From balance changes to bug fixes, weekly developer streams and updates, weve had a wild ride since Starmancer launched in Early Access on August 5 2021. We want to thank you all for your support, feedback and patience. We knew this initial period of development would prioritise bug fixing and stability improvements before we could start working on the fun content ideas we have (as seen below)
Over two months later and were proud of the progress weve made in improving the player experience, working with our community to listen to their concerns and addressing them where possible. Theres never been a better time to get back into Starmancer to develop your chaotic station.

So, whats changed?

• Based on player feedback, morale penalties have undergone several balance changes to reduce frustration when colonists become unhappy
• Several UI changes to improve user experience and fluidity of gameplay
• Colonists eating habits were altered to no longer require a strict variety of food. This would previously lead them to eat biowaste, ore etc.
• Several fixes for airlocks which would lead to suffocation or game crashes
• Several save game fixes to greatly reduce file corruption
• Adjusted the number of enemy spawns - no more nightmare Walking Dead scenes on your station
• Improved colonist pathfinding to address colonists getting stuck in random queues

Whats next?

Love for our community <3

• Sustain Life - Colonists have needs, like hunger and thirst. Build farms and grow crops for food. Place heaters to prevent hypothermia. Construct med bays and assign doctors to treat wounds, cure diseases, and replace limbs.
  
• Express Yourself - Customize your station with 18 unique wall types, 12 different floors, and over 50 distinct objects. Paint objects with 8 different color choices. Place cheerful paintings to remind the colonists how friendly and relatable you are, and motivational posters to let them know how much you value their productivity. Design fancy kitchens, luxurious bedrooms, and industrial docking bays.
  
• Power, Water, and Atmosphere - Provide power by connecting machines with wires. Prepare against blackouts by creating separate or redundant grids for your vital machines. Use pipes and water recyclers to convert dirty farm water into clean, drinkable water. Establish separate atmospheres with the help of vents and air ducts.

• Grow Humans - Colonists are grown in bio-tanks and assigned a consciousness from Earth. Create stations full of clones. Regrow your favorite colonists. Upload a mind into the wrong body, and observe the effects of sleeve sickness--for science.
  
• Jobs - Assign roles like farmer, doctor, miner, and security guard. Watch as your rookie chef acquires experience and becomes a seasoned pro, unlocking tastier and more exotic recipes.
  
• Unique Colonists - With randomized hair color and style, eye color, and skin color, there are over 8000 visual variations of colonist. These variations go beyond aesthetics, too. Some colonists prefer studying in their room, while others like to drink and socialize in the bar. Every game is different--your station and colonists will be unique to you.
  
• Memories and Rumors - Colonists remember the good (and bad) things that happen to them. These memories are shared, during conversation, and spread throughout the station like wildfire. Leave no witnesses.
  
• Personal Relationships - Colonists get extra sad when something bad happens to a friend, but they love to watch an enemy suffer. If you jettison a popular colonist you might have a mutiny on your hands.

• Procedural World - The solar system is dynamically generated each playthrough with planets, moons, asteroids, stations, and other factions. Want a challenging game? Place your station near a lawless, pirate region. Or take it easy by placing your station near a friendly faction. Play your way.
  
• Diplomacy - Interact with your neighbors, forming stable alliances or vengeful enemies.
  
• Explore - Earn respect and unlock new technologies by performing missions for other factions, responding to distress calls, trading, exploring and raiding.

Be ready to face the consequences, should you fail in your duties as a Starmancer.

• Invasion - Your colony can be invaded by pirates and enemy factions. Build traps, train soldiers, and form alliances. Keep your station secure.
  
• Insanity - A colonist can only witness so many friends being sucked out of air locks before they snap. No one knows what motivates a crazy colonist; they're simultaneously responsible for the greatest technological innovations and messiest homicidal rampages. This is why doors have locks. It's also why you can depressurize a single room--a great way to enforce bed time.
  
• Mutiny - Unhappy colonists will stop working. You can cheer them up with motivational posters, tasty treats, and nicer rooms. Be careful, though, when morale gets too low, colonists will actively rebel and attempt to destroy your core. Make an example out of rebels and stamp out any hint of resistance.

  Key Features

  • Build a space station, with tons of customization.
    
  • Manage the lives of colonists aboard your station.
    
  • Interact with a dynamically generated solar system and its inhabitants.
    
  • Take on missions and be rewarded with loot.
    
  • Face the consequences of your actions.
    
  • Modding support.

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• OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. 64-bit
• Processor: 2.0 ghz DualCore CPUMemory: 4 GB RAM
• Memory: 4 GB RAM
• Graphics: OpenGL 3.3 compatible GPU
• Storage: 500 MB available space

• OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. 64-bit
• Processor: 2.0+ ghz QuadCore CPUMemory: 8 GB RAM
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: OpenGL 3.3 compatible GPU
• Storage: 1 GB available space