Thank you.

We want to start off this dev diary with a huge thank you to all of you. The last update brought in many new players and we got to hear a lot of new feedback. That's why we are working on an unplanned mini-update to better improve gameplay according to the feedback we received.

Illegal Missions

Interstellar smugglers will now offer various illegal missions to you. With the upcoming update, we are planning to add the first illegal mission to the game. In this mission, the smuggler will give you a random illegal item for you to protect. If you can keep this item for a certain duration of time, you'll receive a big reward. But be aware that the police scans will be more frequent when you have an illegal item. If the federal police detect any illegal items on your station, they'll seize the item and fine your station.

Radiation Storms

Radiation storms are a new kind of natural disaster being added to the game. It will work very similarly to the asteroid attacks. Radiation storms will trigger randomly depending on the game's difficulty. Once the radiation storm even starts, huge clouds of cosmic radiation will slowly go through your station, damaging everything on its path. We are also adding a new perk to decrease the damage received from radiation storms.

Shield Generator Rework

The shield generator will no longer protect selected buildings. In the case of an emergency, it will create a big shield, protecting the nearby buildings. The range and durability of this shield can be increased with upgrades. Friendly turrets will still be able to shoot from the inside of the shield.

New Perks

Scavenger: Receive a random item when one of your buildings gets destroyed. Inventory Tech: Add a new page to your inventory.

Trade Hub

This new building will allow you to buy any item you want from the open market. Prices may be a lot higher than usual but this will help those who don't want to wait for ages for merchants to come and sell some gold.

[ 2021-04-30 07:18:54 CET ] [ Original post ]

The year is 3000, humanity is all over the galaxy and the economy is booming. It is time to take action by building your very own space station in a star system far, far away. Building and managing a space station in a distant star system isn’t an easy task to achieve, that’s why you should do your best to attract customers and get them to spend money.

There are lots of wandering pilots across the whole galaxy looking for a space station. Each has their reasons, be it to repair and refuel their ships or maybe just to relax and have some fun. Even though what they each look for in a space station is very different, there is one thing they have in common; they want to spend some money. In Space Station Tycoon you will expand your station by building lots of different stuff like docking bays, research facilities and even casinos to attract every kind of customer you can.

Space Station Tycoon is inspired by its greatest ancestors of the “tycoon” genre. That’s why our main focus while making this game is always going to be its depth. We want the player to be able to control everything necessary from small things like fuel prices to intergalactic marketing budgets. With the depth it offers, Space Station Tycoon will surely deliver a true “tycoon” experience.