Tiny Solar System

Devlog

• v1.01 - controller support
  November 09, 2022 by last_one_in

  Tiny Solar System now has support for XBox controllers. Complete controls are listed by clicking the Controls button on the main menu. All menus and dialog boxes work with mouse, keyboard or controlle... Continue reading
• Nearly at full release!
  October 04, 2022 by last_one_in

  This might be the final free release before moving to paid. All features are complete. Wow. It's been a real journey! Enjoy and send me any bugs you find. Hopefully time to fix them before the full re... Continue reading
• Versions numbers are zooming by
  September 29, 2022 by last_one_in

  The version numbers are increasing rapidly. I'm doing multiple builds a day. Testing inevitably throws up bugs. I'm fixing the major ones straightaway and doing another release. The big change in this... Continue reading
• v0.59 release
  September 22, 2022 by last_one_in

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  Better textures on bases. New occasional missions to rescue the NPC pilots. If you turn down the rescue mission then they'll rescue each other. New mission to establish a floating base on Venus... Continue reading
• v0.54 release
  September 20, 2022 by last_one_in

  Many, many Quality Of Life fixes (gameplay improvements) and graphics improvements. Working on the trailer for Steam release and playing it so much throws up loads of issues. Terraforming has been imp... Continue reading

  
• 0.44 released
  September 12, 2022 by last_one_in

  New missions have been added. Help to terraform Mars. Plenty of bugfixes, especially around the very broken camera movement when dragged... Continue reading
• v43 minor fix to orbit calculations to fix moon orbits
  August 23, 2022 by last_one_in

  Just a minor fix here and then I'm off for a week's break. When I get back: more missions... Continue reading
• v42 released
  August 22, 2022 by last_one_in

  A few small bug fixes since v41. Mainly: graphics resolution low takeoff effects zoom around all over the solar system Mission text incorrect... Continue reading

  
• v41 is live - a few new missions and a bunch of bug fixes
  August 22, 2022 by last_one_in

  Not such a big release as last time. More about QoL. UI improvements Decline missions now working New missions added New mission type - flyby - fly close to a planet you can't land on. Or the Sun. Par... Continue reading

  
• Version 40 released
  August 19, 2022 by last_one_in

  Back to Unity. Ported all the improvements from Godot back into Unity. Ripped out the entire mission system and put the new mission system in. More story in the style of A Short Hike . Took about 80 h... Continue reading

  
• Goodbye Godot
  August 18, 2022 by last_one_in

  Blimey. Godot builds have been an absolute nightmare. They hardly worked for anyone. One user had it eat up all his disk space (so sorry!). I've gone back to the last Unity build and now porting all t... Continue reading

  
• Changing game engine and v39 back-to-alpha release
  August 17, 2022 by last_one_in

  So, I didn't like what the Unity CEO said about indie devs . I thought I'd have a look at porting to Godot. And I'm so glad I did. It's an amazing game dev environment. Way quicker UI. Much better obj... Continue reading
• Camera improvements
  July 07, 2022 by last_one_in

  Added a choice of cameras. Manual works the same as before. It follows the selected rocket. You can use the middle mouse button to drag the camera around. Zoom is manual. Chase camera follows the rock... Continue reading
• Alpha v30 release
  July 07, 2022 by last_one_in

  It's a big update. A whole new main menu system Load and save games Sound effects (some of the sounds are placeholder for now) Music (place too, the final music is on the way) Newly reworked planet mo... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 0.26 release notes
  June 21, 2022 by last_one_in

  New mission system working. You can now survey and set up bases on all the landable planets and moons. Added effects to the mission list to make it far better at notifying you of changes. Coming next:... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 0.24 release
  June 20, 2022 by last_one_in

  Updates: Improved shadow quality Started new mission system: survey and settle other planets and moons Gameplay video: Tiny Solar System v0.24 gameplay... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 0.23 release notes
  June 19, 2022 by last_one_in

  Improved shadows NPCS: Improved landings Multithreading for route planning Better orbit circularization and re-stabilization New Sun model Redone lighting with shadows Building models (Earth only, sta... Continue reading

  
• Hello world
  June 16, 2022 by last_one_in

  First alpha release of a Windows executable version of the game for testing. It's early days yet, I'm just looking for small amounts of feedback. Mainly this shows off the player rocket piloting and t... Continue reading