Indie developer Flat Earth Games have announced that their retro open world stealth action space game, Objects in Space, is now available as early access on Steam and GOG. Inspired by Cold War era submarines and their operation, Objects in Space will have players screaming for torpedos and running silent to avoid detection.
In this 2D space action title players will be the captain of their very own space vessel as it makes its way through the Apollo cluster, a location far from the familiar Solar system we call home. As they travel through this area of space players will have to trade goods from world to world while avoiding pirates, criminal gangs and the forces of corrupt governments. Rather than a single main story Objects in Space will consist of a variety of shorter stories that can be followed or ignored.
“This is a massive and complicated open world game,” said Leigh Harris, co-founder of Flat Earth Games. “But we created it to harken back to some of the early open world space games of the 80s and 90s. It lends itself very heavily towards sandbox play – players can engage with whatever parts of the world interest them the most and will be equally rewarded, regardless of where their focus may lie.”
“One of our main drives was to get around the reflex-based combat gameplay present in a lot of other space games, and replace it with more tactical, decision-based stealth combat,” said Elissa Harris, co-founder of Flat Earth Games. “We wanted to offer players the choice to engage in combat or avoid it in lieu of a more creative solutions to problem, especially by making the act of avoiding combat – a form of cat and mouse stealth play – enjoyable in its own right.”
Objects in Space is available now in early access on Steam and GOG.
