What is "it"? Why, Strange Adventures in Infinite Space. Created, developed, and unleashed by Digital Eel the 2003 IGF finalist game was the predecessor to the 2006 IGF winning Weird Worlds ...

It's an open source remake of Star Control 2, which you could say was an ancestor of Strange Adventures. It isn't nearly as streamlined as the Infinite Space games, but still quite fun.

Sea of Stars continues the Infinite Space series of games that defined the genre of short-form space roguelikes in Strange Adventures in Infinite Space (2001) and Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite ...