Thanks for waiting! This ended up being another huge patch, but research touches almost everything in the game, and I wanted to take the time to make sure it was worth the time you have to invest in it. The short version is that this patch adds tons of new structures to build, and social and science trees to unlock them as the game progresses. I...
2026-01-25 16:19:57 +0000 UTC View PostThis was a real nail-biter for a while, but it looks like research has pulled ahead to victory!
The goal of this update will be to make progression and building more interesting. That means adding more flexibility in the station view, more options to unlock over time, and more benefit from conquest.
To that end, it will add a ton of...
2025-07-11 13:31:27 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a quality-of-life update mostly focused on the management gameplay and bug fixes. The slave list and economic report are much more useful now, and there are several new features (like custom tagging, hair changes, and assignment multi-select) for the rules assistant. It also adds a new concubine, just because.
No two-week lead time...
2025-07-08 02:28:10 +0000 UTC View PostI'm going to spend some time on the backlog of tweaks and bugfixes, which gives us enough for another vote! Now that breeding is done, these seem to be the most important content updates:
Research
This would add a new research assignment, a tech tree, and a bunch of new things to build as you advance through the game...
2025-06-26 13:18:18 +0000 UTC View Post
As always, very excited to release another patch. This one adds growth vats, expands concubine options, and fixes a ton of bugs/quality-of-life issues.
Small hotfix: Some implants were broken in 0.11.3, and fixed in 0.11.4.
Thanks so much to all of the awesome people who support this project, and to the excellent beta test group, who...
2025-06-24 12:19:51 +0000 UTC View Post
I did the fast part of this for 0.10.3, but the time-consuming part still needs to get done, so that's the focus for 0.11.
New structure: Growth Vat
Growth vats rapidly age infants born on your station to adulthood, with full simulated lives.
Content:
This was supposed to be a quality-of-life and balance rework, but I got really wasted, one thing led to another, and...
Well, it seems to have the right number of toes, so I'm going to call it a happy accident.
I still need to do the more time-consuming parts (like growth vats, clothing changes, event writing, and concubine integrati...
2025-06-01 11:17:40 +0000 UTC View PostI'm currently working on a patch that reworks tributes and markets into something more cohesive, but that should be done quickly, which gives us just enough time for an election.
As far as I can tell, there are three critical areas for improvement, and all are pretty big patches that have to be done in one shot to make sense.
It's finally ready! This completely reworks the characters, and I think they're in a much better place now.
As always, thanks to everyone who helped, including everyone on the Patreon, and the excellent beta team. This game would not exist without you.
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2025-05-23 11:20:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Now that 0.9 is stable, it's time to announce the next patch. I wasn't happy with the characters, but I needed a lot more time to think and research. Thankfully, the (very long) last patch gave me plenty. It's already a massive improvement, and I think this is going to bring the whole system up to what I had hoped it could be. This should be fas...
2025-01-22 00:31:38 +0000 UTC View Post
This update addresses most of bug reports and feedback from the last one (particularly around the rules assistant, balance, and slave list). It's save-compatible, but the early game has been re-balanced quite a bit.
Thanks all for your patience. This was a really long time coming, but sometimes you have to break everything at once to get things into a good state. I had to re-architect pretty much everything, but it's set now. This is definitely the most complex single update I've ever done for a game. I hope it's worth the wait.
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2025-01-09 23:00:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Here you can see most of the new structures in the servitor's deck, along with how they're used (with hairless mannequins, but only temporarily).
2024-10-21 13:37:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Such a gentle euphemism. It sounds like somewhere one might choose to live. A respectable district for the working class.
It is none of those things.
It is a machine made to cut wild trees into subservient planks. Whose prisons will push you to the brink, but never further. Whose drugs and schools will give you health and knowledge, ...
2024-10-21 13:35:33 +0000 UTC View Post
You will hear the industrial deck before you see it. As the elevator descends into the depths of the station, no feat of engineering could mask the sound of the Imperial Fleet being birthed from its pools.
It is here that the heart of the Empire is laid bare. There is no reason for edifice or propaganda. Nobody in this place is worth indoc...
2024-07-30 11:37:53 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been playing around with a lot of looks for this one, but finally settled on something I'm happy with.
The administration deck is where your citizens will live and work. It contains updated versions of the apartments, as well as the Ministry of Thought and Ministry of Freedom offices. It starts as a single small block, and can be expa...
2024-06-08 15:09:00 +0000 UTC View PostI'm probably going to be adding at least a few more events to each patch going forward, and want to get a sense of which types I should be focusing on.
What do y'all want to see more of?
2024-05-02 23:54:22 +0000 UTC View PostThis update fixes a couple annoyances reported by early players. A special thanks to everyone who reports bugs in the Discord channel.
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Added a new storyline and concubine.
Now that the character engine is working, it's time to take another look at the mechanics. I've never been happy with how station construction worked, but only recently came up with what I think is the answer:
This update will replace most of the construction system. The new one will start with less space, reduce micromanagement, and make ...
2024-04-08 22:17:12 +0000 UTC View Post
It's finally ready! Like I mentioned in the last progress post, I ended up reworking most of the "visual novel" side of the game in addition to adding the new character engine. I'm finally happy with it (for the time being).
It also adds a bunch of quality of life stuff, because this is still ostensibly a strategy game. The next patch wil...
Thanks for your patience on this update. Things are going well! I got a bit carried away with the writing, which has delayed the patch some, but there is a pretty big silver lining:
In addition to the half-a-novel's worth of new events for people on your station (tied to both training status and the new backgrounds system), I've also...
2024-03-07 12:10:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks for your patience all! This update has a lot of AI techniques that I haven't seen anywhere else, which means it has involved a ton of trips back to the drawing board. It's coming together now though, enough that these screenshots should be pretty close to what goes into the final game. Part combination, character animation, and facial exp...
2024-01-10 23:02:54 +0000 UTC View Post
The research since the last patch has paid off!
I finally have the approach for the new AI-based character engine figured out (though there is still some cleanup to do). You can swap face parts (with expressions), body parts, clothing, and hairstyles, all while using seamless sliders for skin and hair color. That means that diversity...
2023-11-09 13:52:19 +0000 UTC View Post
There is a new free build available! It is exactly like the patron build, but without some of the new faction leader events. That means that it has all of the quality-of-life features, optimizations, and of the new events from the last patch, plus a peek at the new diplomacy and concubine systems. You can get it through the 2023-10-21 16:14:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks everyone who reported their issues with the last build (and once again to the beta testers for their patience with my 10GB spam files). I made a hotfix that should take care of the important stuff.
Windows (Pixeld...
This is the most significant patch so far. It adds so much that it's hard to sum up quickly, but it's meant to bring Stationmaster 2 from "proof of concept" to "truly playable game." There's always more to do, of course, but this covers a lot more of the basics.
Special thanks to the QA volunteers, including Arkan Ascantii, Twisted Metal ...
The faction leader stories are mostly written and art-ed, though I still have a few more to wrap up. This is shaping up to be the biggest patch in a while, both in terms of content (something like 80 new events), and code (whole new systems like the harem screen, implants, planets, and civilian upgrades, as well as a lot of smaller tweaks). ...
2023-09-22 13:41:55 +0000 UTC View Post
I've heard the results loud and clear, and am working on making the new map more like the old one (and generally improving the design). The big changes so far are:
This patch is going to be about conquest, which means that the mechanics of the galaxy map are going to be a lot more important.
Which did you like better? The old one or the new one? That'll help me figure out which way to develop this.
2023-07-31 22:19:18 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time for a new patch, and I'm making an executive decision again, because I'm feeling mad with power. 0.8 is going to add the new Faction Leaders!
SM2 is is a whole separate galaxy from SM1, which means all new factions. Each will have diplomatic and post-conquest event chains in the style of the new 2D events.
The Eden ...
2023-07-17 14:13:57 +0000 UTC View Post