Ren'Py - Completed - Space Journey X [v1.50_15] [y.v.]

V.0.9
Gameplay Excellent
One distinguishing feature of this game is that it is a ''actuall game'', unlike many others.
it has everything from space combat, economy and trading, to making your own sex bot factory.
It's not perfect and can be a bit a grind, but it's far from the worst. There are areas that could use improvement, but overall it earns top marks.

Story - Good
It has some of the typical ''porn-game tropes'' like the crew having to wear sexy uniforms for contrived reasons and other contrived reasons for sexual activities but nothing too ridiculous.
the plot and story are quite good, the protaganist adventure to find his way back home, while trying to get rich, uncover the mysteries of the galaxy and score som hot alien booty along the way

Art style - Good+
Love it, it's unique and frankly I was a bit skeptical at first but grows on you fast and it's really refreshing to see something new and of this high quality.
the render quality itself or graphics if you will are extremely high, top marks

Sex scenes - Lacking
This is where the game falls a bit short. I won't complain too much about the amount, there is a decent amount at this point and the chase for the ''grand price'' is part of these games.
but what's there ''lacks impact'' for the lack of a better word it looks good but is in desperate need of ''expansion'' some choices, a few more angles, and maybe more than just one position, and a proper climax/some more reaction from the girls would do the trick

A fun game that lacks leud content

The Good:
I hated giving this game 3 stars because there is a lot to love with the gameplay. First off, it's actually a game. Many in this genre are not. It has similarities to the great Treasure of Nadia. The concept of upgrading your ship and crew, trading, and space fights are very cool. Not to mention the sexbot building. A very cool feature with one VERY big missed opportunity I'll address later. I also love the art. The women are sexy... they all have a similar look but the other unique characters you come across the galaxy are cool.

The Bad:
Holy grind. Don't play this game if you're not prepared to play for a while or if you're eager to get your rocks off. Way too often you complete a task then have to go to the other side of the map just to get a license or something else that won't allow you to move further. Luckily, the gameplay is pretty fun.

Easily my BIGGEST gripe with the game is the leud content. The scenes are few and far between, too short, not good quality, and there is a lack of choice and nuance. No position, camera angle, when/where to cum, etc. Also, you have the whole sexbot building system... WHY NOT USE THAT TO YOUR ADVANTAGE!? Let players customize the bots and choose which ones they want to fuck. Boob size, butt shape, hair color, race (maybe even include other alien races), body type. There is SOOO much missed opportunity there.

This could be the best game on this site with a few of these suggestions implemented. Not only that, it could be fun without the lewd stuff.

It's a great game with a nice Star-Treky storyline. There is also quite a game underneath it with a fighting and trading system. Frequent updates and a developer who is involved in the community also is a major plus.

I'm really enjoying this game. Lots of subplots, great graphics, great girls. It can be a little grind-y to get the money and equipment you need, but there's a lot to keep you amused. I think my only request would be more (and more varied) sex scenes, and maybe the ability to 'test' the sexbots before sending them out to work. Hopefully there'll be more training for a couple of the girls in future releases too.

This game is a step in the right direction for both my soul, and humanity. It is needlessly well-designed, well-paced and actually entertaining. The quality of games nowadays and their velocities of development have been, relatively speaking, wack. Space Journey X has no reason to be this substantial of a game, but it is; you will find the deviant activities to be adequately contextualised & developed whole-heartedly. You will find the in-game economy to be an intoxicating maximisation game, and a worthy bridge between the content you're actually here for.

Most new games fail to create good passive content. Sure you'll get a buffet of scenes, but with the majority of gameplay it's all shaft and no cock. Space Journey X, however, feels right, and even without the implementation of some foreseeable future features, there's enough to set it proportionally ahead of many games which have been in development for quite a bit longer. Being able to oppress crew between actual space gameplay stuff is made so much better when you can sometimes do both at the same time (Krell space implementation, for example)

The only critique I have is more a blemish on the game, rather than something wrong with design. Many of the quests can be confusing to progress, and because of the development method of these kinds of games, content developed around the same time has to be followed in those batches in-game for things to work best. This means that you can have many quests, but be somewhat in the dark as to which allows what to progress (i.e. trying to unlock the pet store)

All this game needs is more time cooking, and probably some sinks for currency. Maybe property or something, or a tailor store for more outfits that give new epic gaslighter opportunities amongst the crew. She left me and she'll never come back.

8/10 for game, 10/10 for prospects, 15/10 for pervert drone subplot.

I Love it and hate it Love the art and the lady's but Hate the game play.

Here is the rub the game is about 90% Game 10% Porn the game part is just time wasting to get money over and over and simple and the porn while its very good it is very short and fast not a lot of it then the training the gals is too simple and happens too fast and the gals don't really have a lot personality and enough writing for them so its a love and hate for me i will be playing it when its finished

Good example that engine restrictions mean nothing when creator has complex deep gameplay in mind.
Spent like 2 entire days in game, and it was really fun.

Enemy AI and combat rules need some work on. Right now you can move unlimited number of hexes while having last unused shot, and enemies not using their shots during movement phase at all. So you can basically move into blind zone and hit "end turn", leaving AI with no way to get to you in those 2 turns they have left, making you virtually unkillable. On the other hand if you try to "play fair" they can fry your ship in 2 attack phases (or damage so many subunits it will take 2-3 days to rebuy them).
And yeah, stations need more submodules restock, right now it's really grindy.

Good game, bit grindy but thats kinda a feature of the genre. Great models, variety of mini-games and very few bugs, solid game play that can be challenging at times and a really responsive developer with reasonable sub tiers

I give the game 4.5 of 5 stars, O.K. 5 stars then as half star seems not to work. Well done. Need some time to get in, then it works very well. Fine renders. Mini games OK. Noticed many SciFi movies references; Star Trek, Star Wars, Cherry 2000, Life Force (Space Vampires), Barabella, Terminator, RoboCop (TV announces), Captain Future, Galaxina, M3GAN. Galaxy of Terror. Star Fox/Starwing game (Map).
And thanks that it runs on win7, 32bit. And thanks for compressed version too by f95 member. I not get to the end of V 0.7 yet. Grind is mid, can endure.

I like this game a lot, feels very much like a game as opposed to a visual novel. But I must say, I have a definite preference for a bit of grinding over a lot of reading (which I often end up skipping so grinding at least makes me feel like I 'earned' some reward?). Also feels very polished for an unfinished Ren'Py game!

With the amount of gaming content that it has now, I would say the focus could now be on the amount of H-scenes and what they look like, most are one motion scenes or even static images. They are creative though!

A superb quality game, created with a nice premise, pretty renders and the standard corruption script number 3. However, the game economy, the quests, the fun and the slow progress are very entertaining. The grind is quite high, but you somehow feel that it is needed for the progress and not completely mindless. Yes, there are several mechanics that need refining, like - mining, quest progress and space fights, but I hope the author will improve these. Bot creation mechanic is very cool and reminds me of other games. So far there is no much sex involved, but the game tries to keep development as close to real world speed as possible.

this and his other Princess game are amazing. How authors can make renpy do stuff like this is eye opening.
The girls are hooooooottt as well.
The only problem is that I want more! How to use mind control to make the author work 23 hours a day to finish the game!?

This review is for v0.6_b. Enjoyed playing, content that is there is nice. A bit grindy, had to cheat myself money. Got so caught up in the loop lost 4 hours playing it without noticing. Some drops are probably too rare.

Solid Game with great scenes.
Bit of a grind, but I find the gameplay actually somewhat enjoyable.
There's a mining and selling loop which exists as small insignificant puzzles. If you couldn't reroll the bot parts would be painful to get. The combat is pretty fun and slightly challenging.
Maybe hold off on playing it currently as saving does not function properly.

v0.5_c review:

Great graphics. The gameplay is repetitive but fun and well-thought-out. The story feels like it's gone off the rails the last few patches which is why I'm dinging it. 3.5 rounded up to 4.

I can't stop "playing",
fantastic models, the only game where the characters are not wide-eyed, despite few activities and slow development, offers space & sci-fi immersion superior to other titles with pharaonic crowdfunding.

update: the game allows a true immersive simulation in a spatial and interconnected universe where humans have a desire to connect to each other, it allows a greater number of interactions with NPCs even than games like Starfield aka the blurry universe or No man sky where people have replaced the smartphone on their face with a helmet on their face. But have you ever had a helmet on your head? Do you know that due to the laws of physics it is impossible to create a "breathable" helmet unless you stick an alien dick in it and make you cum directly in your esophagus? Therefore, only with a parasite suit would it be possible to spend more than half an hour with a helmet on. This makes the great visionary developers understand how many resources they have spent on their artist shit. I wish the best to this developer who can one day fuck where champions dare... in Soveingard! I also saw his new work and also the cross-promotion that he created, congratulations!

Amazing game. The characters look hot in the uniquely cartoon style, and the foundational elements are all laid for a really good and well-paced corruption game. Basically shaping up to be Princess Tower++ in terms of scope and polish. Updates are blessedly regular.

Great art and character design. Well-programmed (no bugs) and universe is fleshed out with events/art/dialogue.

Some aspects are a bit grindy but quests are clear and progress the story. Only part that I got stuck for a bit was the maintenance task to repair floor boards (had to hover over slower to find which one to fix). Would like maintenance tasks to have a bit more chance for hot situation instead of just completing. Seems game is still early in terms of planned content but a good amount of content for game age . Hoping there is more time spent on later stages of training (felt creator's last game ended a bit soon after reaching end stages).

0.4 version Review

The game can be a bit grindy in the beggining to get the ability to go elsewhere. However, this was one of the few games that the "game" vertent of other things you have to do doesn't bother me as much as in other games, maybe because I am a bit tired of games where you only select scenes all the way through. Now it is not free of flaws, one of the main ones for me is the inability to skip specific bits of time, you can skip the nap from anywhen directly to 18:00 and the sleep to the next day, considering you sometimes have to talk to specific characters it would be nice a spend time option.
The interactions between characters seems interesting, maybe ther could be a higher interaction in sexual scenes, even if they are few right now

Tha game kept me interested to see what is next, and will update this in the future as new versions come out

Right, the Dev reached out to me. and i am looking forward to see the results.

But i will not be swayed by simple recognition and flattery.
I will be strong and hold firm my conviction.

I still give this game 5 starts and recommend it.


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this game is a bit of love/hate relationship to me, the same way the former game was.

the bad:
the game is grindy, and you can have problems finding the right thing to click on, but the Dev is aware of this and is actively trying to find way's to make it all more intuitive, without scarifying gameplay.

the Good:
the pictures are great.
i really like the gallery, with the hints.
there is a hint system in place, but not all hints are clear enough (yet)
the grindy bits makes the rewards feel more rewarding.


but i do feel like the good outshines the bad.
and definitely worth your time.

if you have not tried The Princess and the Tower yet.
and can get past that you play a goblin.
i highly suggest you give that one a spin too.