Star Citizen: 2 Steps Forward, 1 Step Back (Again) - (Olli43, Morphologis, MrKraken, Tom Beckhauser)

About this episode

The episode discusses the current state of Star Citizen and its development challenges with a panel of guests.

Is Star Citizen in a better place than it was a few years ago, or are we still stuck in the “2 steps forward, 1 step back” cycle? In this episode of the roundtable Citizen Central podcast, I’m joined by Olli43, Morphologis, MrKraken, and Tom Beckhauser for a community roundtable on what’s improving, what’s regressing, and what’s missing for the game to truly *click*.We dig into crafting and the “era of industry,” why crafting only matters if the economy and item sinks exist, the state of inventory and UI friction, Pyro’s shortcomings, and whether Squadron 42 will bring in new players that the PU can actually keep.Today’s Guests:Olli43YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Olli43Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/olli43MorphologisYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/morphologisTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/morphologisMrKrakenYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MrKrakenTwitter: https://x.com/RealMrKrakenTom BeckhauserYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUpW5imB8Qi9cOjotpLfp-g Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tombeckhauserToC:00:00 Introductions05:15 Why Do You Play?21:40 Is Star Citizen Getting Better?29:00 Immersion and “Gameification”44:00 Are We Finally Moving Beyond Combat?54:00 Is Crafting A…

People in this episode

Host: Space Tomato

Guests: Olli43, Morphologis, MrKraken, Tom Beckhauser

Topics covered

• Star Citizen
• game development
• crafting
• game economy
• community feedback
• Squadron 42

Keywords

• Star Citizen
• game development
• crafting
• economy
• inventory
• UI friction
• community roundtable
• Squadron 42

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Citizen Central

Products: Star Citizen, Squadron 42

Places: Pyro