Black Sun

About This Game

Fly your space ship through a 2D sci-fi world. Fight real-time space battles, upgrade your vessel and trade resources. And if you get bored on the way, text with your AI assistant Hopper. She will know what to do.

"Space is a terrible place. The kidnapping of my brother and the Captain’s death didn’t make it easier. Thank god, there is Hopper."

Listen to a soundtrack preview while reading this.



You play Eli, a young man stranded on the antique star freighter Lucky Beggar. You hate space yet here you are. Your co-pilot is an AI assistant who understands your text-written commands and helps you to steer the ship, survive heavy space combat or to find the next gas station.

Gameplay Features

• Text freely in natural language with your AI assistant Hopper: let her fly the ship, get her help during combat or ask for a market analysis to maximise your trading profit. She knows a lot - including terrible space jokes.
  
• A large 2D open-world universe containing numerous solar systems, space stations and ships to discover. Large means astronomical and impossible-to-fly-through. Be grateful if the jump engine works properly.
  
• Find your kidnapped brother while making interstellar friends and enemies. An over 5-hours long cinematic storyline is waiting for you!
  
• Enjoy epic space battles with hundreds of ships.
  
• You decide how you pay the bills for fuel and supplies: be a smart trader, solve rewarding quests or take missions from shady people in the space pub.
  
• Your ship is a temple. Repair it, get upgrades and don’t fly it into asteroid fields. Those dents stay.

What Else?

• Put on the headphones, fasten your seat belt and relax: one hour of orchestral soundtrack - originally composed just for this game! You can listen to a preview on soundcloud already.
  
• Modding encouraged! Most of the game’s content is freely changeable by using a beginner-friendly script language and images. Add your own quests, ships or places. Teach new commands to the AI assistant.