We have been hard at work on Starship EVO since the steam release!

As usual you can check the full patch list over our github.

Here is a quick recap:

• Workshop Support: you can now share your creations or try out other people ones!
  
• Starship Control improvements: a lot of new tester didnt like the starship control feel, it has been worked on and will feel much tighter and responsive!
  
• Rendering overhaul: it was a major milestone. In order to save precious CPU resources needed for gameplay we have improved the way voxel entities are rendered in game. The occlusion culling technique is now faster, decals are much improved all across the board, and all entities are batched together! You might see a significant gain in FPS depending on the scene and your PC config.
  
• Physics improvements: performances are massively improved for large build, collisions with asteroids are added and moving children entity will now lift other entity (you can make lift!)
  
• Build Accessibility: a new set of HUD elements have been added following tester feedback.
  
• Piston mechanism added: perfect for making quick landing gears!
  
• Maglock system added: you can now carry other ships in your main one.

Also check out the devlog on youtube:



Happy building!
Francois

Starship EVO is now live on Steam Early Access! Thanks you all for your support in this new step in the live on the game.

You can check more in the video below:



I have been hard at works with already several updates. I have been mainly focusing on bug fixes, addressing some quirk of the game following early player feedback, but also (finally) adding asteroids collisions, and achieving a big technical milestone by making the collisions engine bullet proof for larger build!

As usual check out the patches notes on github:

20w26c: Docking Improvements.
20w26b: Hotfixes
20w26a: Collisions: asteroids and faster on large ships
20w25e: Fixes, grid preview and welcome message.

Thanks for playing!

Latest update 20w23d feature brand new NPC stations generated into the world. A new Docking Connector brick and a new tool allows you to build your own modular stations!
You can also use the shipyard brick to create landing pads, hangar or drydock as you prefer.

Check out the full devlog for more!

Here is a new devlog video on all the latest improvements on Hovercrafts! As some of you will discover the game in a few days I think Hovercrafts represent a perfect opportunity to learn the game while having fun.
I show you the best and craziest Hovercraft design from the community, then we will make a quick one and we will finish by digging into the detail of the Hovercraft computer settings.
See you in the next one!



Also please note that the final wave of closed pre-alpha is opened of a few days! Lets hunt bugs!

I wanted to inform those of you who dont follow the youtube channel: I chose to postpone the early access launch for a month. I am really sorry for this!
In the last month I have been working with the actual backers on many aspect like bug fixing, new player onboarding and polishing of the overall experience.
While we were successful in fixing a lot of issues it appears that we are still uncovering new ones on a daily basis. This month should allow to considerably smooth things out.
I also want to add more content on the combat side and do more communication around the game!

Thanks you all for your understanding!

Francois

The road toward Early Access continue - only two weeks left! On top of many bugfixes I have added a lot of content and features, please check this out:



Please check the patch notes on github:
20w19c : Laser and Volumetric Sensor, Message Gate
20w19b : Text Input Screen comeback.
20w19a : Canopy collisions and Item Stand
20w18f: Hovercraft physics
20w18e: Entity Button in CODEX
20w18d: Children Entity hotfixes.
20w18c: Autopilot and shipyard
20w18b: Small Thruster Improvements
20w18a: Combat balance, Hotfixes
20w17d: Build on Terrain!

Features added:

• Teleport button added in CODEX
  
• Laser sensor added
  
• Volumetric sensor added
  
• Help message gate added
  
• Text input screen added
  
• Text input can choose font, font size and wrap mode
  
• Shield capacity and recharge rate decreased
  
• Laser range and velocity increased
  
• Laser spread decreased
  
• Gatling barrel now fires continuously. Values tweaked
  
• Recoil barrel now fires bigger shot less frequently.
  
• Side addons are now consuming heat only
  
• Volley mechanism removed.
  
• Charge side addon now fires bigger shot less frequently.
  
• Patch Notes on Title Menu
  
• Turret Setting: Min Max ship category for Auto Target turret.
  
• Ship category are reversed.
  
• Collisions shape like canopy, seat or corner fence improved
  
• Item stand block added.
  
• New entity button in CODEX.
  
• Ship power and heat balance HUD info
  
• Starting block open load screen directly
  
• Ship preview quality improved
  
• Gravity on Shipyard added
  
• Spaceship target selection improved
  
• Autopilot UI widget added
  
• Autopilot will messages
  
• Autopilot cancel button, default keybind is X
  
• Rigidbody sleeping condition improved.
  
• Small Thruster rescale no longer uniform.
  
• Small Thruster model improved
  
• Small Thruster cube added.
  
• Targeting Selection improved.
  
• Starter block can be build on terrain.
  
• Can build any block on terrain if close to an existing terrain building (current radius of 16m).
  
• Clear Item Bar row button feature.
  
• Clear item from Item Bar by Shift-Click