I replaced the old dinky O2 pump on my starting ship with TURBOULTRA air pump I scavenged. 30 minutes later I started suffocating and couldn't figure out what the problem was. Maybe my helmet was malfunctioning? Was it low level of O2 in the tank? Was my hull leaking? After about 10 min of dying repeatedly, I realized you have to manually turn on the pump. 10/10 game.

Theres also a blue "Supplies" trade station just to the left of the airlock at OKLG. You can see it in the video several times. A lot of the items Splat says hes unable to find can be bought there (charging stations, batteries, tools, etc). They should always be available for purchase, though that are expensive.

Splat, the tool box you "found" at 49:53 is the one you dropped so you could fight with your crowbar.

"We found this power drill, it will make our life easier" - sells it at the scrapyard.

"We are PROFICIENT at melee fighting!" *1s later* "Looks like we fell down."

Since Splatt seems to forget it exists, the Supplies kiosk next to the airlock at K-LEG sells things like tools, batteries, battery chargers, EVA suits, basic supplies, etc. Its cheaper to get them elsewhere, but it is an option. Also, as others have mentioned in the comments, there is the gig economy to earn a bit of money, although one does need money to take those jobs, and other jobs are... rather expensive, let us just say.

Splat: "He's a flirt and I led him on for profit" Splat 5 seconds later: "He doesn't want my thrusters"

Easter egg of the docking station graphics is exaclty what the computer screen looks like in Alien when the Nostromo is undocking from the refinery ship.

"The Holden Patch" Neat little reference to The Expanse. This game is mine now. Yoink!

Busted Thrusters sounds like a good name for a Twisted Sister cover band.

I just want to say, I quite appreciated the hour long vid for Ostranauts. It felt like it needed more than the standard 30 min with how complex and unique a lot of the systems are.

There are 3 very annoying things in this game: 1- is that the sleep and some "debuffs" take real life hours if not days of time to heal even with fast forward at max speed, like, you get sleepy and even after sleeping for a few in game days it will still not go away 2- is the "map orientation", you can "permanently" flip the map top to bottom if you board or take a ship "wrong" 3- you can get rammed by npcs when parked, it will send you flying at usually double or even triple the speed one usually cruises, some times you don't notice it until you are too far to get back and, there's no a way to completely stop your ship, you are always moving, drifting, you always risk to slowly slip too far if you stop to check you ship when not docked to kleg

In my game of Ostranauts one of the NPC's shot the barman, then dragged the body into the bathrooms and started pooping on it. I'm still in therapy about that.

You can "bypass" the illegal salvage part if you do some delivery missions on the station, there are many missions that want you to deliver from one place to another place on the station

There was another game called Duskers that attempted to fill the spaceship salvaging niche (complete with monstrous horrors). However, it was pretty much abandoned and left bare-bones. Fun to play for 5-10 hours though.

I CANNOT WAIT for them to add interplanetary travel. Stocking up with all the food and water your ship can hold and taking off on a week-long flight toward the Jupiter colonies, which might take hours real time, even with time acceleration, this is exactly the pacing and scale I'm looking for in a space game. That and the fact that you play in a rich hand-built world full of complex characters and lore a-la Neo Scav, is what will make this game truly special among space simulators.

Love seeing you get into the nitty gritty of games like these! You do a great job of showcasing complex games in a digestible way. Thanks a lot man!

A screwdriver, hacksaw, soldering iron, and a dream.

Thanks for reminding me about this game. I love technical space exploration games like this, and there are few that get even close. The high level of difficulty is a big draw. I jumped on and grabbed it, to help support. Hope others jump on it to help. Thanks again for the hidden gems you show. Also this has such a reminder to me of the game Hellion, before they abandoned it. Another great game that even with what it is blows away many others.

I just wish the graphics weren't so low-res. Half the time, I don't know what I'm looking at unless I hover the mouse over it. Why can't anyone make a game with this much detail and maybe even 3D graphics. I wish they'd combine this game's mechanics with an abandoned game called Landinar , it would be awesome. The reason that game came to mind was due to the similar POV and the fact that you can build out your ship equipment (though not as detailed as this). Despite my GFX qualms , this game is awesome, keep up the good work Devs (and Splattercatgaming for covering it).

"My character is proficient at melee fighting... It looks like I fell down."

I have been really enjoying these longer deep dive videos lately. Even if it’s a game I wouldn’t normally play just watching you passionately talk about it brings me joy and I at least add the game to my watch list. I hope you’re playing this on Twitch.

>open video >Splattercat is feeling numbness and tingling in their extremities.

I love Ostranauts. I have about 220 hours in it, and I come back to it over and over again.

Rough on the eyes, but I can see why this like this game.

I think one of the tips I'd most include for people just starting out who don't have EVA suits yet is to make your first stop on any ship the battery room. If those batteries have charge, there's a good chance you can get the power back on, which means the air pumps will start working and you can pressurize the ship. Which means no more pressure suit juggling. Just don't accidentally cut a hole into hard vacuum by removing a wall, floor, or door tile keeping the air in. (If you remove the tile air doesn't 'escape' so much as 'disappears entirely' since the game registers that room as 'outside' now.)

Interesting. The theme remids me of Shipbreaker. The exploration seems very interesting.

>Bowels Normal I was really hyped for this game and it's still on my wishlist but I think it's one of the game my small brain won't be willing to play when I want to unwind after work.

You really went full Gordan Freeman on that pirate.

Great game. Daunting at first, but it has a pretty simple meta: find a good looking ship, strip it, buy it at KLEG commercial, fill it up with nice stuff (especially a reactor, heavy water, He3, batteries, etc.), then sell it for something like 3-10x what you paid for it. Last time I played there wasn't much more to do than that, but that was a minor version ago. Salvaging is super satisfying, and so I would often just start a new game to get back into it. Going to jump in again.... Also, you can buy batteries and stuff in the "supplies" kiosk, which is left of your ship in KLEG.

I've been waiting for this to be further along early access, for like 2 years now. I really enjoyed Neo Scavenger. But this still looks like it needs more time

This game is wonderful. Had 3 characters that I just kind of flubbed initially, and after my first “successful” scrapping run ran out of ship battery like 10km off kleg station. Cue panicked uneducated retrofitting for over an hour just to slot in a new battery I’d salvaged and leave room for my nav console. Then spent another 5 or 6 hours accommodating the new battery properly and expanding. My brain hurts 10 out of 10

Sir... you weren't lying about this banger... it's absolutely brutal. Took me about 5hrs of deaths just to get going. I LOVE IT! I hate games that hold your hand and no challenge. Thanks for the recommendation.

This seems like Cataclysm:DDA in space. Not sure why I've never checked it out before, looks amazing! Thanks Splat.

I know Let's Play aren't usually your thing, but this would be a cool series

When I saw videos talking about Hardspace Shipbreaker this is what I imagined it was, although in 3d. This is definitely more what I'm interested in.

Love this game. When I started playing, my character started to have some mild pain. I couldn´t figure out what exactly caused this, so I just procured and took some pain meds. Did not really help. The med station didn´t come up with any issues either. So what was causing this pain? Well, it turns out I put on my shoes wrong, so left shoe on right foot and vise versa... that's it, that's what caused the mild discomfort. That´s the level of detail you have to deal with in this game ^^

This combines the space RPG elements I love with some cool stuff from something like Hardspace:Shipbreaker. Excited to see how this develops

Damn you Splatt! Bought this yesterday and didn't get to bed until 1am! Keep up the good work 🤪. Day #2 up to 21 hours played...can I morph my ship into the millenium falcon before I die of old age? Just glad I'm on a weeks holidays 😏

I'm so hyped for this game, neoscavenger was just a great contribution to the genre and a unique yet artistically cohesive game onto its own

Game is not for me, but +1 to the Dev for originality.

The concept of this game is fantastic, I just wish it wasn't so damn hard to see anything. I'm definitely in the camp of graphics don't matter to have fun, but this is on another level.

I'll have to check this out. I've been looking for a space salvage/looting game that clicks with me. If I could make my own it'd be like Sea of Thieves+ Hardspace: Shipbreaker. SoT in terms of exploration, ship control, and POI/derelict discovery, with the amount of environmental control of a shipbreaker when you're actually at a derelict. Plus having loot/salvage that could be used to upgrade your ship on top of selling it. This seems to tick a lot of those boxes, if a bit on the hardcore side of things.

Neoscavenger was in Michigan and the space cops like to beat you for no reason. Space Detroit! I ended up buying the game, I would like to mention there are some excellent guides on steam for new players

We are proficient at melee... ...we fell down. 😂😂

I like how the visor moves when you move the mouse around! I like how complicated it is just to stand in the salvaged ship.

I love how the "We Buy Scrap" store left the "S" unlit, just to clarify exactly what they buy.

I insta bought this one, based on how great neoscavanger was, but I really never played it. glad to see it’s making progress!

So good to see someone still playing this and making videos.

MORE OSTRANAUTS!!!

There's a part of my brain that absolutely lit up during this video. I think I need this. Badly.

this is a moderately fun game but it has some seriously broken ai. sometimes they will die and the bodies just litter the area. often times they will pass out drunk in the middle of the hallways. most required gear ends up being dropped in random spots by the ai as they walk around.(suits, chargers, helmets). the conversations never lead anywhere expect to hire new crewmates. trying to get your crewmates to board your ship is near impossible. but the ships are fun to build and maintain, and scavenging is decent overall. it has a good feel when everything is working right. otherwise you are stuck trying to figure out how your hull just blew into 20 pieces and you have a few seconds to put on a suit or else game over. ships cost entirely too much and trying to grind enough scrap to buy a new ship is far from worth it since most ships are tiny. finding scraps and adding onto your own ship is the easiest way to get a better ship instead of buying one. once you have all the equipment and tools(battery chargers, suits, etc.), the game becomes VERY grindy, and super boring. but i guess thats just how space life is. overall its fun to fix up your ship (takes days of repairing in dock, and requires a space suit for space walking to fix the outside) and that can feel rewarding. beyond that, its pretty bare boned and hard to commit to the grind for no reason.

39:23 LMAO Thx for the video!

Nice UI, reminds me of the original UFO/X-COM

Just started a new game and nearly died walking in my starting ship as it is exposed to hard vacuum. 10/10 would have saliva bubble and eyes nearly burst again.

From the maker of neo scavenger. God I hope this game keeps being updated, it's been years

Always love seeing this title. Have some very nice memories of fully restoring a freighter. Nearly gasped when I saw the nuclear reactor you found. XD

If you people look at the loot prices on the wiki, don't, they are not accurate, they are based on the "good" prices that the "smuggler" offers but those prices in game fluctuate, some times are worse than the company offer, for more accurate "static" loot selling price, look at what the "salvage company" offers and only sell to the "smugglers" when they offer more than the company

Great vid Splat, I think I've seen all your previous vids on this game, you should stream this when you get up and running over on Twitch.

36:00 thanks for showing me how to get inside my first prize, I was not smart enough to break in to a ship because I thought that door was on my ship and I do not want to cut open my ship just to get out

love your vids man wish you would actually finish some of the games though lol

Excellent discovery, love these types of hardcore games

Thanks for the update on this game Splattercat!

Oh, at the beginning, so much waste of precious air! The interior door of the airlock was open, so that your entire ships was depressurized every time you entered and exited.

I was just learning how to salvage ships better in another game when I saw this pop up in my notifications. Hehe

holy crap are you going to stream this again!~!!! love watching this game while I play other games

Let's just pretend that bin wasn't bugged, it was uhhh... broken. it was uhhh.. vacuum welded. Also, you don't have to start as an illegal scavenger, you can also take missions from the Gig Nexus at the station. A lot of them offer modest payouts with no other requirements than going from point A to point B. Then you can buy a salvage license.

I'm watching your 'Don't starve' vids from 11 years ago. Man you sound so different. You can only just make out the Splattercat we all know and love today. 😁

I *adore* Ostranauts. Just buy it, if you're remotely considering it, you won't be disappointed.

Love this game. Wish it was a little further along in development to make the large scale ship projects somewhat useful. Leaving the system doesn't really give you much (yet)

If you have a bad ship battery and the reactor so for far more than you thought it would; why would you not keep one of the salvaged batteries to put on your ship?

"Rubbing Tummies" Is now a phrase I will use while playing my space games. Thanks :D

BBG is a great company and the owner is actually as really nice dude if you ever get to chat with him. Neo Scavenger is one my favorite hobo simulators out there. Picked up Ostranauts when it first went into EA. Great to see it's progressed so much already. Time for me to go back in I feel.

I could have picked this up for the spring sale, but I decided to save my money for minis. I'd love to play it once the ship combat update is out.

For anyone wondering, you can fix the pressure suit if you have the knowledge of how to do so. In fact, you can fix literally everything. The Supplies bench next to the dock has tools, food, water, clothes etc. etc. Theres so much splat didnt cover, i guess because there's a hell of a lot to cover for one guy. I do however, think the combat system is shite and needs to be implemented properly. Falling over for absolutely no reason is one of the most incensing things ive encountered. Apart from that, lots of potential.

Took a look at a video about friction stir welding, because of you brandishing the tool here and it's pretty damn cool way to weld shit.

This looks great, nice job and thank you

I've been following this game for a LONG time I absolutely love it

Thanks for showcasing. ^^

i got this game, dont even remember when i did it, prob after one previous video of yours about it. Last night i decided to check it out, it has a big learning curve for the basics, but i dig the main idea..

late to the video obviously but the person you fought started to cherish their family more and more near the end of their life

every time I see this game part of me wants to play really bad and part of me wants to never see it again. I am completely ok with pixel graphics, actually brings me a bit of nostalgia, but the art here is so messy you can hardly tell what is what. And that combat, oof its rough looking. Either way you entertained me for another hour and I appreciate that.

Exactly what I was looking for, thanks. Managed to get a freighter and fix it up by two. Also, expired permits are worth 2k.

You convinced me to get the game. Now, if only it were on sale I would buy it right now :) Most games I buy are thanks to you btw. You make them look interesting. I like it. Although I must say I bought some doogies too. Luckily often I can get money back, and sometimes I am stuck with it. No less, good video yet again. Thank you for showing this game!

This looked awesome when you showed it last time, great potential still even thou its gof loads of detail already

anything coming from the developers of Neo Scavenger peaks my interest 👍

It's like a simpler type of Hardspace:Shipbreaker.

Upon entering your starter ship, due to not having an airlock room (and good practice, even if you have an airlock (EDIT: You do have an airlock, it is manually opened and not closing)) you should be opening the derelict airlock and wait until it closes on your fleshy body (makes you noclip the derelict airlock) allowing you to open your interior airlock without venting any atmosphere

I love nerdy overcomplicated games but I couldn't quite get into Ostranauts. Definitely think I will try again in the future.

This is what that homeworld game was supposed to be

The fighting looked clunky but it was brutal. Can you space people?

From the developer of Neo scavenger? Thats really cool. I hope this game will not be that crazy hard. Because in Neo i always die, either because of all the other creatures or mostly because of hypothermia.

This game looks amazing! I really want to try it.

Been waiting for the content to be fleshed out enough to buy it. Seems like it might be there.

Love the way this game looks, just waiting for the update to drop before digging in. Also, that Balatro dig at the end :'(

It also doesn’t appear that splat’s running a nitrogen tank onboard for atmo. Not a problem all you need is oxygen, but don’t spark up your welder onboard until you have mixed atmo. Side note. I don’t think combustion is in game yet, but will be.

Main character (in this video) is clearly Gordon Splattecat, the poor bastard (or who I know about family relations, and not so poor after selling that nuclear reactor in black market).

Neo scavenger, I knew I recognized the UI/art style

I've been trying to prevent myself from launching X4: Foundations again before the 7.0 DLC is released and hey, Ostranauts is a pretty good thing to check in on first, thanks for the reminder splat!

Wow. The only other game that made time flew by, for me. The first one was NEO Scavenger.