Dev Stream

Developer Live Streams are regular online broadcasts hosted by Fleetyard Studios' lead developer, Dan Govier, offering a direct look into the ongoing creation of Starship Simulator. These streams provide transparency and allow for direct interaction between the developer and the game's community.

Schedule and Platform

The live streams are typically held 3 times weekly: History List

Days: Wednesdays and Sundays
Time: 20:00 UK Time (Currently British Summer Time - BST / UTC+1; changes to GMT / UTC+0 during winter months)
Platform: [Starship Simulator YouTube]

Current Schedule
Day	Time	Topic	Direct Playlist
Wednesdays	20:00 UTC+0	Building the Meganlen	Building The Magellan Class
Fridays	20:00 UTC+0	Random Fridays	Random Fridays
Sundays	20:00 UTC+0	Building A Starship From Scratch	Building A Starship From Scratch

Updates and Changes

On 2025-06-01 the Sunday stream was rebranded as a Sunday Funday, with a focus on adding new features to the game outside of the scheduled roadmap. These included adding a playable chess set in the VIP lounge, V1 of organic printers, and holo-display controls.

On 2025-06-29 the Sunday stream was replaced with a new series focusing on building a new ship called the Caravella.

On 2025-11-14 a third stream was added to Fridays. This stream focuses on adding new features to the game outside of the scheduled roadmap. This is similar to the Sunday Funday streams that were introduced on 2025-06-01.

Note: While this is the regular schedule, always check the official Discord or other announcements for confirmation or potential changes.

Content and Purpose

During the streams, viewers can expect to see:

Live development work being done in the Unreal Engine 5 and SketchUp.
Live Bug fixing from the Bugs List
Demonstrations of new features, systems, or content being added to the game.
Discussions about game design philosophy, technical challenges, and future plans.
Real-time interaction with the community via the live chat, including Q&A sessions.

These streams serve as a key way for Fleetyard Studios to showcase progress, gather instant feedback, and maintain engagement with their player base and supporters.

Relation to Development Builds

New Dev Builds are often compiled and released to testers shortly after a live stream, typically incorporating the work or fixes demonstrated during the broadcast. This provides testers with rapid access to the latest changes discussed.

Monthly Dev Build Raffle

Typically, during the first stream of each month, a raffle is held giving viewers a chance to win a Steam key granting access to the Dev Builds. Entry details and eligibility (some backer levels may be excluded) are usually announced via the official Discord server prior to the stream. Regular backers may donate for Captain tier giveaways for the Raffles however is not guaranteed.

Sunday Funday

On the Dev Stream 2025-06-01 Dan Announced the creation of the Sunday Funday in which he does something fun that is outside the normal Development Cycle. For instance in the first Sunday Funday Stream Dan Created a working Chess Board in the game for the player to use for the VIP Lounge.

Building a Starship From Scratch

On the Dev Stream 2025-06-29, the first episode of Building a Starship From Scratch was streamed, in which Dan set out to create an entire new ship from start to finish solely during livestreams, giving viewers a chance to see the entire process. The current series is creating the Caravella Class.

Charity Dev Streams

On 2025-12-27 Dan hosted a Charity Stream for the Charity specialeffect, a UK-based charity that uses innovative technology ranging from modified controllers to eye-tracking sensors to help people with physical disabilities enjoy the social and rehabilitative benefits of video games. The stream raised £1,222 of the target of £1,000. Dan did the dev stream for 24 hours strait with only a few toilet breaks interrupting the Live stream. This also marked the beginnings of patch cycle 0.227.0.1 as the stream focused on feature from this development cycle. as such the Dev Builds release after this stream where labled with the 227 patch number. The main updated from this stream was the ability to give shipwide commands. With the first implimented being to be able to order the bridge crew to target a new system, traval to this system, perform a medium scan on the system, then final traval to each opbject within the system and perform a short range scan until the whole system is at 100% status.

Community Interaction

The Live streams Have a base of consistent loyal viewer and many new viewers join in on the stream to see about the project. Viewers discuss Dan's development and offer advice and suggestions as well as occasionally commenting on possible mistake that they might have caught on the stream.