Overview

The Pandoran War is a 2D mission-based space shooter, set between THE THIRD SIDE and THE ATTTRIBUTE OF THE STRONG. The game features over 50 individual missions, with many different objectives and craft to pilot.

Features

Battle through a story-backed Campaign, composed of over 60 missions.

Pilot starfighters from the novels, including the ATAF, Ray, Firefly, and many more, including new fighters not featured in the core trilogy.

Take the seat as one of the many characters from the novel trilogy.

Non-linear mission structure.

Multiple mission objectives.

Engage in combat with pirates, traitors, and the Pandoran army.

Tackle huge and deadly capital ships.

Work alongside AI team mates, to reach your goals.

Engage in epic struggles, where the destruction of your fighter does not mean the end of the fight.

Take advantage of the player-only Boost and ECM abilities, to gain a tactical edge of battle.

Earn trophies for completing missions and racking up impressive stats.

Take on the Challenge mode, designed to test your skills to breaking point.

Manual

The gameplay manual can be found in the "manual" folder of the game archive (and in /opt/tbftss/manual in the Linux binary installs). It can also be read online, by clicking here.

Screenshots

Downloads

Below is a list of the downloads available for the game. You should download the file that matches your operating system (or the source code, if you prefer to compile your own version).

Filename Version OS Size Upload date tbftss-1.5.1.src.tar.gz 1.5.1 Source code 63MB 29th February 2020 tbftss-1.5.1.linux-x86_64.tar.gz 1.5.1 Linux (x86 64-Bit) 65MB 29th February 2020

Installation

Windows: Uncompress the zip file, and double click on tbftss.exe to launch the game.

Linux x86: Unpack the archive, change into the directory it was extracted into, and run ./tbftss from the command line to launch the game.

Linux source builds: Unpack the archive and change into the directory it was extracted into. Run make, and then make install (likely, you will need to be sudo for this to work). The game can then be started via the Games menu entry. Alternatively, the game can be started from the commmand line by typing tbftss. The binary will be installed into /usr/bin, and the data into /opt/tbftss.

Trophies

The Pandoran War features a trophy award system, not unlike the trophies and achievements found on PSN, Xbox Live, and Steam. Trophies are listed below (some are hidden). Note: this is not an online system.

44 trophies (18 hidden) Show / Hide Hidden Trophies

One of the seven Earn all other trophies

Plan B Complete all campaign missions

Gentle start Complete a campaign mission

Ready for duty Complete all the training missions at Sol

Coyote Ugly Complete all missions at Coyote

Better late than never Complete all missions at Warro

The shape of things to come Complete all missions at Iliad

Now get the hell out of our galaxy! Complete all missions at Temper

Going out with a bang Complete all missions at Mace

Back against the wall Complete all missions at Rothan

Now what do we do? Complete all missions at Clarke

Trespasser Complete all optional missions

Truly epic Survive an epic battle

The bigger they are ... Destroy an enemy capital ship

Giant Slayer Destroy 25 enemy capital ships

Plenty more where that came from, unfortunately Destroy a Pandoran-controlled craft

Oh man, I gotta get me one of these! Pilot an ATAF during the campaign

The 4th emergency service Complete a mission using a Tug

Room for one more on top Complete a challenge using a Shuttle

Taking one for the team Be hit by a missile that was meant for someone else

The bodyguard Hit an enemy with a missile intended for their wing leader

Dedicated Complete 25% of all challenges

Obsessed Complete 50% of all challenges

Completitonist Complete 100% of all challenges

Hero Take down 50 enemies (player only)

Veteran Take down 500 enemies (player only)

Legend Take down 2,500 enemies (player only)

Your name's on one of these! Fire 100,000 shots

Dodge this! Launch 500 missiles

Isn't technology wonderful? Use the ECM 250 times

Runaway! Boost 250 times

Hoarder Collect 250 items

Missed, you f**kers! Evade 5 missiles

Sightseer Visit 100 waypoints

Minesweeper Destroy 255 mines (player only)

Get out and push Disable 500 opponents

Yippie-ki-yay Destroy 13 or more enemies in an epic battle, without being killed (No ATAF)

Survivor Complete an epic battle without being killed (No ATAF)

Almost indestructible. Almost Be destroyed while piloting an ATAF

Pacifist Complete a fighter-based campaign mission without firing

2 birds, 1 stone Destroy two or more fighters by shooting one mine

Frequent flyer Destroy one of each common type of starfighter

Not the face! Cause 50 enemies to surrender

Revenge During an epic battle, kill the enemy that just killed you

Links

License

The source code for this game is licensed under GPL2. Assets are provided under a variety of Creative Commons licenses, described in the README.md file.