This experimental update for Starground introduces a massive behind-the-scenes change to how logistics work. This involves a complete rebuild of conveyors, movers, splitters, underground conveyors, and lots of changes to every building in the game. Let me know things run, and if you run into any issues, feel free to report them on Steam forums, or on Discord. Thanks!

Additions

• Added sounds, particles, and vfx to the brewing station

• Completely rebuilt all conveyors, splitters, movers, and underground belts in order to improve performance

• Added the ability to rotate conveyors without consuming items

Changes

• Improved the appearance of corner conveyors (now uses a shader)

• Made it so that items saved in the dungeon are cleared on load

• Made it so the game version is always printed to console on launch

• Made it so holding down the item grab button (F) will continue to grab items every 0.25 seconds (instead of only once)

• Made it so replacing a conveyor will now no longer drop the item on it

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where farm plots would show the mushroom for a frame when placing

• Fixed an issue where hydrogen bombs didn't show up on multiplayer

• Fixed an issue where tiles on Opis could be consumed multiple times on multiplayer

• Fixed an issue where the blueprint selection would appear for everybody when someone on multiplayer activated it

• Fixed an issue where building a blueprint ghost on multiplayer would remove items from everybody

• Fixed an issue where the calorus monument had no description

• Fixed an issue where the item pickup indicator was not translating item names

• Fixed an issue where movers would grab items from buildings on load

• Fixed an issue where bees with multiple items could sometimes fail to deposit them

Optimizations

• Improved the performance of player object hovering

• Improved the performance of bees

• Improved the performance of researchers

• Improved the performance of all crafting buildings

• Improved the performance of sound emitters

• Improved loading times for very large factories with lots of conveyor belts

• Massively improved the performance of movers

[ 2025-08-02 21:42:11 CET ] [ Original post ]

Prospector, a new automation game enters the galaxy!

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Bundle

Starground and Prospector are collaborating to offer a 15% discounted bundle. Buying both games in the bundle gives a 15% discount (on top of any regular game discounts too). If you've enjoyed the automation and resource gathering in Starground, give Prospector a try!

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[ 2025-08-01 16:39:05 CET ] [ Original post ]

This quick hotfix for Starground fixes an issue that would prevent modified tiles from syncing on multiplayer.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where modified tiles on multiplayer would not get synced

[ 2025-07-19 22:38:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

This small patch to Starground fixes some issues created as a result of the rework of the building rotation system in 0.14.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where placing non-symmetrical buildings would break collision (pressure walls, refiner, asteroid collector, etc.)

• Fixed an issue where placing down a blueprint would instantly mine and break the blueprint

• Fixed an issue where opening the blueprint menu while the building menu was open would not close the building menu

[ 2025-07-15 12:11:48 CET ] [ Original post ]

This small patch for Starground fixes an issue where splitters were not placed on the grid, as well as an isuse where multiplayer players couldn't open the starlauncher.

Changes

• Made it so blueprints are always instantly destroyed when mined

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where ingredient lists under blueprints were offset wrong

• Fixed an issue where splitters weren't snapping to the grid properly

• Fixed an issue where dragging and spam placing splitters could sometimes place one off-grid

• Fixed an issue where starlauncher menus were inaccessible on multiplayer

[ 2025-07-15 06:58:26 CET ] [ Original post ]

[img src="https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images/44866778/6dd8230611d1f9fa6290026e432f751604da94f8.png"][/img]The third automation planet for Starground is here! Opis is a new gas giant planet that players can exploit for new resources and technologies. Expand out your initial platform, collect asteroids, and deal with the dangers of powerful thunderstorms. With a new automation planet comes a whole host of new buildings, and blueprints! This update also comes along with the release of the official soundtrack for Starground! Buying the OST is a way to directly support us and make development of Starground more sustainable.

Whats New

OST Launch

[dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3735710/Starground_OST/"][/dynamiclink]

The official soundtrack for Starground is finally here! This OST, created by Ben Pittman, starts out with 47 tracks as seen in-game. These span from the calm and lo-fi vibes of automation zones, to the intense and grungy tracks from dungeons. This OST will be continually updated as new tracks are created and put into the game. A bundle with the OST and main game will be ready to go soon!

Buying the OST is entirely optional, and serves as a way to support more development of Starground. We hope you all enjoy it!

Opis

[img src="https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images/44866778/280f15bacb9f3fb9f2be5a4777155cfca788d467.png"][/img]

Opis is now the third automation planet in Starground. Being a gas giant, there's no physical surface to build on. Instead, players start on a floating platform that they can extend by building more in the Crafter. Opis offers new base materials like gold and hydrogen. It's important to be weary of the environmental hazards on Opis however. Lightning tends to strike often here, so building surge protectors to absorb those zaps will prevent your power networks from shutting down.

New Technology

[img src="https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images/44866778/8e61c4a7fb3a1068f9b3e3a8c51ee9c7dcc2e641.gif"][/img]

0.14 includes a whole new host of new content! Buildings include:

• Asteroid Collector

• Atmosphere Collector

• Surge Protector

• Wind Turbine

• Big Frog Battery

• V3 Conveyor, Splitter, and Underground Conveyor

There's also brand new items and researches to unlock on Opis as well!

Blueprints

[img src="https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images/44866778/1c1bd7e90e34373abad2494452687ecc4b9dda21.gif"][/img]

Blueprints are finally here in Starground! This feature lets you copy buildings in a selectable area to be placed down later in any save. The ability to create new blueprints is unlocked on Opis, but you can access and place existing ones anytime in the blueprint menu (G on keyboard).

Blueprints can be saved, which ensures they stay around even when you close out of the game. Blueprints can also be imported/exported as text, in order to make sharing blueprints with others extremely easy.

QOL Improvements

[img src="https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images/44866778/c6afb1108cc3bdd7a6402e9a6620c6d0004f86e9.gif"][/img]

It was always a bit tricky to see what items did what, and what ingredients buildings required, etc. In 0.14, all building, item, and recipe icons now show a more detailed list when hovered over. Planets in the Starlauncher also have received the same treatment, now outlining much more information about them than before.

More QOL features, including quick grabbing items from buildings, and shift + left/right clicking buildings to copy and paste recipes will be coming very soon!

Thats all for this update, with some left out features coming very soon. Be on the lookout for upcoming announcements on Steam, and for our 0.15 plans!

If you run into any problems, please report them on the Steam forums, or over on Discord. Enjoy!

Follow Along

Want to follow the development of Starground more closely? Please consider joining the official Discord, or tuning into regular devstreams held over on Twitch. [img src="https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images/44866778/2266c5c6e16e58a7caad9a538ed6b00696e22f7d.png"][/img][img src="https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images/44866778/6b926a1849144f7e8901544767e66794e7eeb377.png"][/img]

Changelog

Additions

• Added a new automation planet called Opis

• Added lightning that will strike electrical buildings without proper shielding

• Added a recipe to craft land tiles with stone

• Added track Radio Waves to Opis

• Added track Floating Memories to Opis

• Added track Waiting Room to the space hub

• Added track Arid Heat to Tephra

• Added track Sea Foam to the main menu

• Added hydrogen bombs

• Added asteroid collectors

• Added track Mist of Memories to Opis

• Added track Lost City to Tyria

• Added blueprints

• Added the blueprint menu (can be accessed with G by default)

• Added creative generators (only accessible through the create command)

• Added the Explosion Griefing world option that disables explosions from breaking buildings and terrain (can also be included as a tag in dedicated servers)

• Added environmental modifiers to each building that change solar/wind efficiency

• Added wind turbines

• Added atmosphere collectors

• Added gold ore

• Added gold ingots

• Added voltrum ingots (gold and copper alloy)

• Added voltrum wires

• Added lenses

• Added microprocessors

• Added a building category for farming & husbandry

• Added the item info popup to research requirements

• Added an info panel to recipes

• Added more info to regions in the starlauncher

• Added a dungeon room icon for challenge rooms

• Added a dungeon room icon for chest rooms

• Added a dungeon room icon for puzzle rooms

• Added a startup mod error menu that shows reasons for why mods did not load

• Added the big frog battery

• Added a discord button to the main menu and the pause menu

• Added Opis to the main menu

• Added a new tier to the tiered mover speed research

• Added a tiered research for pressure pump limits

• Added the ability to run dedicated servers with environment variables

Changes

• Made it so research buttons now wrap their text in the research menu

• Decreased the cost of land tiles in Burgundy the snail's shop

• Changed the default zoom level to be more zoomed out

• Made it so the research command will now actually complete and process all researches without needing to start each one manually

• Made it so only files ending with .zip will try to be loaded as a mod

• Updated track Dark Side Of The Moon with a new mix

• Changed building menu ingredients to use a horizontal format

• Improved the appearance of focus boxes on UI to prevent them from getting cut off or extending past buttons

• Removed some old unused assets, decreasing the game's filesize

• Increased the size of the building menu

• Made it so batteries now show how much they store in the build menu

• Made it so the starlauncher will shake and zoom in the camera a little bit when shooting

• Updated all translations

• Changed the old Bygone Timber track (tree of wisdom) to a remastered version

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the show completed button would permanently hide completed research

• Fixed a minor issue where item slots would still be changing size after hovering and closing the inventory

• Fixed a longstanding issue where item slots would not become refocused when an item is dropped into a new slot

• Fixed a crash when trying to place a land tile on top of a building that does not have a valid building entry

• Fixed an issue where the highlighted button in the build menu was not saved properly after closing the menu

• Fixed an issue where clicking the mod button while already in the menu would duplicate your mods

• Fixed multiple issues with dungeon rooms not displaying the proper kind of room icon

• Fixed an issue where items with effects would not be treated as food

• Fixed an issue where servers did not default to loading world.dat in the working directory

• Fixed an issue where tesla coils will show their lightning zaps when a network is created without any power generation

• Fixed multiple issues where breaking buildings that are target by movers or bees could crash the game

• Fixed an issue where troughts would not be fully filled with movers

• Fixed an issue where spore could start laughing as he died, softlocking players in the dungeon

• Fixed an issue where a player exiting in a game through Steam would cause everyone else to also exit

• Fixed an issue where players could sometimes spawn in invisible through Steam multiplayer

• Fixed an issue where players connecting to a Steam game would sometimes not have their player spawn in, and instead stay stuck in a top-view camera

• Fixed an issue where movers would not properly cache a new building after one is broken

• Fixed an issue where the research command wouldn't go past level 1 on tiered researches

• Fixed an issue where underground conveyor indicators would stay visible when canceling a building placement

• (Probably) fixed an issue where buildings could cause crashes accessing a tilemap data layer on Tyria

Modding

• Added the Hidden tag to buildings and research, that allows a secret building to exist without being placeable, or a research to exist without it showing up or being selectable in the research menu

• Added the StarlauncherButton tag to regions, allowing modded regions to be placed inside of the starlauncher UI

• Added multiple new functions to ModAPI, including blueprint encoding/decoding, and generating info panels for different types of things

Optimizations

• Optimized the performance of nuclear and hydrogen bomb explosions

• Optimized performance of movers

• Completely rebuilt the entire Steam networking system to improve stability and keep things inline with the ENet multiplayer behavior

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[ 2025-07-14 20:04:41 CET ] [ Original post ]

This quick hotfix addresses an issue where people joining a multiplayer world without modified tiles would cause the game to freeze. Hopefully with this, connection issues for Starground are solved!

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where players could not connect on multiplayer if the host world did not have modified tiles

• Fixed an issue where changing world settings in the new game screen would not transfer over to in-game

• Fixed an issue where players would not animate at the proper speed on multiplayer

[ 2025-07-09 23:36:55 CET ] [ Original post ]

This is the first "real" release of an experimental build for Opis! (the first one being for bugfixes) This update includes a ton of things, mostly focusing on automation, general stability, and QOL.

Many of these changes were merged into the main branch in order to fix multiplayer issues, however they'll be reported on alongside these experimental releases and eventually the full release of 0.14.

Let me know on Discord or on Steam Forums how things are feeling balance-wise. I will continue to tweak things, add new buildings, and get this update ready for the 14th.

Changelog

Additions

• Added lightning that will strike electrical buildings without proper protection

• Added a new automation planet called Opis

• Added a recipe to craft land tiles with stone

• Added track Radio Waves to Opis

• Added track Floating Memories to Opis

• Added track Waiting Room to the space hub

• Added track Arid Heat to Tephra

• Added track Sea Foam to the main menu

• Added hydrogen bombs

• Added asteroid collectors

• Added creative generators (only accessible through the create command)

• Added the explosionGriefing world option that disables explosions from breaking buildings and terrain (can also be included as a tag in dedicated servers)

• Added environmental modifiers to each building that change solar/wind efficiency

• Added wind turbines

• Added atmosphere collectors

• Added gold ore

• Added gold ingots

• Added voltrum ingots (gold and copper alloy)

• Added voltrum wires

• Added lenses

• Added microprocessors

• Added a building category for farming & husbandry

• Added the item info popup to research requirements

• Added an info panel to recipes

• Added more info to regions in the starlauncher

• Added a dungeon room icon for challenge rooms

• Added a dungeon room icon for chest rooms

• Added a dungeon room icon for puzzle rooms

• Added a startup mod error menu that shows reasons for why mods did not load

• Added the big frog battery

Changes

• Made it so research buttons now wrap their text in the research menu

• Decreased the cost of land tiles in Burgundy the snail's shop

• Changed the default zoom level to be more zoomed out

• Made it so the research command will now actually complete and process all researches without needing to start each one manually

• Made it so only files ending with .zip will try to be loaded as a mod

• Updated track Dark Side Of The Moon with a new mix

• Changed building menu ingredients to use a horizontal format

• Improved the appearance of focus boxes on UI to prevent them from getting cut off or extending past buttons

• Removed some old unused assets, decreasing the game's filesize

• Increased the size of the building menu

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the show completed button would permanently hide completed research

• Fixed a minor issue where item slots would still be changing size after hovering and closing the inventory

• Fixed a longstanding issue where item slots would not become refocused when an item is dropped into a new slot

• Fixed a crash when trying to place a land tile on top of a building that does not have a valid building entry

• Fixed an issue where the highlighted button in the build menu was not saved properly after closing the menu

• Fixed an issue where clicking the mod button while already in the menu would duplicate your mods

• Fixed multiple issues with dungeon rooms not displaying the proper kind of room icon

• Fixed an issue where items with effects would not be treated as food

• Fixed an issue where servers did not default to loading world.dat in the working directory

• Fixed an issue where tesla coils will show their lightning zaps when a network is created without any power generation

• Fixed multiple issues where breaking buildings that are target by movers or bees could crash the game

• Fixed an issue where troughts would not be fully filled with movers

• Fixed an issue where spore could start laughing as he died, softlocking players in the dungeon

• Fixed an issue where a player exiting in a game through Steam would cause everyone else to also exit

• Fixed an issue where players could sometimes spawn in invisible through Steam multiplayer

• Fixed an issue where players connecting to a Steam game would sometimes not have their player spawn in, and instead stay stuck in a top-view camera

Modding

• Added the Hidden tag to buildings and research, that allows a secret building/and or research to be hidden from normal menus

Optimizations

• Optimized the performance of nuclear and hydrogen bomb explosions

• Optimized performance of movers

• Completely rebuilt the entire Steam networking system to improve stability and keep things inline with the ENet multiplayer behavior

[ 2025-07-09 04:52:09 CET ] [ Original post ]

This hotfix for Starground dives deep into the networking code, and completely replaces the way Steam multiplayer is handled. This was done to improve stability, and fix a ton of issues that were specific to Steam multiplayer.

Fixes

• Completely rebuilt the entire Steam networking system to improve stability and keep things inline with the ENet multiplayer behavior

• Fixed multiple issues where breaking buildings that are target by movers or bees could crash the game

• Fixed an issue where troughs would not be fully filled with movers

• Fixed an issue where spore could start laughing as he died, softlocking players in the dungeon

• Fixed an issue where a player exiting in a game through Steam would cause everyone else to also exit

• Fixed an issue where players could sometimes spawn in invisible through Steam multiplayer

• Fixed an issue where players connecting to a Steam game would sometimes not have their player spawn in, and instead stay stuck in a top-view camera

• Fixed an issue where players could not access the Starlauncher on multiplayer

• Fixed an issue where movers would not properly grab items from buildings after their initial building was broken

[ 2025-07-09 04:46:42 CET ] [ Original post ]

This small hotfix addresses some issues that were preventing people from playing multiplayer through Steam. To those that have been affected by this issue, I apologize for your troubles. If anybody ever runs into issues like these, feel free to let me know on the Steam forums, or on Discord so that I can help and get these sort of things fixed as soon as I can.

Fixes

• Fixed multiple multiplayer issues preventing people from playing on Steam

[ 2025-07-03 05:03:35 CET ] [ Original post ]

This small hotfix for Starground addresses a few issues with research, and the movespeed command not working. This also introduces a change to how worlds are loaded and generated, allowing for more flexibility with modding.

Changes

• Changed world loading to loop through each region separately (good for modding)

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where players can enter the ocean on foot by building a specific terrain pattern and digging through

• Fixed an issue where researched buildings were not visible in the building menu

• Fixed an issue where the movespeed command was not functional

• Fixed an issue where the building menu on multiplayer showed all unlockable buildings

• Fixed an issue where purifier particles would be on when first built or loaded

[ 2025-06-13 23:13:13 CET ] [ Original post ]

This small update to Starground addresses some issues with dedicated servers, and adds more settings.ini functionality to them.

Additions

• Added the ability to specify generation settings in settings.ini

• Added the ability to enable commands in settings.ini

Changes

• Made it so dedicated servers will always generate a new world by default (using the new generation settings) if one is not found

• Made it so that the settings.ini file is generated automatically without having to rename the example-settings.ini file anymore

• Moved all settings.ini entries into sections (must be reformatted if you have a settings.ini file already)

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the minimap would be the incorrect size on multiplayer

• Fixed an issue where logs were broken on dedicated servers

[ 2025-06-07 23:41:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

Starground now supports dedicated servers! You can access these via the included Steam tool. This update also comes with a host of bug fixes (especially for multiplayer), and a couple of other nice-to-haves sprinkled in.

Whats New

Nighttime Glow

All glowing buildings will now light up the darkness! This change is purely visual, but it helps navigation at night, and adds a lot of depth to the darkness.

Dedicated Servers

Starground now has dedicated servers! This allows everyone to host a game without having to be a player and have visuals. To install your own dedicated server, you can get it from the included Steam tool called Starground Dedicated Server! You can also join in on the first public Starground server by using the default port 4433, and connecting to 15.204.242.62 Dedicated servers are still sort of experimental, so let me know if you run into any issues!

Changelog

Additions

• Added dedicated server support
• Added the whitelist command for dedicated server consoles
• Added the banlist command for dedicated server consoles
• Added the kick command
• Added the stop command for dedicated server consoles
• Added movement interpolation for all enemies

Changes

• Made it so usernames now have to be unique when joining a game on multiplayer
• Made it so players cannot join a multiplayer game if they're on the wrong version
• Made it so you can type in the chat while in the starlauncher
• Made it so the starlauncher will glow in the dark
• Made it so batteries and their progress bars are smooth, and also glow in the dark
• Made it so tesla coil lightning will glow in the dark
• Made it so researchers glow in the dark
• Made it so the purifier glows in the dark
• Changed the sprite for the foundry
• Made it so the foundry glows in the dark
• Made it so the furnace glows in the dark
• Changed the sprite for the burner
• Made it so the burner glows in the dark
• Made it so the electric furnace glows in the dark
• Made it so the oven glows in the dark
• Made it so crafter sparks glow in the dark
• Updated multiple skins
• Made it so you can no longer scroll when in the fishing minigame
• Made it so you can't open the tool wheel when in the fishing minigame

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the number puzzle room had breakable parts
• Fixed an isuse where the challenge chest could be broken
• Fixed an issue where it was possible to "dig" tiles underneath buildings and resources, causing water gaps on save and reload
• Fixed an issue where spore would crash the game
• Fixed an issue where killing dreadcap would crash the game on multiplayer
• Fixed an issue where SE units in the tesla coil had a decimal
• Fixed an isssue where buildings would show low power when the network had 0 consumption
• Fixed an issue where the puzzle vault room was broken on multiplayer
• Fixed issues with the player idle UV
• Fixed an issue where pressing Q while typing in chat would open the tool wheel
• Fixed an issue where you can walk around while in the starlauncher and invisible by changing your tool with keys
• Fixed an issue where items could become permanently held when the game is saved when an item is held in a player's inventory
• Fixed an issue where research buttons would not go green in multiplayer when finished
• Fixed an issue where orphan nodes could be created by running commands
• Fixed an issue where movers could take items out of building input slots on game load
• Fixed an issue where guns and projectiles were broken on multiplayer clients
• Fixed an issue where projectile tweens were not cleared properly
• Fixed an issue where Calorus did not play their death animation on multiplayer

Optimizations

• Improved performance of the research menu
• Improved performance of inventories
• Greatly improved performance of all fish (again)
• Improved performance of all enemies for multiplayer clients
• Improved performance of all dungeon doors
• Greatly improved performance of movers for clients on multiplayer
• Improved the performance of the building menu

[ 2025-06-04 21:08:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

A brand new dungeon makes its entrance to Starground! In this update, Finders Keepers, players can now explore Tephra, an abandoned planet infested with insects. Alongside the new zone, there's now a whole bunch of added weapon parts, artifacts, enemies, rooms, and more!

Whats New

Tephra

Tephra is a brand new dungeon in Starground! Unlike the lab on Enceladus, Tephra is an entirely new planet that can be completed simultaneously as Enceladus (on multiplayer). As with any new region, this comes alongside a ton of new content, including:

• Calorus, a brand new boss
• 5 new enemies to battle
• New combat rooms
• New ranged and melee parts
• New artifacts

This dungeon is the second of the final 4 dungeons planned. As time goes on, new levels will be added onto Tephra (just like the lab on Enceladus). Coming regular updates will continue to add and improve content for Tephra.

Updated Dungeon Visuals

Dungeons in Starground now look better than ever! This update includes some fancy new shaders that procedurally add in moss and dust, alongside new on-screen effects (can be disabled in accessibility settings). These really help liven up the look of dungeons, and ultimately build toward our ultimate vision for how Starground looks.

Puzzle Room

This update also introduces a new type of special dungeon room; puzzle rooms. Dungeons can now contain a new room that requires the correct sequence of buttons to be pressed in order to unlock a vault with powerful loot. As time goes on, we'll have more variety of what kind of puzzles players can solve. To solve them (can kind of ruin the fun if you know how): [spoiler]Dungeons now spawn in with numbers and symbols that are randomly scattered around, which will tell you what order to press them in.[/spoiler]

New Skins

This update also comes along with some new skins! 3 new "default" skins have been added to form the canon gang of Stargrounders. This includes Guy (default skin), Prichard, Darius, and Sandy. These characters will continue to make appearances in official artwork and other Starground-related things. Players can now also play as the Lefty skin, based on our publisher Graeme (thanks Graeme!), and a skin from the main character Cyl in the game Picayune Dreams. Huge thanks to its developers, and be sure to check it out! Thats all for this update gamers! Next up is a brand new automation planet!

If you run into any problems, please report them on the Steam forums, or over on Discord. Enjoy!

Follow Along

Want to follow the development of Starground more closely? Please consider joining the official Discord, or tuning into regular devstreams held over on Twitch.

Full Changelog

Additions

• Added the Prichard skin
• Added the Darius skin
• Added the Sandy skin
• Added the god command
• Added a Tephra chest room and loot table
• Added a play icon to the continue button
• Added a new dungeon planet called Tephra
• Added dungeon ziplines
• Added buttons to the customization menu to pause, play, and skip frames
• Added the spider marble ranged weapon part (spawns in helpful baby spiders)
• Added the cool eyepatch artifact
• Added track Boop to Veridian
• Added track Monument to Tyria
• Added track Ruins to the Enceladus lab
• Added track Grave to the Enceladus lab
• Added track Arps to the Enceladus top level
• Added track Duststorm to Tephra
• Added track Distress Beacon to Tephra
• Added track Ashen to Tephra
• Added track Window Shop to the space hub
• Added the khopesh blade melee part
• Added the scythe blade melee part
• Added the ancient bone weapon part
• Added the Lefty skin
• Added the Cyl skin

Changes

• Slightly changed the appearance of the Tyria water overlay
• Made it so decorations generate inside of exit rooms
• Increased the lifespan of blightbone poison clouds from 2 to 4 seconds
• Made it so the noclip command toggles without any arguments
• Made it so the zoomlimit command toggles without any arguments
• Made it so solar panels are marked as waterproof (for Tyria)
• Made it so the tool wheel cannot be opened when the inventory is open
• Made it so items can be dropped in the inventory with Left Trigger (LT)
• Removed track Prep Time from the space hub
• Made it so dust particles and quantity will scale with building size
• Marked the UI Scale option as being experimental

Optimizations

• Made various optimizations to the player script
• Greatly increased the performance of placing land tiles

Modding

• Made it so all entites can have ambient sounds
• Added the ambience_played signal to entities
• Moved all entity data into the entities_table
• Moved the water overlay to be a part of the player instead of in the world
• Made it so enemies can be marked as friendly in the ready event, which stops them from automatically targeting the player and from taking damage from friendly projectiles
• Made it so any item can have a consumption sound and spawn scene with the SpawnScene and ConsumeSound tags
• Moved projectile child properties to a new tag inside of ProjectileInfo called SpawnProperties
• Added the add_entity_entry() function to the ModAPI

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where door teleport positions were misaligned
• Fixed an issue where effects did not change the color of the player
• Fixed an issue where item indicators did not work for multiplayer
• Fixed an issue where fish catch noises were heard by everybody on multiplayer
• Fixed an issue where moleshrooms would process twice on multiplayer
• Fixed multiplayer issues related to landing pods
• Fixed an issue where the tool selection wheel on Steam Deck could become unusable
• Fixed an issue where dust particles were stuck at spawn
• Fixed an issue where the fishing minigame would retain momentum
• Fixed an issue where wall type buildings (fences, stone walls, and pressure walls) did not tile correctly on multiplayer
• Fixed an issue where the fishing catch text would overlap multiple times
• Fixed an issue where the death animation for clients would not run on the host
• Fixed an issue where the attack slash effect was messed up on multiplayer
• Fixed an issue where clients would consume multiple land tiles on multiplayer
• Fixed an issue where batteries were still working underwater on Tyria
• Fixed an issue where oil resource nodes were spawning on the lab
• Fixed an issue where the Tree of Wisdom's corpse would remain between dungeons
• Fixed an issue where animals would turn back into babies when a player leaves and reconnects
• Fixed an issue where non-rotating projectiles were rotating for clients on multiplayer
• Fixed an issue where finished dungeon challenge rooms got reset when a player disconnects and rejoins
• Fixed an issue where some buildings were not shaking when they were supposed to (mainly dungeon challenge room objects)
• Fixed an issue where the player would get their movement locked when pressing escape while typing a chat message
• Fixed an issue where moonshrooms spawned by dreadcap would persist
• Fixed an issue where challenge chests would appear to be locked on clients when opened

Multiplayer Games Night?

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[ 2025-05-16 17:04:16 CET ] [ Original post ]

This small update addresses an issue where April Fools' content was always active (my bad guys).

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where April Fools' content was always active
• Fixed an issue where you could view and accept quests (not ready yet guys)

[ 2025-04-12 20:44:50 CET ] [ Original post ]

This quick hotfix for Starground addresses some minor issues related to April Fools' content.

Additions

• Added multiple translations for April Fools' content and other 12.1 additions
• Added a Godot skin

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where toby hawk would continue to talk when he's inactive
• Fixed an issue where weewooweewoo on the battle pass was the wrong image

[ 2025-04-09 21:59:03 CET ] [ Original post ]

We at Big Boy Games have finally decided to sell out!

You can expect all sorts of awesome microtransactions and expensive DLC goodies coming soon to a Starground near you! This update starts us out with:

Battle Pass

Our first new feature to start off building the Big Boy Marketplace is the Battle Pass! This lets you unlock a bunch of new skins (more on that below), and includes some premium items that require the "purchase" of Premium.

Radical Skating

Skateboarding in Starground is as gnarbuckle as ever broski! Skating scores and effects are active during April Fools', and can be permanently activated by holding the License To Skill artifact in your inventory (can be acquired from Toby Hawk by doing a sick trick for him).

Character Skins (not a joke actually)

Players can now select a skin from the main menu under the new Character Customization menu. There are currently 14 new skins to choose from, with 6 of those being unlocked through the totally real battle pass. These skins will sync with multiplayer, and unlocks are persistent across games. In the near future, functionality will be added to allow players to upload their own skins, and have them sync on multiplayer (like Minecraft). (And some real talk, there's no plan to ever monetize skins (or anything), but keep it completely free and unlockable in-game).

April Fools' content is only active for today, but can be accessed again by setting your clock.

We'll see you all in 2027 with the release of Starground: The Movie, starring Jack Black as John Starground

This is of course all an April Fools' joke by the way, incase it wasn't obvious except for the skin stuff, that's like real feature

Full Changelog

Additions

• Added the Battle Pass
• Added epic skating effects
• Added the character customization menu
• Added 14 skins
• Added icons to the main menu buttons
• Added Toby Hawk
• Added the License To Skill artifact (can be obtained by doing some sick tricks for Toby Hawk)
• Removed crypto-miner (sorry guys, I know it was a loved feature by many)

Changes

• Increased the spacing between required materials on the research menu
• Made it so the player can enable Smell O'Vision (not actually)

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where using a skateboard would cause hands to be incorrectly positioned

Optimizations

• Improved performance of various parts of the game by establishing a static reference to the world manager

[ 2025-04-01 12:45:11 CET ] [ Original post ]

A small content/bugfix update for 0.12 is here!

This small Starground update addresses many different issues that were caused by the release of 0.12. In addition, guns have been rebalanced to disallow certain overpowered configurations and Diadematuses (the spider guys) are a little more fair now. This update also sees the addition of the Gas Mask artifact (prevents poison damage) and the Challenge Room in the dungeons. This room is a wave-based room that will reward players who can defeat the onslaught of enemies. If any other issues come up, please let me know on the Steam forums, or over on the Discord server. Thanks everyone!

Full Changelog

Additions

• Added in a warning message in the tool bench for when a ranged weapon configuration is invalid
• Added in a wave-based challenge room to the dungeons
• Added the gas mask artifact that prevents poison from damaging you

Changes

• Made it so ranged weapons now require a special ranged part in the center to work
• Made it so bullets only collide with the top of dungeon walls
• Made it so poison clouds spawned by the Diadematus are half size
• Decreased the Diadematus poison cloud range
• Updated all translations

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where animals would create orphaned nodes (likely caused crashing from memory leaks)
• Fixed an issue where special weapon scripts would become orphaned nodes (likely also causing crashing from memory leaks)
• Fixed an issue where the dungeon fishing room did not appear on multiplayer
• Fixed an issue where the Antoid Husk did not appear on multiplayer
• Fixed an issue where the Moleshroom did not appear on multiplayer
• Fixed an issue where the Peckii did not appear on multiplayer
• Potentially fixed a crash related to breaking decorations
• Fixed an issue where reach on melee weapons was displayed in pixels instead of tiles

[ 2025-03-19 08:06:38 CET ] [ Original post ]

Starground's fourth major update is here! This update is all about enhancing the current dungeon, and making each run as unique and interesting as possible. New enemies, new rooms, and ranged weapons all add in new things to do and explore in the dungeon!

Whats New

Ranged Weapons

Ranged weapons are finally here in Starground! Ranged weapons can be built in the tool bench under the new "Ranged" tab, and can be brought into dungeons alongside a melee weapon. Ranged weapons open up new possibilities for enemies, more support-centric combat styles, and more reasons to find new parts. Ranged weapons are built out of four kinds of parts, each with their own stats. This update starts us out with 4 core parts (modulating the effect of the weapon), and 7 other supporting parts. Gun parts can also be purchased from Bissala in the Space Hub. These mechanics opens up a whole new world of combat, and will be continually balanced post-update.

New Enemies

3 brand new enemies have been added into the dungeon to spice up gameplay and make combat much more interesting, instead of just "walk and hold left click". These include:

• Antoid Husk, a basic shambler enemy that will eventually be moved to a new zone (next update)
• Moleshroom, a ranged enemy that pops up from underground in random spots in the room.
• Peckii, a flying mosquito enemy that will circle around you, applying regeneration to other enemies.

New Rooms

Dungeons now have new rooms to explore! Dungeons will have a bit more variety now, including a fishing room. New dungeon-specific fish will be introduced in coming updates. That's all for right now! Our next couple of smaller updates will add in some content that didn't quite make it into this version, and address any balancing issues with ranged weapons.

If you run into any problems, please report them on the Steam forums, or over on Discord. Enjoy!

Follow Along

Want to follow the development of Starground more closely? Please consider joining the official Discord, or tuning into regular devstreams held over on Twitch.

Full Changelog

Additions

• Added a dungeon fishing room
• Added ranged weapons
• Added a ranged tab to the tool bench
• Added The Chumbo gun part
• Added The Season's Rite gun part
• Added the Blightbone gun part
• Added the pistol grip gun part
• Added the sniper scope gun part
• Added the pistol barrel gun part
• Added the rifle stock gun part
• Added the sniper barrel gun part
• Added the finger gun grip gun part
• Added the aviator sight gun part
• Added the Peckii enemy
• Added the Moleshroom enemy
• Added the Antoid Husk enemy

Changes

• Upgraded the engine to 4.4, greatly improving performance and overall stability of the game
• Brightened the red warning color
• Made it so that incomplete research now has red numbers
• Made it so that the weapon recharge noise doesn't play unless a tool can be used
• Increased the light node limit from 64 to 256
• Made it so that effects with shorter lengths will not override longer current effects
• Made it so that all effects are cleared on death
• Made it so that poison clouds will fade out
• Made it so that poison clouds now apply an effect instead of it's own damage
• Changed the sprite for item cooldowns
• Made it so that Mini-Diadematuses now no longer deal damage, but instead apply slowness
• Made it so that Diadematuses now emit a poison cloud when a player is close by

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where effects that last 1 second do not apply their damage at the end
• Fixed an issue where space elevators didn't work
• Fixed an issue where dreadcap was not immune to poison
• Fixed an issue where space hub NPCs would be saved, causing them to build up
• Fixed an issue where applying effects did not check for resistances

Multiplayer Games Night?

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[ 2025-03-13 17:49:12 CET ] [ Original post ]

This hotfix for Starground addresses a couple of minor issues with modding, crafting buildings, dungeons, and more. Thanks to those who found bugs!

Additions

• Added a starting room for dungeons
• Added lights to braziers

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where player inventories would be duplicated on load. Games saved since 11.1 will stop duplicating after being loaded and resaved one or two times. (thanks Duckerdoo!)
• Fixed an issue where using the starlauncher on multiplayer would not dismount players from skateboards (thanks Duckerdoo!)
• Fixed an issue where the create command did not work with multiplayer
• Fixed an issue where recipe selection messed up item slots, and could cause synchronization issues with multiplayer (thanks Duckerdoo!)
• Fixed an issue where the blacklist button on Movers would not sync on multiplayer, and players could not see each other changing it (thanks simonthegarnish!)
• Fixed an issue where boss doors would not turn red for clients
• Fixed an issue where dungeon doors on multiplayer were not updating (thanks simonthegarnish!)

Modding

• Added a signal that emits an ID for when an item is consumed by a player
• Added the add_player_ui() function in ModAPI to instantiate scenes into player UI
• Fixed an issue where loader.gd in mods would run after resource table defaults are configured
• Added in a dungeon room dictionary for modding. This allows you to specify a loot table ID for dungeon rooms, making dungeons way more moddable. Similarly, all dungeon rooms are now inside of loot tables.

[ 2025-03-01 01:58:51 CET ] [ Original post ]