Starship V1.0 Playable Demo — Pilotable Spaceship for UE5
Starship V1.0 is here — and the playable demo is free for everyone on Patreon.
Walk up to the Lander ship as your character, press the interact key to board, fly with 6DOF controls in atmosphere, land with a smooth animated descent (gear deploys, doors open), and step back out to explore on foot. The full gameplay loop is in your hands.
What's in the demo:
► The included Lander ship with animated landing gear, doors, and hatch
► Full Starship flight model: Landed / Hovering / Floating / Flying
► Smooth landing and take-off sequences with hold-to-engage controls
► Gravity-aligned third-person orbit camera (decoupled from ship rotation)
► On-foot pilot interaction (walk up, board, fly, land, disembark)
► Niagara thruster effects on main and hover engines
► Demo level showcasing the full gameplay loop
How to run:
1. Download the ZIP below
2. Extract anywhere on your PC
3. Run Starship.exe
4. Walk to the Lander ship and press F to board
Controls:
► W / A / S / D — Movement
► Mouse — Look
► Space — Climb up / Take off
► Ctrl — Climb down / Land
► F — Interact (board / disembark)
Companion plugins for the Space Toolkit:
► PlanetGen — Walkable Procedural Planets: https://www.fab.com/listings/96c36654-f244-4c75-a527-cfaaab2d5ac4
► GravityCore — Custom Gravity Volumes: https://www.fab.com/listings/c74de757-8cf8-45ff-9d6e-82d3b421af5b
The full project files are available in the $20+ tier — see the linked post for buyers who want the C++ source.
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Thanks for being part of the journey. Feedback welcome — drop a comment if you hit any issues or want to see specific features in V1.1.