Jumplight Odyssey
Please Read: Important Development Update
Please note: Due to significant financial strain, development on Jumplight Odyssey has paused indefinitely. Until development is resumed, LoG will donate 50% of our profit from every copy sold directly to individuals on the team.
Whilst our ambition for Jumplight Odyssey has not yet been realised, we feel that for those who see the magic in the concept there is still much enjoyment to be had. Even whilst development is paused. Our hope is that we are able to recommence development at some point in the future.
We have a vibrant, kind and active community of players in the League of Geeks Discord who would love to welcome any new starship captain aboard the SDF Catalina.
You can read the official announcement here and the FAQ in the Steam forums provides even more context.
About the Game
Lead your crew on a daring, star-flung escape to the sanctuary of the Forever Star in this roguelite starship colony sim.
Escape the clutches of Admiral Voltan and the warmongering Zutopans, as you build, repair, promote, defend, and grow, across multiple decks of your starship. With your home planet destroyed and your people lost, it’s up to you to keep Hope alive on a perilous adventure across the galaxy!
Also… There’s a pig. You can pet the pig. That’s all you really need to know.
- As captain, you are responsible for taking care of the human needs of everyone on your ship. Everything from socializing, sleep, food, to water and air. Wifi not included in this hierarchy of needs.
- A delightful and charming starship dollhouse experience, filled with a living crew going about their lives; eating, sleeping, working, and surviving. Your crew interact with each other as brothers, sisters, lovers, friends and rivals. Hopefully a little less of the latter, but we’re not making any promises.
- Moods and ideas are contagious. On this floating melodrama, emergent relationships and incidents have a direct impact on the crew. Keep the Hope of your crew high, or suffer the consequences!
- Explore different star systems with different biomes that have varying effects on your ship and crew.
- Manage emergent systems: fire, electrical strikes, radiation, loss of oxygen. Nothing runs smoothly forever.
- Promote everyday crew members to division officers, and then negotiate their differing management quirks as they run a tight ship, or burn it to the ground.
- Battle against hostile boarding parties and scramble your starfighters to defend against intergalactic invaders!
- Your journey is a treacherous one. Take lessons from each previous voyage, and retool your ship for new circumstances. Then try, try again.
- Keep exploring the galaxy. Rerun your daring escape and discover new encounters, events, characters and challenges each time.
- Scratch your naval ship building itch: lay out optimum corridors, build efficient management processes, and decorate the spaces to your specifications.
- Efficiently manage your resource production. From your water supply, to the ship’s gardens and farming spaces. You’ll need to optimize your systems to keep your ship and crew alive for as long as possible.
- Inventory management in space: keep the hangar deck organized and warp core humming. Can your crew stock fridges and shelves in zero gravity? Actually we’re not sure if they can either. Good luck.
- Inspired by epic 1970s star-spanning anime adventures – the likes of Star Blazers and more. Add some smooth 70’s Tokyo late night disco to keep the mood? You got it.
- Experience a dynamic toylike sandbox inspired by the Incredible Cross-Sections and What Do People Do All Day? series of books.
Game Discussion
Steam User 19
A more addictive mix of Battlestar Galactica and She-Ra vibes I never did witness. Amazing game with a lot of potential, unfortunately there are some gamebreaking bugs and those don't look like they're going away soon with the indefinite hiatus of the developers.
Like a pizza that is looking good, smelling good but has been taken out of the oven too early... 8/10 would eat again.
Steam User 19
honestly a really great game. i love it to bits, and hope the devs are able to return one day. I wont lose hope
Steam User 15
I am a huge fan of Armello. I also for many years have been a fan of ROBOTECH MACROSS saga and also Game Mastered the ROBOTECH RPG by Palladium Books.
Jumplight Odyssey was an instant flashback to those old memories of sci-fi anime, and RPG experiences with running the ROBOTECH RPG.
Also a Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica OS fan. This game was a love letter to those nostalgic IPs. I bought it as soon as I could afford it.
It's just an unfortunate shame that development couldn't continue. This infuriates me with the Gaming Industry when AAA studios keep churning out the same copy and paste formulas of games, and then a special unique innovative attempt like Jumplight ODYSSEY comes out.
I am saddened to hear that the dev plans had to be cut short. I wish sometimes that I could program. I would surely devote some hours to continuing the development of this game. I even had some cool ideas that if only there was MOD SUPPORT for this game. I am sure we could have some really interesting game options available.
This game also has a very reminiscent vibe to somewhat of FTL. Also a colony sim. I remember owning the game SPACE COLONY which also was another great game.
It's so sad when games really have an incredible concept and have amazing potential to be developed to greatness. Then due to lack of funding and monetary resources that something as special as this, ends up having to be left to drift.
I also am a KERBAL SPACE PROGRAM fan, and also devastated at the bold attempt for KSP2.
I don't understand why the games that really deserve the support don't seem to get it. If I could I would love to buy the rights or I don't know start an initiative to try and resurrect this game.
I would love to help make this game really be special.
I really think people should support this as this is a very unique innovative game in the sci-fi colony survival genres.
I only hope that some time that someone can reinvigorate life into this project.. This game truthfully needs to be finished.
I am grateful they patched the game as best they can before they had to let it go.
Worth playing and enjoying even if it's not properly finished. These are the types of games that need to fully be seen to the end. Wish this could happen to these types of games.
The games that are excessive and overpriced cash grabs should be the ones failing. NOT THIS ONE!
I feel this game needs to be experienced regardless of its completion state. It serves as an example to what a potential good project can evolve into. I would love to have seen this one fully developed because I think it deserves to be.
I hope the original team sees my comment and perhaps in time, be inspired to either try and continue this project or allow me an opportunity to try and see if I can make this game actually full release.
It needs it badly. This game is too precious to be abandoned.
I am considering ideas for a concept of my own very inspired by this one.
Development and Quality takes time to develop. It's too bad this one didn't get the chance it deserved.
It despite this, deserves to be appreciated and still enjoyed.
Steam User 12
Amazing game, for sure it would have been in my top 10 of all time if it had been finished. The base builder + FTL combo scratches both of my favorite gameplay itch(es). The last part of the campaign is tedious (because it wasn't finished) but I still played it through the campaign many times and enjoyed it each time.
The downvotes are for the game being left unfinished, not because of poor gameplay. I'd argue it's worth the $30 even in its current state. For sure you'll get your money's worth if it goes on sale for cheaper than that.
Steam User 10
I actually enjoyed the game. I can see why it has a lot of negative reviews but at the same time, the game was in early access mode. The mechanics were still being worked on but i had such a good time playing this game. Yes, there are bugs but thats exepcted. Its not the end product. I am dissapointed the game was discontinued. But i still try to make the best of it.
Steam User 8
This is a fun game.
I really enjoy the retro anime aesthetic. The game still feels shiny and fresh even with the retro art direction.
I really like the ship building and layout management aspect of this game. It is easy to learn, and the path-finding program helps warn you when you are about to build an impossible geometric trap. Very nice.
The resource and time management aspect of the game certainly places a lot of pressure depending on the selected difficulty. Taking your ship far and fast is not always the best option, as the resources you skip over can lead to not having enough later for upgrades. Also, sticking around in one place too long to get those same resources has its own risks. The variety of dilemmas keep each play-through fresh (at least for me).
The crew and combat management aspect is largely automated. Your responsibility as the player is to provide the proper resources, equipment, and support utilities to the crew to maximize their chances of success with whatever challenges they will face.
Overall, I love this game.
Steam User 7
I bought this game based on reviews and also out of support for the Devs who have clearly had a tough break.
Ok, so, its 90% complete and fairly buggy - I knew that.
To say I was not disappointed is a massive, massive understatement. This game is truly awesome and would easily have ranked among my favourite games of all time had it been complete,. The premise of the game is amazing and the execution should have been equally good with proper testing and tweaking.
Easy to play and hard to master, everything has to be balanced from resources to pop capacity to route taken and which upgrade to apply when in forward planning. Get one out of balance or wrong and life gets difficult very quickly. The pressure applied by the protagonist increases ten fold throughout the play through as they are hot on your heels.
There is a more sedate playthrough mode to get to grips with resources management without being chased across the galaxy by the evil Zutopans.
As stated in one of the other reviews, a cross between Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica, This game should have been a great, in its current state it still scores a 9/10 with me I will keep coming back to it. I hope one day it will be finished - So say we all.