



Today we’d like to announce a fun collaboration between Steve (creator &

owner of

Starflight resource website) and Blake (creator & owner of Blake’s Sanctum:

- the largest Starflight fan

game tribute website) to create a new oldschool home for SF fans while also

keeping them up to date with the latest news and developments in the

Starflight universe.



Until recently Starflight was considered another dead franchise due to no

official announcements, no new fan games, and many of the old websites &

forums being long gone or inactive. However that all changed in 2018 and

2019 when Marvin went public with his amazing 3D Unity Opensource

Starflight 1 Remake:

Gregg B released his Starflight VR fan game called Exoplanet:

on steam, and Sebastian

continued work on his awesome Starflight 1&2 Reverse Engineering:

from Forth to C project

(including extracting the coveted elusive forth planet generator code &

seed).



Jon H & Steve continued their work on Starflight – The Lost Colony:

and have released a new enhanced

version and are seeking alpha testers. John W announced his Starflight

SEGA Genesis Total Conversion Mod for SF-TLC:

and none other than Greg

Johnson himself (lead dev on SF 1 & 2) announced a new NEW OFFICIAL

STARFLIGHT 3 SEQUEL in the making!

http://forum.starflt.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=2316



However due to a complete lack of mainstream media attention and the death

of all the old Starflight communities the crowdfund for the official

Starflight 3 failed. Greg declared that they would try again in the future

with a better strategy & a more complete and ‘retro’ demo, so it’s

important that the SF community is ready for when that day comes again.

Thankfully all is well with Marvin’s awesome SF1 remake and the other fan

projects though with new playable builds are still being released all the

time!



Sadly the old Interstel forums

have been inactive for

over 10yrs and the Starflight 3 forums has been taken offline likely for

good. Because of this Steve’s good old The Lost Colony forum has now been

expanded to a new large general ALL purpose Starflight forum that covers

all official games and many of the fan games in the hopes of creating a new

forum home for SF fans.

Babylon stations and our best hope for peace… oh wait… wrong franchise!



Steve has updated his forum to the latest phpBB software version and added

more anti-spam security, new colour themes and posting features. Blake has

populated the new forums with lots of multimedia, important information and

links to help old SF fans get up to speed. Blake recently started a video

series:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... iY2BD_zoic

documenting and touring all the big Starflight fan projects after

successfully recovering multiple long lost demos & private builds of the

SF3 (fan project) and other rarely seen SF fan games. Blake hopes to

continue the video series and document new SF fan projects & more long lost

demos in the future with help from the SF community.



If you feel you’re a bit passed the good old days of chatting in forums

Blake also runs a Starflight 3 Fan community facebook group:

where many fans from the old

forums now reside. Greg Johnson has also created an official Starflight

Discord channel for SF fans too:

developments related to Starflight will be posted in the forums and in

these social media groups so we hope you can drop by and say hi!



Hopefully this will ensure that when the next official Starflight 3

crowdfund happens we can alert as many fans as possible and truly bring

this great franchise and its community back to life again!



Regards



Steve & Blake Hello everyone,Today we’d like to announce a fun collaboration between Steve (creator &owner of http://www.starflt.com the largest and possibly last remainingStarflight resource website) and Blake (creator & owner of Blake’s Sanctum: http://blakessanctum.x10.mx/Games/Starflight/ - the largest Starflight fangame tribute website) to create a new oldschool home for SF fans while alsokeeping them up to date with the latest news and developments in theStarflight universe.Until recently Starflight was considered another dead franchise due to noofficial announcements, no new fan games, and many of the old websites &forums being long gone or inactive. However that all changed in 2018 and2019 when Marvin went public with his amazing 3D Unity OpensourceStarflight 1 Remake: http://forum.starflt.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2320 Gregg B released his Starflight VR fan game called Exoplanet: http://forum.starflt.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2339 on steam, and Sebastiancontinued work on his awesome Starflight 1&2 Reverse Engineering: http://forum.starflt.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2341 from Forth to C project(including extracting the coveted elusive forth planet generator code &seed).Jon H & Steve continued their work on Starflight – The Lost Colony: http://forum.starflt.com/viewforum.php?f=4 and have released a new enhancedversion and are seeking alpha testers. John W announced his StarflightSEGA Genesis Total Conversion Mod for SF-TLC: http://forum.starflt.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=2334 and none other than GregJohnson himself (lead dev on SF 1 & 2) announced a new NEW OFFICIALSTARFLIGHT 3 SEQUEL in the making!However due to a complete lack of mainstream media attention and the deathof all the old Starflight communities the crowdfund for the officialStarflight 3 failed. Greg declared that they would try again in the futurewith a better strategy & a more complete and ‘retro’ demo, so it’simportant that the SF community is ready for when that day comes again.Thankfully all is well with Marvin’s awesome SF1 remake and the other fanprojects though with new playable builds are still being released all thetime!Sadly the old Interstel forums https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/interstelcommcenter/ have been inactive forover 10yrs and the Starflight 3 forums has been taken offline likely forgood. Because of this Steve’s good old The Lost Colony forum has now beenexpanded to a new large general ALL purpose Starflight forum that coversall official games and many of the fan games in the hopes of creating a newforum home for SF fans. http://forum.starflt.com/ This is the last of theBabylon stations and our best hope for peace… oh wait… wrong franchise!Steve has updated his forum to the latest phpBB software version and addedmore anti-spam security, new colour themes and posting features. Blake haspopulated the new forums with lots of multimedia, important information andlinks to help old SF fans get up to speed. Blake recently started a videoseries:documenting and touring all the big Starflight fan projects aftersuccessfully recovering multiple long lost demos & private builds of theSF3 (fan project) and other rarely seen SF fan games. Blake hopes tocontinue the video series and document new SF fan projects & more long lostdemos in the future with help from the SF community.If you feel you’re a bit passed the good old days of chatting in forumsBlake also runs a Starflight 3 Fan community facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/starflight3/ where many fans from the oldforums now reside. Greg Johnson has also created an official StarflightDiscord channel for SF fans too: https://discord.gg/qsGB7zf Any newdevelopments related to Starflight will be posted in the forums and inthese social media groups so we hope you can drop by and say hi!Hopefully this will ensure that when the next official Starflight 3crowdfund happens we can alert as many fans as possible and truly bringthis great franchise and its community back to life again!RegardsSteve & Blake Posted by Alvarin — Sun May 26, 2019 5:02 am — Replies 4 — Views 12113

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