History VideoGame / Oolite

* BadGuyBar: The 'Seedy Space Bar' stations found in asteroid fields in Anarchy systems, where aspiring hitmen compete over assassination contracts while watching sports and drinking beer.

* SpaceCompression: While the distances (between planet and sun, between planet and witchpoint / system's edge, etc.) aren't completely accurate, they are just long enough to not seem instant. Travel from one part of a system to another still takes time, especially without witchfuel injectors or warp engines.

''[[https://oolite.space/ Oolite]]'' is a [[FanRemake fan-made open-source remake]] of the famous WideOpenSandbox space trading game ''VideoGame/{{Elite}}'', first released in the early 2000s. It has been under constant development since then, with new versions released every few months. It is unusal in that both the game itself and the established backstory and canon are mainly fan-generated; the game is designed to be easy to modify and expand, and literally ''hundreds'' of 'Oolite Expansion Packs' (or '[=OXPs=]') can be found on the site's wiki, which do everything from change the graphics slightly to add entirely new ships, stations, missions, AI types, gameplay elements, etc. The vast majority of them have been incorporated into the game's official canon, combining with the original VIdeoGame/{{Elite}} backstory to create a rich and expansive sci-fi universe that is constantly growing and changing.

''[[http://oolite.org Oolite]]'' is a [[FanRemake fan-made open-source remake]] of the famous WideOpenSandbox space trading game ''VideoGame/{{Elite}}'', first released in the early 2000s. It has been under constant development since then, with new versions released every few months. It is unusal in that both the game itself and the established backstory and canon are mainly fan-generated; the game is designed to be easy to modify and expand, and literally ''hundreds'' of 'Oolite Expansion Packs' (or '[=OXPs=]') can be found on the site's wiki, which do everything from change the graphics slightly to add entirely new ships, stations, missions, AI types, gameplay elements, etc. The vast majority of them have been incorporated into the game's official canon, combining with the original VIdeoGame/{{Elite}} backstory to create a rich and expansive sci-fi universe that is constantly growing and changing.

* {{AFGNCAAP}}: Literally no information is given about the player character by the game; the player is free to make them any gender, any age, any appearance, any race, or any ''species'' they choose.

* FanVerse: As the entire game itself is a FanRemake of ''Elite'', all fiction is ''Elite'' fan fiction by proxy. Within the ''Oolite'' community itself, {{Fan Fic}}s and {{Game Mod}}s are closely tied; many [=OXPs=] are inspired by events or references in the fiction, which in turn become featured in further writings.

* SpaceFlecks: Possibly subverted; some players speculate that they're a function of the ship's HUD to prevent the pilot from becoming disorientated.

* SalvagePirates: Picking up abandoned cargo and other space debris is perfectly legal, regardless of how they got there in the first place. Bounty hunting can become essentially [[{{Privateer}} legitimized piracy]], since the player can scoop the cargo they leave behind and sell it [[NotSoDifferent the same way the pirates planned on exploiting their would-be victims]]. One especially underhanded (though still perfectly legal) method involves letting the pirates splash their targets, then swooping down on them and picking up both sides' derelict cargo.

* FeudalFuture: Feudalism is another potential planetary government type. They're [[RealityEnsues miserable, squalid, bandit-infested hellholes]], and the least stable government type in the game (the only lower state is complete anarchy).

* [[BigBad Big Bads]]: Several depending on which mission you're playing, but the main, overarching Big Bads of the game are the [[AlienInvaders Thargoids]], with the Earth-based Galactic Federation and the Duvall Empire making a few minor appearances in this role as well.

* EscapePod: Essentially functions as an extra life, should you choose to buy one. You can also pick up other ships' escape pods, or [[SinkTheLifeboats shoot them down]].
** Picking them up earns you a reward - if they're an innocent, for [[BigDamnHeroes rescuing them]], and if they're a criminal, for [[BountyHunter capturing them]].

* ArtificialBrilliance: When you're in a system, ''everything that happens in the entire system'' is being simulated in real time - traders ply the spacelanes, pirates look for easy kills, bounty hunters track down pirates, police and military vessels patrol, mining ships [[CaptainObvious mine things]], and the player [[NintendoHard blows up repeatedly while trying to dock at the main station]]. The AI is generally pretty good, and watching the world go on around you is very atmospheric.

* ArtificialStupidity: The AI is ''generally'' pretty good, but there are occasional hiccups, such as pirates flying straight towards you with no attempt made to dodge your laser fire and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny ships the size of small towns attempting to land in docking bays less than one-fourth their size]], although that bug was quickly fixed.

* ExplosiveBreeder: Trumbles. Small, [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter cute]], multiply quickly, [[spoiler:[[TheScrappy tend to eat your cargo stocks, and really difficult to kill]]]].

'''''[[http://oolite.org Oolite]]''''' is a [[FanRemake fan-made open-source remake]] of the famous WideOpenSandbox space trading game ''VideoGame/{{Elite}}'', first released in the early 2000s. It has been under constant development since then, with new versions released every few months. It is unusal in that both the game itself and the established backstory and canon are mainly fan-generated; the game is designed to be easy to modify and expand, and literally ''hundreds'' of 'Oolite Expansion Packs' (or '[=OXPs=]') can be found on the site's wiki, which do everything from change the graphics slightly to add entirely new ships, stations, missions, AI types, gameplay elements, etc. The vast majority of them have been incorporated into the game's official canon, combining with the original VIdeoGame/{{Elite}} backstory to create a rich and expansive sci-fi universe that is constantly growing and changing.