Space Haven Alpha 13 - Now In The Experimental Branch!
Space Haven Alpha 13 is now available to play in the experimental branch. As a reminder, the update process is as follows: [olist] A new Update is first available in the Experimental Branch.
Players, who do not mind playing a more unstable version, will first want to test the new update.
Once the experimental game build looks solid and stable enough we will push it out officially to all players!
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NOTE! Joining experimental is completely optional, and you should only do it if you are willing to risk that some new bugs are introduced, which could affect your game play and potentially break your save.
Please do not join the experimental branch if you don't want to risk breaking your save or have the game break on you in midst of play! If you want to play a more stable version please wait for the official release of the update.
Note! Old Alpha 12 saves should work. However, since the Research Tree has been changed a few technologies that should be unlocked will not be unlocked, you will need to research them. Also, a few new features might be set to not be in use, like the Interstellar Travel Threat setting.
Here is how you join The Experimental Starfarer crew:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/979110/discussions/5/ Let us know what you think of the new features and if something should be altered or tweaked in your mind. Perhaps something makes the game too hard or something is too annoying, let us know so we can get a feel for how the new features feel! =)
You can read up on many of the new features in more detail in the previous post: https://steamcommunity.com/games/979110/announcements/detail/2963918716897825607
https://steamcommunity.com/app/979110/discussions/5/ Join Space Haven Discord: http://discord.gg/spacehaven Space Haven subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceHaven/ We will gather feedback for Alpha 13 in the experimental branch and tweak as needed. Once everything is looking solid enough we will publish the update to the main branch. Thanks for reading and see you again in the next update!
[ 2021-09-23 14:12:58 CET ] [ Original post ]
Greetings, Spacefarer!
Space Haven Alpha 13 is now available to play in the experimental branch. As a reminder, the update process is as follows: [olist]
- Open Steam Library
- Right click Space Haven
- Select Properties
- Go to tab 'Betas' at the top.
- Select 'Experimental' in the drop-down.
Giving Feedback
Please give your feedback in the experimental branch forum. Link below:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/979110/discussions/5/ Let us know what you think of the new features and if something should be altered or tweaked in your mind. Perhaps something makes the game too hard or something is too annoying, let us know so we can get a feel for how the new features feel! =)
Space Haven Alpha 13 Experimental Branch Patch Notes
You can read up on many of the new features in more detail in the previous post: https://steamcommunity.com/games/979110/announcements/detail/2963918716897825607
A new Research System
- A new Research System with a new structure for the research tree.
- Multi-Staged Research modules - Exploration, examinations, experiments and spending time at the classic research lab can all be tied together.
- Improved Research User Interface - Added the same style of tooltips as seen in the build menu, with detailed information about the facility or item you are about to unlock.
- A Research Station - You will be able to order basic research as a service to aid your efforts to unlock new technology.
A more Elaborate Accidents System
- A more elaborate Accidents System - More possibilities, and also a range of conditions they may lead to in crew members.
New Aliens related Stuff
- Alien data sheets - You can now gain more information about the various alien entities through research.
- You can find a new crew member trapped in an alien wall cocoon aboard a derelict ship.
- Alien infections - Crew members trapped in alien bases may be at risk of carrying alien infections. If your own crew members become wall plastered in an alien base they are also at risk of being infected.
- Alien hives have a chance of having a wall-cocooned crew member from another faction. This crew member can be saved by the player and added to the crew.
A New Start Scenario and Modifications
- A new Start Scenario: The new start scenario allows the player to jump in and start playing with a small hyperspace capable spaceship. This scenario is intended for player wanting a quick start into the exploration phase of the game.
- The Abandoned Mining Station start now has some resource rules set from the beginning on the industry facilities in the industry area.
New Services offered by NPC Factions
- New Service: Research service available at the research station.
- New Service: Medical service available, the civilians often offer aid regarding health issues.
- New Service: Food service, let your crew dine on the farming station for a fee.
New Facilities and Objects
- New Facility: The Body Storage - The body storage is a facility used for the storage of human and alien corpses awaiting to be further processed.
- New Facility: The Robot Storage - The robot storage is a facility used for the storage of robot and android corpses awaiting to be further processed.
- New Facility: The Robot Workbench - The robot workbench is a facility used to pick apart robot and android remains, and scrap them for any usable resources that can be found.
- New Facility: The Research Workbench - The Research workbench is used for reverse engineering purposes, supporting research efforts to discover new technologies.
- Added cover objects, which can be used to create fortifications and defense positions against boarding partys.
New Character Conditions
- New Character Condition: Messing up - A general bummer type of feeling from screwing up some process. Impacts mood for a time period.
- New Character Condition: A general Injury - Impacts health, safety, mood as well as workspeed and accuracy.
- New Character Condition: Broken arm - Prevents the crew member from working for a time period, but still allows them to fire a weapon if it is absolutely needed, although with a great penalty to accuracy.
- New Character Condition: Burned hands - Ouwie! Accidents may cause a crew member to burn their hands, causing issues like not being able to work for a time period.
- New Character Condition: Vision loss - Partial vision loss. Impacts mood, workspeed and accuracy for a time period.
- New Character Condition: Inhaling toxic fumes - Impacts mood, health and prevents the crew member from sleeping for a time period.
- New Character Condition: Exposure to loud noise - Impacts mood and health for a time period.
- New Character Condition: Chronic Wounds - These types of wounds will accumulate with time as crew members get battle wounds. Needs a medical bed to recover.
- New Character Condition: Knocked Unconscious - An accident may knock your crew member unconscious for a while.
New Character Backstories
- New Character Backstory: Game Developer - Generally pretty good in research and operations.
- New Character Backstory: Astronaut - Generally quite good in piloting, research and chemistry. Immune to traits: Clumsiness, wimp and lazy.
- New Character Backstory: Psychologist - Generally good intelligence and perception. Immune to traits: Antisocial, nyctophilia, neurotic and neediness.
- New Character Backstory: Comedian - Their wits mean they are often quite intelligent and have good perception. Immune to the antisocial trait.
- New Character Backstory: Brewmaster - Fair intelligence and good minimum skills in farming.
- New Character Backstory: Electrician - Good intelligence and perception. Good minimum skills in research and industry.
- New Character Backstory: Prizefighter - Brave and high in zest (energy). Fair minimum skills in weapons. Immune to traits: Wimp, suicidal and peaceloving.
- New Character Backstory: Athlete - High in zest (energy) and good minimum skill in logistics. Immune to the trait lazy.
A New Difficulty Level And Customizable Challenge Settings
- Added a new difficulty level, a brutal difficulty aimed to give a challenge for experienced players. (Currently in the A Small Hope start scenario, coming later to others)
- Implemented adverse side effects for crew members from making interstellar travels (Between star system clusters) without a hypersleep chamber.
- Added a way to customize the severity of the interstellar travel sickness condition in the game customization menu.
- Added a new setting to the game customization menu related to dismantling facilities. When enabled: Dismantling a facility on your own ship will return all building blocks used. Accidents may still break a part in the process. If disabled: Dismantling will return scrap instead, although moving a facility is still possible. Dismantling facilities will return all building blocks on peaceful to normal difficulties, while Harsh and Brutal will return scrap. This can be customized by the player in the game customization menu.
Balancing
- Balancing: Implemented a random variance balancer, which eliminates edge cases related to how resources and other elements spawn in the game.
- Balancing: Hypersleep chambers consume less energy rods than before.
- Balancing: Rebalanced all character backstory minimum attributes.
- Balancing: Infra scrap yield from derelict ships has been way too high. The yield of infra scrap from derelict ships has been more than halved. Combined with a modification to make salvaging 25% faster than the normal dismantle, this will speeden up stripping a derelict as the process will be faster and the number of crates to burden logistics will be much smaller.
NPC Additions
- Added new mini ships for each NPC faction, these ships are generally without ship-to-ship combat weaponry and will resort to boarding when attacking.
- Edited all NPC ships to have some fortification and defense positions for boarding situations.
- AI: Crew members on NPC spaceships seek out fortifications to try to guard against boarding partys.
Miscellaneous Additions and Fixes
- Implemented a way to breach/dismantle doors in combat situations.
- Implemented a quick inventory for characters, which will allow the player to quickly change between the primary and secondary weapons.
- Added a brightness setting to the game options.
- Added the statistics button to the Data logs menu.
- Added a search bar in the build menu. You can now simply type the name of the facility you want to build!
- Improved the scenario guide messages. You can now simply click on the mentioned menu path to automatically open the right category to find the facility/tool.
- Fixed a rounding error bug with weapon and monster bite damages. These damages have been altered shightly.
- Added new translations.
- Fixed bugs.
Please give your feedback in the experimental branch forum. Link below:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/979110/discussions/5/ Join Space Haven Discord: http://discord.gg/spacehaven Space Haven subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceHaven/ We will gather feedback for Alpha 13 in the experimental branch and tweak as needed. Once everything is looking solid enough we will publish the update to the main branch. Thanks for reading and see you again in the next update!
Space Haven
Bugbyte Ltd.
Bugbyte Ltd.
2020-05-21
Strategy RPG Simulation Singleplayer
Game News Posts 84
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
Very Positive
(7795 reviews)
http://bugbyte.fi/spacehaven/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/979110
Space Haven linux64 [208.09 M]
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony sim.
- Customize - Complete freedom to build a spaceship or station of your own desire. Place every piece of ship hull, wall, door and facility wherever you want.
- Functional - All facilities serve a purpose. Crew members will sleep in beds, use toilets, be disturbed by a noisy room and praise you for an arcade machine.
A functional spaceship can be built tile-by tile, giving you the opportunity to shape a spaceship of your own desire. It can be symmetric and streamlined, or an asymmetrical whimsical looking thing. It does not have to look like a conventional spaceship depicted in sci-fi literature, you are free to design your own, the choice is yours!
- Oxygen and CO2 - Keep optimal Oxygen and CO2 levels by building life support modules for your crew members.
- Hazardous gases - Certain facilities and explosions can release hazardous gases. Build scrubbers to purify the air.
- Temperature and power - Build thermal regulators to maintain an ideal temperature for your crew. Build power nodes and set up power distribution throughout the ship.
- Comfort - Building a bed right next to the ship core will disturb sleep. Design your ship for crew comfort.
The isometric tile-based gas system simulates various gases, temperature and crew comfort on your spaceship. Humans, plants and facilities react to the conditions surrounding them, giving meaning to how you design your ship and the living conditions you create. Secure facilities, optimize crew survival and well-being, but also think of possible future accidents and chaos generated from crew combat or environmental hazards.
- Skills and traits - Every crew member has their own set of skills and traits. A wimp might get scared shooting a gun, while an iron-stomach can eat anything unaffected.
- Mood - A happy crew member needs food, sleep, comfort, safety and friends. Take something away and their mood will be affected.
- Conditions - Crew members might feel adventurous, suffer from starvation, feel unhygienic, or they simply ate too much. Various conditions affect how they feel.
- Mental breaks - When the stress is too much for a crew member they may suffer a mental break. Some will vent themselves out of the air lock, while others might start a fight.
In Space Haven characters aren't mere robots. The game simulates needs, moods, health and skills of your crew members and they develop relationships with each other. Their past life occupation and hobbies will affect their skills and know-how, and they have both positive and negative traits. Witness joyful moments, depression, and drama surrounding different crew members as you journey onward seeking a new home.
- Away missions - Equip your crew members and organize away teams to explore derelict ships or visit stations or spaceships of other factions.
- Draft - Draft and move your crew members to attack enemies and save their friends.
- Inventory - Each crew member has their own unique inventory. Equip them with pistols, rifles, grenades and more.
Equip your crew with space suits and weapons and organize away teams to explore derelict ships and stations. Explore and salvage resources and items; find activated cryopods with someone frozen inside. Visit spaceships or stations of other factions and find data logs telling stories of past spacefarers searching for a new home.
- Crew combat - Engage in combat with enemy factions or an alien species.
- Aliens - Watch aliens incapacitate your crew members and capture them alive. See them suffer in the alien lair and decide if you want to try to save them or not.
Aliens capture your crew members and cocoon them against walls in their base. See them suffer in the alien lair and decide if you want to save them or not. Explore derelict ships and discover someone from the original crew of the ship captured by the aliens. Events like these create interesting back stories to new arrivals to your crew.
- Battlestations - Watch your crew take battlestations as you engage the enemy in ship-to-ship battle. See your crew load turrets with projectiles, put out fires from explosions, patch hull breaches and repair vital facilities in the midst of battle.
- Tactical - Target the enemy ship engine and stop them from fleeing. See them do the same to you. Engage their turrets directly or try to focus on the enemy ship core and see their ship go pitch black. Build shields to protect your most vital segments of your ships.
- Cryopods - Protect your crew from side-effects of Inter-stellar travel. Place crew members into stasis to freeze the progression of a disease or to await rescue.
- Medical - Treat crew members for injuries, wounds and diseases. Medical conditions affect crew members in various ways.
Your crew members will become wounded in battles and might catch a serious disease. Set up a medical room, scan for diseases and foreign masses and have your best doctor tend to illnesses and perform surgeries. Hope that your doctor is not absent minded and leaves a surgical tool inside.
- Generated galaxy - Explore a new procedurally generated galaxy each playthrough, with planets, asteroids, stations and spaceships of other factions.
- Factions - Interact with various factions all trying to survive and establish dominance their own way. Meet pirates, merchants, slave traders, cultists and more and develop relationships with each.
- Resources - Mine for raw resources and refine them to building materials. Trade resources with other groups you meet.
Explore a new procedurally generated galaxy each new playthrough, with various factions all trying to survive and establish dominance their own way. You'll meet pirates, slavers, merchants, cults, androids and more. Jump into hyperspace, seek out resources and meet various groups and develop your relationship with them.
Cool things that can happen in Space Haven:
- Gain a new crew member by finding a activated cryo chamber aboard a derelict ship.
- Have a space burial for your fallen crew member to let other crew members say good bye.
- Grow plants with bio mass and water recycled from toilets.
- Eat the meat from a fallen crew member or an invader if desperation is high.
- Watch aliens capture your crew member and cocoon them to a wall in their lair. Will you go save them or leave them there?
Keywords: space, base building, simulation, strategy, sandbox, survival, management, crafting, open world, indie, build, city builder, sci-fi, procedural, sim.
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- Storage: 250 MB available space
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