Homeworld: Requiem for Freedom is the spiritual successor to Slipstream: The Price of Freedom.
This mod aims to create larger, faster, and more epic space battles optimized for the multiplayer and skirmish modes of Homeworld: Remastered!
Download April 2023 Release (Beta) - Mod DB
It’s been a long time, and I’ve been rather busy! At some point in ones journey, you tend to, or at least should, revisit your roots in some way and reflect on them with all the knowledge and experience you’ve gained since. Nostalgia is a pretty powerful and deceptive thing, but developing Slipstream: The Price of Freedom was an absolute blast and some serious fun. After the release of 3.0, I kept tinkering with the code in my spare time over the next decade(!) and eventually ported it to Homeworld: Remastered. I didn’t do much with it then because of the engine changes that Gearbox made.
With the announcement of Homeworld 3, I’ve been revisiting Homeworld in general, and was playing through some of the old versions of Slipstream while reminiscing with Aquemnun about those times. There were some ideas that were never fully executed, mostly because we were too busy moving onto the next cool feature we wanted our mod to have. I’ve been wanting to do a follow-up or remaster for a while, but only recently started writing out some new code following the Homeworld 3 hype train. I’ve finally made significant progress, so I’ve decided to make the announcement!
requiem (a mass or other ceremony to honor and remember a dead person)
When I first pitched remaking Slipstream to Aquemnun, he said:
it’d be a pretty great mod with just 3 things really 1. Increase fire speed, reduce damage 2. Step everything to fighter / corvette attack styles, > vaguely increase speed 3. More aggressive playstyles / weapon effects Maybe 4. Listen to s*** like carpenter brut while testing it, see if it fits
I think that is a great place to start! I also want to put some constraints on this mod to keep it a bit more focused than last time:
Given that, this mod aims to be a spiritual successor to Slipstream. It will have similarities, but ultimately will be something new! I want to focus on making multiplayer games fast and fun, and maybe do the same for single player as well. I want to mix in a little bit more ship customization, weapon choices, and a more powerful upgrade system. Beyond this, there is no rigid plan in place! Just to have fun and try to spice up multiplayer a bit!
Right now the mod is still “beta” quality, and will be for a while. Only the Hiigaran and Vaygr races have changes at the moment, but eventually the Taiidan and Kushan will get the same treatment. I plan to work on it “when I can”, and make releases “when they’re ready”. If you want to follow development more closely, have a look at the Github repository. Speaking of which, all the development will be coordinated on Github, so pull requests are welcome! If you discover a bug or have a suggestion, please submit an Issue on Github as well. I won’t be able to comb comments for bugs to fix like I used to, so please bring them to my attention there!
You can grab the April 2023 (Beta) release right now! This version is terribly unbalanced, but is reasonably playable. Here are (most) of the changes in this release:
This is a mod for Homeworld: Remastered, and is considered a "beta" release that is horribly balanced. Changes made from April 2023: - Fixed an issue...
April 2023 beta release of Requiem for Freedom. See Description for list of changes and enhancements!