Cosmoteer
Cosmoteer is a game by Walternate Realities and the focus of this wiki.
The creator of the game and main developer is Walt Destler.
The game has been available in Early Access on the Steam platform since October 24th, 2022.
The Steam release is known as Cosmoteer Modern, as opposed to Cosmoteer Classic for versions of the game predating this release.
The Modern edition is paid, and benefits from a graphical overhaul as well as multiplayer servers for cooperative and player-versus-player gameplay.
Classic used to have multiplayer servers but they have since been shut down, with no plans for turning them back on.[1]
Previous history
Cosmoteer started out as a prototype named Starwright, the development of which started on Unity a long time ago, with a first release in 2011.[2]
The name change happened with the release of version 0.9.0 of the software, on June 24th, 2016.[2]
Meaning
In the game's universe :
Cosmoteers are a rare breed of people who both design and command their own starships.[3]
- Walt Destler
It has also been confirmed (in the same conversation this quote is from) that the crew are not, in fact, cosmoteers.
In Career mode, the player's given goal is to become a Legendary Cosmoteer by reaching the highest possible level of fame.