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A science fiction space adventure game where you must rely on your wit, your officers, and your spaceship to survive.

Orion Trail

A science fiction space adventure game where you must rely on your wit, your officers, and your spaceship to survive.
A science fiction space adventure game where you must rely on your wit, your officers, and your spaceship to survive.
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4,062 backers pledged $97,801 to help bring this project to life.
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Free Content Update, Captain Forever Crossover, and announcing Orion Trail: VR Edition for the Samsung Gear VR!

Howdy! Dave here with some pipin’ hot news for you’s guys.

Captain Forever: Remix Crossover!

The awesome folks making Captain Forever: Remix let us include the titular character as one... Read more

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Ship Loadouts and DRM-Free Copies Deploying Today! Plus, a Stream at 3:30pm!

Hello there. Dave here with a new update, as well as an apology about some confusion. Our last update said that the Ship Loadout Screen will be going out on... Read more

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Ship Loadout & Trading Update Launches October 30th!

Hello again, space friends. Dave here. Another week has come and gone, and Halloween is nearly upon us! Spooky!

Ship Loadout & Trading Update Launches October 30th!

Last week, we gave... Read more

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Ship Loadouts, DRM-Free Status, and Friday Stream!

Hello friends, Dave here. It's Friday, which is great. I've also got an update for you, which, while not as awesome as a Friday, is still pretty neat.

New Feature... Read more

5 Comments 15 likes

Balance Updates & International Shirts have been Shipped!

Greetings, spacepals. Dave here with an update for all y'all with what's happening with Orion Trail and beyond.

Balance Patch Deployed

As of this Monday (10/19), we've uploaded our new... Read more

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Orion Trail Steam Key PSA

Dave again with day #4 of continuous messages. I'll never stop, apparently.

Back in August, we upgraded everyone's Steam keys to Early Access keys. As such, we sent everyone's Steam... Read more

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US Shirts: Shipped! Plus, a look at Planned Updates!

Well, hello again. Dave here. Sorry to keep flooding your inboxes with updates, but stuff keeps happening, and I just really wanna tell you about it.

Shirts Have Been Shipped... Read more

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The Nullpoint Kickstarter is Live!

Dave here. Well, this is embarrassing. Last week I said I'd let you know when the Nullpoint Kickstarter was going live on our stream. It went live, and then several... Read more

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Orion Trail has Launched on Steam!

Space pals, this is a momentous day. Orion Trail has left early access and has launched on Steam as of 1PM, EST.

To celebrate the launch, we're offering a 30%... Read more

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Stream Reminder, and a Sneak Peek at Nullpoint (Trailer and Prototype!)

Dave here. Bet you didn’t expect to hear from me again so soon. Actually, you probably did, but that’s beside the point.

Stream at 3:00PM, EST!

We’ll be demoing our... Read more

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Preparing for Launch

Hello friends, Dave here with an update for you as we continue working away on finishing up Orion Trail.

Full Steam Release on October 12th

We’re still on target to... Read more

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LIFE IS BUT A STREAM (@ 2:30)

Happy Update Friday Trailblazers! 

Look at that! It’s October! OT Launch Month! We’ll be celebrating by streaming our latest build of the game today at 2:30PM EST.

It’s launch month,... Read more
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Trading, Regulation Uniforms & Impending Launch (October 12th!)

Exciting news, space-friends. Things are heating up in the cold vacuum of space. Have I used that one before? Probably. I don’t care, I’m super pumped to let you in... Read more

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I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for... Streams.

That title probably could have used more time in the oven.

It's Friday once again, so we'll be hopping on Twitch to give you guys an early look at our latest update.... Read more

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Another Update and Another Stream. Must be Friday!

Hi there Orioneers!

We're going to take to twitch yet again to give you a sneak peak at our latest patch before we push out the door.

This time we'll... Read more

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Preview our next update on our stream!

Greeting Space-Pals! 

We're going to be pushing another update to Orion Trail this evening. Come hang out with us while we play it on our twitch channel at 3:00 PM... Read more

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Game Update and Live Stream

Howdy Orioneers!

We're planning a big update on steam today, but you can get a preview of the changes in new build as we play it on our twitch channel... Read more

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Live Stream with Team Orion Trail in 15 minutes.

Surprise! :)

http://www.twitch.tv/schellgamestv

Sorry for the late notice. If you can't make it, don't worry. Just follow the channel, we plan to make this a weekly thing and then you'll... Read more

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Extra keys for $20 tier backers

Hi again Orioneers!

We've given it some thought and, just to be absolutely fair to our $20 tier backers, we're going to send out extra keys to you folks at... Read more

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Early Access Pricing

Hi Folks. Some of you have pointed out that it was disappointing to see the game hit Early Access at a price of $9.99 when our lowest Early Access tier... Read more

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Orion Trail is live on Steam Early Access!

We're very excited to announce that today is the day! 

https://youtu.be/GHa5pu6inJc

Orion Trail is live on Steam Early Access:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/381260/

If you backed us at the Early Access level,... Read more

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Last time I'll pester you about this!

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Another Reminder

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Time is REALLY running out! :)

Hi again folks. 

Mike T here with your semi-regular semi-annoying reminder that if you haven't filled out your survey, we really need you to do that. We're locking everything down... Read more

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Time is running out!

Hi again Orioneers! 

Mike T here to remind you that, if you haven't done it yet, you've got ten days left to get those surveys in to us. 

We'll feel... Read more

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Send us your surveys!

Attention Orioneers.

Mike T here, filling in for Dave while he... you know... makes the game. 

This is just a quick reminder for those of you who have not filled... Read more

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Surveying the Stars

Hello again, space pals.

Dave here with a quick update on what’s happening on the ol’ Orion Trail.

Space Blog is Live!

We’re posting some cool stuff on the Orion... Read more
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All Systems Go!

DEVELOPMENT HAS BEGUN

Hello spacefriends. Dave here. 

It's been a long time coming, but the time is now. The Orion Trail team has been assembled, and we're blastin' off into... Read more

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Laying the Space-Foundation

Dave here!

Things have been a little quiet on the galactic front, for which I apologize. However, like the planets, things for Orion Trail are slowly aligning. As we continue... Read more

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Checkin' In

Howdy!

It's been a week since the campaign ended, and it still feels a little surreal. In a good way.

I wanted to give you guys an update what the... Read more

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Thank You & What's Next

What a long, crazy ride this has been.

Dave here. You are all amazing. Because of you, we've hit our funding goal, and we clawed our way up to our... Read more

3 Comments 32 likes
Successfully raised $97,801 with 4,062 backers

URZANS: FUNDED

IT'S A LOT TO BEAR

Thanks to you, we've hit our first stretch goal. The Urzans will be joining Galaxy Force.

WATCH THE FINAL PUSH

We've got about 4 hours... Read more

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The Stream is Live!

Actually, it's been live for about an hour! Head to our twitch channel and join us!

http://www.twitch.tv/schellgamestv

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MISSION: SUCCESSFUL

WE DID IT.

Holy moly, you guys are amazing. The support you guys have shown us these past 37 days is incredible, and we couldn't have done it without you.... Read more

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T-Minus 36 Hours

36 Hours to Impact

Dave here! Time is of the essence, so let's get to it.

12-Hour Finale Stream (3/12 @ 12pm - 3/13 @ 12am)

We'll be streaming the... Read more

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T-Minus 56 Hours

56 Hours to Impact

We're 56 Hours away from glory. We've made awesome progress the past two days, but we gotta keep on space-truckin'. Tell your friends. Tell your enemies.... Read more

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60k! 3 Days Remaining!

Dave here! We hit 60k earlier today, and we've got three days left to close the gap. It's gonna be close, and we're going to need your help to incessantly... Read more

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Secret Communique: The $25 Tier!

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Spread the Space Dysentery - 6 Days Left!

Dave here! There's less than a week left! Everybody freak out!

Space Dysentery is Spreading

We need your help now more than ever for the final push. Give us a... Read more

7 Comments 20 likes

Up, Up and Away… Missions

Hello again, space pals. Dave here.

8 days left. It feels like only yesterday that we launched this campaign. We’re optimistic about makin’ it, but it’s looking to be a... Read more

4 Comments 17 likes

A New Tier, Cool Projects, and More!

Howdy!

Dave here! We've got some cool business to share with y’all, so let’s get down to it!

A New Tier Appears!

Would you like to try some of our... Read more

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Warpin' Orphans

Happy Friday Trailblazers. Ryan here again, filling in for Dave.

Halftime Report

It’s been quite a week for Orion Trail and it's ending with a bang as we approach the glorious... Read more

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The Roll* of Randomness

* totally intentional

It’s Wednesday! We have over 1600 backers! As promised by Jesse, we now owe you a dance party. Let’s do it.

http://youtu.be/u3Z6R3jH1gg


Whew. Still with me? Alright,... Read more

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Broadcast News

Hail Orion Trailblazers! My name is Ryan and I'm a writer and designer for Orion Trail. If you played the prototype, you've seen some of my handiwork.

I'd like to... Read more

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Friday Factoids

Aloha! I've gathered an eclectic collection of tidbits for your perusal.

STATE OF THE SPACE UNION

I'd like to say thanks to all 1,428 of you. You're the reason we've... Read more

2 Comments 16 likes

Itchin', Remixin', and Streamin'

Ahoy!

We've got some cool stuff talk about, so I'll just get right to it!

SCRATCH THAT ITCH.IO

Our page on itch.iois up! Share it with your friends! Or... Read more

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One Thousand! Morta!

Hello, spacefriends.

Over the weekend we managed to reach over 1,000 backers, which is totally huge! Thank you all for helping get the word out, but we ain’t done yet.... Read more

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Valentines Weekend-pedia

Howdy!

Another great week is nearly over. We've arrived at 30% funded, which is totally excellent. Keep making noise! Alert the internet about Orion Trail!

Also, some news! We were... Read more

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Brave New (Fron)Tiers

Howdy, space-pals!

A special thanks to everyone that tuned in to our lunchtime stream! It was a fun time, and we had some good questions towards the end! If watching... Read more

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Lunchtime Stream! 2/12 @ 12:30 PM, EST

Hello again, friends!

In our excitement about the Starr Mazer crossover, I forgot to mention that we'll be doing a lunchtime stream over on our twitch channel tomorrow!

We'll be... Read more

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Seeing Starrs

Oh man, we’ve been keeping a lid on this, but we’re super excited to finally announce it. The one and only Brick Stonewood of Starr Mazerwill be making an... Read more

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It's Moonday!

Oh, hello there. I didn't see you come in.

We hope you all had an awesome weekend. We're almost 25% funded, which is pretty rad. We've also officially run out... Read more

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Warp Weasel Weekend

Hello, spacefriends. I hope you are all having a lovely Friday.

We've just arrived at 1/6th of our ask, and we couldn't be happier. We have some cool stuff to... Read more

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Day Two: Galactic Boogaloo

Dave here again!

We've just warped away from the second day of our campaign, and we're still going strong! Thanks to you, we're hovering around 14% of the way funded.... Read more

3 Comments 6 likes

Day One is Done!

Hey everyone, Dave here!

Oh man, the first day has come and gone, and the response from you guys has been great! We're nearly 1/10th of the way there, and... Read more

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