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Press release:
London / Seattle, 26 March, 2020 – Progressive indie publisher Modern Wolf and US developer Blue Bottle Games today released new never-before-seen gameplay footage and a development update for spaceship simulation game “Ostranauts“, which will be launching into Early Access on PC via Steam later this year.

About Ostranauts
Ostranauts is a detailed simulation of owning and living aboard a spaceship, in a solar system where honest living is a slow death sentence. Set in the NEO Scavenger universe, where Earth has suffered cataclysmic collapse, the rest of the System lives on in a state of capitalistic dystopia.

Players will create their captain, build or customize their starting ship from the spoils of their career history, and find ways to keep their motley crew happy, fuel in their tanks, food on their plates, and the debt collectors at bay.

Detailed Custom Ship Design
Players can build their ship, in any shape, from functioning modular parts. The parts have physical properties, interact with each other, and can wear out over time.

Crew Needs
Crew members have physiological and emotional needs, ranging from basal needs like food, water, oxygen, and temperature, to more esoteric needs like privacy, security, intimacy, and esteem.

Developer update
What aspects players can expect in the first wave of Early Access:

Playing as spaceship captain to fix up their spaceship to get it space worthy
Socialising with NPCs
Starting on shipbreaker career – salvaging from derelict ships around K-Leg station to get their junker ready to fly

During Early Access:

Fly to different worlds to complete tasks, get more tools for characters and parts for their ship
Encounter additional ship types, makes and models
Combat element – with ships and hand to hand
Meeting with other ships – possible hostile encounters

Watch launch trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP3xVHnnxwY

Ostranauts is now available to wishlist on Steam for PC.

Further Information
Website: https://modernwolf.net/games/ostranauts
Steam Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1022980/Ostranauts/

Modern Wolf
Modern Wolf is a progressive publisher of video games, founded in 2019 by Fernando Rizo and Andreas Gschwari. Based in London, Modern Wolf works with game developers around the globe to bring you the weirdest and smartest indie games in the world.

Follow Modern Wolf on Twitter at @ModernWolfLtd
http://www.modernwolf.net

Blue Bottle Games
Founded by BioWare veteran Dan Fedor, Blue Bottle Games is a Seattle-based developer of core role-playing games. The company’s first title, NEO Scavenger, was one of Rock Paper Shotgun’s Bestest Best Games of 2014.

Follow Blue Bottle Games on Twitter at @BlueBottleGames