Project 5: Sightseer

Tasharen Entertainment Inc.

Released: Aug 16, 2019
Platforms: WindowsmacOSLinux
Last updated: 04 Sep 2026, 15:15 GMT

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22 Aug 2019Developer post
Twitch Integration
The game features a rich Twitch integration that allows viewers to influence the game's events, but how to use it, one might ask? Well, here's a detailed description. SETUP While on the game's main menu (before starting your world), click on the gears icon on the top left to brin
The game features a rich Twitch integration that allows viewers to influence the game's events, but how to use it, one might ask? Well, here's a detailed description.
SETUP

While on the game's main menu (before starting your world), click on the gears icon on the top left to bring up the options.
Enter your Twitch Channel name. For example, if your channel is https://www.twitch.tv/abcdef, you would enter "abcdef" (without the quotes) and hit Enter. Doing so will open up additional options.
Enter the username you wish to use. It can match your channel name, but it can also be the username of your bot you wish to use.
Go to https://twitchapps.com/tmi/ to get your OAUTH token, and enter it in the OAUTH field. This should be the full token, for example: "oauth:ou99kxgkh12cgdbv3h4mieyj5yowqr". The OAUTH token is what allows the game to talk back to Twitch viewers on your behalf.
Enable the Interaction option, and if you wish -- the Chat option as well. Interaction is what allows the game to respond to keywords in Twitch chat, while Chat allows your game to display Twitch chat in the in-game chat window. Both can be toggled from within your game later.
Play the game! You can test the functionality by using the !p5 command in Twitch chat (but this won't work if you do it from the same account as the "username" from the step 3).
COMMANDS
Your viewers will have the ability to use the following commands, which can be both used in public, as well as PM'd to the 'username' from step 3, above:

!p5 -- Messages the viewer the list of usable commands.
!points -- Shows how many points the viewer has accumulated. Viewers automatically start to accumulate points once they speak in chat or use one of the commands. Each of the following actions costs points to use.
!voice -- 18 points. Plays a random voice over and puts the viewer in combat for 30 seconds.
!loot -- 30 points. Spawns a random upgrade for the streamer somewhere nearby and shows an alert with the name of the viewer that has done so.
!trader -- 60 points. Creates a neutral trader NPC that will fly up to the streamer. This NPC, like all NPCs spawned by the commands here, will have the name of the viewer that used the command.
!pirate -- 60 points. Spawns an unfriendly NPC that will fly up to the streamer and either attack outright (if a weapon is equipped), or offer to be bribed (if no weapon is equipped).
!encounter -- 60 points. Creates a random encounter. This can be a pirate, a trader, or a random quest. Like all encounters, it will vary with the level and weapon loadout of the streamer's vehicle.
!ufo1 -- 30 points. Spawns a Tier 1 UFO that will float around nearby, behaving like they usually do -- without a particular purpose.
!ufo2 -- 60 points. Spawns a Tier 2 UFO that will fly around, scanning loot and attacking anyone that dares to touch it near them.
!ufo3 -- 120 points. Spawns a Tier 3 UFO.
!revive -- 6 points. Revives the streamer after they have been defeated in combat. Good thing Twitch viewers are nice and will ever chain-revive the streamer with hostiles nearby just to watch them die again and again.
!buff -- 20 points. Places a buff on the streamer's vehicle that will instantly heal the streamer if they happen to be defeated, giving them another chance. The buff lasts 60 seconds. Only works if used while the streamer's vehicle is still alive, but can also be used after a !revive.
!troll -- 120 points. This... is an unpredictable one. Let's just say its name is well deserved and leave it at that... :) Regardless of the outcome of this command, it will also create an item for the streamer somewhere nearby. Just to be nice.
Note that all NPCs created by viewers will have their name, so the streamer will know whom to thank (or yell at!) :)
In addition, if the Streamer is in a Combat Simulation, new additional commands open up:

!healer -- 27 points. Spawns a healer NPC to follow the streamer.
!support1 -- 9 points. Spawns a supporting (friendly) NPC to help the streamer.
!support2 -- 27 points. Spawns a stronger version of the friendly supporting NPC.
!attack1 -- 9 points. Spawns a hostile NPC to try to kill the streamer.
!attack2 -- 27 points. Spawns a stronger version of the hostile NPC to try to kill the streamer.
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In addition, the Streamer can choose to award points to any viewer at any time by using the /award ViewerName # command in game's chat. For example, /award ArenMook 50. You can use this command as a thank you for viewer donations and subscriptions.
/setServer twitchCD = 0.5 -- This command lets the server admins control the cooldowns on Twitch commands (as they all have innate cooldowns so they can't be spammed). '0.5' in this case would make them usable twice as often. '2.0' would mean the opposite -- half as often. Default is '1'.
/setServer twitchCost = 0.5 -- This command lets the server admins to change how many points the abilities cost. '0.5' would mean that a 120 point command will cost 60 points instead. Using '2.0' here would have the opposite effect (240 points). Point accumulation rate remains unchanged, so you can control how often players can use abilities by adjusting this value. Default is '1'.
/setServer streamerMode = false -- This command lets the server admins to turn off Twitch integration on the server. For example, it's currently disabled on the Tasharen's PvP server.
/setServer time = 1220 -- This command lets the server admins to freeze time at the specified value. This is very useful for streamers, as the world tends to get very dark at night. Freezing the time close to sunrise/sunset will look spectacular, and will let viewers see what's going on better. The '1220' is an offset in hours, in this case, so you will likely need to adjust it by a few hours (for example 1215) to get the desired angle of the sun.
Questions? Comments? Stop by Tasharen's Discord. I hope you and your viewers will find the Twitch integration to be as much fun as I've had adding it. :)
-Aren
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16 Aug 2019Developer post
Sightseer has been released!
The day is finally upon us: Project 5: Sightseer has exited the Early Access stage. I just want to say: THANK YOU to everyone that played in the beta stage. Without your play-testing, feedback, and (many) bug reports, today would most assuredly not been possible. <3 you all. -
27 Jul 2019Developer post
Full Release: August 16th
What the title says! I know I've been putting this date off for quite some time for a variety of reasons, but the waiting is almost over. The game is currently in final testing on the Development branch (which you can check out right now if you like by opting into it via), and wi
09 Feb 2019Developer post
PvE Update 3
Hey there explorers, the long awaited third PvE update is finally here! As those of you who are familiar with Early Access games know, most studios release updates to their games once or twice a year, but they tend to be pretty big. As those of you familiar with Tasharen know, th
Hey there explorers, the long awaited third PvE update is finally here!
As those of you who are familiar with Early Access games know, most studios release updates to their games once or twice a year, but they tend to be pretty big. As those of you familiar with Tasharen know, that was not the case with Windward and Sightseer. I, personally, prefer to release updates with small, tiny daily or semi-daily builds. This update, however... unfortunately didn't make this possible.
The problem lied in what I wanted to change -- which was basically everything. I wasn't happy with Unity's built-in terrain system for example, so I wanted to replace it with my own, custom one that wouldn't be so slow and would allow for more impressive looking features.
I didn't like the sky and lighting system I was using and wanted a custom one as well -- something that supported a spherical planet. So the sky had to go too.
With the new terrain and sky came the possibility of dramatically increasing the view distance which make the planet's curvature quite apparent.
To make the game's performance high I replaced the tree placement and drawing system with a GPU-based solution, which allowed for a lot more trees to be visible at once... the list goes on. One thing led to another, and the entire game had to be changed.
If you look at the patch notes, found in their usual place (tinyurl.com/p5notes), and there are 14 pages worth of changes to go through. Since you don't have all day though, I'll point out some notable ones:

Windward-style instancing has come to Sightseer. You can now run combat instances (simulations) by yourself or with your friends that will always be of appropriate challenge for the player starting the instance.
The loot system has changed. You will no longer get items as drops. Instead, you will receive upgrade kits that you can apply to your existing items, boosting their quality. The item quality is also no longer limited to +5. You can keep progressing as long as you like.
The way vehicles and parts get unlocked has changed. You will need to not only acquire the necessary technology, but also upgrade your Mk1 laser to +5 before you can unlock the Mk2 one, for example.
Basic questing system is in place, and NPCs will start conversations with you and give a clear objective to achieve.
Most vehicles now have additional slots that unlock as the players progresses along their technology tree.
You can now transfer power between outposts (once you have the appropriate technology).
Threat is now a very useful stat that will give a powerful skill that will scale with your threat rating. The skill is different for whether you're going for +threat (tanking) or -threat (dps).
Completely redesigned many of the biomes. 24 out of 27 biomes were changed, so go out there and explore anew!
New vehicles, new items, new building types.
Upgradeable wheels with improved traction
Voice overs done by FP
There is more... so much more. So visit the patch notes, say hello in Discord or, better yet -- fire up some Sightseer to check them out for yourself, because the next step is going to be the full release in May.
*gulp*
-Aren
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10 Dec 2018Developer post
Dev Shack Snippets
New terrain with the low angle of the sun looks... Not Bad™ makes for more scenic sunrises/sunsets in the mountains. Aren Today at 1:30 PM Dec-5th Just to give you guys an idea of the reason behind the continued delay of the update release, short version is I'm basically trying t
29 Jun 2018Developer post
PvE Update Part 2
Part 2 of the PvE update is finally here! As promised, this update greatly expands the PvE part of the game, adding random encounters, raids, and skills to the game. Here are some of the feature highlights from the June 29th update: Random Encounters You will now encounter random
31 Mar 2018Developer post
PvE Update: Part 1
Fellow Sightseers, Today marks the release of the first part of the PvE updates that many of you have been waiting for. Due to exensive back-end changes, starting a new world will be necessary to experience the new content to its fullest. Server administrators will also need to u
31 Mar 2018Developer post
PvE Update: Part 1
Fellow Sightseers, Today marks the release of the first part of the PvE updates that many of you have been waiting for. Due to exensive back-end changes, starting a new world will be necessary to experience the new content to its fullest. Server administrators will also need to u
08 Feb 2018Developer post
Steam Workshop: The {LINK REMOVED} edition
It has been two months since Sightseer went into Early Access, and the updates have been pushed out almost daily since then. While each one was quite small by itself, together they make up 12 pages worth of changes, which I'd happily link to directly if Steam would just stop repl
08 Feb 2018Developer post
Steam Workshop: The {LINK REMOVED} edition
It has been two months since Sightseer went into Early Access, and the updates have been pushed out almost daily since then. While each one was quite small by itself, together they make up 12 pages worth of changes, which I'd happily link to directly if Steam would just stop repl
12 Dec 2017Developer post
First week of EA
Whew, the first week of EA is behind us, and it was certainly a busy one. Even though I intentionally tried to keep the launch quiet outside of Discord in order to have a smoother experience for players, it seems quite a few of you were keeping an eye on the game and it still end
Whew, the first week of EA is behind us, and it was certainly a busy one. Even though I intentionally tried to keep the launch quiet outside of Discord in order to have a smoother experience for players, it seems quite a few of you were keeping an eye on the game and it still ended up blowing Windward's EA launch out of the water. Let's have a look at all that went down this week, literally and figuratively.

Due to a bug that went completely over everyone in the closed testing, in the first two hours of the launch, no one could play single player games. Whoops!
The official server saw a peak of 90 players.
With all the population on the official server and the many factions/outposts, there was a ~5 MB download for everyone connecting to it. Players on slow connections that would take more than 10 seconds to download that data would get disconnected due to inactivity. That one took 4 days to fix!
According to Steam, there were almost 250 players in Sightseer at one point on Sunday.
The 664 unique players on the official server created 252 factions and 1150 outposts.
Players found and reported 4 different duping bugs of varying severity. Thanks!
Many quality of life features and hotfixes were added due to direct player feedback, all found in the patch notes.
The official server currently looks like this:
Going forward, I am thinking it would make sense to put up new worlds on regular basis, and eventualy retire old ones. This way new players that want to play online won't feel like they've missed out on all the good spots. Thoughts? Comments? Let me know!
In the meantime, it's back to work for the two of us at Tasharen. Workshop support? Modding guide? Achievements? Actual... story to the game? All of that and much more. Keep an eye on Sightseer -- as I've said before, all of this is just the beginning!
Thank you everyone for your support! You're awesome!
-Michael "ArenMook" Lyashenko
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12 Dec 2017Developer post
First week of EA
Whew, the first week of EA is behind us, and it was certainly a busy one. Even though I intentionally tried to keep the launch quiet outside of Discord in order to have a smoother experience for players, it seems quite a few of you were keeping an eye on the game and it still end
Whew, the first week of EA is behind us, and it was certainly a busy one. Even though I intentionally tried to keep the launch quiet outside of Discord in order to have a smoother experience for players, it seems quite a few of you were keeping an eye on the game and it still ended up blowing Windward's EA launch out of the water. Let's have a look at all that went down this week, literally and figuratively.

Due to a bug that went completely over everyone in the closed testing, in the first two hours of the launch, no one could play single player games. Whoops!
The official server saw a peak of 90 players.
With all the population on the official server and the many factions/outposts, there was a ~5 MB download for everyone connecting to it. Players on slow connections that would take more than 10 seconds to download that data would get disconnected due to inactivity. That one took 4 days to fix!
According to Steam, there were almost 250 players in Sightseer at one point on Sunday.
The 664 unique players on the official server created 252 factions and 1150 outposts.
Players found and reported 4 different duping bugs of varying severity. Thanks!
Many quality of life features and hotfixes were added due to direct player feedback, all found in the patch notes.
The official server currently looks like this:
Going forward, I am thinking it would make sense to put up new worlds on regular basis, and eventualy retire old ones. This way new players that want to play online won't feel like they've missed out on all the good spots. Thoughts? Comments? Let me know!
In the meantime, it's back to work for the two of us at Tasharen. Workshop support? Modding guide? Achievements? Actual... story to the game? All of that and much more. Keep an eye on Sightseer -- as I've said before, all of this is just the beginning!
Thank you everyone for your support! You're awesome!
-Michael "ArenMook" Lyashenko
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