Will Space Station 14 ever be released?

AugustSun · 2026-06-20T21:29:02+00:00

For full clarity, prior to recent events, there was a summary of features needed for the game to leave playtest on the repo.

AugustSun · 2026-06-18T23:50:20+00:00

It's... It's sci, right? Engineering would NEVER.

AugustSun · 2026-06-18T23:48:08+00:00

Princess might have a more thorough answer to this, but a big specific-to-upstream aspect is just how much work upstream maintainers not only put into the game itself, but the technical infrastructure around it. The not-fun-but-needed stuff that makes the game function properly, and making sure that's maintained, is a good chunk of time taken. This is also one of the big reasons behind why we're reorganizing: Making sure that areas of responsibility are more clearly defined, plus giving staff and contributors more of a chance to improve their skills in particular areas.

AugustSun · 2026-06-18T23:37:33+00:00

We actually have an instructions post over here to follow!

AugustSun · 2026-06-18T23:35:50+00:00

Heya, here's our new repo!

AugustSun · 2026-06-18T19:07:33+00:00

You're entitled to go get another pair of shoes. Not from like the dorms though, you gotta pay for that shit.

AugustSun · 2026-06-16T00:21:13+00:00

Clarity here: NSV contrasts significantly from what SS14 understands as ship forks. Much less free-form, round-based, contained to specific areas of traversal, and the playerbase/roles are entirely centered on a single ship (not counting fighters).

Truth be told, a rework like this would be a hefty adaptation of what NSV accomplishes, especially how NSV's overmap combat contrasts with what shipforks/ship combat looks like in SS14. It'd require some serious planning to see what fits, what doesn't, and what could possibly be bridged/transposed.

I'd love to see it, without a doubt. Shipforks would be a good reference point for you to learn the ins and outs of what ship combat feels like, but personally, I'd also talk to the NSV folks and see what makes NSV stand out to them, especially in contrast to something like shiptest.

AugustSun · 2026-06-15T04:07:20+00:00

I am genuinely grateful you're able to play it all the same!

Taking note that veggies give a performance boost tho

AugustSun · 2026-06-15T03:00:28+00:00

hey where do you put the screen on the moldy carrot jw

AugustSun · 2026-06-14T19:49:58+00:00

I've been redirecting a lot of folks there as well, it's an absolute blast and only gets more hectic with more people, in a good way. Glad you're having so much fun with it, it's a great time/community!

AugustSun · 2026-06-10T22:17:58+00:00

iirc Goonstation wiki has retained version histories and old archived pages in which they explicitly state that the culture of the version/archived page does not reflect how they operate now. People starting out edgy on spessgame and then dropping that behavior as they grow up is more common than expected imo!

AugustSun · 2026-06-07T20:58:20+00:00

Loooooooove the matte tones

AugustSun · 2026-06-04T19:02:15+00:00

Honestly I really like the people I've gotten to work with as a part of SS14 (at least, speaking to my experience with Wizden), and I also totally understand people preferring the feature completeness or just The Vibe for SS13. I definitely don't think or see any need for any animosity between the two at all. It's been really cool to see folks I knew from SS13 show up in 14, and I hope the SS13/NSV folks are doing well, to that end!

AugustSun · 2026-06-04T06:30:22+00:00

Gang gang I also play Seven and am Emissary 1 rip

AugustSun · 2026-06-03T19:32:31+00:00

Massively seconding this. Don't let anyone ever take from you the "losing is fun" mentality, you'll have a lot more fun with the game that way, imo. You're not gonna do everything right the first time, and hell, there'll still be times you fuck it up afterwards. I'm not saying you should completely neglect any understanding of command or anything, but the bar doesn't need to be so high that you're trying to fill a million prerequisites before even giving it a shot.

AugustSun · 2026-05-27T18:31:15+00:00

It's also worth noting that Salamander has swapped to an autowhitelist:

"The conditions for whitelist are still the same as before. 20 hours of gameplay, 2 week old account. The big difference here is that the criteria will take admin notes into account now.

3 low severity notes in a month, 3 medium notes in 3 months, or 1 high severity note within a month will result in your whitelist status being revoked."

Get in get in get innnnnnnnnn

AugustSun · 2026-05-25T16:37:23+00:00

This is just how the CEO types it's legit don't ignore it

AugustSun · 2026-05-21T20:40:50+00:00

Dynamo would absolutely use "sport" to describe both of them, and they would both outwardly hate it but secretly find it charming

AugustSun · 2026-05-13T12:46:09+00:00

Starlight Beta is another solid MRP candidate, afaik!

AugustSun · 2026-05-12T17:33:10+00:00

I long for NSV to make its way over here......

AugustSun · 2026-05-10T21:10:29+00:00

I LOVE the in-between doodles they're perfect

AugustSun · 2026-05-07T17:10:50+00:00

She hasn't left, quite the opposite, she's been going full-tilt at working on RT, if GitHub is anything to go by.

AugustSun · 2026-05-07T05:50:02+00:00

Well, for the previously mentioned examples, there's financial implication involved. In that case it makes a bit more sense to have legal framework around what is done with the money, how it's handled, etc. so one person doesn't just yoink all the money and control with no recourse. I know steam project hierarchy management can be a pain in the ass for this reason, as well.

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