About

YASTACS aka "Yet Another Space Trading And Combat Simulator", is a 3D simulator game for Windows, I develop in my free time for fun. The game aims to continue the great legacy of games like ELITE in a new "mixture" - according to my taste and design. :)

Features (planned) of the game:

• simple 3D graphics, but not too simple ;)
• single and multiplayer game, no violence mode,
• randomly generated universum (every new game is different), partitioned into many sectors, with stars, planets, asteroid belts, clouds, black holes
• human and other species with territories and space stations
• space ship types, designed for different jobs,
• trade, mining
• military, pirates, head hunting, etc.
• scripted events, story/quest lines

The main technological elements are:

• the D programming language
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Shell + VisualD development environment, and Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Express
• the Ogre 3D open-source graphics rendering engine
• the CEGUI gui system
• the SWIG wrapper and interface generator

Im a programmer, so the graphics and audio assets production is a little indefinite for the time being.
Blender I've used before, is free, and has a useable export manner to feed the Ogre 3D engine. Audio I have no clue.