heads up display) for your Captain's travels on the star map. Beyond basic performance, the biggest improvement is the display of the contract destination button. When your Captain's Faction contract is located in an Urban Zone (as shown below) the correct button will be displayed in red.
Thanks to pokerjunky on our forums who has contributed and hosted this amazing Star Traders charting tool which allows you to compare and contrast all of the ships within the Star Traders Quadrant. You can see the app here: http://charts.startradersrpg.com/ Please check out this amazing resource. It is especially exciting to see someone else's charts and mathematics show that our ship balancing algorithms have achieved their purpose! We hope that this will help you pick the best warship, smuggler, and defender as you build the fleets for your Captains ... and beyond. Pokerjunky explains his process on the forum: http://startradersrpg.proboards.com/...ad=3121&page=1
Interactive Quadrant Map Another great Star Traders community gamer and one of our 2 year veterans, @slayernz, recently posted this interactive Star Traders map. As the Elite Quadrant is immense and very dangerous to traverse from edge to edge, this navigation guide is as valuable as pure spice in the spicing hall.
Star Traders RPG is an animated turn-based strategy RPG with a focus on political intrigue, space trading and resource management. Recruit a group of officers, upgrade your ship and take to the stars -- what do the fates hold in store for you? Star Traders RPG has been compared to Elite, Dope Wars, Trade Wars (in space) and by some folks, supplied an EVE Online fix offline and mobile. The graphics may not be 3D and super fancy but the rules are very tuned and carefully balanced. The game's design focuses on scaled difficulty and replayability. v5.0.13 - 3/21/2013 - Added New Low Health Warnings - Fixed Alien AI Crashes - Display Credits on Upgrade Screen - New Ship: Dark Dominion - New Ship: Royal Battlecruiser - New Ship: Sword Battlecruiser
@ievilgames - hope you try it out. The free version is easy to download and contains most of the game, if only 35% of the content (ships, planets, upgrades, officers). WE'd love to hear your feedback!
This latest update to the Star Traders RPG game fixes several critical bugs with the new HUD features that were released in v5.0.11 -- some Android phones were experiencing crashes loading games. This release includes several small fixes and a bug fix patch for that crash. Thank you to everyone who clicked the "Report" button to help us track this down and get it fixed quickly. Please support Star Traders RPG By Leaving a Review v5.0.15 - 3/22/2013 - Fixes Map / HUD Button Crash - New Ship: Logicus Liner - New Ship: Technar Lifter - Improved Upgrade Screen Performance - Added New Low Health Warnings Google Play "Star Traders RPG" Free http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.corytrese.games.startraders Amazon "Star Traders RPG" Free http://www.amazon.com/Trese-Brothers-Software-Star-Traders/dp/B004UBM7Z6 Google Play "Star Traders RPG Elite" ($2.99USD) http://play.google.com/store/apps/detail....tartraderselite Amazon "Star Traders RPG Elite" ($2.99USD) http://www.amazon.com/Trese-Brothers-Software-Traders-Elite/dp/B004SCN2F6
Why and how did I not hear about this game before? Have been looking forever for an elite style game that isn't more freelancer style (space miner), and this is freaking good. Well done guys. Buying elite to support for sure.
@Rainz - glad you found us! We are small two man indie shop, so we do what we can to get the word out. We hope you will share Star Traders with your friends and followers who might also be interested. Certainly, we'd love to get your feedback on any way to make the game better.
If you have an Android device, Star Traders RPG's developer has lots more games available. Check out his website...
Definitely take @iPadisGreat's advice and try out Templar Assault and Cyber Knights if you like Star Traders! Rich, challenging turn-based games for you! Trese Brothers Games http://tresebrothers.com/ Cyber Knights https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tresebrothers.games.cyberknights&hl=en Templars Assault https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tresebrothers.games.templars&hl=en
Here are some great guides that have been written over the years for Star Traders -- by players and devs alike! Explorer's Guide (player written): http://startradersrpg.proboards.com/...lay&thread=178 Merchant's Guide: http://tresebrothers.blogspot.com/20...merchants.html Smuggler's Guide: http://tresebrothers.blogspot.com/20...-smuggler.html A Quick Game Guide: http://tresebrothers.blogspot.com/20...ame-guide.html Trese Brothers Forum: http://startradersrpg.proboards.com/index.cgi?
The expansive Quadrant of Star Traders provides a challenging and complex sandbox for fans of the space-opera RPG, space simulation gamers, and those who love trading simulations. Please support Star Traders RPG By Leaving a Review v5.0.17 - 3/26/2013 - New Ship: Vegax Cutter - New Ship: Cutter Star - New Ship: Pirate Spear - Added Current Credits to Startrader - Fixed Several Performance Issues - Enemy Smuggler AI Updates/Tweaks Google Play "Star Traders RPG" Free http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.corytrese.games.startraders Amazon "Star Traders RPG" Free http://www.amazon.com/Trese-Brothers-Software-Star-Traders/dp/B004UBM7Z6 Google Play "Star Traders RPG Elite" ($2.99USD) http://play.google.com/store/apps/detail....tartraderselite Amazon "Star Traders RPG Elite" ($2.99USD) http://www.amazon.com/Trese-Brothers-Software-Traders-Elite/dp/B004SCN2F6
A great "safe start for Star Trading captains" thread just posted on our forum by the prolific @johndramey! http://startradersrpg.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=tips&action=display&thread=3968
A tale of revenge by @lurker on the forum shows the depth of Star Traders -- the challenge, the bite of loss, the sweetness victory. === It seems like a lot of people end up with a real hatred of one faction or another. "They killed most of my early captains...They destroyed my favorite ship...They're a bunch of self-obsessed, fat-headed pigs..." but not me. For me there's one thing that I loath. It's about the only thing that's ever killed my best captains, the alien. The first time I met an alien I was still playing on one of the more basic difficulty levels. I had this pilot that was unstoppable, but we were both starting to get a bit bored. Then I met it. "Oh a new ship type, cool! Oh, it's an alien, awesome. Eh, look at those stats and the level ??? Oh well this captain can take anything. "Battlestations!"" Turns out that captain couldn't do a thing. Couldn't change range. Couldn't hit it with torps, guns, or kitchen sinks. Couldn't hold off his boarders. I was dead in 6 or 7 turns. damn. As I worked my way up the difficulty settings, I unlocked just about everything. I'd lose a captain here and there to aliens. A few times I went looking for them, nothing. I finally discovered I could run from a lot of them, but still every time I tried to fight it was the same abysmal result. My first pilot on insane was trying to unlock that reward for sticking with your starting ship for the first 20 levels. Somewhere around level 17 he met his first alien. I jammed retreat and got away unscathed. Damn that was close, but I wasn't out of the woods yet. I flew one AU and bumped into another one, a different type, a big, blue thing with claws and a hulking human-like face. The Bolllish Carrier landed a few torps on my tail-lights and then moved in for the kill. Back to level 1, damn. I did finally unlock everything and then the only thing was to finally develop an alien killing captain. My first captain was off to a good start. I wasn't ready to actually go looking for a fight yet, when I ran into a level 14 Xrangg. He was actually a few levels below mine. I moved in and got my first victory over an alien. What a rush! Something went terribly wrong though. In the next four years I met 6 aliens. Three of which I killed, two of which I escaped, the last of which was a Bolllish Carrier. I hit retreat and he landed a few torps on me. My strategy had been to board but I'd lost too many crew in his torpedo barrage. We closed and I boarded, but I didn't have the men to mount a proper assault. Time to start over. I took a break from playing a bit, lost my tablet and had to start over on unlocks. It was taking a long time to get a good captain started. I ended up flying a Pirate Doomcruiser, because I just had to get out of the Neutiquam Erro I started with, but didn't have much money. It was the first time I flew one of those and might not be the last. With the right upgrades she turned into a competent little gunning boarder. I was still working my way through awards and hoping I'd be able turn this captain into a real alien killer when I got a new encounter. It felt like the same place as the last captain, cruising into Sernouaan Alpha from the east (is there some connection between the Bolllish and the planet Octolax?). It was big, blue and ugly, a level 29 Bolllish Carrier and me sitting at level 21. His ship outclassed mine in every regard, damn. But this time I wasn't waiting around for him to get a few torps in on me. I advanced while his first torp exploded 100 yards off the starboard bow. I advanced again while my crew suited up for battle. What was that thing? We were about to see from the inside, but to this day I still can't say with any certainty whether that ship was a living creature or something else. We were doing well so far, no damage, but the real battle was about to begin. The Shalun Mercenaries were the first shuttle to breach the Carrier, followed by some of the regular crew. Man did they give em hell. I've never been so proud in my damn life, but the cost was high. We did 38 damage spread between his engines and crew, but we lost 28 of our own men in that first charge, 40% of my ship. The details get a little hazy after that. We pressed the attack for little while but then pulled back to the Doomcruiser we barely had enough men to run the engines but we had done so much damage to theirs we were hoping we might be able to finish things off with guns. No luck. We could change range but there was no way to hit the thing. I remember at that moment feeling the strong temptation to try to make a run for it. Why not get out with the crew, what's left of the ship and my own skin? It was one of those decisions that was made in an instant, and looking back on it, it couldn't have been any other way. I had neglected to notice that our sails were mostly shredded and at long range we would have been pounded by Bolllish torps until we were soft enough to be stuffed into a cocoon with their larva to be absorbed alive. No the only way out was to go back into the Carrier and finish what we started. We were now outnumbered more than three to one, but we believed we'd gotten some good hits on their captain in the previous incursions. This time, I went in first, with my templar officer at my side. We nearly melted down our Leviathan canons cutting a path to their captain while the Military Officer took a squad back to their engines to finish what we started and keep their engine crew from interfering with what was happening on the bridge. Sure enough, it was their captain who had been at the forefront of their earlier defense. He was personally responsible for the death of more than a few of my men, but he had paid for it. He was hurting bad, now he just had to pay his debt in full. As we arrived on their bridge, if you can call it that, the xenos broke from their usual swarming tactics. They seemed to know that this was between me and their captain. I passed my Leviathan to my templar and he handed me my blades. More than once I would be thankful that he kept his eagle eyes on the remaining xeno soldiers. They learned the hard way that attempting to interfere with the duel would see one of his shells shatter their backbone. Even with his injuries the Bollish captain was a daunting opponent, twice my size, in his home environment and having lived in his weaponry from the day he was born. His blows came fast but were not well placed. He was trying to rattle me, force me to lose my nerve and miss a step, but I'd been preparing for this day since I took command from my father. The duel became frantic. I was landing a lot of blows but it was impossible to know what real damage they were doing to his xeno-biology. I was taking hits as well. He shattered one of my blades and drove the broken end into my forearm. A soldier whipped a spine in my thigh, before the templar cut him down. Before long though it was clear who was going to win this battle. The Bollish captain was down to one arm now and it was moving slowly. The Military Officer made it back up to the bridge with the last remaining crew member as my blade pierced through the alien captain's neck. The point found it's way cleanly between two vertebrae and the beast's body went instantly limp. It was finished. It's impossible to describe the emotions I felt at that moment. My ship was in ruins, 68 good men had died that day, I was going to need some strong medicine to recover, but nothing could have been sweeter than standing in that stinking carcass of a Bollish Carrier with the enemy captain laying dead at my feet. Read more: http://startradersrpg.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=log&action=display&thread=3981#ixzz2P7oeTJh4
A new Star Traders release has landed on the Android markets, bringing more UI enhancements and fixers as well as a complement of new ships! Please support Star Traders RPG By Leaving a Review v5.0.19 - 4/7/2013 - Replaced ship on zoom map with standard ship icon - Fixed Stash Labels for Water-Fuel - Fixed Records Labels for Stash Lists - Fixed Indy Captain Award Unlocks - New Merchants: Naval Hauler, Naval Merchant - New Smuggers: Darkness Cutter, Darkness Jammer - New Pirates: Blood Raider, Blood Savage Google Play "Star Traders RPG" Free http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.corytrese.games.startraders Amazon "Star Traders RPG" Free http://www.amazon.com/Trese-Brothers-Software-Star-Traders/dp/B004UBM7Z6 Google Play "Star Traders RPG Elite" ($2.99USD) http://play.google.com/store/apps/detail....tartraderselite Amazon "Star Traders RPG Elite" ($2.99USD) http://www.amazon.com/Trese-Brothers-Software-Traders-Elite/dp/B004SCN2F6
Please support Star Traders RPG By Leaving a Review v5.0.21 - 4/14/2013 - Fixed Reported Map Touch Crash - Fixed Resource Report Crash - Fixed 'Knife Alien' Bugs - Fixed 'Templar Lifter' Bugs - Fixed Alien AI Issues on Insane - 530 Unique Ships in Elite Edition - New 'Drifting Space Hive' Google Play "Star Traders RPG" Free http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.corytrese.games.startraders Amazon "Star Traders RPG" Free http://www.amazon.com/Trese-Brothers-Software-Star-Traders/dp/B004UBM7Z6 Google Play "Star Traders RPG Elite" ($2.99USD) http://play.google.com/store/apps/detail....tartraderselite Amazon "Star Traders RPG Elite" ($2.99USD) http://www.amazon.com/Trese-Brothers-Software-Traders-Elite/dp/B004SCN2F6 Read more:http://startradersrpg.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=updates&action=display&thread=4051#ixzz2QSJOQjSU
