StarSim: MINING CONGLOMERATE Update 1.10
September 5, 2024 – Quarter Onion Game Dev Team
Starsim version 1.10 is now live! And with it are a TON of new features that we are so excited to share with everyone! This update brings in our new Gas Mining system, and with it, new opportunities to explore and mine space! 20 NEW asteroid fields, new gas fields, expanded missions, and new equipment for your ships.
- (UPDATED) Mission board types including; Mine Asteroids, Gas Mining, Protect Mining Operation, Protect Station. Additional random encounters for all mission types.
- (UPDATED) Simulation is now enabled. Argos Space HQ is a location for easily coordinating Argos’s affairs in space and acts as a general drop-off point for the various mining ships when they’re full, and Argos Mining Station is built into a giant asteroid which produces resources.
- (UPDATED) Stations have a bulletin board with various announcements and messages providing flavor text related to the universe with some added messages based on events.
- (UPDATED) Players can now receive mail, which is currently only accessible within the station interface.
- (NEW) Trade and barter system on the station interface to access Argos resources in both stations
- (NEW & UPDATED) Get ready to dive into 20 newly revamped asteroid fields and 8 gas fields, now three times bigger for you to mine and explore to your heart’s content!
- (NEW) Gas mining and new gas mining missions
- (NEW) New Mining Lasers, Gas Scoop, Radiators which defend the attached ship from gas mining hazards.
- (NEW) Missions award Argos Extractor Scrip which can be used to purchase a variety of upgraded mining gear made in partnership with Argos (LightScythe and Nautilus)