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Walkable bridge demo: v0.4.0-dev.1

Sunholo
Sunholo
Stapledon's Voyage team

A development build you can download: walk the captain around the bridge under the live relativistic sky, open the galaxy map from the nav console, and fly a journey to α Centauri A through the bubble. macOS only, Apple Silicon.

Development build: macOS only (Apple Silicon)v0.4.0-dev.35-bow-view

Development build 35: bow view

Download for macOS

Pre-alpha and unsigned. After unzipping, clear the quarantine flag once:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "Stapledons Voyage.app"

The captain on the bridge at 0.99c, under the live relativistic sky

What's new​

  • The walkable bridge (M4.2, #102): the bridge disc at the top of the spire, composited with the live sky through the same camera. The captain walks it (WASD, E to use) and ages with ship time.
  • Navigation from the bridge: a nav console opens the galaxy map (M), built from the real catalogues: 5,685 stars within 25 pc, companions at their system's distance. Commit to α Centauri A and watch the boost, the 0.99c cruise, the brake and the arrival.
  • The relativistic sky behind it all: 335k real stars, aberration and Doppler colour, the naked-eye exposure, and the forward glow of the cosmic background at extreme speed.
  • L opens the log and K the codex.

Not yet​

  • The forward bubble-wall glow is off; it returns with the next simulation step.
  • The standalone sky flight (-- --voyage) shows a mirrored sky in this build: fixed on main (#107), in the next build. The view from the bridge is correct.
  • The bridge is v1 demo art; the final art is in progress (concept art).
  • Pre-alpha and unsigned; see Try it for install notes.

Release: v0.4.0-dev.1 (macOS development build)