We're releasing into Early Access on August 5th 2021! (It's a Thursday.)
Here’s the announcement trailer that was just shown during the Future Games Show E3 2021 showcase:
You can still pre-order for a discounted price, to get a Steam (or GoG) key automatically on release day.
If you like the look of our game and want to hear more, wishlist on Steam and join our Discord community. Wishlisting also boosts our visibility and gives us better metrics for which languages to look into translating in the future!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062000/Starmancer/
Early Access
So, why Early Access? Our plan has always been to release Starmancer and continue adding new, free content for a long time (until way after it's responsible).
We have high level plans for post launch (e.g. weapons, livestock, bots, genetic augmentation), but our most important goal is to be as flexible as possible and address the least fun areas of the game.
The element of fun adds a constant, unknowable cost. It's not easy to play your own game and figure out what's fun and what’s not, especially as a 2 person dev-team. That’s why we need your help. We want you to show us what you like about Starmancer (we'll add more of it), but also tell us what you don't like. If another game does something better, we want to know about it! Maybe they solved the same problem we’re having—good—everyone benefits from a great solution.
On a more personal note: we want to make something that's fun. There's a person out there having a bad day, and we want to make something that makes their day slightly less bad. We're not trying to make a game with a profound message, or to prove how "creative" we are.
It's a game. Games should be fun.
There's extra info, and a more in-depth report on what we've recently added to Starmancer on our website) and we’ll be posting an update back here soon.
Starmancer is releasing into Early Access on August 5th, and I hope to see you there!
(Don't forget to tell your friends)
-Tyler
Discord: discord.gg/starmancer
Twitter: @StarmancerGame
Reddit: r/playstarmancer
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