Notes on the game’s development: missions, spacecraft tools and the findings you can collect. Updates are grouped by date and version.
0.4.1 · Development update
Mission-control tools and field reports.
The latest work adds a flight planner, fleet controls and a mission inbox. Instrument records and notes from LibreCosmos Dispatch have a place on the operator’s desk too.
These additions are in the current development build, ahead of the next numbered release.
Flight planning. The graphical flight planner shows a transfer’s path, timing and fuel budget, with commands you choose when you’re ready.
Fleet and map controls. A permanent ship selector shows missions, current work and connection state. Click an object on the map to focus, target it or open its wiki page.
Mission mail. Read mission messages in a dedicated inbox and open attachments on the spacecraft that received them, or from your archive.
Instrument records. Open a probe’s landing-site image or a sample’s spectrum. Mission files are easier to reach from the graphical tools.
Dispatch and wiki. Community dispatches bring news from Earth and space. Received reports add notes to the wiki, so your campaign’s knowledge grows.
The ship displays now follow the recovered Tern-4 after it returns to service. Mission states and unread mail are easier to identify.
Recovered tug telemetry. Distance and approach displays follow the living Tern-4 after recovery. Its status shows the Wren attached to it.
Mission states. Active, available and locked missions are easier to tell apart. Completed missions are clearly marked and listed first.
Unread mail. New mail stands out, with an unread count and clear read/unread labels.
Directory browsing. Directory trees retain their shape, even when a long path needs more room.
Version 0.4.0
Radio missions and shared mission progress.
Two missions continue the investigation of Tern-4’s old records and the signal associated with them. More than one spacecraft can take part in a mission.
Six Years of Silence. Explore Tern-4’s records, find an old manifest, and send the evidence to Argus.
Argus Listens Again. Make radio observations and investigate whether the source of an old signal is still active.
Shared mission progress. More than one ship can share a mission’s progress. While one is observing, take control of another.
Research archive. Browse spacecraft files from mission control, open radio recordings, and study lunar terrain to choose a landing site.
Station correspondence. Stations and mission control send persistent mail with instructions and information about delivered files.