 Starflight had a sequel , Starflight 2 : Trade Routes of the Cloud Nebula . Ybarra went on to create <unk> , another space exploration adventure . Reiche was inspired by the game to create Star Control , with Johnson coding three of the alien species in the game ; Computer Gaming World called Star Control II a spiritual successor to Starflight . Mass Effect director Casey Hudson tweeted in 2011 that " Starflight was a key inspiration for the ME series . " Starflight is often cited along with Elite , which appeared two years earlier with similar gameplay , as early open world space exploration games . Dwarf Fortress 's forgotten beasts were inspired by the procedurally generated lifeforms within Starflight . 
