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Genre: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie

Between the Stars

Steam Awards 2019 - Vote now for Between the Stars!


Steam Awards 2019 votes started a few hours ago. It's a great chance for indie games to stand out!

You can now support our game by voting for Between the Stars in the "The Outstanding Story-Rich Game" category.

Thanks you so much for your support!

v0.2.1.0.0 - Loot and Departments Update
In this update we've modified the loot system, added new salvageable items, and we've upgraded the departments and workshop tabs and inventories.

Now the inventory is divided in three windows in order to upgrade the amount of inventory space and crafting and scrapping is now much more quick and easy.

v0.2.1.0.0


  • The compression of some textures has been improved to increase performance. The game will now occupy less disk space (2.70 GB).
  • We have modified the code to make it render better during battles. During Early Access we will continue making this aspect even better.
  • We have modified the loot system. Now you get more material types as well as salvageable objects. We have also incremented the possibility of gaining weapons. In future updates we will adjust the earnings to balance the game.
  • We have added “junk” items. These items serve to sell them or salvage them.
  • Now the inventory is split into three sections: Weapons, Inventory (items) and Passengers. By doing this we have tripled inventory space.
  • We have re-designed the Departments tab. With this redesign we have tried to: lessen the number of clicks needed to do any task, speed up actions and semi-automate the departments themselves.
  • Now departments have a 4-slot queue space. This way the player doesn’t have to be as on top of them as they used to.
  • We have added a window to select the language where it shows the translation status of each language.
  • Now when you launch the game for the first time it shows the language select screen.
  • We have added the following languages: Russian, Chinese (simplified), Dutch, German, French and Italian. These languages depend on community translations there are still numerous texts without translation. During Early Access the languages will continue to be translated. Thank you so much to the volunteers that are helping us!
  • A bug in the damage in the upgraded IL55 Laser Interceptor has been solved.
  • We have solved a bug in saves that duplicated one of the discovered cures.
  • A bug that repeatedly triggered the last of the Ancient Tablet events when the player doesn't have the tablet has been fixed.




Our plans are to have the next update be based on chapter four of the story, and we hope to have it ready by the end of december on the beta branch.

Introducing Beta Branch
A new update is now available on the new beta branch. For this new version we need testers to ensure there are no major errors.


How can you access this beta?


It’s easy, all you have to do is go to your Steam library, right click on Between the Stars, select Properties, and select “Beta -“ in the BETAS tab. The game will update to the latest beta version.



IMPORTANT! Before testing the beta version please make sure to back up your save files. You can find your save game data in the following folder: C:/Users/YOUR USER/AppData/LocalLow/Isolated Games/Between the Stars/SavedData


These are the changes that our latest BETA version brings:

v0.2.1.0.0b


  • The compression of some textures has been improved to increase performance. The game will now occupy less disk space (2.70 GB).
  • We have modified the code to make it render better during battles. During Early Access we will continue making this aspect even better.
  • We have modified the loot system. Now you get more material types as well as salvageable objects. We have also incremented the possibility of gaining weapons. In future updates we will adjust the earnings to balance the game.
  • We have added “junk” items. These items serve to sell them or salvage them.
  • Now the inventory is split into three sections: Weapons, Inventory (items) and Passengers. By doing this we have tripled inventory space.
  • We have re-designed the Departments tab. With this redesign we have tried to: lessen the number of clicks needed to do any task, speed up actions and semi-automate the departments themselves.
  • Now departments have a 4-slot queue space. This way the player doesn’t have to be as on top of them as they used to.
  • We have added a window to select the language where it shows the translation status of each language.
  • Now when you launch the game for the first time it shows the language select screen.
  • We have added the following languages: Russian, Chinese (simplified), Dutch, German, French and Italian. These languages depend on community translations there are still numerous texts without translation. During Early Access the languages will continue to be translated. Thank you so much to the volunteers that are helping us!
  • A bug in the damage in the upgraded IL55 Laser Interceptor has been solved.
  • We have solved a bug in saves that duplicated one of the discovered cures.





If you find any errors in the beta version, please, let us know and we will correct them before updating the normal version.

And if you want to form a part of the translation community in order to help translate the game to your language, all you have to do is enter our Discord server and get in touch with us: https://discordapp.com/invite/betweenthestars

Thank you all for participating and helping us to create this wonderful game!

v0.2.0.9.1

Change Log v0.2.0.9.1



  • A bug impeding restoring health of crew members has been solved.
  • The compression of some textures has been improved to increase performance. The game will now occupy less disk space (3.2 GB).

v0.2.0.9.0
In this update we've added a crew reserve in order to solve some bugs that people had when having a full party.

In the reserve you can store crew members that are on your ship, but are inactive. This lets you get new crew members even though your active crew is full.

Change Log v0.2.0.9.0



  • We've added the crew Reserve.
  • Crew can now be sent to the reserve in order to make space for others in the active crew.
  • When you gain additional crew members and there is no space in the current crew, the new crew member will go to the reserve.
  • Crew members gain 50% less experience if they are in the reserve.
  • Reserve crew do not give bonus points nor can they be injured.
  • When the player ends up without specialists, engineers or scientists, the Republic will send two new crew members of that class to the ship. We are still awaiting the voiceovers for when this happens.
  • We have solved numerous bugs and corrected many grammatical errors.

v0.2.0.8.0f - Biochemistry Update Hotfix

Change Log v0.2.0.8.0f



  • A bug that softlocked the game progress at the end of the quest Recovery (#128) has been fixed.
  • A bug that softlocked the game in the Tesla Walk event (#81) has been fixed.
  • A bug causing the event window to show more than one button in dice rolls has been fixed.
  • A bug causing enemy ships to stop fighting in the quest Recovery (#128) has been solved.
  • A bug blocking the completion of weapons research has been solved.
  • A graphical glitch on the docking bay number indicator has been solved.

Biochemistry Update - v0.2.0.8.0


The version 0.2.0.8 adds the new secondary story line Biochemistry. A science ship of the Children of the Sun has been abandoned in a nearby sector. Access it and discover what happened and what they were investigating.

Change Log v0.2.0.8.0



  • This update adds the new secondary story line Biochemistry.
  • We've added 13 new events.
  • We've added a new disease: Autoimmune Crisis.
  • We've added 2 new research items.
  • We've added 7 new items.
  • We've reduced the color intensity of the highlited words in events.
  • We've fixed several minor bugs.


Community Translation


In addition to this update we are currently working on the fourth chapter of the main story line and a new team member, exclusively in charge of localization, has begun to organize community translation for:

  • French
  • Russian
  • Chinese
  • German
  • Dutch
  • Italian
  • More to come...

If you are interested in participating and becoming a Community Translator please write your request in the new Translator Request channel on our Discord server!
Between the Stars Discord Server

If you would like to translate for a language not on that list, make your request on the server so we can add support for that language.



The next update will improve the game's economy, the loot and the mechanics of the departments.

Remember to leave a review if you like Between the Stars, it helps us out a lot and allows us to get feedback!

Community Translation
We're happy to announce that we've begun the groundwork for a community driven translation into multiple languages.

We'll start by rolling out translations for the UI of the game and we're working on getting everything set up so you can translate the events soon. Basically this is a test of the translation system we will be using to work hand in hand with you to bring the translation up to speed. If you are interested in participating and becoming a Community Translator please write your request in the new Translator Request channel on Discord!

Between the Stars Discord

We'll start with the following languages and will shortly expand to more languages:

  • Russian
  • Chinese
  • German
  • French

v0.2.0.7.0 - Weapons Pack #1


Change Log v0.2.0.7.0



  • A bug causing missile collision to sometimes not be detected has been solved.
  • A bug causing some events to not hand out credits (such as selling the tablet) has been solved.
  • Some explosions that caused particules to rotate with the destroyed ship, leading to an unreal effect, have been repaired.
  • From now on recruits in stations will be refreshed every 15 minutes.
  • A memory leak related to recruit avatars has been solved.
  • The colour of green weapons has been switched to blue to help players with visual impairments to distinguish the icons.
  • Aiming system of antimissile weapons has been rewritten, they are now much more effective.
  • The VFX of Flak weapons has been changed.
  • The Flak weapon is now called FK-55 Flak Cannon.
  • The weapon Heavy Laser is now called 140-ALC Argonic Laser Cannon.
  • The Laser Interceptor is now called IL55 Laser Interceptor.
  • The look of the FK-55 Flak Cannon has been changed.
  • The look of the 140-ALC Argonic Laser Cannon has been changed.
  • Damage and cost of the majority of weapons has been rebalanced.
  • New weapons have been added:

    • Heavy Cannon of the Republic
    • 19-AC Artillery Cannon
    • 24-AC Artillery Cannon
    • 32-AC Artillery Cannon
    • R80 Launch Rocket System
    • R120 Launch Rocket System
    • R160 Launch Rocket System
    • Heavy Plasma Cannon
    • 200-ALC Argonic Laser Cannon
    • 2-200-ALC Dual Argonic Laser Cannon
    • FK-75 Flak Cannon
    • 2-FK-75 Dual Flak Cannon
    • IL65 Laser Interceptor
    • 2-IL65 Dual Laser Interceptor



v0.2.0.6.4

Change Log v0.2.0.6.4



  • A bug that added weapons to the inventory when the player visited the hangar or a shipyard has been solved.
  • A bug that caused event items to not be awarded properly when the inventory was full has been solved. An item from the inventory is now sent to the stash to be able to be awarded the event item.
  • The performance of the sound effect of the Gatling Gun of the Republic has been improved.
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