As many of you who visit the forum here in the Steam Community area for Rogue System may know, Michael suffered a head injury last year. At this time, he hasn't returned to work on Rogue System.

As a publisher, this is a difficult situation; Michael suggested removing RogSys from sale at this time, while the head of our studio wanted to make it clear development was on-hold and reduce the price, saying that the experience as-is would still be worth something. At this time, we've gone for the latter option. We currently just want to wait it out and hope that things change.

Thanks for your understanding.

Update 0.4 has completed testing and is stable enough for public release on the Default branch. Thank you to all the folks who tested MANY iterations of this update. Saving the sim from a "live" state involves storing a BUNCH of data for each moon, planet, ship, satellite, etc., etc. I'm certain there are some items that may have been missed; or will need to be added as new features continue to be introduced. However, the worst offenders seem to have been dealt with....

There are a few items you should be aware of with this release, so PLEASE be sure to have a look at the first post in the update release thread, located here:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/366000/discussions/0/2949168687328273488/

You can find the full change log for this update here:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/366000/discussions/0/364041776190769973/

Thanks for everyone's patience during this update cycle, including the particularly lengthy testing phase!

This morning I updated RogSys' Test branch to version 0.4.00.0 As noted in the previous announcement, the update will stay on Test for a week or so while the more serious bugs are discovered and dealth with. When the build is stable enough then the Default branch will be updated.

Thank you!

This morning I updated RogSys' Test branch to version 0.4.00.0 As noted in the previous announcement, the update will stay on Test for a week or so while the more serious bugs are discovered and dealth with. When the build is stable enough then the Default branch will be updated.

Thank you!

The next update is nearing completion. As previously noted, this will add the ability to create, save and resume a "career"; and being able to switch from one saved career to another. Saving your career is obviously as critical to dynamic gameplay as was the addition of the basic economy model that was the focus of the previous update; and I will tell you this was no small task to get working properly (and there will be bugs with it at first, I have NO doubt).

I really wanted this update out by end of January/beginning of Feb. I had some personal issues pop-up that worked against me. Also, I have to admit, saving (and more to the point resuming from the point of save) did not come NEARLY as trouble-free as I'd hoped for, even with all the pre-planning I did for it in earlier code. Quite simply, there is just a LOT of data to capture for each ship; and some of it was more problematic than I expected.

I will release this update to the Test branch first, and leave it there for a week or so, so that folks can report any major save-functionality bugs. I'll fix the worst of these before pushing the final version of this update to the Default branch.

The next update is nearing completion. As previously noted, this will add the ability to create, save and resume a "career"; and being able to switch from one saved career to another. Saving your career is obviously as critical to dynamic gameplay as was the addition of the basic economy model that was the focus of the previous update; and I will tell you this was no small task to get working properly (and there will be bugs with it at first, I have NO doubt).

I really wanted this update out by end of January/beginning of Feb. I had some personal issues pop-up that worked against me. Also, I have to admit, saving (and more to the point resuming from the point of save) did not come NEARLY as trouble-free as I'd hoped for, even with all the pre-planning I did for it in earlier code. Quite simply, there is just a LOT of data to capture for each ship; and some of it was more problematic than I expected.

I will release this update to the Test branch first, and leave it there for a week or so, so that folks can report any major save-functionality bugs. I'll fix the worst of these before pushing the final version of this update to the Default branch.

I'm about mid-way through the work for the upcoming update. This will allow you to create a new career, manage saved careers, and resume a career. Obviously, this means being able to save your progress while inflight.

Being able to save and resume is a critical step in developing sandbox gameplay, which will offer you several ways to "earn a living" so you can maintain and upgrade your ship (or buy new ships). Likewise, you will begin to notice that the age of your ship, and the parts installed on it, will suffer age-related malfunctions (amongst other items that not having your ship constantly reset will reveal).

I've finished updating the galaxy generator, player avatar creator, and front-end UI to make use of these. All that's left is to finish the code that allows you to save while inflight. I hope to have this finished, and this update out, by the end of January of the new year.

Thank you; and for those that celebrate (whatever you celebrate), I hope you all have VERY Happy Holidays, and a wonderful New Year!!!

I'm about mid-way through the work for the upcoming update. This will allow you to create a new career, manage saved careers, and resume a career. Obviously, this means being able to save your progress while inflight.

Being able to save and resume is a critical step in developing sandbox gameplay, which will offer you several ways to "earn a living" so you can maintain and upgrade your ship (or buy new ships). Likewise, you will begin to notice that the age of your ship, and the parts installed on it, will suffer age-related malfunctions (amongst other items that not having your ship constantly reset will reveal).

I've finished updating the galaxy generator, player avatar creator, and front-end UI to make use of these. All that's left is to finish the code that allows you to save while inflight. I hope to have this finished, and this update out, by the end of January of the new year.

Thank you; and for those that celebrate (whatever you celebrate), I hope you all have VERY Happy Holidays, and a wonderful New Year!!!

Looking at the upcoming art for all the ships that will be required for the campaign missions, I've decided (since this is still a one-man effort) to move up some of the sandbox-like gameplay elements, such as an economy model and the buying/selling of trade goods. As well, I'll be working on the art and code that will allow you to upgrade and repair your ship. I think things like this will allow more gameplay possibility in a shorter time without the overhead of all the ship art that would need to be done otherwise.

To go along with this, I've introduced the ability to refuel your ship while docked (you'll need to request it from the station's STC). In the next update this will cost funds, thus introducing the idea of having to earn funds to maintain your ship. I'll be expanding on this over the coming updates. Also, the battery system has had its "final" revision, and with that it's now possible to remove a physical battery from one ship and put it in another. In the next update you'll be able to sell or repair used batteries, and buy new/refurbished ones.

The only caveat for all of this is that you can not yet save a mission in progress. This is the VERY NEXT item I'm working on, and I'll release an update solely for this as soon as it's finished and tested. Once this happens, you'll begin to see that flight hours DO affect the functionality of ship systems, and the need to keep them maintained.

I do understand that many of you are looking forward to the campaign missions, and purchased RogSys for that reason. I'm VERY sorry for the delay that this new focus is going to have on the planned campaign. I have EVERY intention of still doing them. I just feel I need to start introducing some gameplay sooner rather than later, and the only way to do that is to focus on gameplay that does not rely so heavily on art. I hope that makes sense to everyone....

For a full list of changes: http://steamcommunity.com/app/366000/discussions/0/364041776190769973/

Release Notes: http://steamcommunity.com/app/366000/discussions/0/3183345176721962955/

As always, thanks for everyone's support!

Looking at the upcoming art for all the ships that will be required for the campaign missions, I've decided (since this is still a one-man effort) to move up some of the sandbox-like gameplay elements, such as an economy model and the buying/selling of trade goods. As well, I'll be working on the art and code that will allow you to upgrade and repair your ship. I think things like this will allow more gameplay possibility in a shorter time without the overhead of all the ship art that would need to be done otherwise.

To go along with this, I've introduced the ability to refuel your ship while docked (you'll need to request it from the station's STC). In the next update this will cost funds, thus introducing the idea of having to earn funds to maintain your ship. I'll be expanding on this over the coming updates. Also, the battery system has had its "final" revision, and with that it's now possible to remove a physical battery from one ship and put it in another. In the next update you'll be able to sell or repair used batteries, and buy new/refurbished ones.

The only caveat for all of this is that you can not yet save a mission in progress. This is the VERY NEXT item I'm working on, and I'll release an update solely for this as soon as it's finished and tested. Once this happens, you'll begin to see that flight hours DO affect the functionality of ship systems, and the need to keep them maintained.

I do understand that many of you are looking forward to the campaign missions, and purchased RogSys for that reason. I'm VERY sorry for the delay that this new focus is going to have on the planned campaign. I have EVERY intention of still doing them. I just feel I need to start introducing some gameplay sooner rather than later, and the only way to do that is to focus on gameplay that does not rely so heavily on art. I hope that makes sense to everyone....

For a full list of changes: http://steamcommunity.com/app/366000/discussions/0/364041776190769973/

Release Notes: http://steamcommunity.com/app/366000/discussions/0/3183345176721962955/

As always, thanks for everyone's support!