SBURB Dev Log Patch Notes
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Official development patchnote and SBURB versioning page. Please refer to our website to host and install proper versions of SBURB and any related forks.
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Known Exploit: Unknown entities of Equine form exhibiting symptoms of super-positioning on a quantum scale. This may be caused by certain system times aligning specific events against the current year, which is The Year of the Horse. We're currently reviewing our code-base to patch any strange time aberrations to push for an early Q3 patch to resolve this.
Gameplay Tip: There is no pause menu; SBURB is a real-time experience. However, by halting advancement, the game is in a "paused" state until progress continues. Take advantage of breaks and maintain your natural biological sleep rhythm as your own form of pausing in the game.
:33 < expurrlain this to my lusus when she asks me to skin her catch :33 < i can't pounce im purrlaying sgrub :33 < nyo i can't pawse it!!!
You can stop your current activity to simply help her. Non-participation is the pause system.
:33 < meow!! mewr suppawsed to be on nepetas side, dev
We are constantly looking for new ways to make SBURB more accessible for those who deal with various disabilities. If you or a loved one plan to or are playing SBURB and wish to leave feedback or ideas on how to increase accessibility, please post below.
More pre-installed benches outside of major llocations and puzzlles. Standing around all night fucks up my back but i cant be begging my server pllayer to be at the ready to pllace seating outside every buillding on my lland.
Known Bug: If entering the gates in a specific order in a way that breaks sequence, upon reaching the Denizen's Lair, the Denizen may not spawn. This is a known issue that will be patched out next update.
Gameplay Tip: Reading the descriptions and stats of items, quest lines, and weapons helps in determining what may be useful to you, and what is not.
Known Bug: Partially destroying the mechanism in which to scratch a session without repairing or fully destroying it may cause excess leaking of corrugated energy which can slowly corrupt a session into a stalemate. If you are in this situation, simply reach out to a Void player to release excess energy within Skaia as a release valve until the session functions normally again. This will be patched out next update.
... youre telling me that WASN'T EVEN INTENDED AS PART OF THE GAME???? when i get up from here, i swear im speaking to a manager!!!
We apologize for the dissatisfaction for a gameplay experience incurred by something that was an oversight on our part. We may compensate you for any damages and have a technician on stand by to check the session while in this state.
too late! i had to solve that shit myself as a bard of time. like, really? this is the best you can do?
Our deepest apologies. There is nothing further we can provide to assist with this issue. You may schedule a time to speak with a manager; however, if you have already left the session, there is no further troubleshooting we can provide. Furthermore, compensation is provided within the game itself. If you are already in the reward world, you are operating in Sandbox Mode, which should grant you everything for free.
aaauuugggggguuHGASGHAHAHGAHAHHHH ill get back to this. my blood vessels shouldnt have to burst again reading this.
One of our Developers noticed that the API key we used for sending social media and update posts from our internal platform to Chittr died, and so we renewed the API key and are ready to post notes and updates again. Apologies for the silence and the delay.
WIKIPE-TAN'S ARTICLE OF THE NIGHT IS ABOUT… SBURB! Sburb (stylized as SBURB) is the human name for a sandbox-style game that takes place superimposed over the real world, rather than in a virtual space¹. The game is known as Sgrub (stylized as SGRUB) to trolls². In the game, the server player is able to manipulate the client's environment in real time in a manner reminiscent of The Sims³. The client of the game has no need to interact with the computer and can freely roam around completing objectives. Computers are only necessary for interacting with other players and performing actions like downloading Grist with GristTorrent. Actions available to the server player include expanding upon and manipulating the client's home, including by deploying game objects such as the Totem Lathe, in exchange for Grist; and moving existing objects in the client's environment, though the server player cannot manipulate objects directly affecting the client player. The server cannot observe the game outside of a certain radius of their client's home, allowing them to continue building up their client's home as the Hero explores their planet and furthers their quest. Anyone who is going to play SBURB in a particular session, at any point in their life, will be a dreamer in one of the moons of that session even before the game begins; some awaken and are free to explore their dream planets long before the game starts⁴. The game comes in multiple phases: climbing through The Seven Gates⁵, defeating the Denizens⁵, the Ultimate Alchemy⁵, and the Reckoning⁵ (up to and including the final confrontation with the Black King and Queen), to name a few. As the gameplay goes on, it is revealed that the ultimate purpose of SBURB is… Oops, now we're getting into spoiler territory! I'll cut the article here so as to not ruin the experience for new players! I've never been one for video games, but SBURB sounds kind of fun! What do you think? Should I play it? If this has piqued your interest like it has mind, read more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SBURB Thank you to @sburbDev for suggesting this topic!!! ¹ Video games overlaid onto the real world is a common medium for games on Alternia. For more examples of games with real world elements, see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_live_action_role-playing_game ² I've seen a few other non-troll and non-human species on Chittr as well. Do they have their own versions of SBURB? Let me know! ³ The Sims is a series of life simulation video games developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts (EA). The franchise has sold nearly ²⁰⁰ million copies worldwide (note: these figures are specific to Earth), and is one of the best-selling video game series of all time. It is also part of the larger Sim series, started by SimCity in ¹⁹⁸⁹. ⁴ Wow! That sounds exciting! Wikipe-tan wishes she had dreams instead of horrible terrible nightmares every morning! ⁵ Spoiler alert!! #WikipetanArticleOfTheNight #Sburb
Reminder: SBURB is a free, open-source project; as a result, we are 100% ad free. If you play a third party version of SBURB and experience the following: - Large Advertisement objects floating in space visible to the naked eye, - Advertisements between scene transitions, - An unskippable, 2 minute ad every time you visit the Medium, - Sudden, uncharacteristic NPC dialogue that advertises real-world products, - Or randomly sponsored alchemizable items, Please understand these are not native features to SBURB. It is advised to Scratch the session and try again. Copies which sport ads may also have malware contained in them that may harm the integrity of the game.
Gameplay Tip: Leaving a planet manually requires understanding Escape Velocity. There are easier ways of planetary travel than flight alone.
Sylink Tip: Just destroy the sp★ce between you ★nd outside the pl★net.
We here at SBURB and SKAIANET are not responsible for third party tips from other players. Please use this advice at your own discretion.
Gameplay Tip: Good teams promote good skill. Bad teams promote no skill. Make sure before starting the game to select and establish a team you can trust. Otherwise, for the better of the rest of Paradox Space, the session will fail, and with it, be Scratched to a better permutation.
Gameplay Tip: Inebriation in all of its forms will still affect you while playing the game, regardless of what current mortal state you have achieved. Please drink responsibly.
SBURB v.2026.5.16 Released. Please see website for download and fork. Patch note changes: - The 1928 Caredol Street bug has been resolved. Upon visiting the same location and identifying the same vase, nothing happens. - Space players can no longer destroy planet lands by shrinking them and consuming them whole. All player planet lands have an atmosphere object that cannot despawn nor can it be destroyed; This atmosphere object can be bypassed only by the relevant player of that land, and while players can teleport in, they cannot go through the atmosphere itself. This means any planets that are shrunk and consumed will pass through safely while the player continues gameplay in the planet at the proportional size. - We have increased romance route visibility by having any romanceable NPCs flash a heart only the player involved can see if and only if they have triggered the route directly. - Holding the crafting button for too long no longer results in longer objects. This does not undo objects made prior by this bug. - The quest "Chancey Chancellor" has been moved to the Derse Branch of NPC quests. - "Sulfur" modifier for player lands no longer modifies breathable content in them, only the surface itself and its contents. - Enemies that spawn in forests have had their spawnrate increased by 5%. - The Totem Lathe has now updated its hand grip to be permanently universal, and no longer generates a random grip direction. - We have updating the bounding box for NPC Enemies; Imps bundled in a contained space will simply not allow more in that space per their hitbox space allotment in that contained area. This has resolved Imps phasing through walls if enough are in a specific space (~100). - Upon hitting the 20 active quest limit, NPCs will no longer remain silent around you at all times. Please send any feedback, glitch reports, and recommendations to @sburbDev for further research and refinement of the game experience. Copyright SKAIANET 2026(C), all rights reserved.
Ok★y, I'm just going to cut the l★nds in h★lf now. H★ppy?
It was an awkward internal debate in our office, but we ultimately balanced the gameplay potentiality of a normal Space player hiding planets within them compared to a hostile Space player destroying them and split the difference.
Please see our Gameplay Tip on splitting celestial bodies in half for more details.
Oh shit fr? Where ★t?
'n0rmal' space player. lmao.
We've surveyed over 120 different Space players and counting for this feedback. Yes. That's the normal one.
you misunderstand. i am making fun 0f the idea a normal space player can be selected f0r at all, not the 0ne you decided tw0 glue the label to with h0pe and spittle.
You have not truly seen what we test for when we check for a hostile Space player.
y0u haven't seen what i get off 0n, this isn't a spar either of us want.
This is no longer a work safe conversation. If you have any more feedback, please continue with another subject.
Known Bug: Attempting to go past the 20 active quest limit may cause NPCs to remain silent around you at all times. Do not be alarmed when this happens; simply complete one of the quests, and the NPCs will return to function as normal.
Known Bug: If 100 imps are put in a five square meter space, and one more is put in, another will phase out through the wall. They will continue phasing out in the direction the vector has jettisoned them until there is no longer a physical obstruction. This will be fixed next patch.
Reminder: We do not use AI to create any of our work. It is the SKAIANET promise to ensure that all code, assets, art, and game design are created without any algorithmic generation. SKAIANET and the team behind SBURB work hard in creating this game and are proud of not only the work they do, but pursue innovation in achieving that vision on their own.
Addendum: We refer to the AI in this context as the token-based algorithmically generative tool, and not silicon based lifeforms or mechanical programs that have achieved sentience. If you have read this and are either of these and find offense in this statement, we humbly apologize and did not mean to direct this to you.
Gameplay Tip: While SBURB provides powers strong enough to cut celestial objects, remember to factor in gravitational fields into terraforming at all times. Remember to also factor in the gravitational field of other objects, and that through the laws of thermodynamics, heat manifests through kinetic energy when introduced to friction, which is encountered in atmospheres. Gravitational pull does not cease when a celestial body is split in half.
I'm going to do it ★nyw★ys.
Gameplay Tips exist to teach other players about things they aren't aware of. We have no intention in stopping you, and this gameplay behavior is within our current focus.
Gameplay Tip: A session can last for several years without end. This is normal and within operating parameters for a typical play session. It is recommended to take your time with session completion in order to maximize success.
expert n0te: if you suck l0l
Session data has shown that the players who tend to rush the game are the ones who have artificially raised the difficulty for themselves too high to commit to a normal play-style. While our recorded any percent speed-running logs have clocked session completion at the fastest time of 11 minutes and 35 seconds, we've noticed that the resulting players wind up much weaker and underlevelled than their contemporaries. We call this the Compression Phenomenon; the fastest players wind up weakest due to kernelsprite/quest abuse, the faster but serious players commit speed to avoid mistakes, and the more stable players play for much, much longer. Please consult the graphic below for more details. https://i.postimg.cc/R0BjYZRs/statdrop.png
Gameplay Tip: A Seer can see many things across many opportunities, but they are filtered by their corresponding aspect. Make sure to always factor that bias in mind before committing to a decision. There is no such thing as an unbiased Seer.
We are accepting any feedback about the Seer class for future classpect tweaking 3 months from now.
maybe LESS constant and everllasting emotionall torment for seers of doom?
SKAIANET and SBURB are not responsible for the emotional regulation of players during the experience. Any and all feedback is purely for gameplay adjustments only.
==> SKAIANET Agent Connecting... ==> listen kid. we're not therapists. people get fucked up over monopoly just as much as they do our game. ==> is it more physically dangerous? sure. so's survivor. so's original american gladiators. ==> if you have a traumatic response? im sorry ==> but like. stop playing and go see a therapist. we cant help you. ==> SKAIANET Agent Disconnecting...
==> SKAIANET Agent Connecting... ==> oh! im so sorry about his response... hes such a meanie sometimes. um... i know its really tough out there! but there's always time to stop and take a break ==> the game doesnt count a stalemated position simply because you stop playing! and, um, stay hydrated! and get good amounts of sleep! ==> and theres a big menu of yummy meals if you want to really stop and relax... ==> good luck out there! ==> SKAIANET Agent Disconnecting...
...thank you... youre nice... pllease do not respond again with a different person i will find a way to bomb your office if you do...
We here at SKAIANET have a dedicated workforce of agents on stand-by to meet the inquiries and documented feedback of players at all times.
Known Bug: The handle of the Totem Lathe may sometimes generate for right or left handed users without prediction instead of the intended, patched universal grip area for all hand orientations.
wouldnt it be possible to just delete the hand-specific totem lathes from the files so only the universal gripped one spawns
