Check out what the space-sim Star Citizen looks like in action

Independent publisher Cloud Imperium Games has $41 million to make a modern-day simulation of dogfighting in space … and this looks like money well spent so far.

The company is working on Star Citizen, which simulates space-based trade and combat. That means lots of starships, orbiting docks, and dogfights. The game is in development now, and Cloud Imperium finally showed off the game in action during a panel at the Penny Arcade Expo East convention happening this weekend in Boston. The clip has a pilot climbing into a ship, donning a helmet, and blasting off to explore a fleet of ships and the stars.