SHIP SHAPE
My first workplace accident was a doozy. I’d cut my teeth on enough Mackerel-class ships to know ’em like the back of my hand. But confidence breeds overconfidence, and in forgetting to decompress the engine room before removing the thruster, I took a thruster cap to the forehead at 50mph. Shipbreaking’s good, honest work – but remember that in space, nobody can hear workplace safety violations.
Two years ago, Blackbird Interactive (developer of Homeworld Remastered Collection and Deserts of Kharak) took a step away from warring empires and operatic battles to focus on a more mundane look at the distant future – a world where those vibrant, Chris Foss-inspired spaceships are just piles of scrap ready to be turned into paycheques.
It feels like work, sure, but in the most satisfying way possible
CUTTING EDGE
has come a long way since entering Early Access, but the core shipbreaking has been consistently satisfying since day
