COELISPEX | Space Life and Flight Simulator

"The void demands balance. Balance the grind of deep-space labor with the fragile needs of a human pilot."

COELISPEX is a lo-fi cyberpunk survival-management and retro-arcade flight simulator. Operating through the retro-futuristic NAVAJAGAT OS terminal, players step into the boots of a deep-space Operative aboard a modular star vessel. The experience fuses contemplative biological and dialectical life management (Aluxhim) with fast-paced 3D retro hyperspace flight (Novokult).

Official Website: https://coelispex.libalexandria.my.id/
Developer: Michael W.P. Wenas

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Table of Contents

• Overview & Lore
• Core Gameplay Systems
  • 1. Avatar Synthesis (Character Creation)
  • 2. Aluxhim: Life & Vessel Management
  • 3. Novokult: Neural Flight Minigame
  • 4. Ship Progression & Planetary Transit
  • 5. Neural Archives (Save & Load System)
• Aesthetic & Audio Experience
• Controls & Keybindings
• Project Architecture & Tech Stack
• Getting Started
  • Prerequisites
  • Running Locally with Electron
  • Packaging & Distribution
  • Running as a Static Web App
• Soundtrack & Asset Attribution
• License: Copyfarleft (Peer Production License)

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Overview & Lore

In the deep reaches of the cosmos, survival is not merely a mechanical problem—it is a dialectical struggle. As an Operative assigned to a solitary vessel under the Navajagat operating environment, your human pilot possesses both physiological vulnerabilities and esoteric aspirations.

Neglecting physical needs (Hunger, Hygiene, Sleep) leads to cognitive collapse and physical degradation, while ignoring higher dialectical needs (Social, Labor, Meditation) disrupts esoteric neural resonance. Meanwhile, your ship's firmware demands raw material extraction from hazardous asteroid fields to fund sector jumps and vessel upgrades.

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Core Gameplay Systems

1. Avatar Synthesis (Character Creation)

Before launching the shift, players configure their Operative's profile:

• Designation & Identity: Assign pilot callsign and choose between gender titles (Frater, Soror, or Consor).
• Astrological Triad: Calibrate the pilot's Sun, Moon, and Rising celestial alignments across all 12 Zodiac archetypes.
• Dynamic 2D SVG Anime Avatar: Procedural portrait generation with customizable body builds (Athletic, Slim, Heavy), face shapes (Pointed, Square, Round), skin tones, hair styles (Straight, Spiky, Curly, Braided, Bald), dye pigments, and cyberpunk cosmetic augmentations (Neon Blush, Cyan Eyeshadow, Gold Warpaint Details).

2. Aluxhim: Life & Vessel Management

The interior of the ship is rendered in real-time 3D through an interactive Three.js environment featuring a roaming astronaut avatar and four dedicated compartments:

Compartment	Function & Directives	Restored Needs / Produced Resources
BRIDGE	Vessel command hub: initiate Neural Flight, trigger Sector Jumps, and execute firmware upgrades.	Unlocks flight & sector exploration
QUARTER	Living quarters equipped with a Food Synthesizer, Decontamination Shower, and Cryogenic Stasis Pod.	Hunger (+40), Hygiene (+50), Sleep (+80)
LABOR	Deep-space data mining terminal. High cognitive load that exhausts biology while generating economic output.	Labor (+20), Mines Scotons, Sophia Fragments, and Labor Credits; costs Hunger & Sleep
ESOTERIC	Sanity and philosophical alignment chamber. Features an interplanetary Comms Booth and the Sacred Meditation Pond.	Social (+40 via Comms Booth), Meditation (+50 via Monas Hieroglyphica alignment)

The Monas Hieroglyphica Alignment (Meditation Minigame)

Dialectical meditation requires channeling esoteric energy. Entering the Meditation Pond launches an SVG-rendered alchemical puzzle based on John Dee's Monas Hieroglyphica. Players must press and hold to steadily align neural pathways to 100% focus. Breaking focus prematurely resets alignment progress.

3. Novokult: Neural Flight Minigame

Engaging the flight interface from the Bridge launches an arcade-style 3D flight scenario through sector debris and cosmic radiation:

• Collectibles:
  • Scotons (Green): Basic quantum fuel required for vessel hull upgrades.
  • Sophia Fragments (Blue): Rare philosophical processing units needed for higher vessel firmware tiers.
  • Labor Credits (Yellow): Universal exchange units used for Sector Jumps and Comms Booth transmissions.
• Hazards & Enemies:
  • Asteroids (Brown/Rock): Dense space debris causing -15% hull damage.
  • Raiders (Red): Hostile interceptors inflicting -25% hull damage.
• Sector Depth & Hull Integrity:
  • Clearing sectors increases sector depth levels, raising entity speed and density.
  • Reaching 0% Hull triggers emergency recall back to the Bridge.

4. Ship Progression & Planetary Transit

The vessel evolves through three distinct tiers, updating interior capabilities and the real-time 3D rotating hologram preview on the HUD:

1. Tier I: Proletarian Space-Pod — Initial survival chassis.
2. Tier II: People's Fighter Vessel — Upgraded thrusters and hull reinforcement (Cost: 100 Scotons, 5 Sophia Fragments).
3. Tier III: Sovereign Command Starship — Apex exploration vessel (Cost: 250 Scotons, 15 Sophia Fragments).

Operatives can spend 50 Labor Credits at the Bridge to initiate a hyper-jump, transitioning between orbits of Sol planetary bodies and dwarf planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Ceres, Pluto, Eris, Haumea, Makemake, Gonggong, and Quaoar.

5. Neural Archives (Save & Load System)

• Automatic Browser Cache: Real-time persistence via localStorage for seamless resumption across sessions.
• JSON Archive Export / Import: Full offline data backup. Operatives can export their entire game state (pilot attributes, needs, resources, ship tier, flight XP) as a standalone .json file and restore it on any machine or browser.

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Aesthetic & Audio Experience

• CRT Terminal Optics: Custom scanline shaders, barrel vignette, chromatic aberration, and screen degaussing animations on major events and sector shifts.
• Scanline Level Control: Adjustable CRT intensity slider (0% to 100%) available in System Config.
• Dynamic Adaptive Soundtrack: Responsive multi-mode audio engine that smoothly switches between curated music states:
  • MENU: Cinematic cyberpunk ambience.
  • BASE: Shoegaze, surf rock, and psychedelic trip-hop for cabin management.
  • FLIGHT: High-tempo gabber, hard techno, and industrial EBM for hyperspace flight.
  • MEDITATION: Ambient meditation soundscapes.

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Controls & Keybindings

Simulation / Cabin View

• Mouse / Touch: Click or tap any room button (BRIDGE, QUARTER, LABOR, ESOTERIC) or direct interaction buttons in the side panel.
• System Operations: Pause menu with Save, Load, Config, Directives, and Return to Menu options.

Neural Flight Minigame

• Steer Left: A or Left Arrow
• Steer Right: D or Right Arrow
• Pitch Up: W or Up Arrow
• Pitch Down: S or Down Arrow
• Mobile / Touch Controls: On-screen virtual directional touch buttons.
• Emergency Abort: Press [ABORT FLIGHT] in the HUD to return to the vessel Bridge.

Meditation Pond

• Channel Alignment: Press and hold [ HOLD TO CHANNEL FOCUS ] (or hold touch screen) until neural synchronization reaches 100%.

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Project Architecture & Tech Stack

coelispex/
├── assets/                  # Audio tracks, fonts (Unique.ttf, SpondulixNF.ttf), icons, videos
├── css/
│   └── style.css            # CRT shaders, scanlines, animations, custom fonts & styling
├── dist/                    # Compiled distribution binaries (AppImage, Snap, Windows)
├── js/
│   ├── GLTFLoader.js        # Three.js 3D GLTF asset loader
│   ├── babel.min.js         # Browser-side JSX transformation
│   ├── react.production.min.js
│   ├── react-dom.production.min.js
│   ├── tailwindcss.js       # Offline Tailwind runtime engine
│   └── three.min.js         # WebGL 3D rendering engine
├── electron-main.js         # Electron main process & desktop window lifecycle
├── index.html               # Main application entry point & embedded 3D GLB assets
├── package.json             # Build configuration and dependencies
└── README.md                # Project documentation

• Core Frameworks: React 18, Three.js, Tailwind CSS
• Desktop Runtime: Electron & electron-builder
• Self-Contained 3D Assets: 3D vessel and interior station meshes (ship1366, ship1367, ship1363, astro, desk, console, stasis, etc.) are pre-compiled and embedded as Base64 GLB payloads directly within index.html, ensuring 100% offline availability without external network dependencies.

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Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v18 or later recommended)
• npm

Running Locally with Electron

Clone the repository and install devDependencies:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/your-username/coelispex.git
cd coelispex

# Install dependencies (Electron & electron-builder)
npm install

# Launch the desktop simulator
npm start

Packaging & Distribution

To package standalone executables for your operating system:

# Package for the current operating system
npm run dist

# Build Linux packages (AppImage & Snap)
npm run dist:linux

# Build Windows packages (NSIS installer & Portable executable)
npm run dist:win

Compiled installers and executables are output to the dist/ folder.

Running as a Static Web App

Because all libraries in js/ and 3D models in index.html are bundled offline, the game can also be served using any standard static HTTP server:

# Using Python
python3 -m http.server 8080

# Using Node.js npx serve
npx serve .

Then open http://localhost:8080 in any WebGL-capable browser.

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Soundtrack & Asset Attribution

• Game Creator & Developer: Michael W.P. Wenas
• Main Theme: michael-wenas_coelispex-main-title.mp3 — Original Soundtrack by Michael W.P. Wenas.
• Aluxhim (Base Simulation) Audio:
  • Alana Jordan — space-rock-instrumental-02-485597.mp3 (Pixabay)
  • catch22music — psychedelic-chilled-trip-hop-full-366217.mp3 (Pixabay)
  • tunetank — energetic-surf-rock-music-350069.mp3 & surf-rock-music-349718.mp3
  • Jerome Chauvel (abydos_music) — motivational-shoegaze-rock-190329.mp3 & shoegaze-valentine-193816.mp3 (Pixabay)
  • TokyoRifft — ambient-jazzthe-magic-city-413161.mp3
• Novokult (Neural Flight) Audio:
  • Nicholas Panek (nickpanekaiassets) — intense-gabber-prayer-track-222188.mp3 & systemkollaps-driving-german-industrial-techno-ebm-436977.mp3 (Pixabay)
  • delosound — hard-aggressive-techno-421103.mp3
  • hitslab — cyberpunk-futuristic-city-cyberpunk-music-412355.mp3 & cyberpunk-futuristic-cyberpunk-industrial-music-474697.mp3
  • HumanStudioEDM — hardbass-cyberpunk-506329.mp3 (Pixabay)
• Esoteric Processes Audio:
  • freemusicforvideo — meditation-495611.mp3 (Pixabay)
• Audio Licensing: Audio assets are utilized pursuant to the Pixabay Content License terms (Licensee ID: u_mev9srzmjt).

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License: Copyfarleft (Peer Production License)

This project is released under a Copyfarleft license—specifically the Peer Production License (PPL).

What is Copyfarleft?

Developed as an extension of the free software and copyleft movements (notably articulated by Dmytri Kleiner in The Telekommunist Manifesto), Copyfarleft is designed to protect the commons against capitalist enclosure and the exploitation of wage labor.

Under the Peer Production License (PPL):

1. Peers and Worker-Owned Cooperatives: You are completely free to study, share, remix, modify, and redistribute this software, including for economic purposes, provided that you are an individual worker, a non-profit collective, a worker-owned cooperative, or a self-employed peer producer where the surplus value is retained by the workers.
2. Non-Commercial Use: Any non-commercial use by individuals or communities is fully permitted under standard copyleft terms.
3. Capitalist & Commercial Enterprises: Private commercial enterprises that employ wage labor and appropriate surplus value for non-worker owners or shareholders may not exploit, redistribute, or monetize this work without negotiating an explicit commercial agreement with the author.

SPDX-License-Identifier: PPL (Peer Production License / Copyfarleft)
Copyright (c) 2026 Michael W.P. Wenas

For inquiries regarding commercial licensing or enterprise use, please contact the author at https://michaelwenas.biz.id.