Welcome to Tainted Highbrow

Independent browser games — starting with Astari.

Frozen Rope V0.8.1 — Engine, private leagues, Hub launch

Pitch-by-pitch sim is playable. 30-team private leagues, 162-game slates, and Play Frozen Rope from the Hub.

Frozen Rope V0.8 — Engine, private leagues, Hub launch

Pitch-by-pitch sim is playable. 30-team private leagues, 162-game slates, and Play Frozen Rope from the Hub.

Astari V1.0 — Contested worlds & living colonies

V1.0 closes the first full playable loop: contested homeworlds, ground combat, logistics, craft, and diplomacy foundations. Test remains the active branch; LIVE promote waits on MariaDB validation.

Astari V0.9 — Living galaxy & logistics

Diplomacy, living NPC colonies, warehouses, special mining, and craft polish.

Astari V0.8 — Industry, Craft Tree & Survey Polish

Full component craft pipeline, fleet construction, engineer-to-CP, smarter surveys, and seeder specials (including rare secondary deposits).

Astari V0.7 — Military Specialists & Combat Depth

Pilots own orbit. Commanders own the ground. Permanent death. Structures can be knocked offline by battle. Archive Date is now the in-game clock.

Astari V0.6 — Research, Surveys & Two-Stage Combat

Astari V0.6 underway — research and components

Research tree, special resources, and fitted ship modules define the next version.

Astari V0.5 — Colony foundations

Founding tutorial, economy, research spend, mobile shell, and admin reset.

Astari V0.4 — Shared chrome and Harvester foothold

Shared header/footer, distance display, and alien staging system.

Astari V0.3 — Expansion basics

Systems, travel, ships, and early colony operations.