Galaxy Pass Station news & patch notes

Hi everyone, we have added many more interesting things related to robots and criminals on the station. We made it more interesting to search for criminals around the station. Our game will participate in the Robots vs. Dinosaurs Festival on February 26. By the way, did you know that our game also has dinosaurs? Only skeletons though... In honor of this festival, we've added some interesting robot-related events to the game. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/8ce1a154dbd4f2cfc0671fc3296c3c667d8cc22d.png

Improvements and innovations

• Added a new "Robot Strike" event that can happen on the morning of any day.
• Added the ability to unseal any persona that is placed in an isolation booth.
• Persons who complained about their mood before checking their IDs will now remember that you did not check their IDs for them.
• Visitors can now leave bad feedback if the player ignores their mood and requests when checking IDs.
• Now some criminals can hide their crimes (crime notifications will not appear).
• Criminals can now be wanted without their photo information.
• Now even less information is known about some criminals.
• Removed a nasty effect of sounds when moving the camera. It was a Doppler effect, where sounds briefly changed frequency.
• Fixed: When moving a lockup booth, if there was an arrested person inside, they would be released.
• Fixed: it is now impossible to remove or disable an isolation booth if there is an arrested person inside.

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This is a small but very important update! It can greatly improve your experience when playing Galaxy Pass Station for a long time. I am primarily referring to the generation of morning events, as well as the balance related to the number of visitors in the later stages.

Changes and Balance

• Fixed: In the late stages (after about 20-30 game days), the probability of many events was tending to zero, causing them to occur very rarely. This led to players often seeing the same not-very-interesting morning events, which made the game become a chore.
• Beautiful and Beautiful 2x (visitors) now increase the beauty of the room they are in by 2-3 times less. Due to the high values, this caused imbalance and sometimes too sudden a spike in the number of visitors.
• Hotels, bureaucratic desks, and a number of other items are now much less likely to attract new visitors. These items are meant to cope with high visitor flows and have spawned even more visitors, which doesn't really make sense.
• The massage chair can now be turned off and on like some other items.
• Garbage and other waste, now spoil the beauty of the room, respectively more reduce the flow of visitors to the station.
• Increased by 3-4 times the time of availability of flights on the board of flights, so that the player can accept new visitors to the station at any time, so that they always have a choice.

Fixes

• The bad ending did not work in all cases we designed. If a player had all civilization ratings less than zero, the bad ending did not occur. This ending only occurred if at least one of the ratings was more than zero. Now it's fixed.
• Fixed the tooltip text for currently researched technologies - the text about lack of resources was shown.

Hi everyone, we're back online and we're starting to slowly resume support for the game. What have we done new?. Sorry if the screenshots are not in your language, it's just very painful and difficult to prepare screenshots in all languages at once.

1. We have finalized the feedback system.

- If you hover over the station rating indicator, the tooltip will show the last three reviews and the main reason why most reviews are left. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/0b13a0ab6c1b93e809769aa4fc4cba930e17b7f3.png - If you hover over the human civilization rating indicators, you'll see in the tooltip the last review that influenced that rating. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/055915e116349e1a412da690227c919e425b77d7.png - There's a lot of new stuff in the review box. We've added a button with which you can find the author of the review if it hasn't already left the station. And most importantly! We've added a reason for the review, this explanatory text will help you better understand what exactly happened. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/ec8a82df07cb2b346feb071ffebadac75ff5ab39.png - In the visitor's dashboard-inspector at the station, the Activity tab now displays the visitor's last feedback to the station, if they left any. Moreover, we have corrected and improved the tooltips about what the visitor is doing and wants to do at the moment. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/8e4eb95997b74dcf26e03246305da4bdf4b1707d.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/13588ce7da05f47556f0304a1fa45286f73d04cf.png - The tooltip that shows up when you hover over a visitor also shows their most recent review and clearer explanatory text about what the visitor is doing and where they are going, down to the specific item. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/96a40eaa572ef97b7d98215b56017b3cc9719ad4.png

2. Station rankings now count for the last 7 days.

Isn't it frustrating when you can't do anything about a station's rating after you've been piled low? So here we thought that the player has almost no way to influence this and change the rating for the better. The station rating will now be calculated as an average of the reviews left in the last 7 days. This will allow you to improve the station and its rating by your actions, because very old reviews will not be taken into account, and new ones will greatly affect the rating. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/a280e9222df1c8d32d1e78e0e464ee694ca11960.png

3. New tooltips in the technology tree.

We have added information that technology cannot be researched due to a lack of resources. These two hints will save you from unnecessary actions when working with the tree of technologies, you will not have to click on the button and you will understand faster what technologies you can explore at the moment. The lack of such hints annoys many players. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/326b966f8b86ec723b1335b0c560dd9c88ca28cc.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/98c46fdaf9a84576a22d367c804ca69aa6107637.png

4. Automatic naming of rooms

Agree that it is very difficult to navigate where exactly something is located because the names of the rooms are all the same. We have come up with what we think is a great solution to this problem: All rooms, if they are not named by the player, will generate a unique name thanks to a suffix system. The system is very simple: "Name of room type" + alphabet letter + offset digit + letter that means left or right sector. And you get something like this:

• Large Room A2-R (where A means the first level - like the first letter in the alphabet, and 2 is an offset of 2 squares, and R is the right side of the station from the center).

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Wow, thanks for reading to the end! What's next?

For the last few days, we've been thinking about how to make the game even more interesting, so that we can play it for hundreds of hours. Very probably, we will share our ideas and plans with you soon, as well as conduct some kind of poll on the topic "What would you like to see in the game globally new?".

Little secret

We are also preparing a very secret announcement of some project that is strongly related to Galaxy Pass Station. I hope and strongly believe that we will announce it in March or April this year. Subscribe to us wherever possible so you don't miss this announcement!

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P.S. Please write everything you think about the game and this news! We read all the reviews on the game, all the comments, and the community forum.

Fixes and Improvements

• In story mode, you now need to make contact with 7 alien races, not 5 as before.
• In story mode, the pilot of the first flight can now be a member of any alien race.
• The morning event where nothing happens will now trigger much less often.
• Fixed drones that would sometimes stop in a corridor and do nothing for a while.
• In story mode, the curator now always calls and talks about what the civilization ratings are.

Hi everyone, this is not just an announcement about discounts and so on, we have written an interesting article for our players about the mechanics of economics in the game and how it all works in our game. We're just starting to get away from all the big festivities, but we're happy to say that we've been accepted to the Capitalism and Economy Game Festival. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/129f7782bc495f00f9ff606c585f66aceb4d4911.png

💸 What is the Capitalism Festival?

Steam is running a themed festival featuring a variety of economic simulators, from complex to simple. Most of the games are discounted, including ours. I myself am a huge fan of economic strategies since my childhood. I started with games where I had to build my own amusement parks, and Theme Hospital was one of my favorite childhood games! I still love this genre of games. And I'm really glad that Steam has somehow highlighted games like this.

💰 Interesting Galaxy Pass Station Economy Chips

In my opinion, the game's fictional item store is both a familiar and unfamiliar mechanic. I like this chip the most, although I've seen that some players may find it annoying. But, why is it so important?

🛒The Taozone store, why?

As a game designer, I want the gameplay to continue in your head. This is what makes a game interesting in my opinion. The process of order formation, tracking discounts and paid shipping makes you think when and at what point it's best to order items for the station. It's not just a simulation of real life, it's an interesting mechanic that invites the player to plan their actions in their head. But! In the sandbox, you can turn this store off and build everything like in classic tycoon games.

💹 Inflation, Sales and Economic Crises

In many simple economic strategies, players often encounter situations where money becomes so plentiful that there is nowhere to put it. This is indeed a huge problem with many such games, which can cause interest to drop after 2-3 hours of play. We have partially solved this problem through a series of economic events. Inflation - yes, on any given day all items in the store can go up by 5-30% or even more. In games like this, players often find ways to make more and more money, and inflation smooths out this effect. Money turns into wrappers, so you have to think here and now how to spend money properly, not hoard it. By the way, in life inflation also provokes consumption and spending, without it people start saving money. Sales, Economic Growth and Crises Another mechanic that has a lesser impact on the game's economy, but it's more fun. A sale is always nice, even if it's a game! The main task of the Big Sale in the game is to provoke the player to unnecessary spending, to tempt players with unnecessary goods =). In general, our game is very often trying to trick the players, tempt them and deceive them, so you should always think about what you are offered.

🛂 How did we turn Papers, Please into a Tycoon game?

It's a rather strange story. When the game was planned, we weren't even going to make a tycoon game, and we ended up making just such a game. In Papers, Please everything is divided into days, where after each day you have to spend on different things and sometimes you can buy upgrades. We also wanted to do something similar, but on a slightly larger scale. As a result, the mechanics of ID check upgrades grew into a game mode in its own right - a tycoon game. At a certain point, when there was no way we could cross these 2 game modes, I gave up and decided that the tycoon mechanics would be the main part of the game, and document checks would be a side mode. It was enough to give the player complete freedom in how they wanted to play, who to check and what to do on the station. In the end, the station building mode was more interesting and addictive.

📉 Is it possible to go negative in the game?

Theoretically it is possible, but very few of our players lose for this reason. Yes, it is possible to go bankrupt in the game. If you get minus for several days in a row, you will be fired. That's not a bad achievement, it's very rare. But money is not the main thing, the main thing is how you spend it in the game. We didn't want to make the game hardcore, that's the main reason why it's so hard to go negative. Yes, you can often go zero on money, but it's not fatal.

💡❕ Your ideas for the game?

Write in the comments below this news, what interesting capitalism-related things would you like to add to the game? Maybe the ability to take loans? Maybe bandits who blackmail you and demand daily tribute? Maybe a more hardcore mode where it's easier to go negative? Maybe something else?

We are excited to introduce you to the free update 1.3, which includes a creative mode of gameplay, as well as new items for Christmas and New Year. Moreover, we have changed the working principle of the elevators in the game to reduce queues. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/ff3c91e00fb3baa186db9b2a82c03309dbf92c9a.gif

Holiday Atmosphere

We have added items that will allow you to decorate your space station for Christmas and New Year. These items will only be available in the game during the winter period, so hurry to try them!

• Christmas and New Year trees to choose from.
• A beautiful snowman with a scarf.
• Real snow that does not melt.
• Decorations in the form of lights and tinsel for the wall and ceiling.

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Customizable Sandbox Mode

Do you want an infinite amount of money or instant construction? How about playing without parasitic creatures and criminals to relax and celebrate the holidays? All this is now possible! When creating a sandbox, you will have the opportunity to customize your new game as you like:

• Infinite money - everything is clear here.
• Instant construction - you can do without construction drones, they will only repair items.
• No delivery of goods and no store - if you want to play a more classic version of building games. Items will be purchased directly from the building mode, but say goodbye to discounts!
• And much more...

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Elevator Operation Algorithm

We have completely redesigned the elevator system to get rid of bugs and improve balance. Now, visitors always enter the elevator, even if it's going in the opposite direction. Thanks to this approach, elevators stop less at floors and transport passengers faster. Many elevator bugs, including visual ones, have been fixed thanks to the overhaul of the entire system.

Other Improvements and Fixes

We have fixed the issue where the player loaded a game save and some visitors became unverified and required re-checking of documents. We also corrected some other minor bugs that are not worth mentioning. We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2024. All the best to you!

Improvements

• Added the ability to load game saves from different game days.
• Added a new category "Sale" in the in-game store, which shows all items at a discount.
• Added a new category "Shopping Cart" in the store, where all items added to the cart are displayed.
• Added hints about the weight of items in the cart and order.

Fixes

• Fixed some situations with incorrect loading of saves.
• Fixed tooltips for shopping cart, the information was not always correct.

Bug Fixes

• The "Check all passengers" task in the first contact will now automatically end after the first working day.
• Fixed a rare bug that when a visitor was denied a station visit, the scene would not change and it would be impossible to continue playing.
• Fixed a bug in loading saves that caused drones to lose the ability to load goods, parts, and batteries.
• Fixed some other bugs related to loading game saves.

We are very happy to share with you the news that Steam administration has granted our game the status of compatibility with the Steam Deck handheld console. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/c76e80e9d7940a072b973e6e69fcf229458d082a.jpg How did this happen? We didn't officially submit such a request, Steam brought our game to our attention on its own. One morning, I woke up one fine morning and started checking my email, where there was an email saying that Steam had checked our game on Steam Deck. This lifted my spirits for the day! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/3b55bd7cab180c5d2ae1e3f2f72f9fe7331c3c23.gif

How does the game run on Steam Deck?

It runs quite well and stable. Despite not having game controller support yet, it's a pleasure to play on Steam Deck. Why? We've added our own official layout for the Steam Deck controller by assigning various game functionality to the keys. Small text Steam has given us the status that we have small text. However, unless you have vision problems, you will see everything written in the game just fine. Steam wants us to increase the text by 20-30%, and this is quite a difficult task for us. It's very difficult to fit all the text in a game like ours if it's going to be huge. Displaying indicators not related to Steam Deck This is not any particular problem. In-game tooltips sometimes display the names of keyboard shortcuts. Steam wants us not to display this on their device. We will fix this issue in the near future. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/7f233cfc8e807dc77415eb3f2f8ef83badb0d638.jpg

Controls in the game

As I told you above, we made a special layout for Steam Deck. You can see the assignment of various buttons in the game setup, to do this you need to click on the icon of the game controller. The set of buttons is as follows:

• Right stick - cursor control.
• Left stick or D-Pad - move the camera on the station.
• A - click or action.
• B - cancel action, close window.
• X - enable/disable the station construction mode.
• Y - go to the laboratory with technology tree.
• L1 - 1x speed of the game.
• R1 - 2x speed of the game.
• L3 (left stick click) - freeze/unfreeze the game on the station.
• L2 - zoom out the station's camera.
• R2 - zoom in on the station camera.
• L4 - rest area.
• Menu (Start) - show main menu.
• View (left button in the same shape as Menu) - call the scanner during document check.
• Up - refuse the visitor (send the elevator upstairs) during document check. The button must be pressed until the elevator leaves.
• Down - approve the visitor (send the elevator down) during document check. You need to press the button until the elevator leaves.

Support for XBox controller and others?

We plan to add official support for many popular game controllers in the near future. We are in the process of developing this feature.

Your wishes? Opinions?

We want to keep improving Steam Deck and controller support. Write in the comments about your ideas and what you think should be changed in the current support. Maybe you don't like something or something annoys you when you play on Steam Deck. Tell us about it!

Hi everyone, thanks to your feedback we have made a number of fixes and improvements.

Fixes and Improvements

• Visitors will now sit in the item position they actually went to. For example, sofas.
• The visitor and drone list box will now save the last selected categories and subcategories.
• Paginator will now not display all pages if they visually don't fit.
• Worker drones will no longer pretend to work carrying empty resource loads.
• Worker drones hovering in infinite resource loading or unloading will no longer appear.

Hi all, we present you a new content update for Galaxy Pass Station. Who do you like better, cats or dogs? The new Orbitails update gives you access to robotic puppies and many other cool things.

Meet the Robo-Puppies!

These are not an alien species, but regular dogs that just like cats can now travel the galaxy wagging their tails. To unlock this race, you need to look in the technology tree. But that's not all. There, in the technology tree, you'll also find the ability to unlock pet charter flights! More barking and meowing at the station! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/b60e7d32ec51d8f4c8a1c5b9cb51d9528a9ffbb0.gif {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/0bbaa5ed1608d8eb014c29af86ab180ec79878af.gif

Control elevators with bans and permissions

We've added the ability to place various prohibition signs and placards in the elevators, as well as a new "No Drones Allowed" sign. This will help you create a tricky network of elevators dedicated only to certain species or even drones. Of course, if a situation arises that the signs make it impossible for a visitor to leave the station, they will ignore all these rules of yours, after all they are just signs! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/27a0d106c508c09e6eb3ffd40222f1746c27ea0f.gif

Paint your drones different colors!

You will be able to choose a color scheme for each of your drones. Now, for example, a worker drone can be yellow or silver, or maybe orange? At first glance this is just a decoration, but think more broadly. You'll be able to come up with assignments for the different colors so that you can better understand what's going on at the drone station. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/538261ceb5dd90e8de26b6212f39b15bb6f21809.gif

Advanced Clerk's Desk!

A new desk for the clerk, will allow him to handle two customers at once! The desk is available in the technology tree after the technology related to clerks. Also, increased revenue from bureaucrats and clerks. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/fd16e9ae0c01a1ae8552694b1d8ed23e70fb881a.gif

Change the TV news anchor!

We've added an event that can change the TV anchor of the morning news. How about a robotic kitten that anchors the news? That's now a possibility. Sometimes you will even be offered to choose which one you want. We've also added one interesting event that can lead to the breaking of diplomatic ties of an alien race. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/a90efa65d462fc31c71faff8c859aeb53bed34e3.gif

Game Interface Improvements

We've made a number of improvements that our players have been asking for:

• Changed the way highlighted objects and visitors are highlighted, now it's a yellow stroke. This is very convenient when you change the color of the object.
• In the list of visitors and drones added filter by species and race.
• Added a button to go to the flight board directly from the station interface.
• Added icons for the elevator control panel to better understand which button is associated with rejection and which with approval.
• Added information about how much was earned and spent for the day to the money tooltip.

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Bug and game balance fixes

• Many items now bring 10-30% more income.
• Fixed drones that would sometimes freeze up and not know what to do next.
• Visitors will no longer talk in front of an item inside a room. Now they only do it in the hallway.
• Fixed other minor bugs.

What's next? Your impressions?

We are planning the next thematic update by the end of 2023 (end of December)! Christmas and the new year are coming soon!

Your support is important to us!

We hope for your support, tell your friends and acquaintances about our game through your social networks and Steam. This will help make our game more popular and allow us to release more major updates in the future. Share your impressions in the comments on this news!

Improvements / Balance

• Added indicators to visitors to better understand what checks they still need.
• Accelerated the speed of elevators for better balance.
• Added a widget with the latest game news to the main menu.
• Visitors are now more likely to avoid rooms they are not allowed to use.
• Added information in drone and visitor inspector about what their next target is after waiting.

Fixes

• Sometimes drones could wait for a long time for an item that was already unoccupied.
• Room restriction signs related to visitors having or not having documents did not work.
• Sometimes the sleep function did not work when clicking on a bed.
• A terminated employee did not leave his or her workstation immediately upon termination.

P.S. Thank you all for your support. We read your every feedback, posts on our forum and on our Discord server. Sometimes we don't have time to respond to everything, but we always read everything and take it into account in our updates.

Improvements/Balance

• If a hired worker gets a pay raise, he will get the "Increased Wage" feature for a few days, thanks to which his satisfaction will increase every hour.
• Changed the click sound to a less distracting one.
• Strongly reduced the volume of space hum. Some players were having trouble playing.
• Phrases and thoughts above the heads of visitors now do not disappear if you pause the game.
• The sounds of robot and Earthling voices have been softened.

Fixes

• Fixed a bug: in the technology tree, if you open the technology window and press Escape, the window would not close.
• The end of the workday at 23:00 did not occur if the game was paused before starting the ID check. This caused additional bugs.
• Fixed a bug that caused some objects to continue producing resources even though they lacked the DNA or Soft or Reports to do so.
• Fixed a bug with elevators and drones. However, we are not sure if the bug with elevators reported by users has been fixed completely.
• Parasitic beetles sometimes did not spawn near their hives, but spawned in the main compartment of the station.
• Fixed a UI bug that made it impossible to change the settings of a selected object, such as drone action area.
• In the dialog with rich people, the text with translation for the "give up money" option was not shown.

We are pleased to present you a major update for the game, which contains a lot of interesting things. The update is named in honor of a new alien race of intelligent robots - the Cosmobots.

Cosmobots - Who are they?

We are pleased to introduce a new alien race of intelligent robots, completely different from the robots from Earth. This is a special intelligent species that will surprise you with its behavior. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/08f42f8eb2924d83b3994e79000b170abf278c28.gif {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/5078d5a2361ebbd24c5cdaed2a13d9d348722398.gif

Robo-Mites

We have added a new species of parasitic creatures. This is a robotic life form that appears on the station where there are a lot of robots and noise. They can make a lot of noise, break objects, run away from the police, and more. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/52ca7b9cb0c91c720e31b0fe6f04e809959b8f1d.gif

Wireless charging

We've added a special technology to the technology tree that allows you to build special devices that store energy and then distribute it to all the items in the room. Using these devices, you can optimize the logistics of energy and battery supply. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/99ef3fe91f6635d0e9137b57dfe464221c4565fc.gif

Neon Signs

Now neon signs of different shapes are available to you. You will be able to customize the color scheme of each sign. These objects decorate the station a lot, and some of them have their own unique features. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/5f46d2ec524038257174eaa296b2fc145320b4f0.gif

Color schemes for objects and rooms

Have you ever wanted to repaint your couch green or change the color of your plant? Now it's possible. You will be able to change the color of many pieces of furniture and decorations. Also, we have added 2 new room lights - white and purple. Make your space station even more unique! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/823579922b8553dd0bb27711f2dfd4c07474b5a7.gif

Air Purification

New devices that improve the air in the rooms have been added to the game. With their help you will be able to eliminate unpleasant odors in the room. However, you have to pay for everything with energy and free space. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/9549ce8d1d9e45de3ae73612c7d7e52c5bfb0a57.gif

New items for the station

As promised, we have added new items to the technology tree:

• Two kinds of aquariums - floor and wall mounted.
• A wall clock that shows the in-game time.
• A special phone booth that allows you to call back in time.
• New windows of different shapes.

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New radio calls

We have rethought and completely revamped the radio call system. If before every new call abruptly interrupted your game and demanded your attention, now this is not the case. We added a widget that notifies you about the call without interrupting your game. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/31c3e8bff4f5a086fb501f8e990db3e4d8d32645.png

Day and Night Change

We've added the ability to skip the sleep scene, but that's not all. We've added a special widget that will alert you to the imminent end of the day. At exactly 11pm, you'll be prompted to move on to the next day in different ways. In the future, perhaps we will add the statistics for the working day to this place. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/a43d9a26053612ff7503e4009bd192530058a565.gif

Improved Game Interface

We've redesigned most of the game interface to make it easier for you to play. These are the various panels for station management. Also, in the construction menu you can now filter items by subcategory to make it easier to navigate.

Other improvements and fixes

• Added a "Scientific Inflation" event that increases the cost of research.
• Parasitic creatures can now also have traits such as "fast" or "slow", etc.
• Builder drone now repairs items a little differently. This drone now adds real-time durability to an item or device by generating dust around it.
• Some items can now be flipped horizontally.
• Technology that opens windows is now available much sooner.
• Each item now has a clear explanation of how many visitors it attracts per day.
• You can now see by clicking on a room how many visitors it attracts.
• Added information in the hints about how the attractiveness of a room affects the interest in visiting the station.
• The cost of the masterpieces will now increase with each new theft.
• The probability of getting a bad ending on first contact has increased.
• The movie screen now consumes power, it now needs to be supplied with batteries.
• Added sounds for some items and situations on the station.
• Renamed some items, such as various paintings, etc.
• Changed font for Asian languages to a more readable font.
• Fixed a bug that could cause text in Japanese and Chinese languages to display incorrectly in some places.
• Fixed behavior of worker drones that caused them to not take batteries from the Garbage Recycler.
• Fixed a bug with game saves at the end of a workday. Reloading the game sometimes resulted in a black screen.
• Slightly improved some texts in the game in different languages, added explanations and changed wording to more understandable.

What's next? Your impressions?

We are planning another content update in November 2023! We hope for your support, tell your friends and acquaintances about our game. Share your impressions in the comments on this news! Your feedback and comments give us new ideas for future content updates. You help us a lot when you write about your impressions, tell us about bugs you found or what you didn't like in the game. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/c6f1d7131b1676b146131a82b8c7949c8cf812d1.gif

We're thrilled to announce a major content update coming to Steam on October 20th, free for all our players. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/80804e90311a0dc0dcb591ed50d302abe3c7e540.gif

What are we up to?

We've been hard at work on the game. Myself and our artist have cooked up something exciting for this update. I'll dive into the details about a new alien race and a fresh breed of parasitic bugs. I also want to share some intel on new technologies and items for your stations. These will not only amp up the fun but will also help optimize various processes on your space stations. Just to set things straight, this won't be our last content update. But we'll save that talk for another day.

1/5. Cosmobots

Our eagle-eyed players might have spotted hints about this race in our game. If not, take a peek in your leisure room. These are robotic life forms that originated outside of human civilization and our solar system. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/a4a2fe370af3bf1c6a53df59db55108b2b29e7dc.gif They're unique not just in appearance but in function too. Cosmobots have specific roles on stations - to Analyze and Upgrade. They revel in studying unfamiliar objects and improving the specs of the station's drones. Interesting fact: They only need recharging, with minimal other requirements. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40810925/d72251aaedd3678eae36eadb4479d6d283b5df43.gif

2/5. Blue Bug-Spiders

This new species of bugs might not reproduce as quickly, but they're a nuisance in a different way. They love creeping into various devices and breaking them. Unfortunately, this often leads to their demise. They're a tad smarter than your average parasitic bugs and can evade police drones. So, guard your generators and factories, or face a potential collapse of your entire station.

3/5. Air Purification and Noise Cancellation System

New technologies to freshen up the air and suppress noise await you in this update. But remember, every good thing comes at a cost, both financially and in terms of space. Air purifiers, humidifiers, noise suppressors, and much more.

4/5. New Items and Decorations.

Let's just list what's coming:

• Aquariums - both large and wall-mounted.
• Neon signs to jazz up your room walls.
• Various types and shapes of windows.
• Wall clocks displaying station time.
• Vintage collectibles from the 21st century. What are they? That's a secret!
• And some quirky devices for resource and energy production and distribution.

5/5. New Events

We aim to greatly diversify the events that occur each morning and during the workday. Loads of surprises are in store for you. They'll be available in all game modes - First and Second Contact.

But that's not all!

Naturally, the update will encompass numerous other tweaks and bug fixes. We read all your feedback and improve the game thanks to you. For instance, we're looking to enhance the radio-call system. Additionally, we're on a mission to polish the game translations into various languages. Lots of efforts are being poured into this.

What do you think of this news?

Drop your comments, ideas, and suggestions below. And oh, don't forget to hop onto our Discord server. It's a tad quiet now, but we're looking to grow our Discord community. Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/fUZFwtTCJ6 https://discord.gg/fUZFwtTCJ6 https://discord.gg/fUZFwtTCJ6

Screenshots

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Improvements

• Improved the balance of visitor flow. Now the late stages of the game do not create a situation with a large number of visitors out of nowhere.
• Removed the notification from the assistant that there are not enough drones on the station.
• Improved the reward balance for accepting flights via a call from the pilot. Removed high rewards for high numbers of visitors.
• Elevator now does not wait more than 30 game minutes on one floor.
• The elevator now works more optimally when there are a large number of people willing to ride it.
• Drones will now continue to deliver resources to objects even if they have enough resources to work. The lowest priority for such tasks is used.
• Improved the algorithm for selecting the nearest target for worker drones.

Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused some drones to stop working over time.
• Fixed a bug that caused drones to not take batteries from some resource sources.
• Fixed a bug that caused some decorative and other items to greatly increase interest in visiting a station by mistake.

New and Balance

• In Second Contact game mode, the player will now start with a completely empty station.
• Increased the cost of rooms and elevators by 20-50%.

Fixes

• Fixed a bug where you could delete the main elevator and lock yourself out of the game.
• Fixed some bugs that could cause the game to lock up and show a black screen.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the elevator to visually not fully connect to the next room and a 1 pixel gap would appear.
• Removed some freezes after ending calls.

Welcome to the new game update! More intelligent drones, priorities for objects, the ability to rebuild the station more flexibly, and much more in this update. We've done a tremendous amount of work and are excited to present you with this new update.

New

• Ability to disable the tutorial in "First Contact".
• Ability to set the service priority for each object on the station. Drones will take these priorities into account.

Improvements and Balance

• Drones have become smarter and now use different tactics to optimize their tasks.
• Drones no longer wait in line to deliver resources to objects on the station.
• The flight arrival widget has become twice as compact.
• Fewer rating notifications appearing on the right side of the screen.
• Now, when turning on the scanner, documents on the desk are laid out in more convenient ways.
• News reports about criminals can now be skipped.
• Rewards for criminals have been balanced based on their danger + randomness.
• The generation of rewards for accepting flights in calls from pilots has become more adequate.
• When checking documents: the message that the interlocutor has received something has been moved closer to the interlocutor so as not to interfere with the document check.
• Reduced by 20% the likelihood of calls from the poor asking for money help.
• Reduced by 2.5 times the frequency of calls with advice from the assistant.
• Reduced by 2.5 times the likelihood of complaint calls about queues.
• Added and improved descriptions of the types of checks passengers need.
• Arrested or expelled criminals can no longer commit crimes.
• Improved game performance.
• In the rest area, an exclamation mark is now displayed at the terminal if there are unread messages and notifications.

Fixes

• Now rooms can be deleted if they do not hold adjacent rooms in space.
• Fixed a bug where the elevator could be built inside an already built room.
• Fixed a bug where the Animal ID document could not fit the name, and it went beyond the document boundaries.
• Fixed a bug due to which the "Disabled" state of an object was not saved after loading a game save.
• Fixed a bug where fires did not always spread to adjacent items.
• Fixed numerous bugs with elevators, where drones and visitors got stuck.
• Fixed a bug with the display of the progress bar, the color was not fully repainted.
• Fixed a bug where the same music track could be played twice in a row.

What’s Next?

Stay tuned for news about the next major content update next week. We are announcing something very interesting! P.S. Share your impressions, suggestions, and objections in the comments. We'll be happy to respond.

Hello everyone! We're actively continuing to work on the game. This week, we've focused on game performance issues, as well as improving the balance, and we've also fixed some bugs. The list of enhancements and fixes is massive. We've gathered the most significant changes without delving into technical details. New + Added signs for Venerians. + Added signs for Robo-kittens. Balance Changes + Parasitic beetles can no longer summon or use elevators. This wasn't our intention. + The probability of different criminals appearing at the station has been doubled. + Cyber-scammers, Kleptomaniacs, and Pranksters now commit crimes more frequently (previously they hardly ever did). + Reduced the reward for document checks by 20-30%. + Effects of technologies that increase document check rewards have been reduced. + Noise and smell effects no longer affect visitors when they're in rooms with elevators. Performance Improvements + Constructing rooms and items no longer causes game lag. + Optimized and improved the pathfinding algorithm for station inhabitants. + The game's sound system has been enhanced. + Notifications that appear on the right now operate more efficiently and don't go beyond the screen limits. + Eliminated some memory leaks that could lead to game freezes after long gaming sessions. + Accelerated and optimized the system that displays noise and stench effects in rooms. + The starry sky in the game has been optimized, which previously could cause lag. + The system displaying the thoughts and conversations of visitors at the station has been optimized. + The game localization system for various languages has been optimized. + The speed of the station's fire system has been optimized. + Other game performance improvements, which are hard to detail due to their technical nature. Fixes + Drone effect area settings are now saved after loading game saves. + Fixed a bug in the shortest path search for visitors and drones. Sometimes they could choose a non- optimal path. + Fixed a bug displaying wanted criminals in the Terminal and in the criminals' window. For some alien races, this did not work correctly. + Noise and smell levels in rooms can no longer go negative; for beauty levels, this is correct. + Fixed some bugs that made it impossible to load some game saves. + Fixed a bug where some labels mistakenly persisted from a previous gaming session. + Fixed some translation errors for various languages.

What's Next?

We still have a lot of feedback from players; we read everything and take everything into account. It doesn't matter where you write it, be it on our Discord server, in Steam reviews, or in the game community. Most likely, there will be another patch with fixes and improvements next week. Then, at the beginning of October, we'll release an update with new content. Check our roadmap here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1571990/view/6740255587971456514 P.S. Share your impressions, suggestions, and objections in the comments. We'll be happy to respond.

New + Introduced 2 new technologies for improving the work speed of worker drones. + Added the ability to change the drone's area of operation through charging stations. + Added a "Verified" tab in the window showing all station visitors. This tab provides a list of visitors whose documents have been checked. + Added indicators and explanatory text for civilization ratings: Intelligence, Usefulness, and Friendliness. Improvements / Balance + Initial drone speed upgrades in the technology tree have been increased by 5%. + Removed visitor influence on object characteristics that visitors can't interact with (e.g., drone stations, generators, etc.). Previously, you could sometimes see these stats when hovering over such objects. + Visitors with a mood level above 48% will now never complain about being in a bad mood when their documents are checked. In all other cases, the likelihood of a complaint depends on the "Mood" level—the lower it is, the more frequent the complaints. + Hired staff now ignore rule signs for different species and races. This change addresses previous confusion and ambiguous situations. + Replaced the "Usefulness" civilization rating icon for better clarity. The "Thumbs Up" icon was misleading when the rating was negative. + Updated the "Second Contact" description to include information that it is an endless game mode. + Changed the unclear term "PAX" to "Passengers" on the flight board, as the old term was understood mainly by people in the aviation industry. + Doubled the speed of transitioning between screens for enhanced user convenience. + Visitors now express their displeasure in understandable phrases in all languages when they see a lot of trash around, instead of just saying "Boo!" + Reduced the volume of CRT screen effects by 35% in the Terminal and the Rest Room (some players found the loud background noise uncomfortable after extended play). + Increased the likelihood of receiving a negative review when large amounts of trash are visible. Fixes + Fixed an issue where some names wouldn't fit within the Visa and would overflow. + Clarified the text on how to check Zubonoids. Their levitating devices can indeed vary according to the game's lore. + Reworked character dialogues that mentioned document errors to avoid confusing players. + Fixed the name and description of rule signs for Pharaoids. + Fixed a bug where a radio call would trigger while checking documents. + Fixed a bug that prevented the game from unpausing after document checks. + Fixed a bug where documents would disappear during checks. + Fixed a bug related to the highlighting of invisible document areas near the scanner switch. + Fixed a bug that led to excessive rewards for mistakes. + Fixed a bug where old texts and inscriptions were not deleted from the previous playthrough and appeared in the new one. + Fixed the construction animation of some objects.

What will the next patch be?

We will make the next patch that will improve the performance of the game on large stations with a lot of visitors.

Want to become a Beta tester?

Visit our discord server (https://discord.gg/fUZFwtTCJ6) and read the information in the beta-testing channel. There you will find instructions on how to play the early beta versions of the game.

We are glad to present you our preliminary plans of the game development for the fall. We would like to present you the roadmap in the form of beautiful pictures, like other developers do, but we don't have time for that, we will just describe everything in text. Our artist is drawing new art for the game, he has no time =).

Start of October 2023

• New technologies and items to suppress odors and noise in rooms - humidifiers, air purifiers, etc.
• New items for the station - large and small aquariums, unusual wall-mounted functional items like clocks and signs.
• Special technology and items for the station that will better optimize the delivery of the "Battery" resource to items.
• Expanded technology tree in the drone ability improvement category of the station.
• New morning events from the most negative to the most positive. There will be some unexpected surprises waiting for you.
• New small events during the day to diversify each new playthrough.

Mid-November 2023

• New robotic race, information about which is even already in the game, the main thing is to look for it carefully ;)
• Did you like the robot kittens? More unusual "creatures" will be added as a new race.
• New items "Canvases for painting", you will be able to draw your own unique picture and place it in any room.
• New Game Mode. Many users ask us for different game modes. It may be a free sandbox mode, but we are still gathering feedback from you to determine what we should do.
• New morning events, we will continue to add them to diversify each new playthrough.
• New types of signals in Project C.E.T.I., not related to the races described above. You may have already met something similar in this project. We will add more of these things.

Weekly/Daily Patches and Fixes

According to your feedback we will continue to fix the game, especially important things that we need to fix first:

• Performance issues on large stations with a lot of visitors.
• Problems with missing documents during checkout mode
• Improving game balance in late stages.
• Solving problems with elevators, drones and logistics. Mostly balance and possibly additional technology.
• Fixes for minor bugs are also very important.

Players' wishes

We pay close attention to feedback. Even though our game is not in early access, we want to actively update it by listening to player feedback. We want to make the game a sandbox, where every playthrough is unique, creating unusual situations and stories. We are working on the game with the artist full time. So expect our updates and patches soon. You can leave your wishes in comments or on Steam community forum..

We are very pleased that many people enjoyed the game. We've collected a large amount of feedback from you. Some bugs were found in the game, and we've worked hard to fix them as quickly as possible. Critical Issue Fixes:

Fixed a performance issue that occurred with a large number of visitors in one room.

The game no longer lags when a large number of visitors arrive simultaneously.

Fixed some critical bugs with the fire drone. Sometimes fires never stopped.

The elevator now operates more efficiently and doesn't wait for a large number of visitors to start moving.

Hired workers have become less lazy and now adhere more strictly to their schedules.

Visitors no longer ignore signs that prohibit them from entering a room while they are sitting and waiting for their turn for a certain item at the station. Gameplay Improvements and Balance

• Clerks and bureaucrats no longer significantly increase the station's appeal.
• The progression of the station's interest has been improved to prevent the game from becoming chaotic in the later stages.
• Reduced frequent flight arrival notifications; there will now be fewer of them.
• Couriers now only call during the initial days to avoid distracting the player. In the later stages, they may still occasionally call.

Minor Improvements and Fixes

• Removed extra unnecessary text that occasionally appeared at the bottom of the station (in space).
• Now when you click on a room, you can immediately see the levels of beauty, noise, and smell.
• In the first contact event, the Flight Board now opens one in-game day earlier.

🚀 Get ready for an unprecedented journey into the heart of our game! Join us tomorrow as we celebrate the official release of Galaxy Pass Station with a developer-led live stream on Steam! Be one of the first to witness the gameplay, mechanics, and secrets that make our game an experience you won't want to miss. 👾 What to Expect

• Exclusive first-look gameplay by the developers.
• Tips and tricks to give you an edge in your own gameplay
• Live Q&A session—get all your burning questions answered!

How much will the game cost? $10 for the US, and about 10 euros for Europe. For the first 7 days you will be able to buy the game at a 15% discount, for $8.5 or 8.5 euros. What is Galaxy Pass Station? It's controlled chaos full of aliens. Prepare to meet a variety of extraterrestrial beings, each unlike the other. The station will become both your home and your workplace. Your task is to prove that humanity is worthy of a seat in the galactic government. Don't let this chaos lead to the downfall of mankind. Who knows what to expect from these aliens?