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At the end of June we published 'Space Station Designer' version 0.5.60. We have continued making progress since then, and today we're proud to share 'Space Station Designer' version 0.5.72 with all of you. This new version comes with a lot of cool stuff that we're sure you'll enjoy. As usual, this post will cover the main highlights. If you're interested in the full overview, you can always go through our detailed release notes here.
Graphics Improvements
We continue finding ways to revamp the overall quality of the visuals. As part of this update, we've tweaked the lighting, improved the atmospheric halo around the Earth, tweaked the camera post-processing effects, and completely revamped the details of the Moon.
In parallel, we continue working on an experimental branch featuring various techniques that we are planning to include in a future update. Once this branch is complete, we'll be able to include a proper "day/night" cycle, a variable orbit inclination, and a more realistic relationship between the orbit of the Earth around the Sun, the orbit of the Moon around the Earth, and the orbits of the various stations around the Earth/Moon. We still need to figure out a few technical issues, but we're hopeful we'll be able to share all this very soon.
Revised Interactive Tutorials
Back in 2021, we released 'Space Station Designer' version 0.3.6, which included a series of interactive tutorials that introduced the various concepts behind the game as a series of bite-sized lessons. The game has changed significantly since then, and at some point last year we made the decision to temporarily disable these tutorials, as many of them were really outdated and not very enlightening.
Now that the mechanics behind 'Space Station Designer' are starting to settle, we decided that it was a good time to go through all the tutorials and bring them up to date. The end result is seven tutorial categories: 'Basic Concepts', 'Astronauts', 'Resupply Spacecraft', 'Above and Below the LEO station', 'Currencies', 'Revenue Generation', and 'Station Upkeep', featuring a grand total of 25 tutorials.
The tutorials can be accessed from the main menu:
