Pocket Gamer - Pirates of the beardy-nautical variety are exciting. Throw in a science fiction backdrop with space travel, bounty hunting, and law evasion, and you've got the foundations of a great escapist role-playing game.
Unfortunately, Star Traders’s depth is largely based on a series of repetitive simple tasks that feels more of a grind than a dream career.
Earlier this month, we reported that the Trese Brothers were launching a Kickstarter for Star Traders 2 RPG, the sequel to their sleeper-hit Star Traders RPG. Since then, they have been awarded the Staff Pick on KickStarter, and were featured by KickStarter as the game of the day. Not too shabby for two brothers on a mission.
The internet phenomenon known as Kickstarter has already proved itself to be an invaluable asset to indie game developers, and has released some amazing content that may have normally been unreleased . The latest Kickstarter to watch comes from the Trese Brothers, and it’s a sequel to their sleeper-hit Star Traders RPG.
Indie game developers discuss the media that taught, influenced or otherwise inspired them to pursue careers designing video games.
