Whereas Star Citizen’s lengthy growth cycle has change into a little bit of a meme, it is probably that the sport has continued to make regular progress all through its historical past.
Immediately developer Cloud Imperium Video games launched a brand new trailer displaying off all of the progress achieved in 2023 and all of the options and content material launched to the sport.
This yr noticed the discharge of alpha 3.18, 3.19, 3.20, 3.21, and three.22, marking a giant acceleration in comparison with 2022, which solely noticed the discharge of three.17.
Among the many options launched, we see Persistent Entity Streaming, the Gen 12 Graphic Renderer, Private Cargo Containers, delicate loss of life for ships, 12 new race tracks, mining enhancements, upgrades to Lorville metropolis, and experimental modes for Enviornment Commander.
Salvage gameplay was one of many large gameplay loops added to the sport, and we additionally noticed the total refactor of the cargo system, automobile tractor beams, new participant hair, loads of new places, and way more.
After all, many new ships and movies additionally turned flyable/drivable.
We additionally check out the neighborhood facet of Star Citizen, with CitizenCon and the numerous native Bar Citizen occasions.
You may take a look at the trailer beneath.
Star Citizen is a crowdfunded recreation, and its crowdfunding marketing campaign continues, having reached almost $656 million. Particularly, it is at $655,880,866 in the meanwhile of this writing.
2023 is already a document yr by way of funding for the sport, however we nonetheless have just a few days to see by how a lot final yr’s document has been overwhelmed.
The sport additionally has nearly 5 million registered customers (4,983,703) albeit we do not exactly know what number of of them are precise paid clients.
On the current CitizenCon occasion, the builders additionally showcased a formidable demo demonstrating the capabilities of the sport’s engine and revealed that the single-player marketing campaign Squadron 42 is feature-complete.
After all, this doesn’t suggest that it is prepared for launch, because the sprucing part will take a while, however there seems to be gentle on the finish of the tunnel.
Full disclosure: the creator of this publish backed Star Citizen’s crowdfunding marketing campaign.