Developer of Ostranauts and NEO Scavenger. Founder of Blue Bottle Games studio.
CM: Captain Courtney Morse, stardate log 2079-09-12. It may be time to wrap up this salvage. We have plenty of— AL: hey boss CM: Oh hey Andrea, what's going— AL: do ya smoke CM: Andi we've... you ask me this question several times a day and— AL: what smokes ya like
This is my ship. It's not much but it has charm. Plenty of scrap out there to build it out and pay off my debt. Join us in space on August 3rd for Ostranauts 1.0 featuring: 📝 Upgraded Tutorial. 🛰️ New Station Maps. Collect bounties get paid. 👇️ store.steampowered.com/app/1022980/...
Wait a minute, that's the same logo type as Neo Scavenger and... wait. Oh, cool. I had zero idea the dev had another game on the verge of releasing... Early Access since 2020? How'd I miss this?!? I'm paying a lot of debt until October, but will bookmark to look at later.
Daniel FedorHey Folks! We have a release date: Ostranauts 1.0 is coming August 3rd! #gamedev store.steampowered.com/news/app/102...
Our heartfelt anime-themed driving game, Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World, is OUT NOW on PC/Xbox--and we did a singalong to prove it!! 🚶Hit pedestrians with your magic truck ⚔️Pay the soul debt you owe to the buff elf girl living in your head 🚚GO store.steampowered.com/app/3642010/...
Truck-kun is Supporting Me from Another World?! is out later TODAY on Steam and XBOX Series X|S 🚚💨 store.steampowered.com/app/3642010/... www.xbox.com/en-us/games/...
truck-kun comes out tomorrow and i had an idea for a fun launch video so uh i called u-haul it did not go well wishlist truck-kun today store.steampowered.com/app/3642010/...
I keep thinking that I want to learn to use the Ostranauts ship editor and introduce my own designs to the game but it's just so fun to start with a coffin and then leave the blueprint of the original vessel intact as you weld the skin and bones of dead ships to your own
I'm almost ready to pry open the door to release Ostranauts from Early Access. 🔨 Search for scrap in abandoned spaceships. 👷♂️ Renovate them for resale. 🚀 Customize them and keep them. This hardcore noir space-sim. Releases August 3rd. 👇️ store.steampowered.com/app/1022980/...
If you want to support Blue Bottle Games, their spacesim Ostranauts is leaving Early Access next Monday, August 3rd! store.steampowered.com/app/1022980/...
Ostranauts on SteamNavigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel,...store.steampowered.comDaniel FedorBlue Bottle Games, as a policy, does not use generative AI. It's something we've discussed as a team, weighing the pros and cons, and ultimately, we decided it was not for us. Recently, while chatting with a colleague, she mentioned it was useful hearing our reasoning. So: Sharing time! 1/12
I like when electric cars back up and it sounds like a multitude of wide-mouthed hollow ceramic dolls singing in a windstorm
Wherefore art the Junior Positions? I was asked this question, so here's a post. It's a complicated issue and this is a subjective answer. My thoughts, offered as an explanation of the industry, not a personal perspective of how things should work. Thread -
Yeah! Heck, I just spent a few weeks learning how to write sim logic for vehicles Genuinely the most exciting development month of my last decade, time has slowed to a crawl for me because of how NOVEL it all is, and it'll help me a ton on this and future games You don't get that at all otherwise
Date: What do you do? Me: I'm a kleptozoologist Date: Isn't it cryptozoologist? Me, stuffing my pockets with lobsters from the tank: that's a common misconception
There are two elements of this reasoning that I confirm (time and again) because I have been able to make the comparison: - Verifying AI output requires human review time. - Verifying AI output requires expertise equal to or greater than that required to generate the output manually. 💯
Daniel FedorBlue Bottle Games, as a policy, does not use generative AI. It's something we've discussed as a team, weighing the pros and cons, and ultimately, we decided it was not for us. Recently, while chatting with a colleague, she mentioned it was useful hearing our reasoning. So: Sharing time! 1/12
Oh hey, yep, basically same conclusions we came to. Like even if you're willing to write off the ethical stuff, there's a bunch of super boring business reasons to not go anywhere near it. Including "it appears to erode your abilities even if you're aware of that risk going in." That's uh. Um. No.
Daniel FedorBlue Bottle Games, as a policy, does not use generative AI. It's something we've discussed as a team, weighing the pros and cons, and ultimately, we decided it was not for us. Recently, while chatting with a colleague, she mentioned it was useful hearing our reasoning. So: Sharing time! 1/12
Copyright and licensing issues are a major concern with generated assets. A good chunk of the agreement is ensuring developer has the rights to valid licenses to all materials in the Game, and pure AI generated assets cannot be assigned, it's similar to copy-left trepidations
Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World comes out NEXT WEEK - so here's some details on our previously unseen free roam mode! store.steampowered.com/app/3642010/...
Ostranauts tip: AyoSec patrol craft have two externally accessible cables on their aft cabin which, if uninstalled, will cut power to the whole ship and disable all doors. Ostranauts tip #2: cops don't carry tools capable of prying open or uninstalling a stuck door :)