As we reach the culmination of this first year of development, it is with immense pride and gratitude that we unveil the final update of Spaceport Trading Company (for this year). This milestone is a testament to the dedication, innovation, and relentless pursuit of excellence that has propelled our interstellar trading adventures. Over the past twelve months, we have not only achieved significant milestones but also built a vibrant community of space traders who share our vision of exploring the cosmos. This release embodies our commitment to delivering exceptional trading experiences and sets the stage for an even more remarkable future among the stars. Here’s to celebrating our first year and looking ahead to new horizons!
We have made great strides in features and improvements, Career Mode is the next step in our path to 1.0 release. Career Mode was created to make use of some new graphics used in the unreleased Story Mode. We want to collect feedback and find rough points before it breaks the focus on a new galaxy.
Thank you for all of the feedback, testing, and bug reports.
Updates
- Career Mode Added: - Locations now move and orbit! - New Star Graphics - New Planet and moon graphics - New Starscape ({4.0.1} was updated once more to improve performance). This is something we are monitoring closely - {4.0.2} UI Filter Panel can now allow for Fuel Range Ring Display toggle - {4.0.2} Travel Markers can now release destination lock should a location orbit away - {4.0.6} Allow for new setup options on New Game
- Shipyard Updates UI updates
- Location Tooltips have had their collision systems overhauled. We are looking for more feedback on further improvements
- Star System Map Camera now has great zoom range
- More 12 new tooltips
- More Ship and Agent names have been added into the random generation pool
- Localization: - More than a few Controls were found to not have been localized, this has been fixed - a section of the game that was missed
- Report Issue system has been updated
- {4.0.1} Main Menu background graphics updated
- {4.0.2} Localized Difficulty
- {4.0.2} More Agent names
- {4.0.3} Improved performance with the Ping Marker in all game modes
- {4.0.6} New Ships: - Dart S-4M - Hugger S-9
- {4.0.6} Galaxy Map Visual Update
Balance
- The Economic Engine now has a larger base
- Luma now has a new location, this will only be available in new games
- Ship now have Max Crew and Bunks split to allow for more Jobs in the future
Bugs
- Addressed a few issues with the camera getting stuck or nearly stuck on the edges of the map
- Addressed an issue with Fuel Range Rings and Scanner Range Rings that could lead to a crash
- Addressed an issue with Bookmarks and distance calculations
- Addressed a few exploits with gadgets scrapping
- Addressed issues with Progress Bar status after submitting a Report
Future Work
- Ships are getting a large rework
- {4.0.6} We will be adding more career path options in the near future
- Career Mode is a test bed for the Story Mode