Alexander Mosolov
@amosolov.bsky.social
Developer of upcoming indie sandbox rpg Starsector.
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Alexander Mosolov
@amosolov.bsky.social
· Mar 27
Starsector 0.98a is out! Fight new enemies, acquire new ships and weapons, and much more, featuring new story missions, autosave, a revamped combat simulator and Codex, and other UI improvements!
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Please repost!
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Happy Goblin Friday!
Easy morning: messed w/ visual effects & story script review.
Set up "vibes mode" button that turns off the UI so you can just hang out in a location and chill. Thank you to @mesotronik.bsky.social / soundcloud.com/mesotronik for the sound loop!
vid: youtu.be/17diA0A4kzw
Easy morning: messed w/ visual effects & story script review.
Set up "vibes mode" button that turns off the UI so you can just hang out in a location and chill. Thank you to @mesotronik.bsky.social / soundcloud.com/mesotronik for the sound loop!
vid: youtu.be/17diA0A4kzw
goblin swamp
YouTube video by David Baumgart
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Happy Goblin Friday!
Easy morning: messed w/ visual effects & story script review.
Set up "vibes mode" button that turns off the UI so you can just hang out in a location and chill. Thank you to @mesotronik.bsky.social / soundcloud.com/mesotronik for the sound loop!
vid: youtu.be/17diA0A4kzw
Easy morning: messed w/ visual effects & story script review.
Set up "vibes mode" button that turns off the UI so you can just hang out in a location and chill. Thank you to @mesotronik.bsky.social / soundcloud.com/mesotronik for the sound loop!
vid: youtu.be/17diA0A4kzw
Looks like the website is down, some kind of SSL issue, checking into it - my apologies!
November 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Looks like the website is down, some kind of SSL issue, checking into it - my apologies!
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In Fun Art Land, I've been working on finishing up this swamp painting, which is where the goblins live. Because it's sticky and stinky?
November 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
In Fun Art Land, I've been working on finishing up this swamp painting, which is where the goblins live. Because it's sticky and stinky?
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Writing new Starsector story things: There's always room for Finlay Siyavong to show up!
(And yes, you can also bring this to Arroyo if you want to give him a headache.)
(And yes, you can also bring this to Arroyo if you want to give him a headache.)
November 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Writing new Starsector story things: There's always room for Finlay Siyavong to show up!
(And yes, you can also bring this to Arroyo if you want to give him a headache.)
(And yes, you can also bring this to Arroyo if you want to give him a headache.)
This mod adding controller support to Starsector is very cool! Really impressive work.
fractalsoftworks.com/forum/index....
i.imgur.com/OlhhzeM.mp4
fractalsoftworks.com/forum/index....
i.imgur.com/OlhhzeM.mp4
i.imgur.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This mod adding controller support to Starsector is very cool! Really impressive work.
fractalsoftworks.com/forum/index....
i.imgur.com/OlhhzeM.mp4
fractalsoftworks.com/forum/index....
i.imgur.com/OlhhzeM.mp4
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Here's a fun short interview podcast with my dad about winning a Spacewar tournament in 1972: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
The irony? throughline? of me working on Starsector now is not lost upon me. And the sheer historical accident of that event happening to be a 'first' is not lost on him.
The irony? throughline? of me working on Starsector now is not lost upon me. And the sheer historical accident of that event happening to be a 'first' is not lost on him.
BBC World Service - Sporting Witness, The first Esports tournament
In 1972, the first ever Esports tournament was held at California's Stanford University
www.bbc.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Here's a fun short interview podcast with my dad about winning a Spacewar tournament in 1972: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
The irony? throughline? of me working on Starsector now is not lost upon me. And the sheer historical accident of that event happening to be a 'first' is not lost on him.
The irony? throughline? of me working on Starsector now is not lost upon me. And the sheer historical accident of that event happening to be a 'first' is not lost on him.
Pictured: a planet used to be here, until a bug let me "break it for salvage". Backing out of a menu made the game think the planet was a comm relay, and, well. At least I got some scrap out of it!
September 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Pictured: a planet used to be here, until a bug let me "break it for salvage". Backing out of a menu made the game think the planet was a comm relay, and, well. At least I got some scrap out of it!
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I released an update to my icon pack "Food, Spices, & Drinks"! Added 12 icons people requested in the comments over the past year or so.
dgbaumgart.itch.io/icons-food-s...
dgbaumgart.itch.io/icons-food-s...
September 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I released an update to my icon pack "Food, Spices, & Drinks"! Added 12 icons people requested in the comments over the past year or so.
dgbaumgart.itch.io/icons-food-s...
dgbaumgart.itch.io/icons-food-s...
The console commands mod just got one heck of an update, courtesy of @lukas04.bsky.social. Super impressive stuff!
fractalsoftworks.com/forum/index....
fractalsoftworks.com/forum/index....
September 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The console commands mod just got one heck of an update, courtesy of @lukas04.bsky.social. Super impressive stuff!
fractalsoftworks.com/forum/index....
fractalsoftworks.com/forum/index....
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testing new Starsector content at the minimum supported screen resolution
September 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
testing new Starsector content at the minimum supported screen resolution
Ok ok, being able to cast like this in Java:
if (x instanceof String s)
And then use s as a string is so liberating, wow, how did I not know about this!
(The only reason I found out is I thought "they *must* have made this redundant cast less annoying by now!" and went looking, and, yep.)
if (x instanceof String s)
And then use s as a string is so liberating, wow, how did I not know about this!
(The only reason I found out is I thought "they *must* have made this redundant cast less annoying by now!" and went looking, and, yep.)
September 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Ok ok, being able to cast like this in Java:
if (x instanceof String s)
And then use s as a string is so liberating, wow, how did I not know about this!
(The only reason I found out is I thought "they *must* have made this redundant cast less annoying by now!" and went looking, and, yep.)
if (x instanceof String s)
And then use s as a string is so liberating, wow, how did I not know about this!
(The only reason I found out is I thought "they *must* have made this redundant cast less annoying by now!" and went looking, and, yep.)
(Website looks like it's down, checking into it now)
September 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
(Website looks like it's down, checking into it now)
Reposted by Alexander Mosolov
Stock Starsector dialogs:
- Harangue a planetary administrator into giving classified information
- Buy a round for the space-bar
- Someone standing next to you is shot due to convoluted political machinations
- Use story point to convince someone that you are the literal devil. Somehow this helps.
- Harangue a planetary administrator into giving classified information
- Buy a round for the space-bar
- Someone standing next to you is shot due to convoluted political machinations
- Use story point to convince someone that you are the literal devil. Somehow this helps.
August 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Stock Starsector dialogs:
- Harangue a planetary administrator into giving classified information
- Buy a round for the space-bar
- Someone standing next to you is shot due to convoluted political machinations
- Use story point to convince someone that you are the literal devil. Somehow this helps.
- Harangue a planetary administrator into giving classified information
- Buy a round for the space-bar
- Someone standing next to you is shot due to convoluted political machinations
- Use story point to convince someone that you are the literal devil. Somehow this helps.
New Starsector blog post: Officer Flexibility
fractalsoftworks.com/2025/08/18/o...
Talking about some changes that make officers easier to work with, as well as some changes to s-mods, and a quick update about the plan for the next release!
fractalsoftworks.com/2025/08/18/o...
Talking about some changes that make officers easier to work with, as well as some changes to s-mods, and a quick update about the plan for the next release!
August 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
New Starsector blog post: Officer Flexibility
fractalsoftworks.com/2025/08/18/o...
Talking about some changes that make officers easier to work with, as well as some changes to s-mods, and a quick update about the plan for the next release!
fractalsoftworks.com/2025/08/18/o...
Talking about some changes that make officers easier to work with, as well as some changes to s-mods, and a quick update about the plan for the next release!
Added the ability to change the s-mods on a ship for a LOT of credits, at a player-owned colony with heavy industry. The original s-mods still require story points to add, but this should make it easier to revamp an endgame fleet.
August 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Added the ability to change the s-mods on a ship for a LOT of credits, at a player-owned colony with heavy industry. The original s-mods still require story points to add, but this should make it easier to revamp an endgame fleet.
Reduced the leash range on the "Defend" (and similar) commands by a third. Seems to be working well so far - the actual performance of the fleet in battle is *much* better with the new leash range!
July 31, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Reduced the leash range on the "Defend" (and similar) commands by a third. Seems to be working well so far - the actual performance of the fleet in battle is *much* better with the new leash range!
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I wrote so much very specific-feeling dialog for a minor character that I felt like I might as well make them a unique person - then realized I had a stray character half-developed (portrait even!) for a very unimplemented narrative arc that fits perfectly into the role.
... Perfect!
#starsector
... Perfect!
#starsector
July 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I wrote so much very specific-feeling dialog for a minor character that I felt like I might as well make them a unique person - then realized I had a stray character half-developed (portrait even!) for a very unimplemented narrative arc that fits perfectly into the role.
... Perfect!
#starsector
... Perfect!
#starsector
First round of a community-run Starsector pvp tournament! Super cool to see all the different builds and how it all plays out.
(The Anubis, hmm.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJK7...
(The Anubis, hmm.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJK7...
Brawl King Season 2 [Top 16]
YouTube video by MisterG
www.youtube.com
July 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
First round of a community-run Starsector pvp tournament! Super cool to see all the different builds and how it all plays out.
(The Anubis, hmm.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJK7...
(The Anubis, hmm.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJK7...
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I wrote a blog post for @amosolov.bsky.social's Starsector, "Creating Threat", about drawing spaceship horrors.
(It starts with bismuth and deep-sea snails and ends in... well, HR Giger, basically.)
fractalsoftworks.com/2025/07/03/c...
(It starts with bismuth and deep-sea snails and ends in... well, HR Giger, basically.)
fractalsoftworks.com/2025/07/03/c...
July 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I wrote a blog post for @amosolov.bsky.social's Starsector, "Creating Threat", about drawing spaceship horrors.
(It starts with bismuth and deep-sea snails and ends in... well, HR Giger, basically.)
fractalsoftworks.com/2025/07/03/c...
(It starts with bismuth and deep-sea snails and ends in... well, HR Giger, basically.)
fractalsoftworks.com/2025/07/03/c...
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Over in Starsector news, writing a big chunk of new narrative and quite enjoying myself. Really fun intersection of Scifi!, characterization, & Sector politics.
Also being an idiot and going convoluted & non-linear.
BUT I think it'll work! Got some new structural concepts...
Any excuse to DS9 gif.
Also being an idiot and going convoluted & non-linear.
BUT I think it'll work! Got some new structural concepts...
Any excuse to DS9 gif.
May 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Over in Starsector news, writing a big chunk of new narrative and quite enjoying myself. Really fun intersection of Scifi!, characterization, & Sector politics.
Also being an idiot and going convoluted & non-linear.
BUT I think it'll work! Got some new structural concepts...
Any excuse to DS9 gif.
Also being an idiot and going convoluted & non-linear.
BUT I think it'll work! Got some new structural concepts...
Any excuse to DS9 gif.
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every starsector player has 3 friends
May 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
every starsector player has 3 friends
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I wrote a (really long) blog post about doing narrative design, writing a space religion, and having fun with mystery-solving monks in @amosolov.bsky.social's #Starsector.
-> fractalsoftworks.com/2025/04/29/w...
-> fractalsoftworks.com/2025/04/29/w...
April 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I wrote a (really long) blog post about doing narrative design, writing a space religion, and having fun with mystery-solving monks in @amosolov.bsky.social's #Starsector.
-> fractalsoftworks.com/2025/04/29/w...
-> fractalsoftworks.com/2025/04/29/w...
Starsector 0.98a hotfix is now up! Fixes the shield AI vs [REDACTED] beam issue, along with a slew of other bugfixes and some other tweaks and adjustments. You can get it here:
fractalsoftworks.com/2025/03/27/s...
Just re-download and reinstall the game. Save-compatible with the previous hotfix.
fractalsoftworks.com/2025/03/27/s...
Just re-download and reinstall the game. Save-compatible with the previous hotfix.
Starsector » Starsector 0.98a Release
Starsector (formerly
fractalsoftworks.com
April 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Starsector 0.98a hotfix is now up! Fixes the shield AI vs [REDACTED] beam issue, along with a slew of other bugfixes and some other tweaks and adjustments. You can get it here:
fractalsoftworks.com/2025/03/27/s...
Just re-download and reinstall the game. Save-compatible with the previous hotfix.
fractalsoftworks.com/2025/03/27/s...
Just re-download and reinstall the game. Save-compatible with the previous hotfix.