Dear J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars enthusiasts,

I would like to wish you all Happy New Year and lots of great games in 2018!

We are still knee-deep in production of our new game Someday You'll Return, but I am still in my limited free time doing some small adjustments to J.U.L.I.A. + helping those of you who have problems with the game.

I am getting quite a few emails about your desires to have a localization of this game into various languages (with the prevailing being Russian language).

To be honest, it's very expensive and time-consuming issue for us, so I would like to understand how many of you are really interested in various languages. For that reason I would like to give you this simple survey to use and spread:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GKJTRLZ

So it's up to you, now. If I can see that there is a real interest in those languages, we'll do it. Sadly we are just two persons so chasing a wild-geese for a few people could seriously impact our future. :)

Once again I wish you lovely 2018!

--Jan

Dear J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars enthusiasts,

I would like to wish you all Happy New Year and lots of great games in 2018!

We are still knee-deep in production of our new game Someday You'll Return, but I am still in my limited free time doing some small adjustments to J.U.L.I.A. + helping those of you who have problems with the game.

I am getting quite a few emails about your desires to have a localization of this game into various languages (with the prevailing being Russian language).

To be honest, it's very expensive and time-consuming issue for us, so I would like to understand how many of you are really interested in various languages. For that reason I would like to give you this simple survey to use and spread:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GKJTRLZ

So it's up to you, now. If I can see that there is a real interest in those languages, we'll do it. Sadly we are just two persons so chasing a wild-geese for a few people could seriously impact our future. :)

Once again I wish you lovely 2018!

--Jan

Hello everyone,

I tracked down another issue which started to happen more often now -
sometimes interface got stuck for no particular reason on the screen. I managed to implement a fix which should help. If your savegame has this issue, please return to probe and back on the planet. This should fix your savegames.

All the best in 2017!

Jan

Hello everyone,

I tracked down another issue which started to happen more often now -
sometimes interface got stuck for no particular reason on the screen. I managed to implement a fix which should help. If your savegame has this issue, please return to probe and back on the planet. This should fix your savegames.

All the best in 2017!

Jan

Hello everyone,

I've just pushed an update to the game, which somehow deals with those of you who experienced lost cursor. Please note, that the situation is far from ideal, but it's better than not having any kind of fix.

TL;DR; version:
if you experience lost cursor, press F11 and IMMEDIATELY return into probe (through the upper interface icon). It will fix it for you without further consequences.

Long version (tech lingo and all that, so feel free to stop reading now):

The case of a disappearing cursor is a complex and long one. First of all, it never occured to me and it's obviously hardware related (intel gfx cards are susceptible) so I never saw the cause, only the effect. After spending a lot of time trying to kill this beast, I traced it down to libraries engine is using, something which even with my best effort is for me unable to mend.

Some sort of weird memory corruption is happening there with some cards and the result is that the game drops access to that interface object (consequence of a cascade memory leak). That's basically the reason why even after F11, you ran into all sorts of glitches. So what my fix is doing - it simply recreates this interface upon entering the probe hopefully eliminating this condition once for all.

To this date I fixed quite a few savegames for you all and if you need, just send them to me, I do it quite easily.

Once again thank you everyone for your great support and I hope this workaround will fix this problem once and for all.

-- Jan

Hello everyone,

I've just pushed an update to the game, which somehow deals with those of you who experienced lost cursor. Please note, that the situation is far from ideal, but it's better than not having any kind of fix.

TL;DR; version:
if you experience lost cursor, press F11 and IMMEDIATELY return into probe (through the upper interface icon). It will fix it for you without further consequences.

Long version (tech lingo and all that, so feel free to stop reading now):

The case of a disappearing cursor is a complex and long one. First of all, it never occured to me and it's obviously hardware related (intel gfx cards are susceptible) so I never saw the cause, only the effect. After spending a lot of time trying to kill this beast, I traced it down to libraries engine is using, something which even with my best effort is for me unable to mend.

Some sort of weird memory corruption is happening there with some cards and the result is that the game drops access to that interface object (consequence of a cascade memory leak). That's basically the reason why even after F11, you ran into all sorts of glitches. So what my fix is doing - it simply recreates this interface upon entering the probe hopefully eliminating this condition once for all.

To this date I fixed quite a few savegames for you all and if you need, just send them to me, I do it quite easily.

Once again thank you everyone for your great support and I hope this workaround will fix this problem once and for all.

-- Jan

Dear community,

due to a "bluescreen event" caused by my brain I somehow managed to upload incomplete version of Untold. This is now fixed so please restart your Steam client and start a fresh game for a maximum experience.

My apologies for that!

--Jan

Dear community,

due to a "bluescreen event" caused by my brain I somehow managed to upload incomplete version of Untold. This is now fixed so please restart your Steam client and start a fresh game for a maximum experience.

My apologies for that!

--Jan

After incredible wait we're back with a fully german version and DLC.

To switch the language version, access properties of the game and on the "languages" tab switch the language. Be warned that it's a long download, though.

Also you might notice that a DLC is being available. It contains game soundtrack, beautiful hintbook and as a bonus a game called J.U.L.I.A.: Untold. It's a puzzle game based upon the blueprint construction puzzle from J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars and offering 5 unique pieces of story before the game actually happened.

I hope you will like it and happy listening / gaming!

-- Jan

After incredible wait we're back with a fully german version and DLC.

To switch the language version, access properties of the game and on the "languages" tab switch the language. Be warned that it's a long download, though.

Also you might notice that a DLC is being available. It contains game soundtrack, beautiful hintbook and as a bonus a game called J.U.L.I.A.: Untold. It's a puzzle game based upon the blueprint construction puzzle from J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars and offering 5 unique pieces of story before the game actually happened.

I hope you will like it and happy listening / gaming!

-- Jan

Dear community,

We would like to wish you Merry Christmas and all the best in New Year!

We have a news for you - on 12th of January a massive update will bring you finally fully localised german version of the game as well as an optional DLC containing Soundtrack, Hintbook and 50 levels long game J.U.L.I.A.: Untold.

As we are currently rushing towards completion a strange behavior occured. Some of you might have experienced dowloading version which was empty. It was probably connected to german package but we are not sure why that happened. I removed the package for now so I hope you will be able to properly launch the game and I apologize for this inconvenience.

If anything happens to your installation, please let me know and I will investigate further.

Together with the German version the game will get a much needed update fixing the issues at Zenobia where some of the players experienced losing the mouse cursor and issues with Decryption.

I would once again like to thank you for your amazing support and hope that you will like our update scheduled for January 12th.

-- Jan

Dear community,

We would like to wish you Merry Christmas and all the best in New Year!

We have a news for you - on 12th of January a massive update will bring you finally fully localised german version of the game as well as an optional DLC containing Soundtrack, Hintbook and 50 levels long game J.U.L.I.A.: Untold.

As we are currently rushing towards completion a strange behavior occured. Some of you might have experienced dowloading version which was empty. It was probably connected to german package but we are not sure why that happened. I removed the package for now so I hope you will be able to properly launch the game and I apologize for this inconvenience.

If anything happens to your installation, please let me know and I will investigate further.

Together with the German version the game will get a much needed update fixing the issues at Zenobia where some of the players experienced losing the mouse cursor and issues with Decryption.

I would once again like to thank you for your amazing support and hope that you will like our update scheduled for January 12th.

-- Jan

Hello everyone,

it's been a long time and some of you might have suspected that we disappeared. Quite the opposite! We can't be working harder but unfortunately things got a bit complicated.

Let me fill you up with the news:

1. we are currently beta testing german version of J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars. This will be a free update for everyone requiring just a version switch. However - it's a full localization with well over 40 000 words and fully voiced.
It took us almost half a year to get it in shape and there are still things to fix!

This brought an extra set of problems and I had to seriously touch the game core to be able to fully localize it. Which brings me to the following issue:

2. Bug fixes. So far I am trying my best to fix your savegames so please keep them coming. However some of emails come back as undeliverable. If you didn't receive your fix, please chime in. BUT! I will also pull out a cumulative patch which will hopefully fix all the issues. At this point however doing it could totally ruin your game as the huge changes due to a german version needs to be properly retested in English version so I can publish the game without having to bite all my fingernails off.

3. Lots of you asked me for a soundtrack! Some of you question the one missing achievement. Don't worry, it is not not part of J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars. Unfortunately Steam doesn't let me make it invisible or split it as DLC only. This achievement is connected to a gift hidden inside the planned Soundtrack / Hintbook DLC. :)

So please stay tuned, it's coming albeit I wish it was out there already a few months ago.

Thank you everyone and enjoy the game!

-- Jan

Hello everyone,

it's been a long time and some of you might have suspected that we disappeared. Quite the opposite! We can't be working harder but unfortunately things got a bit complicated.

Let me fill you up with the news:

1. we are currently beta testing german version of J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars. This will be a free update for everyone requiring just a version switch. However - it's a full localization with well over 40 000 words and fully voiced.
It took us almost half a year to get it in shape and there are still things to fix!

This brought an extra set of problems and I had to seriously touch the game core to be able to fully localize it. Which brings me to the following issue:

2. Bug fixes. So far I am trying my best to fix your savegames so please keep them coming. However some of emails come back as undeliverable. If you didn't receive your fix, please chime in. BUT! I will also pull out a cumulative patch which will hopefully fix all the issues. At this point however doing it could totally ruin your game as the huge changes due to a german version needs to be properly retested in English version so I can publish the game without having to bite all my fingernails off.

3. Lots of you asked me for a soundtrack! Some of you question the one missing achievement. Don't worry, it is not not part of J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars. Unfortunately Steam doesn't let me make it invisible or split it as DLC only. This achievement is connected to a gift hidden inside the planned Soundtrack / Hintbook DLC. :)

So please stay tuned, it's coming albeit I wish it was out there already a few months ago.

Thank you everyone and enjoy the game!

-- Jan

I would like to thank all the players for joining J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars universe. It's incredible to see fan contents pouring in. It's also frustrating to see how some of you have to suffer some of the bugs which slipped by my tired eyes. Rest assured that I do address them as fast as possible.

Those of you who sent me savegames are getting these back fixed and I hope you continue enjoying the game.

I've just commited fixes to the following issues:


- Museum scripture window no longer stays on screen if you exit via the probe skip (actually this option was a bug) and instead you can correctly access interface help question mark.

- StarMap puzzle correctly resets if you don't solve it and choose to exit the puzzle instead.

- [edit] Weapon construction is no longer hiding UI if exited without completion.

I also got some reports concerning Linux and underwater area (and got a savegame so I can replicate the issue! Thank you!). I will be looking into these issues and try to fix them asap.


Once again thank you for playing the game and I hope that you enjoy it!


Jan

I would like to thank all the players for joining J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars universe. It's incredible to see fan contents pouring in. It's also frustrating to see how some of you have to suffer some of the bugs which slipped by my tired eyes. Rest assured that I do address them as fast as possible.

Those of you who sent me savegames are getting these back fixed and I hope you continue enjoying the game.

I've just commited fixes to the following issues:


- Museum scripture window no longer stays on screen if you exit via the probe skip (actually this option was a bug) and instead you can correctly access interface help question mark.

- StarMap puzzle correctly resets if you don't solve it and choose to exit the puzzle instead.

- [edit] Weapon construction is no longer hiding UI if exited without completion.

I also got some reports concerning Linux and underwater area (and got a savegame so I can replicate the issue! Thank you!). I will be looking into these issues and try to fix them asap.


Once again thank you for playing the game and I hope that you enjoy it!


Jan

Dear friends,Valentine’s Day is all about showing some love to those you care about. And how better would we show our care then with 50% discount of our J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars?



Click on the image and grab the game in this great sale before it disappears!

Undecided? Check our new trailer which is part of our Steam page.

Yours,
Jan

Dear friends,Valentines Day is all about showing some love to those you care about. And how better would we show our care then with 50% discount of our J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars?



Click on the image and grab the game in this great sale before it disappears!

Undecided? Check our new trailer which is part of our Steam page.

Yours,
Jan

Dear Earthlings!

I believe I've finally spotted that nasty thing preventing achievements from
working on Linux systems. I would be happy if you could confirm that you are getting these even after you continue your game.

Thank you and enjoy!

Jan

Dear Earthlings!

I believe I've finally spotted that nasty thing preventing achievements from
working on Linux systems. I would be happy if you could confirm that you are getting these even after you continue your game.

Thank you and enjoy!

Jan

Dear Earthlings,

today we are bringing you a large cumulative update of many things which has been reported to us. It's still not dealing with Linux achievements because I am unable to replicate the issue you are having, but it's not forgotten, just not easy to fix.

What does the patch fix?

* No 10 seconds waiting for menu on some computers
* Initial repair puzzle has been seriously shortened. It takes less time now and gets you exploring much faster
* Some Mission Data have now more clear text!
* Ambrosian no longer appears when he shouldn't
* Upgrade slider doesn't walk away from screen
* Log tabs shouldn't move out of the logbook
* Underwater frequency / pulse seek should no longer make the cursor disappear
* Textual changes and typo corrections
* Final credits change to include all the backers
* Some minor region size repairs

Enjoy,

Jan

We are incredibly humbled by the positive reception of our game. It's over two months from the launch and the amount of great reviews and positive feedback is just overwhelming.

For that reason we have decided to discount the game for a limited time. If you hesitated or want to get our game as a present for someone, do it now. Our discount will end on 7th of December.

Thank you and please enjoy the game.

Jan

Hello Earthlings!

I've just pushed another update which basically fixed some minor textual things, but also now it should be possible to correctly achieve "Methodical" and "Real scientist".

You can try if you are brave. Also I did some nice progress with Mac OS version so this one will be probably available quite soon.

[transmission ends]
Jan

Hello everyone,

after insane months of hard work we've made it and the game is now here!

However being such a small team, we didn't have time to properly test Linux and MacOS versions neither our testers actually played through these.

For that reason we want to spend extra time to properly test Mac and Linux versions before sending them out. Expect those versions soon.

Kind regards,
Jan