Starbase Dev Tracker

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.

Week 15 (April 6th – 9th)

Hello everyone! It’s time for another week of Starbase progress notes!

Design

Features

• Color palette updated for in-game chat, old colors replaced with new colors that are easier to read.
• Chat colors for leaders in Group and Team chats set to follow same logic as in Company officer chat.
• Faction functions and chat needs design worked on for separate faction and faction officer channels.
• Option to show channel names (l...

A new Starbase video has been released!

This video showcases what the beginning of the game looks like, starting from earning your first credits to being ready to leave the starting ...

Week 14 (March 30th –  April 3rd)

Hello everyone! It’s time for another week of Starbase progress notes!

Design

Features

• Shoulder piece art for insignia configured.
• Assembly Job added to Work Hub and is now accessible in game again, after build error fixes.
• New fracture destruction effect tested, needs polishing and new fracture models.
• Early game player progression looked into, earning credits with new mining system tested.
• Ship and ship...

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Coming soon to your Universal Tool

(Happy April Fool’s!)

Week 13 (March 23rd –  27th)

Hello everyone! It’s time for another week of Starbase progress notes!

Design

Features

• Assembly Job tested, Bolt Profile snapping feature made the bolting really easy.
• Assembly Job tested, item blocker entities added on each doorway so objects cannot be thrown through the doorways.
• Buzzsaw power usage configured to 10/sec, which equals to 100 seconds of continuous sawing with one power pack.
• Bolt Tool and the bolt ...

Week 12 (March 16th –  20th)

Hello everyone! It’s time for another week of Starbase progress notes!

Design

Features

• Instancing area configured and added to ship showroom.
• Mining Job instancing issues with parent hierarchy fixed.
• Buzzsaw damage configured and tested, tool is now more balanced.
• Pickaxe testing and adjusting, it’s no longer a good weapon against materials with high armor value.
• Mining Hall rotation fixed in Work Hub gr...