- Small Feature Update v1.03 - 9 March 2026
New FeaturesAdded Steam Cloud support ☁Added the occasional shooting star you can see in your telescope every now and then 🌠Added a new interactable in the office 👀You can now change the color of the gamepad cursor in the settings 🎮These changes are to the full game only and not the demo. Thank you!
- Patch Update v1.02 - 10 February 2026
NewNew interactable in the study (only in the full game)Added 4k supportAllowed Z button to also allow to Undo for QWERTZ keyboards, as well as YChangesFixed a grammar mistakeBug FixesFixed Hungris Arachnyx 3rd level hint not matching the constellationFixed a bug where in the tutorial if you clicked on planet to zoom in before instruction came up you have to do it againFixed a bug where the can’t exit prompt showed if you pressed E instead of ESC
- Demo Patch Update v1.3 - 3 February 2026
These are the patch notes for Demo v1.3, making it much more polished and closer to the full game experience. I'm now working on a small patch update for the full build, thank you!NewImproved gamepad support again - made it so you can change controller icons, added cursor stick to stars, etcAdded all the interactable objects in the study that are in the full game into the demoUpdate the demo end screenAdded game icon & updated splash screen colorMake it so you can map constellations underneath tutorial promptsMake it so ESC is the only button to exit the telescopeAdded an extra arrow in the tutorialBug FixesMade it so when you minimize the game SFXs & music stop playingFixed a spelling mistake in the dialogueFixed a bug where whether you minimized the star map or not, when you reloaded the game it was always minimized which was hiding the controlsFixed a bug where if you zoomed in on th…
- Stars & Snacks Bundle is Now Live 🍰✨ - 27 January 2026
Hi everyone, it's now been one week since the release of Astronook!To celebrate I'm teaming up with the lovely developer of Nom Nom: Cozy Forest Café to bring you the Stars & Snacks Bundle 🍰✨The Stars & Snacks Bundle is now available to allow you to get both games together and enjoy an extra 10% off!Here's some information about the cute Nom Nom: Cozy Forest Café:Nom Nom: Cozy Forest Café is a cozy and relaxing decoration and rhythm game where you manage a café and befriend cute animals. I've been playing the game myself and it's such a fun, cute & cozy game, with a ton of customisation!So if you want both games and want to support both of our work, please consider getting the bundle here:And thank you for a great release week, I really appreciate all the reviews and kind comments, when I see you guys say you enjoy playing Astronook it really makes my day 💙PS. I've also just released…
- Hotfix v1.01 - 21 January 2026
Made the nebula fog around the Stage 4 Cosmic Discovery a lot bigger, so it's a lot less difficult to find. Thanks to those who pointed this out!And also a big thank you for the support and to everyone who has reviewed the game so far 💙
- OUT NOW! 🔭✨ Astronook has released! - 19 January 2026
Hey everyone, Astronook is out now for you to play with a 20% launch discount!I do hope you enjoy, and if you get the game, please leave a review since early reviews really help the game out!And please don't hesitate to post any bug reports, problems or questions in the Steam discussions. I’ve covered some FAQs in my previous post, so you may want to take a look there first. Thank you all so much 💙
- Astronook Releases Tomorrow! Thank you for 10,000 wishlists ⭐ - 18 January 2026
Hey everyone, so Astronook is releasing tomorrow!!The game will also release with a 20% launch discount!I really hope you enjoy the game and I’m so excited to finally share it with you all.Andd, a couple days before launch, the game has hit 10,000 wishlists 🥳Thank you to every single one of you who has shown an interest in my cozy space game and I’m so glad you don’t have to wait any longer 💙Additionally, I wanted to come on here to answer a couple questions about the game.Demo?I want to leave the demo up for now, but right now it’s a little bit behind in the standards and polish compared to the full game, because the full game has been my primary focus recently. I would like to update it to match up more to the full game when I have the time, but please bear that in mind when playing the demo.Controller Support?Astronook has full controller support, and I’m finally happy with where t…
- Astronook Release Date - 16 December 2025
Hi everyone, I'm so excited to announce that Astronook is set to release on 19th January 2026!Thank you for being patient with the development of this game, and I can't wait to finally share it with you all. In the full game, there will be 5 stages with:50 Constellations to map out ✨25 Planets to photograph 🪐5 Cosmic discoveries ☄️There's also a heartfelt narrative that unfolds as you play and you will be printing out the photos you take and sticking them in your scrapbook! The scrapbook has sections for planets, cosmic discoveries and your favourite constellations.If you have any interest in space or astronomy, enjoy the vibes and aesthetics of stargazing, stars, and space or just want a relaxing experience to unwind from a long day, I think Astronook may be for you ✨Thank you 💙Ps. Here is Astronook's Press Kit for anyone interested
- More Demo Improvements - 4 August 2025
Hey everyone, I've improved the demo some more thanks to your feedback so I thought I'd let you know of the small changes if you're interested.Additions/Changes:Made the join stars SFX sound less repetitive and more in tune (longer constellations have pitch go up and down to avoid the previous repetitiveness)To take a photo you now only need to press C and Space (or LMB) instead of previous three buttons C, F, SpaceYou can now click with LMB to take a photo and interact with objects if you wishAdded a Reset Demo button in the settings menuMade crosshair more visible and less faded so interactable objects are more obvious (increases in size, changes color + opacity when hover over interactable object)Bug Fixes:Fixed soft-lock if pressed E to exit when shouldn't be able to exit eg. in complete constellation animationFixed if saved + exited after getting news alert then re-enter game black…
- Small Demo Update - 25 June 2025
Hey everyone, thanks for the support on Astronook's demo, got a small update here.Main Addition - Improved Controller / Steamdeck Support (see all gamepad fixes + changes below)Other Small Additions:You can now click on star icons to jump to that relevant constellation straight awayAdded Invert X/Y settingsAdded basic performance quality settings to disable Ambient Occlusion, Shadows + VSync (disabling Shadows will help most for performance, not the intended game look though)If you hover over tutorial instruction in telescope view it fades out so you can see behind the instructionMade it so you can uncomplete tutorial instructions eg. if start focusing with F then stop focusing with F again, instruction will now uncheck for clearer feedback (wasn’t very intuitive without this before)Added extra tutorial prompt informing you that you have to click on the planet again to zoom back out (af…
- Demo Release - 3 June 2025
Hi everyone, I just released the demo for Astronook! It is a small demo but I hope it gives you a good idea of what the full game will be like. Thank you and hope you enjoy 💙
