Pilot Unknown

Edited due to developer feedback. Decent game but keyboard control is a joke. Controller really required.

LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS GAME! I'm not much of a computer gamer, but one of the developers reached out to me to for play-testing prior to its release–and I'm addicted. Pilot Unknown has a nostalgia-arcade feel which connects beautifully with its roguelike style. As someone who was a big space-nerd growing up, the game's journey through distinct planets with unique ecosystems and enemies, reignited my sense-of-wonder while providing a very enjoyable storyline. Needless to say, I'm excited to keep playing and see what else this talented team of college students comes up with! Ps, while some have complained of the controls being challenging, I disagree. Once you get a hang of it, they are actually quite easy and fun to use. 11/10 Would Recommend Pilot Unknown!!

I have been helping the Pilot Unknown team play-test since they were in open beta and they are a fantastic group to work with. I am excited to see them launch the completed version! This game is addictive, clever, and brutally rogue-like. If you are a fan of the genre you will be pulled right in. If you are unfamiliar with the genre, this is a great gate-way game to start with.

The game is not worth $10 in its current state. I would pay up to $5. The unpleasant: Cutscenes are unskippable, forcing a 5-minute long exposition backstory that seems to bug the game if you hammer on your keyboard. text cannot be sped up or skipped, soft-lock bugs occurred twice in 20 minutes, limited audio and graphical options, "heartbeat" sound effect played constantly from the first point of damage onwards, moving up and to the left played an annoying spraying sound that was absent when moving down and to the right, no option to zoom out from craft leading to a limited and cramped viewpoint, The Pleasant: Aesthetic Interesting concept, didn't get far enough to pass the first dungeon in total (beat the first boss, but stopped playing). Ship variety Good concept for paying to access some trait rooms, while keeping others open by default, adding a meta of storing up "points" to afford either health or new trait rooms. I'm sure there are other positives, but I did not play long enough to see them, the audio bugs, soft-locking, and inconsistent controls frustrated me too much. I didn't really enjoy how moving and shooting force your ship to orient in the indicated direc…

Really fun game. Been following development for some time and it turned out great! The art style is fun and easy to look at and the music is also really well put.