Flying far can be boring. Add minigames to make it fun!

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Turbulence from the occasional weather that slightly throws your aim off, so you have to compensate (needs testing to make sure is not annoying)
Heavy lightning storms you might want to circle around instead of just flying A to B
Flocks of birds you can aim for to get a nice red mist. Or fly around like a normal person.
Vent heat at regular intervals to ensure optimal operation of ship (add manual heat vent block - late game add automated heat vent)
Some kind of quick time events to get a temporary speed boost from your engines.
Rare solar storms that shut down your ship and you need to complete simple minigame to restart the systems. Not on planets.
Rare space debris / micrometeoroids - activate weapons, enable shields, or turn your ships hardest face toward them
Complete simple challenges (think lockpicking in space), to get random rewards. Youd pick up these challenges randomly while flying ("Encrypted signal detected, plz solve"?).
Collect precious space gas by flying through small space clouds along your route (a little deviation here and there). Add gas collector block to do it.
Explore asteroids along your route for rewards by simply flying close enough. Maybe need to use a scanner block to do it.
Random AI enemies to either shoot at or run away from. Nothing too harmful.
Randomly generated meteor strikes on planets, with resources worth deviating from plan for.

Each thing alone needs to be rare to not be annoying. But if there are enough different ones, together they will provide enough entertainment for the longest journeys through space/air.

If you have more ideas, please comment.

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Waterlimon ●

Trade opportunities - have NPC ships intersect your route randomly so you can both stop and trade!
Distress signals, random missions to deviate from your route to save a ship out of fuel for example
Abandoned stations and bases, for you to loot along your route

Also a note about jump drives - it would be more fun if jumps happened in multiple steps, not just a single jump from A to B. This allows you to face all kinds of fun situations along the way as you wait for your jump drive to charge!

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sebastian ●

Completely. Especially for coop playthroughs would be nice if those actions could be spread across multiple functionalities so not only the pilot gets to do something.

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kittle ●

Flying far is boring, yes -- until you run into an asteroid. Then its a game changer.

Keep a lookout for 'unknown signal' those are a way to breakup the tedium.

if / when they bring jumpdrives to SE2, then it will be a little easier.

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David Roby ●

Maybe a Radio Block that enables random Mini Quests while you fly? If you have one, you can set the options in the block properties of what "Communication Channels" you are Tuned into, turning on only the mini games you want.
Maybe call them Radio Communique instead of mini-games?
For Stations with Radio Blocks, you could have certain local spawns / NPCs that would appear between 3 and 10 KM
Turbulence from the occasional weather that slightly throws your aim off, so you have to compensate (needs testing to make sure is not annoying) : Not a fan of this due to some people actually like just relaxing on a long flight (eating food, bathroom, et cetra)
Heavy lightning storms you might want to circle around instead of just flying A to B : Not a fan of this due to some people actually like just relaxing on a long flight (eating food, bathroom, et cetra)
Flocks of birds you can aim for to get a nice red mist. Or fly around like a normal person.: That would be evil!!! You should be ashamed. We are all disappointed in you!!! Why would anyone want to Fly like a Normal Person!!!, Also, how cool of a mist are we talking about? would it damage the ship? Do we get an achievement for doing it enough? Could there be rare bigger birds with a bigger and cooler mist? WE NEED ANSWERS!!
Vent heat at regular intervals to ensure optimal operation of ship (add manual heat vent block - late game add automated heat vent): Not a fan of heat mechanics in video games. For me it would make me want to play less. Easy fix for KEEN would be to just put a slider in the game options. Or a Low, Medium, High, and Masochistic option.
Some kind of quick time events to get a temporary speed boost from your engines.: Maybe a Radio Block that enables random Mini Quests while you fly?
Rare solar storms that shut down your ship and you need to complete simple minigame to restart the systems. Not on planets.: Not a fan. Go to the bathroom and expect to still be moving when you get back now you are not.
Rare space debris / micrometeoroids - activate weapons, enable shields, or turn your ships hardest face toward them.: Maybe
Complete simple challenges (think lockpicking in space), to get random rewards. Youd pick up these challenges randomly while flying ("Encrypted signal detected, plz solve"?).: Maybe get a GPS of a hideout or something?
Collect precious space gas by flying through small space clouds along your route (a little deviation here and there). Add gas collector block to do it. : What would you do with it?
Explore asteroids along your route for rewards by simply flying close enough. Maybe need to use a scanner block to do it.: Could tie into extending the range of your Ore Detector?
Random AI enemies to either shoot at or run away from. Nothing too harmful. : Will probably be in the game eventually.
Randomly generated meteor strikes on planets, with resources worth deviating from plan for. : Love this in SE1 too. Sad they did away with this.

Trade opportunities - have NPC ships intersect your route randomly so you can both stop and trade!: Will Probably happen eventually
Distress signals, random missions to deviate from your route to save a ship out of fuel for example: YES!!! Let my ADHD run FREE!!!, seriously, I love Side Quests.
Abandoned stations and bases, for you to loot along your route: Kinda have this with unknown Signals already.
Also a note about jump drives - it would be more fun if jumps happened in multiple steps, not just a single jump from A to B. This allows you to face all kinds of fun situations along the way as you wait for your jump drive to charge!: Would prefer a-b in one go, but maybe a rare event where when you use the jump drive, you can be randomly pulled out of it for an event. Maybe a 2% chance or somthing?
if / when they bring jumpdrives to SE2, then it will be a little easier.: Radio Block could give a reason to just Fly Around. and not just "Jump"

Maybe a Radio Block that enables random Mini Quests while you fly? If you have one, you can set the options in the block properties of what "Communication Channels" you are Tuned into, turning on only the mini games you want.
Maybe call them Radio Communique instead of mini-games?
For Stations with Radio Blocks, you could have certain local spawns / NPCs that would appear between 3 and 10 KM
Turbulence from the occasional weather that slightly throws your aim off, so you have to compensate (needs testing to make sure is not annoying) : Not a fan of this due to some people actually like just relaxing on a long flight (eating food, bathroom, et cetra)
Heavy lightning storms you might want to circle around instead of just flying A to B : Not a fan of this due to some people actually like just relaxing on a long flight (eating food, bathroom, et cetra)
Flocks of birds you can aim for to get a nice red mist. Or fly around like a normal person.: That would be evil!!! You should be ashamed. We are all disappointed in you!!! Why would anyone want to Fly like a Normal Person!!!, Also, how cool of a mist are we talking about? would it damage the ship? Do we get an achievement for doing it enough? Could there be rare bigger birds with a bigger and cooler mist? WE NEED ANSWERS!!
Vent heat at regular intervals to ensure optimal operation of ship (add manual heat vent block - late game add automated heat vent): Not a fan of heat mechanics in video games. For me it would make me want to play less. Easy fix for KEEN would be to just put a slider in the game options. Or a Low, Medium, High, and Masochistic option.
Some kind of quick time events to get a temporary speed boost from your engines.: Maybe a Radio Block that enables random Mini Quests while you fly?
Rare solar storms that shut down your ship and you need to complete simple minigame to restart the systems. Not on planets.: Not a fan. Go to the bathroom and expect to still be moving when you get back now you are not.
Rare space debris / micrometeoroids - activate weapons, enable shields, or turn your ships hardest face toward them.: Maybe
Complete simple challenges (think lockpicking in space), to get random rewards. Youd pick up these challenges randomly while flying ("Encrypted signal detected, plz solve"?).: Maybe get a GPS of a hideout or something?
Collect precious space gas by flying through small space clouds along your route (a little deviation here and there). Add gas collector block to do it. : What would you do with it?
Explore asteroids along your route for rewards by simply flying close enough. Maybe need to use a scanner block to do it.: Could tie into extending the range of your Ore Detector?
Random AI enemies to either shoot at or run away from. Nothing too harmful. : Will probably be in the game eventually.
Randomly generated meteor strikes on planets, with resources worth deviating from plan for. : Love this in SE1 too. Sad they did away with this.

Trade opportunities - have NPC ships intersect your route randomly so you can both stop and trade!: Will Probably happen eventually
Distress signals, random missions to deviate from your route to save a ship out of fuel for example: YES!!! Let my ADHD run FREE!!!, seriously, I love Side Quests.
Abandoned stations and bases, for you to loot along your route: Kinda have this with unknown Signals already.
Also a note about jump drives - it would be more fun if jumps happened in multiple steps, not just a single jump from A to B. This allows you to face all kinds of fun situations along the way as you wait for your jump drive to charge!: Would prefer a-b in one go, but maybe a rare event where when you use the jump drive, you can be randomly pulled out of it for an event. Maybe a 2% chance or somthing?
if / when they bring jumpdrives to SE2, then it will be a little easier.: Radio Block could give a reason to just Fly Around. and not just "Jump"

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David Roby ●

So this kinda turned into a thing with me. Waterlimon, You gave me a great idea that all started with this thread and my mind's response to it. I would love your input on this thread.

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Do you think it would help making long flights a bit more fun?

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nicolas267s ●

Hell noo!!!! No, pleeeese, no QTE to SE,

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Waterlimon ●

I agree with you in that there should not be a Necessary QTE. That would make the game very stressful.

It should be small bonuses, like the speed boost for those people who dont want to AFK while the ship flies. Optional.

(and of course, more advanced gameplay than QTE is preferable, it just takes more dev resources)

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natec ●

Nebulae and Debris Fields. Resource rich but no JD.

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