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Mar 28, 20206 min read

Ready to launch play tests!

This blog took some time and was a bit strange to write given the circumstances. Like a lot of people, I have tried to look for the...

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Vincent Verhoeven

Feb 27, 20205 min read

Spacesuits

Most of you have definitely recognized some spacesuits in the game. Especially those of Yuri Newton and Neil Aquila on the box cover,...

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Vincent Verhoeven

Jan 20, 20203 min read

Science in gameplay

Initial simplicity and generalization We restricted the first game version to a 12H midnight visibility range, which simplified the...

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Vincent Verhoeven

Jan 12, 20206 min read

Stellar Cartographies

Happy New Year fellow astronavigators! First blog of the decade and let me start with wishing you all a happy new year! The coming decade...

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Vincent Verhoeven

Dec 15, 20196 min read

Jaguar God and symbols of discovery

Although João Luna is Brazilian, his roots go back to Mayan Tikal in Central America. His bloodline wandered off to Colombian territory...

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Vincent Verhoeven

Dec 15, 20191 min read

Map update and launch sites

While visiting new continents, you will always get a souvenir to build on. This way you could make travelling chain reactions or receive...

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Vincent Verhoeven

Nov 2, 20195 min read

Abilities, hidden agendas and quests.

(prototypes for test purposes) Character abilities Neil Aquila (North America) Planning up to 3 observations instead of 1. Yuri Newton...

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Vincent Verhoeven

Oct 20, 20194 min read

Chinese background

For the Asian character, I have chosen for a familiar cliché combined with a less known type of ancient technology. Taikonaut Wang The...

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Vincent Verhoeven

Oct 3, 20192 min read

Prototype play test

This month will mark the start of the first play tests for the AstroNavigator version of my concept. I decided to use TableTopia again,...

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Vincent Verhoeven

Sep 10, 20194 min read

Uranus and Neptune

OK, since we are approaching play test en demo time, some prototypes of the game with the new artwork and design try-outs are being...

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Vincent Verhoeven

Sep 3, 20195 min read

Above the Pacific Ocean

In the blog Uranus and Neptune, I will disclose some prototype designs for demo and play testing, but first I am elaborating on more...

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Vincent Verhoeven

Aug 12, 20198 min read

Stars, orientation and culture

While travelling with my son and wife by car through Northern Ireland, I finally found the time on a day of rest in a fortnight to write...

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Vincent Verhoeven

Jul 25, 20193 min read

Rising like a phoenix

Some might recognize AstroNavigators from another project. After a stormy experience with that other project called LunaTix, it was clear...

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