How does interstellar travel work ? Are there jumpgates ?
Some jumpgates will be available between the main trading routes. However, all the ships can be equiped with an hyper-propulsion system. You can choose your destination on the galaxy map and jump there (providing you have the resources). Jumping will not be instantaneous. It will be very fast to jump to a local system, but jumping to the other side of the galaxy will take from minutes to hours (in real time).
Can I own multiple ships ? A space station ? A city ? A planet... ?
Yes. You will actually be able to acquire any object in the game world. You will be able to hire non-player characters to control your ships and follow your orders. You will be able to move space stations and set the tax rates, acquire some buildings in a city, or if you're getting very rich, a whole planet.
What type of missions will be available ?
The list will be very long; most of the missions will be generated dynamically depending on the system you're in and what you've been doing. Trade, hunt, mine, escort, scientific research, rescue, political, tourism, spy missions, and a lot more. In addition, an in-game interface will be available to propose your own services to the other players, or to non-player characters.
What happens when your ship is destroyed ? Is there perma-death ?
When your ship is destroyed, your physical character will escape in a capsule pod. Perma-death does not exist; however, you will be unable to do anything until you are rescued.
How many solar systems are present in Infinity ?
A lot. Since they are generated procedurally on-the-fly, they cannot easily be counted. But I tried to respect realistic numbers. Expect a galaxy with up to hundreds of billions of worlds. You will not be able to visit them all in your whole lifetime, even if you were to spend only one second per world!
How realistic is the universe ?
I do not like the word "realistic"; I prefer the word "believable", or coherent. I'm primarily doing a game, so i'm not interested in making a realistic game for the sole purpose of being realistic. However, when something realistic is fun, I will use it. In particular, the game universe recreates a wide range of celestial bodies, including many types of suns (sometimes binary or trinary systems), planet types, moons, asteroids, nebulaes, black holes, etc.. with believable orbits (moons orbit their planet, themselves orbiting a sun). Scales are also realistic: you will not find a planet of a few kilometers radius in Infinity. My approach is pretty close to a planetarium software, like Celestia.
Will it be possible to land on planets ?
Yes, this is actually one of the main interests of the game. Expect a lot of missions on planets. However, the game will not feature non-vehicle gameplay like walking with an avatar on planets or inside buildings.
How is the transition between space and ground level done ?
It is completely seamless, with no loading times - actually, what you see from space is really what you see when you land. This is one of the key technologies behind the game engine.
Will there be a Linux port ? A Macintosh port ?
A Linux port might come later after release, if there are enough requests. A Macintosh port is unlikely.
