It's done! I'm incredibly proud of this one. It was a ton of work, but the results are better than I could have hoped. I've also switched file hosts to Pixeldrain.
(Windows only for now. MacOS and Linux seem to work better with Wine anyway)
Development is going well. I've been worknig on upscaling and cleaning images, and making the art for the last few events. It's taking a while, but I'm hoping it will be worth it. I'm up to 333 high-resolution event images now, and need to create about 30-40 more to be done. I've also completed the bug fixes that will go into this patch.
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I've been working hard on the new events (and put the Patreon income to good use on a 4090 to speed up image generation). Here are some of my favorite SFW intros, including the Geese, the Hitchhiker, and the Mechanical Masters.
This is taking a while because of the sheer number of events (and because I'm using this opportunity to improve t...
2023-04-14 13:02:51 +0000 UTC View Post
One of the best things about this patch is that I can actually show progress. Here are some of the NSFW event images. I'm incredibly happy with how these are turning out (especially with how much creative freedom this approach gives me), and can't wait to get back to work.
2023-03-25 12:51:50 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been thinking a lot about overall direction recently, and have come to the conclusion that the 3D events aren't worth it. I just don't have the skill set to do it well, and can't afford the AAA-grade contracting to make it good. AI though, that's another story.
0.7 will change the art for the major events to 2D. Some of you might rec...
Hey All!
The Galaxy Map is back! I've rewritten the core of it, added a bunch of nice new features to make it comprehensible, and made it a playable part of the game again.
Here it is. Not much in the change log this time, but that's because I spent most of the time on un-sexy optimizations. The game should run much better now.
This one was a bit larger than it probably should have been, but it's finally done!
In addition to the old white sky, you can now choose different sky colors for different floors. I really like how this turned out. It can really change the character of the station.
This also means that all of the new features are now written. All that's left is setting up all the animations on the new furniture items, and doing the final ...
2022-10-08 19:10:33 +0000 UTC View Post
The main reason I made the station taller in SM2 was to allow grander furniture items, and I'm happy to say that I've got a good handle on the ones that will be included in this patch. There are ~20 new or remodeled furniture items in all (on top of the decor items from SM1, which are also being imported). Some highlights are:
Part of this patch is an overhaul of the station graphics. The biggest problem with the models I made for the original Stationmaster was that I approached them without any real plan. Thankfully, Stable Diffusion exists now. It's helped me clarify some things I want to change about the content of several of the rooms. Attached are some of my favo...
2022-08-27 11:41:06 +0000 UTC View Post
I finally managed to switch pretty much everything over to the newer Universal Render Pipeline, which has improved lighting across the board. I particularly notice the difference in characters, but everything is improved for the change. I'm still finding pink textures here and there, but fewer and fewer as time goes on.
I've also finished ...
2022-08-14 16:24:02 +0000 UTC View PostIt looks like the victor is the Station Graphics Update! As always (especially this early on), this will include a lot of quality of life stuff, and I'm going to commit to tackling the Rules Assistant as well.
Major Features:
Rules Assistant (taking advantage of new architecture to have both a UI and a SQL query opti...
2022-07-04 17:03:37 +0000 UTC View PostBreak time is over, and it looks like there isn't going to need to be a hotfix on this one, so it's time to start thinking about features for 0.4.
As always this early, all of these will come with some level of quality-of-life update, because that's a big chunk of my list. Probably even the rules assistant.
Harem Update: 2022-06-27 12:30:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all!
Clothing was a lot fiddier than I thought with the custom character engine, but I'm happy to report that it's all working now. This build has gotten a little bit bigger for all the new models and textures, but I think it should be worth it.
After a pretty bumpy road, I managed to get the clothing and hair to import successfully and show without creating Lovecraftian nightmare people (In game development, everyone is perpetually on the precipice of exploding).
I still have a few more things to do (the UI still need some work), but the progress has been pretty encouraging. Goin...
2022-05-29 15:58:50 +0000 UTC View Post
One of the biggest complaints that I've gotten so far about this game has been the tedium of managing large numbers of people. I'm happy to say that I've made some improvements on that front. Bulk assignment (combined with the filtering) allows you to apply fairly sophisticated rules on the fly, which should complement the rules assistant nicely...
2022-05-07 19:34:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Despite how it may look, this is actually good news. After a lot of work with Daz, I figured out a pipeline that has allowed me to import a ton of clothing into the new character engine.
The total count is 296 clothing items and hair types that will be available for female characters, and almost all will have a...
2022-04-29 13:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt looks like the winner for 0.3 is the customization update! As with all these, the plan is to bundle it with a lot of quality of life stuff.
Clothing
While the variety of clothing may never hit SM1 levels because of the new character engine, the plan is to import as mu...
2022-03-29 12:56:19 +0000 UTC View PostIt looks like 0.2 has a lot less fire than 0.1, which means that it's time to add more features (and fire) to the mix.
All of these will come with some level of quality-of-life update, because that's a big chunk of my list. Definitely some improvements to the assignment process, and maybe even the rules assistant.
Harem Updat...
2022-03-24 11:59:13 +0000 UTC View PostI really appreciate the quality and quantity of bug reports. There are some I definitely should have spotted, but you know what they say. If you're not embarassed by the first version of your product, you released it too late. Here's a less-alpha 0.2 version (for everone who has access to 0.1, because it doesn't feel right to hold back bugfixes)...
2022-03-21 22:00:36 +0000 UTC View PostStationmaster 2: 0.1 Alpha
It works, though it is very alpha. Download it here.
MacOs/Linux: In a bit.
Best development moment:
Seeing the sky and str...
2022-02-28 23:43:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all!
Sorry about the incredibly long delay for this update. I've been working on the game quite a bit, but just kept getting further and further behind on the community stuff.
At this point, I'm mostly wrapping up loose ends (balancing, minor bugs in the galaxy map, a couple small menus, and the like).
The short a...
2022-02-15 13:44:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I took a little time off from UI work, but I'm doing much better now and I'm finally starting to wire up all of the backend work I've done in the past month or so.
This isn't quite final, but y'all have been really patiently waiting for an update, so this is what I've got so far (though something about the left side makes me want to push i...
2021-11-19 16:59:25 +0000 UTC View PostIt's pretty much been more of the same. I count 14 remaining code tasks, most of which are pretty small. Unfortunately, there are 56 UI, art, and testing tasks that have to be done slowly, and I'm sure a lot of bugs will come out of those.
I also decided to rewrite a couple of the weaker training events, and I have to say it feels re...
2021-10-23 13:54:21 +0000 UTC View PostI don't have a lot to show in screenshots, but have been making significant progress on the code side. The faction AI and rules assistant are now implemented, which means that there are no more big new systems to write. Now it's just UI, cleanup, miscellaneous tweaks, and bugs.
Unfortunately, some of you may know based on my support for T...
I'm making some pretty big changes to the galaxy map, and finally have something to show. It now has a lot more strategy, and is less of an interface for a spreadsheet.
Suite furniture has been re-done to match the new aesthetic better and take advantage of the new height of the station. I might add more later, but this is probably going to be what it looks like in 0.1. People on the Discord have already seen this one, but I delayed the Patreon post to avoid spam.
As always, patrons will get to see the fu...
2021-09-10 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
What the other post said, but without all of the stupid black bars.
2021-09-10 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Stationmaster 2's displayed NPC's are much improved. Aside from the model itself, the biggest change is that they now will show the major body morphs of the attached person (things like muscle, breast size, and eventually pregnancy).
Pathfinding and everything is working the way it did before, but with the addition of elevators to cr...
2021-09-03 18:04:23 +0000 UTC View Post