Wayfarer

September 14, 2026 by Adam in Adam's Games

I've been on a scifi game building kick lately, inspired by the old Traveller games of my youth.  With the latest ai models, it seems it's possible to do things it couldn't do a week ago, especially around 3d animation and construction.  I'm currently working on different pieces for a game - system and planet generation, ship maps and designs, crew spacesuits and outfits, and voice generation and lipsync animations.  They're all coming together really well and my team of agents cheerfully builds away.  Occasionally they do silly things like fill up my hard drive with files, but mostly they behave.

I thought I'd share the player ship for the game - the Wayfarer.  It's an armed cargo vessel with some spare rooms the players can use for passengers, more crew, science, or other future endevors.  The exterior fades away to show the interior, which is full of assorted objects from animated crew screens to working doors and lights.  Little details like the exterior ramps are very cool, extending out to the ground when deployed.  Plus the engines look amazing when firing.

I have a few details to tweak, but it's coming along nicely.  The plan is to extend the system to even more ship types, space stations, and planetary structures.  Lots of fun things to explore.