Celestial Cunning changelog

Homebrew developer Slicer4ever has released the latest version of the homebrew game for the PSP, Celestial Cunning, now upped to version 0.3. Celestial Cunning is a real-time strategy (RTS) game set in space.

For this version, Slicer4ever rewrote the game back to 2D. This was made mainly to have "better gfx and controls". This change has however resulted to "loss in speed". But that's something we can all live with, right? For the sake of better controls, it's a minute sacrifice, as some people have commented that the controls for this homebrew game were a little complicated.

The homebrew developer says that this version is also the 10th "complete rebuild including [the] PSP and PC versions".

Slicer4ever has released a new version of his Celestial Cunning on our PSP Development forums. With Celestial Cunning v0.2 has some changes that fans of the first might be interested to know.

This new release brings these following changes:

• Units are now built instead of instant building
• There is a Main Menu
• Added Map Maker
• Support for "maybe 10 maps"
• Slight tweaks to AI

The game still retains its RTS roots and looks to be a very interesting play, once you get used to the controls that is. There are so many controls that you'll really be refering to the readme for the first half hour of playing the game. Once you do get used to it, it quickly becomes second nature and you'll be building ships and mining properly in no time.

The readme warns that there are still bugs in the game, and he is aware of them. He is requesting that people should only report game crash bugs to him though so he can get to fixing those. Check out the file in the folder named "readme or die in 30 secs.txt" for instructions on how to install and play the game.

Slicer4ever has released a beta version of Celestial Cunning over on our PSP Development forums. According to the developer, the game still requires optimization but there's now a bit of AI in it, although all it does is defend instead of attack. This version of Celestial Cunning has five available units. Most of the available commands work as well.

Celestial Cunning is an ambitious homebrew RTS game with a sci-fi flavor. You can see from the screenshot here that it's still in its early stages, but it does look quite promising. If you have any comments, suggestions, or if you want to help out with this project, click on the "visit" link below.

Please remember to read the readme file included in the download for usage instructions and a short overview of the controls and icons.