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Lincoln Carpenter

Hardcore space sim Ostranauts just joined the legendary patch notes canon: 'Corpses should no longer become hotter than the Sun and explode the ships/stations they are on'

Key art for Ostranauts, showing a ship pilot sitting in a cockpit before a cluster of monitors.

The games in the Kitfox publishing stable have a long history of producing beautifully absurd patch notes and bug reports thanks to the absurd intricacies of their systems and simulations. Dwarf Fortress has been responsible for classics like "Undead dwarf contracted were-chameleon curse" and "Cats dying for no reason - alcohol poisoning?" Shortly before its 1.0 release, a Caves of Qud update included this exciting feature addition: "You can voluntarily amputate your own limbs."

This week, another Kitfox game secured its place in that cherished lineage. Ostranauts, the early access hardcore space sim from developer Blue Bottle Games, just released Update v0.14.5.18, which included this magnificent line in its patch notes:

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