Starbase Dev Tracker

Week 28 (July 6th -10th)

Hello everyone! Here are the progress notes of week 28:

Design

Features

• Repair Job is in the making: a mock up station has been created for build test scenes and blueprint repair has been tested
• Laser idle ammo has been added to economy and crafting data
• Some economy fixes and configs have been made
• Rangefinder asset collision tests have been made
• Assembly Job’s instruction terminal issues have been fixed. All the...

Week 27 (June 29th – July 3rd )

Hello everyone! Here are the progress notes of Week 27, please enjoy!

Design

Features

• Ship machinery and electronic components have been looked into for crafting materials configurations
• Crafting data configurations have been updated
• New economy configurations made to support crafting data changes
• Issues related to sorting auctions has be...

Week 26 (June 22nd – 26th)

Hello everyone! Here are the progress notes of Week 26, please enjoy!

Design

Features

• Armor set themed weapons have been added to the economy
• Economy configurations, fixes and design have been worked on:
  • Weapon set pricing has been adjusted
  • Adjustments and fixes have been made to the crafting data
• Weapons and electronics have been updated with less used and more logical materials
• Player-to-...

Week 25 (June 15th – 19th)

Hello everyone! Here are the progress notes of Week 25, hope you enjoy!

Design

Features

• Economy has been added to the new station (Proia)
• Economy configurations have been made to fix general issues
• Auction House and Spaceship Designer blueprint UI design is being worked on
• Plans for new armor mechanics to make damage more reasonable and balanc...

A new Starbase video has just been released!

A new Starbase video has just been released! As ...

PC Beta Update (15.06.2020)

Greetings warriors! A new patch update for the Boreal Blade PC Beta is out now on Steam! This update gives beta players access to all maps and unlockables available in the game.

Patch notes:

• Fixed bleed damage not being tracked
• Skins and other unlockables can be obtained
• Healing no longer gives score
• Game’s name changed to Boreal Blade
• Teammate parries no longer grant berserk
• Fixed an issue with player name and health bar location not updat...

Week 24 (June 8th – 12th)

Hello everyone! Here are the progress notes of Week 24, hope you enjoy!

Design

Features

• Weapon properties were tested to see which ones aren’t currently used
• Grabbing tool carry limit bugs have been tested in various situations, these issues have been fixed
• Configurations to make Assembly Job terminals look identical with Mining Job terminals and the new instruction terminal have been started
• Building Tool has been tested...

Week 23 (June 1st – 5th)

Hello everyone! Here are the progress notes of Week 23, hope you enjoy!

Design

Features

• Re-design for the Mining Backpack has been made, there is now more slots for items
• Ore mass and carry limits have been tested in the Mining Job for possible issues
• New instructions have been added to all Assembly Job workstations
• Economy and terminals have been added to the new infantry arena
• Fixes and configurations to the eco...

Week 22 (May 25th – 29th)

Hello everyone! Here are the progress notes of Week 22, hope you enjoy!

Design

Features...

Week 21 (May 18th – 22nd)

Hello everyone! Here are the progress notes of Week 21, hope you enjoy!

Design

Features

• New instruction terminals added to all Mining Job workstations
  • Issue with the screens being destructible by players was fixed, now all screens are static and indestructible
• Ship blueprint feature for fixing ships on the go is under design
• Economy design: plans for in-depth material value overhaul is being worked on
• E...

Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is on the 21st of May and we want to join others in celebrating it! What better way than by finding out how we could make our games better in terms of accessibility? And who can better tell us than you, our players?

Accessibility is sometimes harped on about as trying to make games too easy, but we don’t agree. While the point of our games is to challenge our players, they should challenge our players in ways that we intend them to. So if you love the puzzles in Trine, but just can’t see some of the important ...

A new Starbase video has just been released!

This video is a showcase of the beautiful soundtrack of the game, composed by Marcus Warner and Sauli Lehtinen. In the video you can also hear which o...

Week 20 (May 11th – 15th)

Hello everyone! Here are the progress notes of Week 20, hope you enjoy!

Design

Features

• Mining job rewards have been increased by 50%, also outer materials will get higher rewards from the Collecting Area and inner materials will get higher rewards from the small Collector
• The mining job collectors effective area has been increased: ore nuggets are now collected more efficiently from the workstation area
• Spawn area markings added to...

Week 19 (May 4th – 8th)

Hello everyone! Here are the progress notes of Week 19:

Design

Features

• Assembly Job and Mining Job rewards adjusted back up to 5000-6000 credits per minute, so getting a proper mining ship will not be too tedious
• New mining ships tested in the asteroid belt, The Hauler seems to be the best choice for the first mining ship
• Asteroid Mining Job reward issue, where players standing close to the instancing area would also receive credits,...

Week 18 (April 27th – 30th)

Hello everyone! Here are the progress notes of Week 18:

Design

Features

• Tooltip popup times adjusted, new item collection tooltips and weapon tooltips tested
• New mining tech tested with a mining ship with 16 crates: filling the crates, transferring ore to station storage and selling them worked as they should
• New resource bridge version created: this one does not need power at all and will be used in mega stations with the sel...

Week 17 (April 20th – 24th)

Hello everyone! Here are the progress notes of Week 17:

Design

Features

• Material purity features and UI design are underway
• Balance adjustment: Weapon body electricity conversion increased from 500 to 1500 electricity per second
• Balance adjustment: Reduced Rechargeable Battery electricity storage capacity from 20,000 to 10,000 units
• Balance adjustments tested and configurations made to ships to support that
• F...

A new Starbase video has just been released!

Over the course of six years of Starbase development we’ve encountered many bugs in the game. This video is a collection of some of the most am...

Ever wondered how well custom ships and modified spacecraft will fare in battle in Starbase? Wonder no longer, we did some tests!

In this special episode of Boltcrackers, Dr. Bolt and Bob try out various custom-designed and modified spaceships in battle vs the infamous Rob and Red Brigand!

Watch the full episode below:

What type of ship would you build and what would you like to see next? Join the discussions on the Starbase Discord ...

Week 16 (April 14th – 17th)

Hello everyone! Here are the progress notes of Week 16:

Design

Features

• Assembly Job tested, some issues found in bolt profile auto aim bolting in objects with more challenging geometry
• Fracture debris destruction effect tested
• Asteroid Mining Job rewards tested, some configurations made to the bonus rewards and balancing needs to be done to the rewards
• Economy settings tested and future features planned
• Economy desi...

We’ve just revealed a new Starbase video! In the video you can see what the day cycle looks like in the Starbase universe. In addition, if you look closely you can see the public transportation at the station tirelessly at work day in and day out. 

Take some time for yourself to relax and watch Starbase – Eos 222 Timelapse below.