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Ostranauts

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Thought I had posted about this game but I guess didn't, anyhow it bills itself as a "detailed simulation of owning and living aboard a spaceship", as well as looking after your crews needs. Coming out sometime later this year https://store.steampowered.com/app/1022980/Ostranauts/

Wedsite https://bluebottlegames.com/games/ostranauts

From Steam page.

Ostranauts is a detailed simulation of owning and living aboard a spaceship, in a solar system where honest living is a slow death sentence. Set in the NEO Scavenger universe, where Earth has suffered cataclysmic collapse, the rest of the System lives on in a state of capitalistic dystopia.

Players will create their captain, build or customize their starting ship from the spoils of their career history, and find ways to keep their motley crew in line, fuel in their tanks, food on their plates, and the debt collectors at bay.

Detailed Custom Ship Design
Players can build their ship, in any shape, from functioning modular parts. The parts have physical properties, interact with each other, and can wear out over time.
Crew Needs
Crew members have physiological and emotional needs, ranging from basal needs like food, water, oxygen, and temperature, to more esoteric needs like privacy, security, intimacy, and esteem.

Systems Management
Ostranauts is a detailed simulation, with many interdependent systems. Players will have to manage supplies, emotions, power grids, finances, security, social ties, and more to keep their enterprise alive, both literally and figuratively.
Crew AI
Each crew member runs an AI that is constantly making choices based on their current needs and past experience. If one colleague is consistently comforting, and another threatening, an AI will seek out the former when they need security.
Rich, Drip-Fed Lore
Just like in NEO Scavenger, the game is rich with hidden lore for those who want to seek it. Colonies and factions have long histories. Everyday products have brands and marketing. Unexplained phenomena have rumors echoing through the media and hidden files. And for those that don't care, it doesn't get in the way.
Hard-ish Science
The tech-level in Ostranauts is near-future, but plausible. There is no faster-than-light travel, no sound in a void, no dogfighting, nor force fields. On the other hand, some ultra tech exists for the purposes of aesthetics and storytelling. E.g. fusion efficiency, cooling, and shielding are enhanced. FTL texting is possible (albeit expensive and low-bandwidth). And the unexplained supernatural events seen in NEO Scavenger are not limited to Earth.

Low-Stress Controls and Pace
The challenge of Ostranauts is in the decisions it presents, not the player's endurance or reaction time. It plays in real-time with pause and fast-forward, to allow players to play at their own pace (similar to other management sims). Players should be able to take a break when they need to, and resume later. Similarly, players can fast-forward if they get bored, with the game auto-stopping when something requires the player's attention.
Original Soundtrack by Josh Culler
Josh Culler, composer of the haunting NEO Scavenger soundtrack, is back again with an all-new body of work, specifically crafted for Ostranauts.
Modding Support
Most of the game's data is in plain-text files for easy access. Modders who want to make their experience more unique will be able to edit a wide variety of game data.

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Topic starter Posted : February 28, 2019 09:04
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Looking interesting, worth keeping an eye on this one and see where it go's.

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Topic starter Posted : May 1, 2019 11:16
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New dev vid out.

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Topic starter Posted : June 7, 2019 07:07
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New vid out.

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Topic starter Posted : July 21, 2019 05:29
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New vid out about what has been going on in the game development.

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Topic starter Posted : September 18, 2019 09:43
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New trailer out for the game and a good teaser for the game.

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Topic starter Posted : December 12, 2019 13:09
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New video of the game, must have a watch of this as I have not had a chance to see it.

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Topic starter Posted : March 28, 2020 10:16
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Demo of the game on Steams summer of games festival. 

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Topic starter Posted : June 16, 2020 16:36
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Had a play with the demo of the game and had no idea what I was doing but I like it, looking forward to seeing it hit early access.

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Topic starter Posted : June 22, 2020 06:09
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Looks like this a walkthrough of the demo by the dev, not watched it yet as it's about an hour long but it should give you a better idea what you doing in the game.

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Topic starter Posted : June 26, 2020 04:11
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I had a watch of the video and it's really cool that he has based bits of the game on Traveller and the Expanse, 😎 just a pity he never got to show how to use the ship movement in the demo.

Looks like the demo has been removed, every time I click on the icon I just get booted in the steam client.

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Topic starter Posted : June 27, 2020 07:46
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Play through of the current build of the game, must give this a watch.

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Topic starter Posted : July 2, 2020 05:58
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Game should be hitting Steams early access on the 10 of sept, nice.

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Topic starter Posted : September 2, 2020 14:10
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And the game has dropped on Steams early access today.

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Topic starter Posted : September 10, 2020 14:14
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Dev update, not watched it yet myself just a couple of seconds at the start but it sounds like it had a bit of rough launch although I guess it get sorted out.

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Topic starter Posted : September 18, 2020 12:19
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Nice dev video about the upcoming features in the game and owner can vote on which one will be worked on first.

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Topic starter Posted : October 23, 2020 12:46
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Dev update video.

 

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Topic starter Posted : December 15, 2020 11:19
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Two hour stream so have not watched it myself yet, maybe get around to it.

 

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Topic starter Posted : April 17, 2021 09:03
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Big long stream here from the other day, still meaning to buy into this at some point.

 

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Topic starter Posted : May 9, 2021 06:06
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Two hour dev stream for these who are into watching this sort of thing.

 

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Topic starter Posted : August 28, 2021 09:26
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Been meaning to pick this game up for a while now.

 

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Topic starter Posted : September 11, 2021 06:34
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Another long vid with the devs looking back on the first year of release of the game.

 

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Topic starter Posted : September 18, 2021 08:40
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New feature incoming to the game.

 

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Topic starter Posted : October 13, 2021 11:49