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SYSTEMS ONLINE BUILD 16 LAST UPDATE 01 JUL 2026 GODOT 4.6

STARLANCE

A Space Combat Simulator

Squadron-based 3D space combat — a single-player campaign of capital-ship battles, close-quarters dogfights and a white-knuckle tunnel-run finale. EN / RU with voice-over.

▶ Play in Browser ⤓ Downloads & VR
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Flight Manual

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Newtonian-lite Flight

Throttle, afterburner and a glide toggle that coasts you straight while you swing the guns around. Per-class handling from nimble fighters to heavy bombers.

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Deep Combat

Linked energy primaries, banked missiles with heat/aspect/torpedo lock, 4-sector shields + hull, lead indicator and countermeasures.

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Capital-Ship Warfare

Sectional armor, destructible subsystems, AI turrets and shields gated by their generators — cripple the big ships piece by piece.

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Full HUD & ETS

Crosshair + lead pip, target brackets, 3D radar, gauges, lock reticle, radio log and engines/shields/weapons energy management.

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Squadron AI

Dogfighting wingmen with formations and orders — attack my target, cover me, form up — plus skill-based enemy gunnery.

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Phone-as-Gamepad

Scan a QR and your phone becomes the controller — driving both the menus and full flight over a cloud relay (~32 ms).

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Story & Voice

"The Tycho War" comic-book intro, a branching campaign graph, EN / RU localization and synthesized voice-over.

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Runs Everywhere

The browser, Windows, Linux, macOS, Android / TV boxes and Quest VR — the same campaign, wherever you fly it.

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Deploy — Choose Your Platform

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Browser
Instant · No install

Fly right now — desktop & mobile, keyboard, gamepad or touch. Tap Install for a full-screen PWA.

▶ Play in Browser 📲 Install App
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Windows
x86-64 · .zip

Native desktop build. Unzip and run STARLANCE.exe — Forward+ graphics on capable GPUs.

⤓ Download .zip
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Linux
x86-64 · tar.gz

Native build for desktop Linux. Extract and launch the StarLance binary.

⤓ Download tar.gz
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macOS
Universal · Intel + Apple Silicon

Universal .app in a disk image. Unsigned build — first launch: right-click → Open.

⤓ Download .dmg
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Android / TV
arm64 + armv7 · APK

One APK for phones and Android-TV boxes. Sideload it; the app self-updates on launch.

⤓ Download APK
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Quest VR
Meta Quest · immersive

Standalone OpenXR build for the headset — cockpit flight in room-scale VR.

⤓ Download Quest APK
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Latest Updates

JUL 01, 2026BUILD 15

The Tycho War intro & VR overhaul

  • Comic-book intro cinematic — hand-styled art, shader page-turns, English voice-over & score.
  • Quest VR made playable: usable menus + full touch flight/combat scheme, missile fixes.
  • Smoother updates — the in-app Android updater now installs without a second download.
JUN 30, 2026BUILDS 9–13

Phone-as-gamepad & a big content drop

  • Phone-as-gamepad — scan a QR and your phone drives the menus and flight over a cloud relay.
  • Android auto-updater + native installer + screen auto-rotate.
  • New shaders — volumetric nebula & 3D sun-glare; glide now auto-coasts at zero throttle.
  • "Advanced Trials" training mission + Mac-native release pipeline.
JUN 25, 2026

Native macOS & smarter autopilot

  • First native macOS build (universal Intel + Apple Silicon).
  • Autopilot aim-hunt and an orbitable swarm-view camera.
JUN 23, 2026

Performance pass

  • Killed the ~1s first-explosion hitch by prewarming the real explosion materials.
  • Physics / broadphase cleanups, full frame-time diagnostics and live per-system toggles.