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Posted April 25, 2018
The Spirit of Opportunity.


Surviving Mars just received another update, this time called Opportunity. It brings quite a few additions and improvements, including:

- Passage: Use these transportation tunnels to connect your domes together. #TEAMWORK.
- New high-end automated building available for your colony
- A new large water tank to keep your growing colony from going thirsty
- Several new options to toggle during game setup in order to make the missions easier or harder, depending on your preference
- Assorted fixes and UI improvements

[previous message about Spirit update follows]

Surviving Mars, the groovy city-building sim about establishing a functional colony on the Red Planet, just received a Spirit update which brings all sorts of improvements, fixes, and new features.

Some standouts:

- Science Institute now renamed to Hawking Institute, in tribute to the late astrophysicist
- Domes now have a Birth Control Policy that can be set to allowed or forbidden
- Pathfinding for your Rovers improved
- Photo Mode now has a free camera option
- Several gameplay and UI fixes/ improvements

What do you think, Martians? Ready to put up some domes?
Posted April 05, 2018
So this is a free update?
Posted April 05, 2018
Science Institute now renamed to Hawking Institute, in tribute to the late astrophysicist
I was expecting something like that to show up in KSP rather than in Surviving Mars, but it's a nice gesture nonetheless!
Posted April 05, 2018
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Posted April 05, 2018
you should be able to set a threshold for how many births are allowed, not just yes/no
Posted April 05, 2018
Birth control for dome? *turns on to yes*
"New colonists have arrived"
*preacherman touches down*
Posted April 07, 2018
Steam already has a hotfix for this update, and there's another nasty bug - being unable to launch rockets, as reported by some players -, not yet fixed. I wonder when it will land on GOG, or if it has, it will be announced as this update.
Posted April 25, 2018
Spirit, Opportunity... i'm willing to bet the next updates will be called Sojourner & Curiosity. #marsrovers :)
Posted April 25, 2018
The sound of this game, updates and images continues to impress.
Can wait until it is at a more realistic price for me though ... the rest of you buggers though, buy the damn thing already, so you help reduce the cost for smartsters like me, who suffer from patience. :)
Posted April 25, 2018
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Screamshield: So this is a free update?
Its a patch. So yes its free.
Posted April 25, 2018
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Timboli: The sound of this game, updates and images continues to impress.
Can wait until it is at a more realistic price for me though ... the rest of you buggers though, buy the damn thing already, so you help reduce the cost for smartsters like me, who suffer from patience. :)
just out of curiosity: what would you consider a realistic price?
Posted April 25, 2018
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Screamshield: So this is a free update?
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Matruchus: Its a patch. So yes its free.
Nice :D
Posted April 26, 2018
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petitmal: just out of curiosity: what would you consider a realistic price?
For someone in my position and sensibilities, about $20 for the top version.

I can wait for 6 months or more, maybe a year or two ... me have no liking for paying too much too soon, so that others can get it real cheap before all that long has passed.

It has always seemed odd to me (stupid even) that those who desire a game the most, support it even, always pay more for it, and are in a very real sense subsidizing all the late comers .... the majority.

Just not right.

True fans should be appreciated, and the cost reflect that, as without them, it is a no win situation.
Posted May 01, 2018
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petitmal: just out of curiosity: what would you consider a realistic price?
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Timboli: For someone in my position and sensibilities, about $20 for the top version.

I can wait for 6 months or more, maybe a year or two ... me have no liking for paying too much too soon, so that others can get it real cheap before all that long has passed.

It has always seemed odd to me (stupid even) that those who desire a game the most, support it even, always pay more for it, and are in a very real sense subsidizing all the late comers .... the majority.

Just not right.

True fans should be appreciated, and the cost reflect that, as without them, it is a no win situation.
Then give it 10 years or more and you can legally get it for free... probably.
Posted May 01, 2018
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Blackdrako3000: Then give it 10 years or more and you can legally get it for free... probably.
You are a bit optimistic aren't you.

I should be able to buy it at a fair price within a year or two. Until then, my backlog is huge, so it is not like I will notice any absence.

Unlike some I believe in paying for things (at a fair price) and in being patient ... unlike those who can't be patient and end up subsidizing for the rest of us. ;)

But hey, each to their own. :)
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