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Hey Folks! Been a few days of silence here, as I try to get some progress that I can show off.

Today's screenshot shows some of that progress, in the new social tactics UI. It's a lot like the old one, except now we start with a nearly empty list of status effects on them. And as we talk to them more, it reveals information about their state of mind.

I once flirted with

Hey Folks! It's been a busy week in the wake of the trailer! A good busy, but still busy. Hard to get actual dev work done.

In what time I could cobble together, however, I was able to make some progress on the social combat system. Now known as "social tactics!" (Combat was growing a bit too narrow a term, as a lot of non-zero-sum stuff is in here, too.)

You may

Hey Folks!

Got a treat for you today: a new teaser video!

So what's new?

We found this dusty old UVD on a derelict sitting in an asteroid shadow. Parts of it are irrecoverable, but the shipboard RST console was able to playback this portion.

Ostranauts Teaser #2

While we've been hard at work on new features and mechanics, Modern Wolf and BBG teamed-up to

Hey Folks! Some of you may have seen my recent tweet, which includes the screenshot above. And since that shot encapsulates what we've been up to this week pretty well, I figured it was worth talking about it a bit more.

As part of our social loop work, we've been trying to come up with more tools for the player to use during social combat. We want these social "moves

Hey Folks! Hope everyone had a good week(end). We had a very busy week of seeing friends, eating variations of Thanksgiving meals, and playing games. It was a nice change of pace, and break from the usual. Though pretty exhausting!

Back at the office, work is still a bit slow as I handle some admin tasks for a good chunk of each day. In my actual dev time, I'm brainstorming social

Hey Folks! Tomorrow's Thanksgiving here, and I hadn't had a chance to post yet this week, so I wanted to get something out there to keep everyone in the loop before I was off.

It's been a crazy amount of admin work lately, and unfortunately that means little new stuff to show. Most of the fruits of my labor include conversations, spreadsheets, PDFs, and chat logs. All

Hey Folks! I was able to get a full day of development in today, and managed to finish my skill-gating task!

There were a few more code issues that needed fixing. Mostly naming and reference typos. Then began the long slog of updating all of the data to match the new system requirements.

Mostly, this meant adding a non-skilled option to each of the install/uninstall actions,

Hey Folks! Work on the social loop preparations continues, as does general user experience improvements, and we start preparing for some audio work.

I've nearly got the install/uninstall system switched over to the "destructable style" method. I was able to fix the leftover loose item, and get the install/uninstall to continue working on an item until it reaches a

Hey Folks! Just wanted to check-in today to keep you updated, even though there isn't a lot to see yet. I did my best to take the least confusing screenshot of my current work, and I don't know if I succeeded :)

Anyway, Michael is off and running on more career life events and choices. So far, these are sounding like a lot of fun, with some really cool outcomes to apply to our

Hey Folks! We're off on a new round of crew management changes, further pursuing the goal of a captain and crew we care about, and tools to keep them in check.

To address this goal, we have a few tasks:

Make certain actions from the salvage loop require skills/traits. E.g. installing, uninstalling, repairing, operating/using nav stations, etc. Make those salvage actions take