Metal Beetle Ltd. has announced a preview release of Space Exploration: Serpens Sector for all three operating systems, Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The developers would like to get feedback, at an early stage, from the public. An early preview allows the public to communicate with the developers and discuss the features they like and the features they do not care for.

Space Exploration: Serpens Sector is a role playing game based on Starflight and Star Control. The players character has to explore the long forgotten Serpens Sector. There hasn’t been humans in the Serpens Sector for a long time, of course until you enter the sector. The first release of the game will be free for everyone and each expansion pack will cost money.

Great way to hook people in, as long as the first game is good people will want to come back and pay for the expansions.

Press Release Follows:

SE:SS is a role-playing game based on classics like Starflight and Star Control. You are tasked with exploring the mysterious Serpens Sector after a long period of human absence. Each game has a different map and a different set of encounters, drawn from a large list. The base game will be free, and a purchasable expansion will add further encounters for those who enjoy the game and want to see more.

The game runs on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

We’ve just released a development preview version of it. The purpose of this development preview is both to generate interest in the game, and to get feedback from the public at a comparatively early stage in the development process.