Lightyears

It is extremely confusing to start out, so confusing, that I couldn't get into the game.

There are some things I need before launch: crew; ship; engine; fuel.

I can't actually choose different ships or engines because I only have the cash for 1 combination - so surely I should just be given them - i'm a new player, so I dont want it to be too complex to start. I named all my officers, bought the crew and ship, but could not find where to get fuel.

I tried F keys and F1 resulted in a crash, I tried every button I could see on screen repeatedly, giving the game a lot more patience than I would normally award a game, I really tried to log in but I just couldn't find where to get fuel.

I started as an Imperialist if that makes a difference... Gotta keep those colonials in check eh ;).

Yes it is a little confusing and I should give you all of that up front and I will add that for sure.

Once you log in you have a ship already and it just needs an engine and then you make a navigator and thats all you need to fly.

I will however start you off in the future with everything you need to fly and a default crew maybe?

Once you have a navigator, a ship, and an engine you can leave stardock.

Any other suggestions? And as far as key's hit escape, and look at the control options, they are all configurable there. Thanks!

-Pat

I'll have another go in a minute, but I think the important thing to achieve is make it so that a new player can click Launch and get into the game immediately and see what it's about. Perhaps the user should be prompted for a navigator name, or maybe have a random name generator or some other method. I think all the shops and stuff is for playing around with once your into the game. Anyway i'll have another go now.