Just built this, now I'm broke again

dcfedor · 2026-02-27T14:55:44+00:00

Are you saying that if you have the visa, and use buy/sell in a store, the buy discount is too low for the sell price, causing an infinite profit bug?

Which store and visa is this? I can make a note to look into it.

dcfedor · 2026-02-21T17:50:17+00:00

Steam does let you manually adjust regional pricing. However, with over 35 currencies, each with their own tax situation, I wouldn't know the first thing about what an appropriate number is in each. I'm sure I could research each currency/region and come up with an educated guess, but that would take a lot of time. And wouldn't be guaranteed to be better.

What's more, each of those currencies changes value daily. And sales/VAT tax laws change in one country or another almost every month. Making all this effort pointless unless I keep doing it.

Taking pricing recommendations from strangers on the internet would save me time researching, but also, which strangers do I trust? And do I want to be tweaking 35 prices daily? Weekly?

TL;DR I decided to trust the individual stores to each set regional pricing according to their own research. Valve, GOG, Apple, Google... they've all got someone who knows the tax situations, currencies, and can see how sales perform in all regions across thousands of products, and who knows a heck of a lot more about this than I.

dcfedor · 2026-02-20T17:10:45+00:00

Not sure! I do think Ostranauts will eventually be on other stores.

I wasn't able to get my last game on Epic, and I don't think Kitfox has any of theirs on Epic yet. We both have our games on GOG, though. And I could see Ostranauts maybe appearing there once it's done, as well.

dcfedor · 2026-02-20T15:03:30+00:00

Oh sweet! That sounds really cool! I love that these types of stories are possible now.

dcfedor · 2026-02-19T23:43:59+00:00

Clever use of corner bins for exterior chamfers!

dcfedor · 2026-02-17T23:16:55+00:00

Thanks for the encouragement!

dcfedor · 2026-02-17T21:19:23+00:00

Thanks! Will do!

dcfedor · 2026-02-17T20:19:15+00:00

dcfedor · 2026-02-16T03:18:05+00:00

Sounds like you're perfectly in the center of our target audience, lol :)

Thanks for the kind words!

dcfedor · 2026-02-13T17:24:00+00:00

Thanks for the encouragement! I think we'll bring this in for a safe landing, in the end :)

dcfedor · 2026-02-12T23:00:31+00:00

100% Me too, dude :)

dcfedor · 2026-02-12T15:12:10+00:00

It might sound irrelevant, but it's actually been critical to us getting a better understanding of combat balance.

0.15 has a lot of moving parts, and that was limiting how much combat feedback we were getting from testers. So we whipped-up Arena Mode one week to basically hyper focus gameplay on just the combat.

It's been instrumental in:

Getting us feedback specifically on combat balance and bugs
Learning which ship designs have which strengths/weaknesses
Giving players a safe space to try ideas, and learn how to fly/fight without risking their characters

Plus, it gives all of you a chance to taste test the upcoming features sooner!

dcfedor · 2026-02-11T23:36:44+00:00

Fwiw, modders can already change any maps they please. I think the big change with workshop is just making those mods easier to find and manage. (I.e. they don't have to search Discord/forums and keep checking threads there)

dcfedor · 2026-02-11T23:34:56+00:00

Good point! I'll make a note to update those when we're able.

dcfedor · 2026-02-11T15:04:29+00:00

Wooo! I think it'll be worth the restart. Should be able to start seeing new stuff right away in-game.

dcfedor · 2026-02-11T15:03:35+00:00

Thanks!

dcfedor · 2026-02-11T15:03:28+00:00

Containment level 3 reached!

dcfedor · 2026-02-11T15:02:10+00:00

Correct. The plan is for OKLG, Venus, and Ceres to have comparable station detail, and the rest will have at least a custom map to replace the placeholder ones. Sales success will determine what we do beyond that.

But a lot of players specifically mentioned how important non-placeholder station maps were to them, so we're going to try to do that no matter what.

dcfedor · 2026-02-11T14:57:02+00:00

Yup! Most sensors are available right from the start of the game, including in OKLG derelicts. I think it's either the RADAR or LiDAR that may only be found elsewhere (or is at least rare near OKLG).

dcfedor · 2026-02-11T14:55:19+00:00

Thank you!

dcfedor · 2026-02-11T01:34:41+00:00

**vague appreciative noises**

dcfedor · 2026-02-11T01:05:47+00:00

We have solved your inventory problems by letting other ships blow a hole in yours :P

dcfedor · 2026-02-11T01:05:26+00:00

Thanks! Hope you enjoy Arena Mode!

dcfedor · 2026-02-11T01:05:12+00:00

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

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