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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

As Underspace nears its 1.0 release, someone asked for a third person camera. Turns out it takes about an hour to do. Ta-da! #underspace #gamedev #indiegame #spacegame

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I made a mod that makes it so that when a Tribune (or Dagoth Ur) dies, their place of power is immediately taken over by a Spirit Halloween. nexusmods.com/morrowind/mo... #morrowind

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

store.steampowered.com/news/app/111... I've pushed a HUGE new patch for Underspace, which adds tons of multiplayer improvements but, also, has granted full mod support for just about everything in game. Want to mod in a catgirl? Go ahead, mod in that catgirl. #gamedev #indiegame #indie #spacegame

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

So what if there was a game like Underspace but made years ago and what if Underspace had mod support that allowed you to read the data of that game and convert much of the stuff in that game over to my game's formats, so that you can turn that game into a mod for my game? Just *cough* asking.

Vanilla game on the left, Unity in-engine on the right. This game on the left is very free. Very lancery. Wouldn't you say?

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

"Your game is buggy! No I won't tell you where the bugs are so you can fix them, but I will tell you that it doesn't work. Yes, the maintenance workers at my apartment DO hate me, why do you ask?"

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I made funny comics about game development. It's all funny. Funny. #gamedev #indiedev

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Do I do all this because I'm dragging my feet on testing multiplayer (because testing multiplayer is Major Ass)? Yes.

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I labor under the sad belief that, given options, players will use those options. To that end I've improved the mod tagging system, allowed for better import/export of controller layouts, editing radio stations in-game, and deleting MP characters. #underspace #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

store.steampowered.com/news/app/111... Our multiplayer beta is now public! Mostly to stress test servers and expand the number of people playing, because I want to see just how much our master server can take before exploding. To celebrate this inevitable exploding, the game is also on sale!

store.steampowered.com

Underspace - Version 1.53.0: Public Multiplayer Beta - Steam News

It's time for multiplayer!

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

It's been The Grind for so much of my adult life that it's hard to imagine what I'm going to do now.

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Multiplayer has officially reached a feature complete state! NPCs and the rest of the world are now synchronized, and with this last bit we are 100% feature complete for the game! Still needs testing but my task list, which is almost a decade old, is now empty! #gamedev #indiegame #underspace

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Screaming magic trains, the kind that Reman Cyrodiil would be proud of, are coming to Skyrim. #skyrim #wheelsoflull #trains

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Pushed out a patch yesterday for our beta branch. Tons of NPCs with new animations across the galaxy, plus new companion dialogue. Only voice acting and NPCs in multiplayer remain before the game's 1.0 release candidate is ready! #gamedev #underspace #indiegame #multiplayer #screenshotsaturday

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

For the last bits of stationwork before the game's 1.0 release, I've added new idle animations for NPCs on stations: Reading pads, waving guns around like a moron, standing at attention, etc. Just a bit of flair. #underspace #space #gamedev #indiegame

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

store.steampowered.com/news/app/111... For those who missed it or just started playing, Underspace's beta branch has received a ton of multiplayer updates, including photomode, pets, chairs, a server browser, and more! It's a good day to be into space. #underspace #space #gamedev #indiegame

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

You can now pose characters in photomode. There is potential here. #gamedev #underspace #indiegame

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Added pets! They're rare housing decorations you can find around the galaxy. You can place as many of them as you want in a house and pet them, but if you place them in your cockpit they'll confer small bonuses to your ship. #gamedev #underspace #indiegame #multiplayer #screenshotsaturday

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I think the weirdest criticism I ever got for Underspace was that the game didn't have enough content. Like, no voice acting, not the best graphics, performance issues, limited HOTAS? Fine. But I have no idea what that player considered to be "a lot of content". Maybe they thought Skyrim was small.

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Underspace is on sale for the Steam spring sale, but, more than that, we've still got our opt-in multiplayer branch being updated like crazy. We've now got fully working server browsers and hosting, plus friend invites, and some other stuff I can't remember. store.steampowered.com/app/1111930/...

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Way back when I first started Underspace my vision was always consistent: A game where you fly out into space with your buddies and get into supernatural cosmic adventures. Now that's finally a reality: We fought a storm then got trapped in magic space prison and had to escape. I could almost cry.

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

store.steampowered.com/news/app/111... Underspace's first public multiplayer test is now available! Fly with your friends, have house parties, get eaten by a ghost starship. Just remember to forward your ports. #underspace #gamedev #indiegame #space #spacegame

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Underspace's multiplayer alpha test is almost here! Hang out with your friends. Meet a god. Fight a god. Kill a god. Eat something weird. Mess with your friend while he's trying to close on a house. Invite that friend to your house. #gamedev #underspace #indiegame #multiplayer #screenshotsaturday

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Multiplayer's coming along! Did you know that it works with mods right out of the box and that you can pirate other players? You now know. #gamedev #underspace #indiegame #multiplayer

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I redid some of the server options to match the rest of the game's options menu, and added a bunch of new server options for admins to really customize how your experience. It's something I appreciate in games these days. #gamedev #underspace #indiegame #multiplayer #screenshotsaturday

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

More multiplayer stuff: Players can declare themselves for a faction (which affects IFF, good for roleplay and such), and also get assigned titles as well. #gamedev #underspace #indiegame #multiplayer #screenshotsaturday

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Character appearances, other players, other ships, and chat have all been restored to functionality. This whole shebang might go faster than I thought. #gamedev #underspace #indiegame #multiplayer

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Let's get back to multiplayer: Account creation, character creation and customization, and the basics of connecting to a server have all been restored. Hoping to get the first multiplayer release out to our closed beta testers soon. #gamedev #underspace #indiegame #multiplayer #friendslop

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Prepare to run some blockades: The game's wanted system has received an overhaul! Committing pirate activity when wanted will alert battleships to your position, as it has in the past, but now they're much better about chasing you and also are a hell of a lot stronger. #underspace #gamedev

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

store.steampowered.com/news/app/111... Underspace's first post-newyears update is now live! Featuring: Sitting in chairs, more mod support, and some other bullshit. The sitting in chairs part is the most important. You couldn't even do that in Morrowind, it's THAT advanced. #underspace #indiegame

store.steampowered.com

Underspace - Version 1.51.0: Patch Notes - Steam News

A little post New Years hotfix for everyone. Plus some additional moddy bits.

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

A save from two years ago would work with it. In general I don't wipe saves and I try to make sure that even the oldest saves are still compatible with the latest versions. If it isn't, shoot me a bug report and the save in question.

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

store.steampowered.com/news/app/111... One final update for #Underspace for the year! I've been busy. Hundreds of new news stories and books to read, tons of new NPCs to talk to, quest improvements, and oh yeah fully integrated mod support + the Steam Workshop. #gamedev #indiegame #space

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Fuck it, I'mma add steam workshop support to #Underspace #gamedev

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Our next update for #Underspace drops on December 31st, and one of the last things I'm bringing is over 40+ new NPCs to talk to: Small little guys that are there for worldbuilding, backer rewards, and rumormongers. Because not everything has to contribute to the Almighty Gameplay Loop. #gamedev

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Underspace's next big update drops at the end of the year, and part of that involves doing a pass on quests: General improvements and small bits like additional attacks on minibosses, more sound, more Grafics, relit quest interiors, etc. #underspace #gamedev #indiegame #spacegame #spacedev

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

The latest beta branch update of Underspace now includes its full modding SDK, including documentation! I'm also working on Steam workshop support, and I'm pretty sure some dude is already porting Freelancer's ship's into the game now. #underspace #gamedev #indiedev

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Someone actually did that years ago, but it was hacky and done through Melonloader as a replacement. This system's all proper and natively integrated into the game. It's even got a load order sorter and a thingy that can detect conflicts between mods!

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Weep and beg whatever gods you believe in, because Underspace's modding editor and model importing system are all working. See this train? This train right here was made in the game's modding SDK, from tip to tail. We're all going to die. #underspace #gamedev #modding #indiedev #space

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mo... I made a mod that replaces cliffracers with Thomas the Tank Engine. I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people. #morrowind #thomasthetankengine

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

It's funny watching people expect translations into other languages for Underspace when like The game has four million words in terms of readable text. The money it'd take to translate that into even one other language would be around fifteen times the game's current budget.

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

It's taken a shitload of work and a lot of sweat and tears, but Underspace is now almost entirely data driven, and can support mods for a ton of stuff. Wanna port over ships from... other games? Go ahead with this upcoming update. #underspace #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #gamedevelopment

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Two months. Two friggin months of nonstop writing for this: Over 450 news stories and blurbs on every single space station and planet. This was the most miserable bit of work I've ever worked on. #gamedev #indiegame #spacegame

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

steamcommunity.com/games/111193... Spend an entire week porting the game over to a new version of Unity, and lo and behold there's been massive gains (surprising, given that it's Unity). Anyway there's a beta branch for the game now for all these new goodies.

steamcommunity.com

Steam :: Underspace :: Beta Branch & Engine Update!

We've an opt-in beta branch for the adventurous and the daring, plus some internal updates!

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

You need to understand just how massive this game already is. You could easily get a hundred hours out of it.

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

store.steampowered.com/news/app/111... Before all disappear to play Silksong, why not check out a new Underspace patch with some news about upcoming stuff like multiplayer, plus some visual goodies! #underspace #gamedev #indiegame

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

I wish it was as simple as that, but they usually want the keys to resell it to key sites, or just want free shit in general.

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Like you can't even bother to remove the bits around the game's name that indicate you just copy and pasted it. Of course I wouldn't give you a key.

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Good god the scalpers and scammers begging for steam keys just NEVER ends. I must have gotten fifteen emails in the past two hours alone from dudes who can't even bother to pretend that they aren't just sending out a premade response.

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Trainwiz @trainwiz.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Some new small changes coming with Underspace's next patch. For starters I've redone the Veil nebula to be more appropriately darker. After all, it's space hell. It should look the part. #underspace #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiegame #indiegamedev #indiegame

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