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- Starport Merchants
A visual update and 300 wishlists!
Hey everyone! Happy to announce that Starport Merchants just received its 300th wishlist! Thanks everyone for wishlisting and playing the demo so far! The game has also been updated with visual upgrades in various place…
Event6 changesGameplayUI/audio - Starport Merchants
Expanded Rivals
Hello, Starport Merchants! This week's update is mostly focused on the rival merchants. Rival Trade Routes You'll now be able to see where your rivals are, and where they are headed next. Warehouse Deals A new deal can…
Event4 changesGameplayUI/audio - Starport Merchants
More narrative events, music and fixes
Hello! New update is in, here's what's changed: More narrative events A whopping 30 new events have been added in various places around the game, this brings the total amount of narrative events to just under 200! Narra…
Event7 changesGameplayUI/audio - Starport Merchants
Stay at a hotel or perform a hostile takeover
Hello, fellow merchants! It's been a week since last update, so it was time to add new features. Book a room at the Thalassa Resort You can now book a room in a hotel at the Thalassa Vacation Resort. This was suggested…
Event7 changesGameplayBalance - Starport Merchants
The Underlane, Salvaging and Paint Your Ship
Hello everyone! A hefty update this week, filled with new features. The Underlane Introducing The Underlane, an underground passenger transport network similar to how the Black Market works. But instead of transporting…
Store6 changesGameplayServer - Starport Merchants
Starport Merchants gained 200 wishlists!
Hey everyone! I just wanted to give you all a BIG thanks for wishlisting the game as we have now reached the milestone of 200 wishlists! As a solo dev, this means a lot to me and it's very motivating. In the meantime, I…
Announcement3 changes1 numericBalance - Starport Merchants
Passenger Narrative Events
Hello there! Passenger Narrative Events This week's update makes passenger transport a bit more lively. Whenever you are transporting passengers, you can now receive special narrative events concerning any of your passe…
Event6 changesBalanceGameplay - Starport Merchants
New feature: Miner Rating and Freelancer Rating
Hey everyone, This week brings another cool new feature and more to Starport Merchants. Miner Rating After adding the Merchant Rating and Carrier Rating, it felt like Mining should also receive something extra. Upgrade…
Patch notes4 changesGameplay - Starport Merchants
New feature: Merchant Rating
How do you do, fellow merchants! This week's update adds the Merchant Rating, which is a rating that can be leveled up by moving commodities. Upgrade your Merchant Rating to get access to better offers and contracts. Ot…
Announcement7 changes1 numericGameplay - Starport Merchants
Enhancing the Space Taxi role
Hey everyone, Another big update this week, this time focused on passenger transport. Special Requests Instead of taking regular passengers every week, you can now pick up special request passengers. These can be VIP's,…
Patch notes2 changesGameplay - Starport Merchants
New feature: Enhancing the Space Trucker role
Hey everyone, This week's update might be interesting for those that enjoy the Space Trucking role. Previously, space truckers mostly focused on finding out where a certain commodity was in demand by checking if there a…
Announcement4 changesBalanceGameplay - Starport Merchants
New feature: Asteroid Fields
Hey everyone, This week's update has some cool new features. The biggest one is the addition of asteroid fields to the automated mining. Before you send in your drones, you now first have to choose an asteroid field. Di…
Announcement4 changesGameplayUI/audio - Starport Merchants
Ore Surges: Improved Mining
Hey there, fellow merchants! This week's update brings a lot of balance changes and a change in how mining works. Increased the passenger fares Received a lot of feedback of passenger transport not being very fullfillin…
Event4 changesBalanceGameplay - Starport Merchants
Player guidance: Opportunities!
Latest update adds a new element to the main screen: The Opportunities box will be dynamically populated depending on your current state and how you're playing the game. It can be safely ignored if you prefer to find yo…
Announcement1 changeGameplay - Starport Merchants
Introducing M.A.R.A - the ship's computer
Player Onboarding Today's update introduces M.A.R.A. Your personal onboard Market Analysis & Routing Assistant. Mara is an attempt to ease new players into the game. It will provide onboarding to new players, as well as…
Patch notes1 changeGameplay
