Whats New

Nighttime Glow

All glowing buildings will now light up the darkness! This change is purely visual, but it helps navigation at night, and adds a lot of depth to the darkness.

Dedicated Servers

Starground now has dedicated servers! This allows everyone to host a game without having to be a player and have visuals. To install your own dedicated server, you can get it from the included Steam tool called Starground Dedicated Server! You can also join in on the first public Starground server by using the default port 4433, and connecting to 15.204.242.62 Dedicated servers are still sort of experimental, so let me know if you run into any issues!

Changelog

Additions

Added dedicated server support
Added the whitelist command for dedicated server consoles
Added the banlist command for dedicated server consoles
Added the kick command
Added the stop command for dedicated server consoles
Added movement interpolation for all enemies

Changes

Made it so usernames now have to be unique when joining a game on multiplayer
Made it so players cannot join a multiplayer game if they're on the wrong version
Made it so you can type in the chat while in the starlauncher
Made it so the starlauncher will glow in the dark
Made it so batteries and their progress bars are smooth, and also glow in the dark
Made it so tesla coil lightning will glow in the dark
Made it so researchers glow in the dark
Made it so the purifier glows in the dark
Changed the sprite for the foundry
Made it so the foundry glows in the dark
Made it so the furnace glows in the dark
Changed the sprite for the burner
Made it so the burner glows in the dark
Made it so the electric furnace glows in the dark
Made it so the oven glows in the dark
Made it so crafter sparks glow in the dark
Updated multiple skins
Made it so you can no longer scroll when in the fishing minigame
Made it so you can't open the tool wheel when in the fishing minigame

Fixes

Fixed an issue where the number puzzle room had breakable parts
Fixed an isuse where the challenge chest could be broken
Fixed an issue where it was possible to "dig" tiles underneath buildings and resources, causing water gaps on save and reload
Fixed an issue where spore would crash the game
Fixed an issue where killing dreadcap would crash the game on multiplayer
Fixed an issue where SE units in the tesla coil had a decimal
Fixed an isssue where buildings would show low power when the network had 0 consumption
Fixed an issue where the puzzle vault room was broken on multiplayer
Fixed issues with the player idle UV
Fixed an issue where pressing Q while typing in chat would open the tool wheel
Fixed an issue where you can walk around while in the starlauncher and invisible by changing your tool with keys
Fixed an issue where items could become permanently held when the game is saved when an item is held in a player's inventory
Fixed an issue where research buttons would not go green in multiplayer when finished
Fixed an issue where orphan nodes could be created by running commands
Fixed an issue where movers could take items out of building input slots on game load
Fixed an issue where guns and projectiles were broken on multiplayer clients
Fixed an issue where projectile tweens were not cleared properly
Fixed an issue where Calorus did not play their death animation on multiplayer

Optimizations

Improved performance of the research menu
Improved performance of inventories
Greatly improved performance of all fish (again)
Improved performance of all enemies for multiplayer clients
Improved performance of all dungeon doors
Greatly improved performance of movers for clients on multiplayer
Improved the performance of the building menu

[ 2025-06-04 21:08:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

WHAT IS STARGROUND?

Starground is a top-down automation dungeon crawler combo. Alternate between gathering and refining resources on your home planet, and venturing across space to fight through action roguelite-inspired dungeons. How you split your time is entirely up to you! There's no right way to play the game, and any path will progress the story.

MULTIPLAYER

Starground was built up with multiplayer from the beginning. Experience what Starground has to offer as a full co-operative experience with as many friends as you'd like. Invite your friends to work towards common goals, or divide and conquer each part of the game. If multiplayer isn't your thing though, you can play alone in single player too!

AUTOMATION

Develop and maximize an island of resources through automation. Work your way through a research tree filled with all sorts of unique machines and solutions to your logistical needs. Start humble by mining resources by hand and smelting manually, but soon build up to a formidable factory that can tackle anything you can throw at it.

DUNGEONS

If you're not into automation, or need to wait for your factory, then venture to other places in the solar system to explore and crawl your way through a variety of dungeons. Battle enemies, avoid obstacles, kill bosses, and reap the rewards of your effort. Take resources from dungeons back to your factory, or use rare loot to make yourself stronger and craft modular weapons. Make a spear, dual-bladed sword, or maybe a gun on a stick. The choice is yours.

Be sure to add Starground to your Wishlist!

MINIMAL SETUPOS: LinuxMemory: 1 GB RAMGraphics: Vulkan SupportStorage: 200 MB available space
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: Vulkan Support
Storage: 200 MB available space
RECOMMENDED SETUPOS: LinuxMemory: 4 GB RAMGraphics: Vulkan SupportNetwork: Broadband Internet connectionStorage: 1 GB available space
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Vulkan SupportNetwork: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 1 GB available space

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