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Worked a bit on the UI and the player input. There are two input modes: - Control mode toggled using CTRL. If enabled, your ship aligns with the direction the camera is facing. - Freelook mode enabled while holding ALT. Otherwise its an orbit cam #indiedev #gamedev #godotengine #expanse #TheExpanse

Daniel Fowler - WideCode (he/him)

@widecode.bsky.social

30 Sept 2025

Good space ship controls and UI are deceptivly hard to implement. I have two simular modes in my project as well. I think of one as the dogfighting mode and the other as the coasting / working mode

ARez

@arezdev.de

Hey, thanks for the comment! Yeah especially with the more realistic single thruster, newtonian flight modelling I need to find a good way to control all of that. I feel like the classic dogfighting (elite dangerous?) flight style is probably easier to do. What do you think of my attempts so far?

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Daniel Fowler - WideCode (he/him)

@widecode.bsky.social

1 Oct 2025

You are speaking my language. It looks great but can you zoom out to see your ship? Obviously l seeing the ship is a plus but also helps with parking and obsticle avoidance.

ARez

@arezdev.de

1 Oct 2025

Yes you can zoom out. I just didn't show that in the video 😅 I might need to make another one 😆 Thank you so much for the positive feedback!