Star Vortex

Star Vortex - Clean Cut (v0.6.17) - Steam News This update took a bit of an unexpected turn. While working on the new spinal weapons for Sector 4, it became obvious that ship explosions just weren’t as satisfying as they should be. That’s now been...

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Star Vortex - On Sale: 15% Discount - Steam News Star Vortex is currently 15% off for the next two weeks. New Game+ has also landed, so you can keep progressing and playing indefinitely once you reach the current end of content. Sector 4: Work In Pr...

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Star Vortex - New Game+ (v0.6.14) - Steam News This has been requested before, and I was hesitant to add a New Game+ mode because it was never part of my original end-game plan. It turns out my assumption that players would finish Sector 3 and sim...

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Star Vortex - Twitch Integration (v0.6.12) - Steam News Quick interruption to your regularly scheduled updates. This one’s mainly for streamers, but it’s been requested more than once and was easy to implement. Twitch Integration Is Live You can now enable...

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Star Vortex - System Polish (v0.6.11) - Steam News Another update. This one includes a load of more requested features and some pretty critical bug fixes. If there are any issues, let me know and I’ll hotfix them over the weekend. Auto Special Icons I...

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Star Vortex - Balance and Progress (v0.6.08) - Steam News Quick update based on recent player feedback. Work on Sector 4 (Phase 1) is ongoing, with a progress update below. Boost Invulnerability Change Originally, boosting disabled weapons while you were imm...

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Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone!
This year has been huge, and I'm genuinely grateful for all the support. Looking forward to continuing to build and improve the game with you guys in the years ahead.

Star Vortex - Small Ships (v0.6.07) - Steam News One more update for a few overdue tasks that didn't make it into the last Major Update. Full details below, work continues behind the scenes on Sector 4 content. Vanguard Class One question I get aske...

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Star Vortex - Community Feedback (v0.6.05) - Steam News Not the most game-changing update this time, just a quick one in response to recent feedback. Every change here is from the community. I've listed the biggest ones below. Community Highlights Here I'l...

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Star Vortex - Upgrade Overhaul (v0.6.0) - Steam News Time for the game's first Major Update! This update is the culmination of all the feedback I received when I released into Early Access on July 28th. Weapon unlocks are gone, the upgrade system has be...

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Star Vortex - Limit Breaker (v0.5.90) - Steam News This update brings together months of system changes that have been building toward this moment. Previously, the ship designer capped you at four weapons of the same type. That restriction is now comp...

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Star Vortex - VFX Improvements (v0.5.86) - Steam News This update is mostly visual improvements to explosions and projectiles. Just to temper expectations a bit... this isn't Reality Break. I'm not a VFX Artist as my main profession, but I think this has...

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Star Vortex - All The Small Things (v0.5.85) - Steam News Right, this one is going to be long. This update is the culmination of all the suggestions and requests I've received since launch that were not high-priority enough to do straight away, but I agreed ...

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YouTube video by TheNameBrand You Must Try This 2D Space Dog-fighting Game (Made by a Solo Dev) | Star Vortex Impressions

Probably one of the most in depth reviews I've seen so far: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYKn...

Star Vortex - Community Ships (v0.5.84) - Steam News A smaller update this time. I was going to cram some more things in, but the final sector bosses were broken, and this includes the fix for that. Community Ships When loading templates in the ship des...

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Star Vortex - Hotfix (v0.5.83) - Steam News Just a quick update to fix some of the things I didn't manage to squeeze into the last update. One thing of note though... The game is now Verified on Steam Deck! If you encounter any issues playing o...

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Star Vortex - Storage Space (v0.5.82) - Steam News Meaningful updates are going a bit slower at the moment, so apologies for that. A lot of my time has been spent recently trying to get Star Vortex reviewed as 'Fully Supported' on Steam Deck. You'll n...

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Galactic Shipyard - Star Vortex Browse and share amazing spaceship designs created by the Star Vortex community. Vote for your favorites!

Our new Galactic Shipyard is now live. Upload your creations or import other people's ships in to the game!
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Star Vortex - Balance and Requests (v0.5.80) - Steam News Apologies for the length of this news post. There are quite a large number of very unrelated changes in this one as I've been working through all the feedback I've been receiving. Ship Design Brightne...

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Star Vortex - Steam Deck and Bug Fixes (v0.5.76) - Steam News Not the most exciting of updates this time but Valve had some things they wanted fixed for the Steam Deck so I've been mostly working through that. As the owner of a Steam Deck I'd very much like the ...

Steam Deck and Bug Fixes (v0.5.76) is now available!
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Star Vortex - Feedback Focus (v0.5.75) - Steam News I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. But I will find you, and I will find out what you want... Seriously though, I read everything. Whether it's on random YouTube videos, foreign medi...

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Star Vortex - Post Launch Patch (v0.5.65) - Steam News Well, this is my first ever live update so this is a bit terrifying. The launch has gone fantastically, far better than I could have hoped, so thank you to everyone who took the plunge and joined us f...

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@starvortex.bsky.social launched into early access and we've got a Steam Bundle!

It's a deeply customizable ship-crafter inspired by the Action RPG greats. Super impressed with the ship design: You can defeat enemy factions to access their parts, even mix & match.

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Star Vortex - Echoes of the Past (v0.5.50) - Steam News As we roll into Early Access, my main goal is to show the direction this game is heading. I’m just one guy building this thing, so content takes time. I've been working hard in the hope that you can e...

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Star Vortex - Space Shooter Action RPG Pilot your ship through endless space battles. Deep progression, complex items, procedural generation.

You can now check our release date / time in your time zone and see a live countdown on our website!
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Star Vortex - Early Access Preparations (v0.5.25) - Steam News That's another update out for the full game. I've stopped posting game news about every update as we approach our Early Access, as I don't want to spam too much, and they're coming thick and fast. If ...

Update 0.5.25 - Early Access Preparations is now available on the full version! Demo updates will be going on hold until after release.
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YouTube video by Star Vortex Star Vortex - Early Access begins July 28th!

Trapped in a hostile sector of the galaxy, your fleet is scattered and humanity’s future hangs by a thread. You’re their only hope!

Star Vortex enters Early Access on July 28th. Your journey is only just beginning.

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Star Vortex - HUD / UI Overhaul (v0.5.0) - Steam News This is the second MAJOR update of the year, and this one was a lot of work. I've pretty much rebuilt every single user interface panel in the game. I wanted to get this done before we go into Early A...

HUD / UI Overhaul (v0.5.0) is now available on both the demo and full version!
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The overhaul of our UI and HUD is now complete. Screenshots have been updated and it will all be in the next update!

Star Vortex - Schematics and Upgrades (v0.4.1) - Steam News Having finally finished Sector 3 I took some time to reflect on some of the suggestions I'd received. I was forced to ignore them while prioritizing content but now a couple of them jumped out. The tu...

Schematics and Upgrades (v0.4.1) is now available on both the demo and full version!
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