Stellar Frontier
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| Developer(s) | Stardock & SF.net |
| Publisher(s) | Drengin.net & SF.net |
| Designer(s) | Doug Hendrix, Neil Hillis, Brad Wardell, Chris Valleriani, Matt Hoffman, Nathan Hart Allen |
| Engine | 2D |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release date(s) | 1997 (Worldwide) |
| Genre(s) | Space simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
| Distribution | Download |
Stellar Frontier is a multiplayer space strategy/shooter game made by Doug Hendrix in 1995 and later licensed by Stardock. After the shutdown of the multiplayer game servers 2006, the source code was released 2008.
Story
Mankind had barely gotten faster than light travel when the Drengin Empire and the Arceans had arrived in the Sol System. Each race wanted full control of our solar system which was merely part of a larger goal for domination of the galaxy. They had possessed faster than light travel for centuries and their weapons were very powerful.
As a lowly Ensign in the Terran fleet, the player will command a small star ship charged with ridding the Sol System of its invaders. Once this has been achieved, the player brings his fleets to new star systems and begin the process of bringing Earth’s presence to new frontiers. The player will move up through the ranks until they achieve the rank of Admiral, at which time they will be able to decide what types of ships or space stations to build.
History
Stellar Frontier was developed by Doug Hendrix in 1995 and was later licensed and published by Stardock. It was one of the first games on the TotalGaming.net subscription package.
On August 4, 2006, Stardock Systems closed the official master server, ceasing official support for multiplayer mode.
On November 18, 2008, the game source code was released under a own non-commercial license.[1][2] The game is in continued development through the game community.
Gameplay
Stellar Frontier is a 2D top-down space shooter game where players are in command of their own starship. The player chooses a race to fight with (the four standard races are: Arcean, Drengin, Terran, and Pirate) and the objective is to "conquer the system" by taking control of the key planets. However, many players enjoy playing the game just to fight other players, these players usually do not bother to "conquer the system". Stellar Frontier can be played offline (against the computer), on a local intranet, or on the Internet. As of Stellar Frontier version 1.3, there are four races in the game: Arcean, Drengin, Terran, and Pirates. All ranks are universal for all the races; there are no race-specific ranks for each race.
References
- ↑ stellar_frontier_source_eula.txt STARDOCK SHARED SOURCE STELLAR FRONTIER LICENSE
- ↑ "Stellar Frontier Source Code - Released". stellarfrontier.ss-network.net. 2008-11-18. Retrieved 2013-10-13. "As of Tuesday, November 18, 2008, the Stellar Frontier source code has officially been released by Stardock Corporation. End-User License Agreement was updated June 19th 2010."
External links
- SF.NET The official game website
- SFOnline The old official (Stardock) game website
- StellarForum The official game forum