Cosmic Castaway - an Introduction

In just under a month, I will be a dad. This is something that my wife and I are quite excited about. And to paint a long story short, I want to be able to enjoy it without the upending pressure of a game as vast as "The Celestial Seeker".

My goal for 2025 was to release a game and I was starting to feel that completing TCS this year was not going to be possible. Especially when considering the time that will be spent with my family.

How is releasing a new game more realistic than releasing what I have been working on for the last couple years?

Great question! Whereas, The Celestial Seeker was an open world Metroidvania that took place across multiple planets, Cosmic Castaway is a top down strategy survival game with a more concise and focused game loop.

because of the perspective shift and smaller worlds, Each asset that I create has more impact on the actual game. I was also able to recycle a good chunk of the programming that I created.

Cosmic Castaway has only been in development for 2 months (Inception Date: March 14, 2025), yet I feel as though I have more of a game finished than i did with TCS.

Lastly, I will be able to take advantage of Steam's Early Access with Cosmic Castaway. I dont know exactly how it will look yet, but I can now build out the main gameloop and functions, and then focus on a few "levels" (islands/planets that you need to survive). once these early scenes are complete, I can release the game into early access. This will satisfy my goal of releasing in 2025 and allow me to continue development to finish implementing all of my ideas.

• This was just not possible with an open world Metroidvania like TCS.

Lastly, I just want to mention that, I will not be giving up on "The Celestial Seeker". Just delaying its development until I have the ability to give it the attention that it deserves without draining myself completely.

I am really excited about the direction my life is taking me (in both life and game development) and I cant wait to share everything with you all!

Cosmic Castaway:

After crash-landing your starship on a hostile gas giant, you awaken on the last safe haven — a scattered chain of floating islands in the clouds. Scavenge scarce resources, rescue and rebuild your crew, and construct a working settlement — all while defending it from the dangers of a relentless alien world. With every tree planted and every crewmember saved, you edge closer to repairing your ship and escaping the clouds.

The Steam page is in its final stages before approval!