Space Station Alpha

So, I checked the game out yesterday. The game is one of those semi-roguelike basebuilders, not that different from Prison Architect or Banished. However, compared to those titles, the game is quite shallow. You generally deal with money, power and oxygen. Money comes from residents and visitors, power comes from solar panels and is used by components on your ship, and oxygen is generated by some of these components and flows through your ship depending on the status of your doors. And for just that, the game is quite easy. Getting a net profit is not that hard, and getting power consists mainly of building lots of solar panels. Oxygen is easily managed with air locks. The only real problem comes from random events (of which there are not that many it seems, I got some of them multiple times in my playthrough) and meteors. You eventually research equipment to deal with that. Until then you have a cycle of buildup -> damage -> people die -> buildup. To make things interesting there i...

Maybe, some day, it will turn out to be a nice space-sim. But there are issues to resolve. Performance is bad if you bluild a big station. Camera is moving all over space, very fast, even more illogical: out of control: (need a "Home"buttton) pathfinding Screeninfo (no info pop-up rollover): Who is Who. Harsh gameplay: Equipment can not be moved. Looks like a game right from the seventies. Please move up to the present day.

First Play & Impressions Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSGm0IvJwvc Started Over and Played A Second Game Video: (Better video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTrkOWl5czU If you are going to watch one of the two videos above, watch the 2nd video, as I believe it will give you a much better idea of how the game works and what you're buying. This is a pretty darn fun little game. Kinda reminds me a little of a sim city game, but in space with the threats of asteroids smashing into your spaceship (space cty) as you have rooms for science, guest services for alien visitors who pay you for such services, and more. Like Sim City, it's an itricate balance of keeping your space visitors happy, yet safe while on board all the while trying to turn a profit and not collapse from a number of disasters that can happen. While i have yet to play it enough to give it the time it deserves and that I want to give it, my 9 year old son loves it already. He has over 3 hours into it at...

A few pathing issues, graphics not the best etc as said in the last review. but it does say that it will be updated. As long as the devs dont do what i read happened on Space Base DF-9 then its going to improve. This cost £4 and my house mate has had more than 4 hours playing it so money well spent. really looking forward to what this can become and finding out what the "mysterious z plane" will be when the stairs are used. =D keep up the good work.

If this was an early access game, then yes, I'd say go for it... but it isn't. This game seems unfinished. It's fun, cheap, but it leaves you expecting something more. The research "tree", for instance, is very small and quickly completed (no teirs, just a few boxes to click on the screen). The settings menu lacks any controls for sound volume. Instead, it lists a series of screen resolutions which happened to be missing my 1920x1050 screen size. The game also lacks any real documentaiton on how to play after you get your first resident. There are also parts that have no purpose, mainly the stairwell. It could be a fun game, but it needs a little work. It feels very much like an early access game, but it isn't being sold as such.

This game is really awesome from a one man dev who's way more active than most large companies with the updates. He's constantly adding heaps of new features, and most of the issues people have mentioned in other reviews are already resolved which is great to see. He's pretty active in the forums, I don't know that he knew they existed initially. As for the game, it's already pretty awesome so far and with a bit more polish and functionality will be excellent. As it stands, I'd say it's well worth the asking price of $5.99 USD.

This game really upsets me. I really like games like this one and Prison Architect but neither are finished games I can just play. Prison Architect (a really great game by the way you should buy it now or when released) crashes and Space Station Alpha is nearly unplayable due to workers getting perpetually stuck unloading. What happens is sometimes when a shuttle lands it will not be unloadable. Up to 4 of your workers will try to unload it, some freezing right where they are instead of going to the shuttle. At this point the launch pad cannot be deleted and 4 of your workers for the rest of the game must be stuck unloading" nothing. Deleted workers causes new workers to "unloading" the unloadable shuttle. You can try various things like not accepting deliveries, closing your station, waiting a really long time, turning off your launch pad, etc. but none of those will fix your issue. The only way to get past this is save the game, close game, and load your saved game. You will have t...

This game has a lot of potential, and so far i love it. This game needs a bit more proformance wise and more to the tech tree and such, but it came out 4 days ago, and one of the best space station sims ive ever played. Great job!

I actually tried to break the game; multiple crossing halls, singular pathways for multiple activities, equipment build in the path of critical systems, etc. Nope, worst I got was someone moved their bed into a common room next to the vending machine. Fun little game, lots of room to grow and become amazing but well worth the current $5 price tag especially since basic inspection of the options and controls lets you customize and ease movement speeds and camera angles to fit your computer's abilities or personal gaming style. Are there some improvements needed imho, of course, its early access. Doors have to be left open to move air between rooms instead of a vent system, no que system for construction (it is done as you add it to the "blue print/design" so lay it out in the order you want it built) and single plane of construction rather than multi-level (personal preference but easier to view and control as is). Basic first impression review. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heP4...

Mkay... So after playing for a while, and unlocking some achievements... I'm gonna have to say, that at the current state of the game, I wish I hadn't spent the game. This is basically a VERY basic "Apartment Management Sim", and it really shows. It has potential, but the limited number of features, lack of ability to decorate the station in any manner, lack of ability to attract specific aliens, limited number of alien races, and just in general, how bland and dark and gritty everything looks... It's a very plain, very basic game. It feel unfinished and unrefined... Too unrefined for them to have pulled it out of "Early Access". I'm very disappointed at this time and REALLY wish I hadn't spent the $5.00 on it now.