If there was a game mode in The Last Starship where you were free to follow whatever career you wanted, and there was no impending void/anomaly chasing you through space, what would you call that mode? Sandbox? Freelancer? Mercenary? ChillAF?

It happened again, damn it. The whole universe, efficiently converted into paperclips. Why do I find this game so nihilistically addictive? Frank Lantz

I'm legitimately astonished by the new GPT4 stuff that I'm seeing. And it wasn't even that long ago that ChatGPT blew me away. Things are moving FAST in AI right now.

So, serious question: can we now make the Illustrated Primer from ‘The Diamond Age’ by Neal Stephenson using #gpt4?

Just recorded a massive video for The Last Starship Alpha 2 with Chris & Mark, which is due to be released next Thursday 30th March. We hope you love the new features!

We will be launching The Last Starship - Alpha 2 - in just under one hour's time! You can catch our update video with Mark & Chris on YouTube, and we'll be there to chat if you want to drop into the premier youtube.com/watch?v=0rJVuS…

The Last Starship Alpha 2 launched! An update so large it probably has equivalent mass to Sagittarius A*. We sketch out the plan for new game modes, take a deep dive into industry and manufacturing and cover ship to ship transfer, docking and more! youtube.com/watch?v=0rJVuS…

We will be doing an AMA over Steam Broadcast, starting in just five minutes. Stop by and ask us whatever you want: store.steampowered.com/app/1857080/Th…

The Last Starship - Alpha 3 will be releasing tomorrow in about 24 hours! Stop by our YouTube premier to chat to Chris & Mark when it launches. youtube.com/watch?v=Yocmue…

The Last Starship Alpha 3 has just launched! Your crew can now grow their own food using recycled compost from your waste disposal system! Check our our launch premier on YouTube right now youtube.com/watch?v=Yocmue…

Amazing Youtuber Fundy made a video basically recreating Scanner Sombre within Minecraft! Take a look here: youtube.com/watch?v=shRrnU…

The Last Starship Alpha 4 has been released. Industry and automation take centre stage in a brand new game mode, where you fabricate parts for a Stargate Mega-project to the Andromeda galaxy! youtube.com/watch?v=Bo5xcK…

The Last Starship - Alpha 5 has just launched! New science R&D projects, scientists and computers, new phases to the Stargate project, and new types of Robot Arms for automation! youtube.com/watch?v=F1PWv6…

The Last Starship - Alpha 6 has launched! With a whole new tutorial for new players, new weapons consoles, UI improvements and a ton of fixes. Video: youtube.com/watch?v=5dNaVX… We will be at the WASD games exhibition at the Truman Brewery in London this week!

And just like that, I'm back into Night City and Cyberpunk 2077. The new v2.0 update is massive - AND I'm playing on Nvidia's GFN service at max gfx settings, 120fps, in awe at how good it looks. Especially compared to PS4 where I first played!

This week I wrote a bit about IntroversionSoftware's cult hit Uplink and the importance of fun in game design: vertette.github.io/post/funfactor…

Today we launched the eighth update to The Last Starship this year, With a totally re-worked new player experience, simplifying and massively improving the early game. And added entirely new fusion reactors and solar panels. youtube.com/watch?v=VwQ7Dg…

Now is a brilliant time to pick up The Last Starship. After eight massive free updates to the game this year, It's 40% off in the Steam Winter Sale! This is our biggest price promotion since launch #Steam

Who'd be an indie game developer eh? It's a tough audience out there. Look at the hours played!

This YouTube short about Scanner Sombre has gone pretty viral, in a way we haven't seen for quite a while....9.7M views in 2 weeks, and over 3000 comments! It's cool to see people discovering our games youtube.com/shorts/nTryYOq…