Hello there.
I recently got the Steam Indy Space Bundle, which contained GSB (for a silly low price!) - having had a go at GSB (and being total rubbish at it), I liked the feel of it, like indy games, so took a look here. I was encouraged by the active forums, modding community and so on, so decided to put my £ where it should go: direct to the game dev! (hello Clifski).
So I purchased all of the content direct via the site [product # 28990022 & 28990023] - downloaded it, then bunged it in the Steam App folder - given that the entire bundle (both DLC packs) came to less than what Steam was asking for just the races, and Steam doesn’t even feature the Campaign atm, I thought this was the right thing to do. Hopefully the game dev will get 100% profits not lose out.
Sooo…
Will this still function? I’ve noticed some oddities - for instance, “the Tribe” has no ships listed in the purchase screen of the HQ, whilst the other three do have. Likewise, I was rather expecting to be able to purchase the new races - but they don’t appear in the race tab to purchase. Do I have to unlock them in a different manner? Or have I mixed-n-matched non-compatible versions of the game?
Some thoughts:
#1 I’ve obviously not got the hang of the game so far, but is there any plans to allow more orders? e.g. A “retreat for X distance at Y damage”? and so on. At the moment, I’m left putting everything escorting a main tank & hoping that they’ll somehow bring guns to bear… It’d be nice to have a bit more flexibility ( 
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#2 Any chance of a small patch that would actually label the race specific weapons as race specific? Its a small thing, but important - newbies like me buy the shiny toys then think its not working
#3 The Alliance look the ‘coolest’ of the races, so I immediately rushed to buy them when I’d earned the points. I then do some research, and realise why I’m getting no-where: even the experienced players find them tough-ish to play. Boink!
#4 Battle challenges - I’ve not seen it, but is there a mod forum where people make these?
Anyhow, thanks for making the game, looks interesting - if I’ve not mucked up by my “strategic” buying methods