Proto Mélange Spring 2021 - "The Expense"
Theme: 'Lost in Space'
Team: Pete Quickert

Congratulations!

You are a proud owner of a new Endurance III class mercantile transport.

Well ACTUALLY, the galactic bank holds the deed. It's up to you to make enough scratch to fully pay it off. Oh and also try not to die... That part is pretty important.

Sounds good? What's the worst that could happen?

SPOILER: Well, it turns out that when it comes to trading in the vastness of space - the worst can be pretty f-ing bad.

Tips & Notes

- Some people have noted that they didn't understand the scanner functionality. In addition to providing an enhanced zoomable/pan-able map view, you can select items in your cargo hold to "ping" markets where the particular good is in demand. A red marker will indicate those 'pinged' markets. Sometimes those markets are in the area of the map that is outside of current map range (in which case you can still quickly pan and peek at the map after a scan - or you can move in that direction and rescan later)
- The opening sequence and the intro new game intro can be skipped by clicking a faint button in the lower right part of the screen that appears after the first text line appears.
- The goods for sale at markets will refresh/update each time you enter that market's star system. A market will only change it's in-demand good after a player sells them that good and leaves the system.
- Any non in-demand good can be sold at any market for 1 Kr. In-demand goods are sold for 3 Kr.

Additional Credit:
"Organic to Synthetic" and "Remnants of a Star" by Punch Deck are provided under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (reuse allowed)

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