Space Architect News

Hi All!
This big update polishes a lot of game mechanics, hope you'll enjoy it :)


The biggest thing was finally finding an improved way for interaction in the trade window - how to move both small and large quantities of items easily. The solution I came up with is a slider, which pops up after you press the mouse button on an item, it allows you to choose quantity by moving the mouse left & right, and letting the mouse button down confirms the amount. Additionally, it supports setting up fixed quantities by pressing modifier buttons - Ctrl for all, Shift for 100kg, and Alt for 10kg.



Another issue was solving a way to know where the station is, for players that went to explore the ship neighborhood. Thus in the bottom right I've added a compass-like element that constantly points at the center of the ship.



A large part of this update is dedicated to players' feedback & making game mechanics easier to understand.


Changes:

• Changed the way items are moved around in the trade panel by adding a popup with a quantity selector
  
• Added a compass-like thing to show where the station is
  
• All devices in the build panel are clickable to inform you what is missing - technology or resource
  
• Rename Observatory to Asteroid Scanner
  
• Tank containers now have a configurable supply option 'crew-in' (you could disable it so that only pipes can supply the device)
  
• Quest 'Start basic production' changed - got an additional objective to mine 10 minerals
  
• Asteroid drone quest redone
  
• Laser storage full in mining overview was misinterpreted as overheating - changed color and added a tooltip
  
• Updated Guest Dock sprites
  
• A few tooltips in the trade panel were added
  
• Lock buttons to not researched mechanics
  
• Changed Arc Furnance tech description
  
• Added event to notify you when no space is available for a single specific item type
  

Bug Fixes:

• Dont allow to clone device if you don't have tech to build said device
  
• Crew sound no longer playing on pause
  
• UI Fix in the main menu for long player Steam name
  
• Mining laser storage capacity fixed (should be 60 instead of 5)
  
• Fixed trader talking bug when in trade panel for too long
  

Praise for providing feedback in this update goes to Pawilonek, sterik & Gaming with Cola, thanks!

This update continues the trend of me adding more voices, this time it's crewmates who got theirs.
Also, I've made few touches here & there :)

• Crew (male & female) random thoughts added
  
• Button added to quickly build a copy of a selected device
  
• Mining laser now have a voiceover when trying to mine but all mining lasers are already full
  
• Show lasers container state when mining
  
• Game won screen improvements
  
• Clean game log when loading new save
  

Bugs smashed

• Prevent shortcut from firing when using input fields
  

Hi All!

This update brings a lot more voices to the table :)
As well as a few fixes to the job system

Changes & new content:

• Station OS voice changed
  
• Station OS voices her random thoughts
  
• Visitor calling you out when trade is not happening
  
• Visitor got his voice when undocking
  
• Default pipe speed increased x2 (after appearing in almost every feedback I got :D )
  
• Don't stop playing music during pause and game saving
  

Bugfixes done

• Show unreachable jobs in job panel - reported by Pawilonek
  
• Fix bug causing a previously unreachable job to be ignored even after it became reachable - reported by Fodder and Pawilonek
  
• Fix quest hide button not hiding quest completely - reported by Pawilonek
  

PS: Emrys, thanks for suggesting to add more voices :)

Hi All!

The game got a bit of character with this update :)

• Station gets it's own sarcastic AI
  
• Added visitor saying stuff on undock
  
• Extended stuff said by crewmates on a crew (r)eject
  
• Added Station OS commenting on a crew (r)ejected
  
• Button have their shortcuts shown
  
• Bug fix for demolishing devices
  
• Fixed naming of demolish button not being updated when deconstructing device
  

Hello there!

14 Steam achievements were added to the game (more will come in the future)

Some of them: