Developer posts and news about this game.
Took a little break from dev during the summer, now working again. There's been lots of bigger and smaller updates lately: Lootable shipwrecks Started adding lore segments that can be found around Updated art, most notably using starmap data to programmatically create the backgro
I've done a bunch of changes based on feedback, and just now updated the Playtest version: RENT was annoying to use because it changed each month, so if you didn't periodically keep looking at it you would lose the income stream. Quick fix: made the active deals stay while only i
I'm running an open playtest this week, give it a try! It will be available until Friday. The playtest can be accessed from the store page, looks like this: It's a late alpha build: a bit rough and lacking features but should give a pretty good idea of how a run feels like. Pleas
I've been working on the late-game. I already had a nicely flowing upgrade path for the first 2/3 of the run but the last year needed more content. The main idea is that towards the end it should be possible (and worthwhile!) to do longer and longer grinding trips. The main chang
Balancing out mid/late game gameplay elements. I needed to come up with a way to make side hustling activities less dominating. The resource trading especially was problematic, since with the prices moving around a lot it was pretty easy to make lots of credits in a short time. W
I have recently been working mostly on music and now have first versions of some tracks done. It's not quite where I want it to be yet, but the tracks are shaping up pretty nicely, I think. I've been experimenting with loads of different music production tools in the past few wee
Not too many visible things this week, but lots of refactoring and cleaning up code regarding, for example, the energy system and ship specs data. The biggest gameplay change was related to the player crashing the ship or running out of fuel. Previously, this resulted in loading
This week's main work has been the auto-targeting mining laser. Upgrading this along with the magnet enables much more efficient roid grinding. I'm quite happy with how the laser effect turned out. Getting the magnet to work nicely was a piece of work due to the collectable resou
This week, I've focused on two idle money-making mechanics. There's the resource market simulation, which allows profiting from resource price fluctuations. It's possible to rent out excess energy created by the ship's reactor. Activating rent contracts provides a passive income