- June 2026 Update - 2 June 2026
Hi everyone! Since it's been a few months I wanted to write a small update on my progress. The exciting news is that I've started working on the game again in my spare time. There isn't a ton I feel comfortable sharing just yet but there are some overall larger ideas that I have decided on.Core Game DesignGalactic Getaway started as a very different game when we started making it. And with fear of losing out on the work that we already put in, I tried to incorporate every "phase" of the game even as it evolved. After taking my game design class I realized that this was probably one of our biggest mistakes! So I started this re-design process with thinking about what our core game mechanic should be. How could I make this mechanic deep, meaningful, and of course fun?EncountersOne of the interesting ideas we implemented was a creature collector turn based like friending system. While this…
- Update 6/9 - 9 June 2025
Sorry for the delay I was sick over the weekend. Here's the patch notes for update 6/9 - New skin colors: Red, Green, Blue, and Purple - New pet :eyes: - Made it easier to obtain the Big Pak - Fixed the RainPak breaking at levels above 82
- Hotfixes 5/19 - 20 May 2025
Shortened intro questions, Added clue that you can only feed the PetPak to your following pet, Fix furniture pickup - Was deleting furniture in your inventory when moving a piece of furniture. That's now been fixed., Astronaut suit given as default items in your inventory - This is more of a temporary fix until I add some sort of "equipped" slots for clothing, Fixed starting quest dialogue that still mentions getting weeds, Fixed pets not being befriended sometimes - It was an issue where long pet names were causing an error. Added a way to guarantee for the navigator quest that you will at least get 1 iron among your meteors
- The Big Pet Update - 15 May 2025
Hi everyone sorry for the long wait but we're finally releasing the big pet update! I'm really excited about the changes this update brings as I think it really focuses the game on what everyone has found the most fun; pets! Here's a list of what's new and what's changed. New Pet Station - Befriending your creatures will now make them residents of your planet instead of just being put away in storage. Residents will roam your planet and interact with one another. The Pet Station is where you can manage what pets you want to keep around. The storage is still there to keep any pets that overflow the station. Upgrades to the station size will be coming in a future update. Feeding - Feed your pets to increase the new PetPak level. There are no longer star levels for each PetPak but a level 1-100 for each slot on your pet. Without revealing too much, I can say that PetPaks now work on a whol…
- Patch 4/25 - Dresses Update! - 26 April 2025
New dresses and one pieces are now available at Marion's The Wardrobe - A new item you can craft that stores up to 100 pages of clothing items! It can be differentiated from the decorative wardrobes by the floating star above it. New Map app! Click it to zoom in and see more of the map. Fix for fashion minigame bug where the clothing screen would randomly close - this actually took me an entire 2 days to figure out Better planet rating function to calculate furniture Planet color adjustments Fix for some players being able to trigger the encounter twice by pressing interact really fast
- Mini patch! 4/22 - 23 April 2025
Inventory tooltip for controller Star house now actually spawns the star house instead of the cozy house Fixed shift clicking making items disappear Dropping an item onto a stack that isn't full now fills the stack up to the max and leaves the remainder in your selection Fixed furniture moving in and out of your inventory correctly Fix for furniture recipes saying "Needs Materials" even when you have the materials to craft it Fix for planet rating quest, having a planet rating > than B should also work for it now
- Happy Easter! Patch Notes 4/20 - 20 April 2025
Sorry for the late update this week but definitely some exciting stuff! - Planet Environments! - A new way to customize your planet. Find all the different colors after completing the new quest! - Furniture Saving Update - We changed the way furniture saves so that you're less likely to lose furniture when the game crashes. Please report any issues you find to us! - Placing wall furniture has been fixed! - A new house has been added to urban development. - Hold the button to pickup storage containers. - Shift click to move full stacks from your inventory to the storage container. Still working to figure out how to do something similar for the controller. - Drops now will check surroundings before choosing a spot to drop. Should prevent drops going into walls or into areas you can't reach. - A small fix for daily quests not completing correctly - A fix for the watering can daily quest -…
- Patch Notes 4/11 - CONTROLLER SUPPORT!!! - 12 April 2025
I spent the entire week working on controller support! I'm really excited for you all to try it and let me know what you think. There definitely will be some glitches here and there but I believe the game is 99% playable with the controller. I'll list what I covered below as well as some known glitches you might see. A pointer that looks just like the current mouse has been added so you can see what you're selecing Apps: Clothing, Tracker, Quests, etc. - Shoulder button switching added for navigation between tabs. Scrolling up and down will follow your pointer. Fabricator, Blueprints, PetPak Mixer - Got the same treatment as above. Removed the out of place red X button from screens that had it. Added a quit button that shows the controller button you can use to exit back to the previous screen. It's also clickable. Game intro and Pet Encounter updated to work with controller. Button ico…
- Patch Notes 4/4 - 5 April 2025
3 new paks (It's a surprise!) More memory optimizations - tweaked a few graphics settings and found a bug that was causing memory spikes in HQ. Please let me know if you think it's smoother! Furniture app disabled anywhere but your planet Closing chat no longer locks movement Moved the Planet Rating quest to be after the storage quest Fish quest fish have been replaced with more common fish Pet movement has been changed to try and avoid running into walls Dice has been fixed so it doesn't consume Fixed a bug with Chop/Crush Paks that weren't granting more materials and rarer items with higher levels Fixed inventory not showing up the first time during an encounter Starfish can be picked up in HQ The HQ river now has a floor you can walk around in. Please let me know if you find any odd colliders
- Patch Notes 4/3 - 4 April 2025
Furniture grid fixes - Furniture should stack correctly now. Please let me know if there are any issues with specific pieces Furniture placing fixes - When placing furniture if hovering over existing placed furniture it no longer picks up. Should remove the visual dupe bug. Crafting UI fixes - Items are removed from Inventory and Hotbar at the same time to avoid weird issues with multiple stacks. Crafting UI will now tell you when your inventory is full and stop you. It also refreshes your inventory UI correctly now. PetPak Override - PetPaks of a higher level can be fed to a pet even if they are full to replace it's star level Beach Ball fix - Beach ball no longer dissapears when you use it. Using it again will teleport it in front of you. Alient Planets will now spawn phosies New Tutorial Format - The beginning of the game has been re-ordered a bit and more steps have been added to th…
- Patch Notes 3/31 - 1 April 2025
Texture optimziations - A bit of optimization to hopefully make the game run a bit smoother Fish rarities tweaked - More expensive fish are a bit rarer now Pet Pak Discovery - Quest fixed so it works by just discovering the paks Fishing Camera - Fishing was being interrupted by chat so it's been changed so chat can only open if everything else is closed Chat fix for minigames Purifier quest update - Fixed Grendela explaining what the purifier is and how it works Cap PetPaks to level 3 - You technically could've made bigger ones but they would've worked as level 1 anyway. I would toss any that you have with a bigger level because they may glitch your game. New eye colors! - Black, Gray, Pink, Orange, Light Green, Light Blue, Dark Yellow and a few adjustments to current colors Furniture Saving fix - Furniture in rooms was resetting when going online. That's now been fixed! Quest App Requi…
- Patch 3/29 - 11:52 AM ET - 29 March 2025
Another fix for crafting ui Fishing in HQ fix. There was a bug that was having fishing rods affect each other. Also when other players catch fish their fish should properly put away now. Fish rarities and sell price changes - all fish have been properly priced. The rarer the fish the more expensive they sell for! Also their star level affects their sell price. Hotbar tutorial - seeing a few players confused about the hot bar. So new tutorial in the beginning to explain what it is and how to use it
- Patch Notes 3/28 - 5:00 PM ET - 28 March 2025
Fabricator UI fixed Furniture App Rework - Default you enter edit mode for furniture. Right click to open the furniture menu and choose to place an item. Click an item to move it. Hover over an item and press G to remove it. The tutorial in game now matches this but some of you may have already passed it. Account Settings - If you would like to change your password to your username you can now do so in settings. This will enable you to log into your account on other devices. Login button - if you get logged out for some reason you can now log in using the login button. Chat colors - your chat username is now a random color based on your username to help better differentiate each message
- We made it... Early Access! - 28 March 2025
First off, thank you for joining us on this journey. Galactic Getaway is still in its early days, and while it’s not perfect (yet), we believe we’ve built a solid foundation for something truly special. We’re a small team working tirelessly to bring this world to life. Which means there will be bugs. But that’s where you come in! If something breaks, if your cat glitches through a wall, or if you just have an idea that could make the game better we want to hear it. This isn’t just our game. It’s yours, too. Some things to expect from us at the beginning of early access Constant updates and bug fixes - We're going to do our best squash all the bugs that come our way. We've already updated the game 3 times since launch! Support - We are trying to be as active as possible with any issues in Discord and Steam. Controller/Steamdeck Support - This has been the #1 requested feature and we'll b…
- Save updates and small fixes - 28 March 2025
Patch Notes - Added a few hints for quests to make it easier if you accidentally skip dialogue - Refresh clothes every hour in the HQ shop - The game now saves every 5 minutes automatically - Added a manual "Save Game" button to the settings - Added saving right when you set your username so it doesn't get reset - Added vsync and quality options to the settings - Fixed shells respawning on top of each other constantly
- Seashell and Map Fixes - 27 March 2025
Seashells now spawn more quickly on the beach for players to pick up The map no longer shows creatures to help with finding objectives in HQ
- Early Access here we come! - 20 February 2025
We're excited to announce that after 3 years in development, Galactic Getaway is going to be available in Early Access! We decided to take this jump because we truly believe the game is at point where it can benefit from growing along with the community. GG has incredibly flexible features and systems we can quickly build upon to incorporate player feedback. Here are some of the things you'll already be able to do in game: Receive your own planet with a native fruit and unique color Decorate your home and planet with tons of unique furniture. Customize your character with different eyes, hair, and clothes. Befriend 30 different pets in various colors by farming and decorating to discover what they like Craft different power ups for your creatures to help you work on your planet Meet with up to 60 people at once online in GG Headquarters to chat or play minigames Unlock achievements and…
- Play the Galactic Getaway Demo in Steam Next Fest, until October 21st! - 16 October 2024
The demo is now live for Steam Next Fest! Steam Next Fest is an event where upcoming indie games get to showcase a demo to the world. Just head over to the steam page to download and play! This is a very early and small vertical slice of our game so please be kind to us! The demo will be available from October 14th until the 21st. If you have any feedback or questions please join the Discord server.
- Dev Log #2 - 3 September 2024
Hello space cadets! This month we were really focused on fixing up feedback from alpha testers, getting the word out about the game, and working on the next phase of mechanics. Unfortunately there's still no estimate for the release of early access but we will keep you all updated right here. Read until the end of the update to learn how you can help get us there faster! Updates So far a lot of the feedback from alpha testers has been bugs (of course) but also focused around usability and immersion. So alongside working on the new features for the game here are some things we added/fixed to better bring the user into the game. Controls Our team plays a ton of different types of games so we made a lot of assumptions about the controls. For example, we thought a common control scheme was to hold the right mouse button to rotate the camera. However, a lot of testers who only play fixed cam…
- Dev Log #1 - 27 August 2024
Hi space cadets! With how busy we've been between developing and keeping up with the Kickstarter, I haven't had a chance to update the steam page. I realized we're leaving a huge group of you out of the loop so moving forward I'm going to make sure to post updates here as well. Change is a good thing The last few months have been really transformative for GG (Galactic Getaway). I'm grateful to all the backers of the Kickstarter but also heard the negative feedback as well. "Animal Crossing from Walmart", "This looks like a mod", etc. What I realized was that describing our game as "Animal Crossing with better multiplayer" actually made our game lack identity. "Galactic Getaway"- this is a game in space, right? In almost all of the screenshots I showed before, there was no way to tell GG took place in outer space. So we changed the artistic mood of the game. With bright purple terrain an…
