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Excellent! I do really like typing games and this feels pretty satisfying. Tied up with the software installing/uninstalling and it's great :)

Thanks so much for playing! Really happy you enjoyed it :D

Thanks! :D

I'm afraid it uses some windows shell libraries for shortcuts and accessing the explorer which don't work with compatibility layers :/

In case it helps you, the libraries in question are:

IWshRuntimeLibrary.dll

Shell32.dll

shdocvw.dll

Demo is coming very soon! (In the next few days)

Thanks! :D

That's good to hear. There were a few graphics issues on Linux and Steamdeck on release but they seem to have been solved by updating drivers.

Thanks, just joined. I was expecting a button somewhere else :)

Hey,

I want to submit my game to the bundle, but I don't see the "Submit your game" button that the page keeps referring to, I only see the button for joining the jam.

Am I missing something?

Thanks!

That's very kind of you, but please don't wait too long on my behalf :)

Hello!

My game Deep Space Exploitation is out now with a v1.0 release, plus an updated demo!

If  you like pixel art, mining, destroying asteroids, and stories about corporate exploitation, then this is the game for you :)

For the first 2 weeks of release there's a 20% discount and 100% of the sales on Itch will go to Itch!

Thanks for taking a look, and I hope you enjoy :)

I think everything got a little out of hand haha, but the end is in sight :)

Thanks! I'm pretty proud of the effect. It doesn't make sense for some people so I keep tweaking the tutorial to explain it better

Just to close this off, Lexar7z helped me out a ton and we discovered some font validation code was using a locale based character conversion which lead to validation failure.

This is not fixed in v0.6.4.8 :)

I gave you the wrong email, sorry (it was late at night for me :( ). The actual one is juhrjuhr[at]fastmail.co.uk (I've edited the original reply too).

I had a thought, are you running the game directly from the zip file without extracting it first?

Hey,

What version are you running? Are you running it windows or some linux setup?

Could you email me your most recent log file to juhrjuhr[at]fastmail.co.uk? You can find it in the "Logs" folder of the game folder.

This is quite a strange error. The font files are embedded in the executable and so shouldn't change after compilation.

Thanks for reporting :)

Thanks! :D

Originally I was only going to have time limits, but then I saw how chill the game can be when you don't have one so I'm trying to make both approaches available :)

There is a popup when you first buy a mining charge telling you that they go in your storage and need to be put in your cargo to take them on a job, but I think this is very easily missed, especially since it will only show you it once. I'm thinking to have a popup let you choose whether to place it in cargo or storage, and then on the "job start confirmation" screen show you a little summary of the cargo you're taking with you.

Thanks for this crash report! I'll get it fixed ASAP!

That's amazing! I'm actually waiting for a Steam Deck to be delivered so I can test it there and verify it's all good 😂

Thanks for this, it's very encouraging!

Thanks for checking! It should be visible for you now :)

I published this post, then was meant to release the demo but had to run and make food haha

Yes that's a debug feature haha, good find!

In the current build it's under a compilation flag, so at some point I must have correct that.

You should be able to left click and drag the asteroids and other things around too...

Thanks! :D

Cool, thanks for this!

Cool, thanks! And the rest of the controls you kept the same?

Thank you so much for you feedback and support!

What did you rebind all of the controls to, of you don't mind telling me? I'm updating the default control scheme and want to get something that works best for people.

Good to know! Thanks very much for getting it to run :)

You're right, it shouldn't do this. I've already changed it in the latest dev build to default to 1280x720 and windowed.

If you want to play now and not have to wait a few days for a new build then you can find the settings file on your PC at: "[Your User]\AppData\Local\InfraRed\Asteroid Miner\settings.json"
Then change "WindowMode" to 0, and "Resolution" width and height to what you need.

Thanks for the report!

Finally got some art and proper logo 😎

Thanks :D There's plenty more to come!

I just read through your feedback, thanks so much, lots of useful things I've made a note of :)

Thanks! It's inspired by a lot of the strange small games I played as a kid and now I have no idea what they're called

Really awesome! Feels fun and chaotic. A mode where I could fight the little guys and get revenge would be great :D

Hey! Thanks a lot for the feedback :)
Yup, these are all common issues people have been having, and I've already addressed them in my dev build. I think I made a mistake calling this a demo as it's actually an alpha, haha.

Wow, thanks a lot for this! Really great feedback :)
You'll be glad to know a lot of your issues are either already fixed or next on my list. It would be awesome if you would revisit it later on in development.

Thanks! :D

In v0.2 this is a little more clear now :)

I'll add a little run down in the game description

D:

There's a new sheriff in town.

I've uploaded a new version that doesn't require .Net now :)

Hey, give me a bit of time and I'll upload a version with .Net packaged so you don't have to install it yourself.

Thanks so much for playing!
Did you figure out what to do with the Lich's stone? :)

As for more content, not really. I'm getting started on something new and leaving this as pretty much finished.

Thank you! :D