ΔV: Rings of Saturn News

ΔV: Rings of Saturn is all about mining asteroids. That's why we are releasing Early Access on peak of Perseid Meteor Shower, at 12 Aug 2019.

This is a perfect time to discuss where we are now, and where we are going with our development.

• Ringer Edition (you are here)
  • Complete spaceflight and ringmining simulation
    
  • 2.5 hours of storyline
    
  • Single playable ship
    
  • English and Polish language support
    
  • Enceladus Prime station:
    
    • Upgrade shop with 30 upgrades
      
    • Mineral Market
      
    • Ship Repairs
      
• Early Access (2019.08.12)
  • 5 hours of storyline
    
  • Single playable ship
    
  • English and Polish language support
    
  • Enceladus Prime station:
    
    • 50 upgrades
      
    • Hiring Crew
      
    • Ship tuning
      
• Full Release (~end of 2019)
  • 20 hours of storyline
    
  • Three playable ships
    
  • Full language support
    
  • Enceladus Prime station:
    
    • 80 upgrades
      
    • Ship dealer
      
• Extended Content (for at least a year after release, free for owners of the game)
  • Additional 5 upgrades every week
    
  • 5 hours of storyline each month
    
  • New ship every two months
    

You can peek into what I'm currently working on in the #realtime-development-updates channel on our discord.

Can't wait till Perseids? We got you covered.


We are releasing the Ringer Edition as a hybrid Early Access / Crowdfunding, giving you and us best of both worlds. What does it mean?

• When you pledge to Rings of Saturn you will immediately get a game to play. No waiting for beta or early access, you can download playable game right now.
  
• You can choose from all the nice backer perks and influence the direction the game is developing on our discord server right now.
  
• Even if we don't meet the goals, we will finish the game just as planned. It will just take bit longer, as I have to run other projects simultaneously for funding.
  
• You also get a Early Access Steam key with Perseids.
  

So what is this Ringers Edition?

Game is still in development, but it's fully playable. There are no placeholders, everything that is in game looks just like it will look in finished game. We are still working on adding new content and new mechanics of the game.

With Ringer Edition you get immediate access to the game, completely DRM free and available on all platforms. You will also get a Steam Early Access key with the Perseids.

Interested? Check details of our Early Crowd Ringers Edition here.

Or - if you prefer - just wait for Perseids. It will be a sight to see.

This a community content patch release with upgrades supplied by our awesome community. Changelog:

• Autopilot helper functions now work even in manual thruster control.
  
• Added new autopilot HUD for Mitsubishi-Airbus autopilot.
  
• Improved AI performance by 100%
  
• Getting towed with OMS enabled will no longer cause sound to be muffled on Enceladus.
  
• Jury rig now works as expected for thrusters that were upgraded.
  

This is a bugfix release. Bugs fixed:

• Microwave emitter does not appear to be working when you have no power.
  
• Fixed story event not being activated properly.
  
• You can now jury-rig thrusters again.
  
• Fixed default tank size installed in ship on new game.
  
• Re-balanced pirate faction - they no-longer have access to top-notch military equipment. At least not all of them.
  
• Re-balanced reactor leaks again.
  
• Microwave emitter will now short-circuit enemy ship as it's supposed to.
  
• Stability improvements.
  

This is performance enchantment release. Changes:

• Performance improvements all over the board.
  
• Adjusted physical properties of the excavator, so it's not so bouncy.
  
• Toned down ice jets for large impacts.
  

This is a community-driven update. Changes in Mineral Market were made in tight feedback-loop with our players, with rapid iteration until we reaches mineral market below:

Changes:

• New mineral market witch price charts allows conscious decisions on when to sell and when to buy.
  
• Fixed errors that caused strange messages in logs.