Jumplight Odyssey is a tantalizing colony sim if you can get past the bugs

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Now here’s a game I didn’t know I needed. Space colony management sims aren’t exactly a rare breed, even after you cross them with survival elements. However, I never realized that the one thing they were missing was the SDF-1.

Jumplight Odyssey bases itself on ‘80s sci-fi anime and does it with such incredible pizzazz and with such elegant depth that I’m absolutely stunned by the result. It feels like a missing Macross game, a title that bases itself not around the war going on but on the survivors aboard the SDF-1 as they cling to hope in the direst of circumstances. It is an exciting development by the team behind Armello.

Now, if only I could play it without getting hindered by bugs.

I want to be clear that Jumplight Odyssey is simply going into Early Access on August 21, 2023. That’s still over a week away, and after that, bug fixes are part of the path to Early Access. I have total faith that League of Geeks will be able to squash the biggest issues in short order, but I certainly had my share of issues with the pre-release.

But let’s put that aside for now.

Jumplight Odyssey has you managing a starship that is fleeing from an aggressive alien army. The crew’s homeworld has been destroyed, and their only hope is to reach “The Forever Star” on the far reaches of space. Currently, the only captain available is Princess Euphora, the last regent of the destroyed planet. Your only choice of ship is the SDF Catalina. It’s pretty clear that League of Geeks plans to add more captains and ships, but for now, we’ve only got one of each. That’s more than enough as a start.

The Catalina starts off in functional but damaged condition. Your first order of business is to get everything functioning again. Don’t get too