OutFly is an atmospheric, open world, realistic 3D space game that throws you into the [Rings of Jupiter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Jupiter) with a self-sufficient sportswear space suit that will take you anywhere.
Imagine a blend of [Fallout](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_%28series%29) and [Outer Wilds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Wilds), where you are free to explore the breathtaking expanse of the Jupiter system and discover what life could be like after hundreds of years of space colonization.
This game aims to respect the player as much as possible. It doesn't waste your time: Despite the vastness of space, nothing takes too long. Speed cheats are active by default, allowing you to visit places you normally couldn't, without passing out from the g-forces. There are no anxiety-causing features (apart of, maybe, space itself), no loading screens, nothing to micromanage, not even save games. You can plunge into the game any time you feel like it, and it's up to you whether you just want to soak in the beautiful scenery, engage with the survival mechanics [still in development], or dive into the game story [still in development]. And finally, it's not just DRM-free but completely open source, allowing you to tinker on any part of the game to your liking.
1. Download and unpack the latest release: https://codeberg.org/hut/outfly/releases
2. Open a terminal and navigate to the directory where you unpacked outfly
3. If you are on ArchLinux, type the following commands. For other distributions, replace "pacman -S" with the distro's command to install packages. Also, the packages may be called slightly differently.
Alternatively, you can also install OutFly as a package, if your distribution has one. This will place OutFly in your "start menu". As of writing, only an ArchLinux AUR package exists, which you can install with this command:
```
yay -S outfly-git
```
## Running on Windows
1. Download and unpack the latest release: https://codeberg.org/hut/outfly/releases
No releases for these operating systems exist yet. For MacOS, you can build OutFly yourself using the instructions below. Support for Android/iOS is planned for the future.
This will result in some visual glitches, reduced performance, as well as a lot of error messages about CubeArrays which you can safely ignore. You can alternatively achieve this by setting the environment variable `WGPU_BACKEND` to `gl`: `WPU_BACKEND=gl ./outfly`.
If you build without the "`embed_assets`" feature, the asset folder must be in the same path as the outfly binary. Possible solutions are to symlink the `assets` directory into the `target/$yourtarget/` folder, to instead run with `cargo run`, or to compile with "`--features embed_assets`" (which is enabled by default).
## Building release versions optimized for packaging
To build release versions optimized for final deployment, build with the following features: (see also [pack.sh](https://codeberg.org/hut/outfly/src/branch/main/src/build/pack.sh))
- Enables dynamic linking for faster compile times. Note that this makes it harder to run the game directly with `./outfly`, please use `cargo run` instead.
- Enables bevy's "file watcher" feature that auto-reloads changed assets while the game is running. This obviously works only if the assets are not embedded directly into the binary with the `embed_assets` feature. Since `embed_assets` is enabled by default, you must customize your compile features in order to use the file watcher feature, e.g. like: `--no-default-features --features "dev x11"`
