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Daniel Fedor

@dcfedor.bsky.social

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Developer of Ostranauts and NEO Scavenger. Founder of Blue Bottle Games studio.

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Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · Nov 14

Hey Folks!

If you're into the following, I wanna see it! And I'll probably post the same:

Gamedev
Cassette futurism
Architecture
Synth music
RPG manuals
Visual design
Cars and interiors
Musical instruments
Procedural generation
Game design
Immersive photos
Scavenging
Smart and dumb jokes

Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 4h

Somewhere between 3 minutes and 3 hours.

Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 7h

4 words:

Veniero's Pasticceria & Caffe

Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 7h

The current Apple Developer Program License Agreement is over 57k words long.

The estimated reading time of a document that length is over 3 hours.

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ecta foole @ectafoole.bsky.social · 12h

The Snapjaw VTuber is streaming Ostranauts and lofi. www.twitch.tv/grastreams

GraStreams - Twitch

Torch Driven in Ostranauts

www.twitch.tv

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Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 1d

I watched the Dark City one countless times when it came out.

youtu.be/gt9HkO-cGGo?...

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ecta foole @ectafoole.bsky.social · 2d

Come listen to dark ambient music from lofi girl and the sound of me pressing nice clacky cassette futurist style buttons. Now streaming Ostranauts! twitch.tv/grastreams

GraStreams - Twitch

Reactor Day in Ostranauts

twitch.tv

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Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 3d

I think I realized this was the case for many of my picks, too!

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Kitfox Games 🦊 @kitfoxgames.com · 3d

Up to 90% off on all Kitfox titles on Steam. Stock up on games like the majestic chipmunk collects nuts for the winter. 🐿 🌰

Sale page:https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/kitfoxgames

Lucifer Within Us- 80% off
Six Ages 1- 50% off
Six Ages 2- 30% off
Shattered Planet - 90% off
Shrouded Isle - 85% off
Boyfriend Dungeon - 65% off
Dwarf Fortress - 20% off
Caves of Qud - 15% off
Ostranauts - 20% off
Fit for a King - 80% off
Moon Hunters - 90% off

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Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 4d

We've had to debug our NPCs doing strange things like endlessly toggling light switches, or opening/closing doors.

Turns out, the machine learning algo we gave them to associate mood changes per action noticed a big boost as they did some mundane action.

They were stuck trying to chase that high.

Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 6d

Hey Folks!

Project Update, Plus Tutorial, PDA Social App, Auto-damage and Other Changes is now live!

store.steampowered.com/news/app/102...

#gamedev

Ostranauts - Project Update, Plus Tutorial, PDA Social App, Auto-damage and Other Changes - Steam News

An update on the overall project progress, plus improvements to tutorials, PDA social app, and fixes for auto-damage and other issues.

store.steampowered.com

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Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 7d

and it's between the hours of 9 and 5...

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Kitfox Games 🦊 @kitfoxgames.com · 9d

The Steam Autumn Sale is here! 🍂

We put ALL our games on sale so stock up for the season with your new favourite.

▶ Sale page

Kitfox Steam Autumn Sale. Sept 29th- October 6th

Lucifer Within Us- 80% off
Six Ages 1- 50% off
Six Ages 2- 30% off
Shattered Planet - 90% off
Shrouded Isle - 85% off
Boyfriend Dungeon - 65% off
Dwarf Fortress - 20% off
Caves of Qud - 15% off
Ostranauts - 20% off

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parako ✨COMMS OPEN✨ @paracosmic.nekoweb.org · 8d

ostranauts is dangerously good

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ecta foole @ectafoole.bsky.social · 9d

We each twist alone in space, cut off from whatever we once knew as home. What diminished life can we yet live? Whose hands can we yet reach through the inky void?

But still there is you and I. Take my hand. I'm stream some Ostranauts and listen to ambient music ok? twitch.tv/grastreams

GraStreams - Twitch

Gather round the Astral Hearth

twitch.tv

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Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 9d

Origin Systems Inc and their library.

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Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 9d

I don't wanna say it'll be a home-run of a fit, but Ostranauts does try to tick several checkboxes in that vicinity!

store.steampowered.com/app/1022980/...

Screenshot of a top-down, pixel art game, where the main character stands in an airlock between their own, well-lit ship (bottom of screen) and a dark derelict (upper screen).

Screenshot of a blue navigation panel for a spaceship, with several buttons, toggles, sliders, and knobs to monitor and control various aspects of space travel.

Screenshot of a top-down, pixel art game where the main character is standing near a counter in a warmly-lit bar, talking to an NPC. The NPC has an ! near it, like a quest marker, and there is a context menu of possible things to say near them.

Screenshot of a muted gray reactor control panel, showing various LED and 7-segment display readouts, plus a range of sliders, knobs, and buttons to control the reactor.

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nat. @natclayton.bsky.social · 11d

someone JUST has to make Jalopy-but-with-spaceships, man. I want to pick up a shitty hyperdrive from a dude behind a diner. I want a cockpit dashboard cluttered with loose cans and toolboxes.

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Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 12d

Jim's secret is safe. Cop doesn't have shades on.

Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks for playing it, and for the kind words! Definitely want to return to that arc after Ostranauts is done.

For the assets, I did a lot (most?) of the sprites, if that's what you mean? Illustrations in encounters are a mix of me and other artists. Ditto for encounter text. Josh Culler did OST.

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Jellraiser III: Jell on Earth (1992) [Unrated, LaserDisc] @joshuaelliott.bsky.social · 16d

Ostranauts OST has no damn business being this good. HWAT the fuck?

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ольга @wombburn.itch.io · 16d

this game is really good

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Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 14d

I think you're right that, depending on which thresholds you set for:
1. Min play duration for review
2. Max play duration for refund
3. Max refund rate before delisting

*someone* is going to fall through the cracks. But I think with testing and iterating, you could probably minimize those cases.

Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 14d

Why? You got your money back. No harm done.

If it's to warn other users, this is only important if it's a large enough percentage. And a large percentage of refunds leads to the game being pulled.

A low percentage of crashes is unlikely to affect anyone reading the review, right?

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Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 14d

Isn't that what refunds are for, though?

If a small percentage of users crash before the threshold, that might not be the game's fault.

If a large number crash, it'll either appear as low reviews or high refunds. And Epic would likely remove a game above a certain refund rate.

Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 14d

Theoretically, if the game crashes for everyone, it'll be captured by random selection.
If it only crashes for some users, that capture rate scales down.
If the game doesn't work at all for anyone, no reviews. So, it might self correct?

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