Dead Reckoning — Bug Report & Feedback Log

Last updated: March 18, 2026

Known Bugs

[HIGH] Text clips in “Events & Directives” column — no scroll Reported by: tomiant (Linux, windowed)

Content cuts off at the bottom of the column with no way to scroll. In at least one case this hides available encounter options, so only 2 of 3 choices are visible. Reported twice in the same session. Direct impact on decision-making — fixing this is a priority.

[MEDIUM] Mission log death count doesn’t match cryo bay tab Reported by: tomiant

Mission log shows 3 deaths recorded; cryo bay tab shows 0 deceased. Figures should be consistent, or the discrepancy needs a clear explanation.

[MEDIUM] Emergency interventions can’t be deselected after clicking Reported by: tomiant

Clicking an intervention to inspect it locks it as selected with no way to cancel. Players should be able to browse without committing, or there should be an explicit confirm step.

[MEDIUM] Placeholder tag visible for character name on game resume Reported by: Developer

After resuming a save, a raw placeholder token appears where a character name should be. Variable substitution likely only fires on new game init, not on load.

[LOW] Jupiter encounter triggers on year 6 at sub-light speeds Reported by: tomiant

Jupiter appears as an encounter on year 6, which doesn’t track at sub-light travel — the ship would be well past the solar system by then. Likely a placeholder event with a wrong trigger year. Immersion-breaking but not a blocker.

Feedback & Design Notes

Encounter options feel too limited — Comet encounter only offers harvest or partial harvest, no option to ignore and pass. A pass option should probably always be available. May also be partially masked by the text clipping bug.

Factions tab shows critical tension from turn 1 — “Social tensions critical” fires before the player has made any decisions, and while most of the crew is in cryo. Either needs a design justification or a later trigger — risks undermining the Drift system’s “invisible until it isn’t” pillar.

Tutorial text repeats on every run — Instructions appear in the normal game cycle, so returning players re-read them each run. A one-time flag or skip option would help.

Music loops too quickly — Track is short enough to feel repetitive. A longer or seamlessly looping track would help with immersion. Audio/FX balance was also flagged, though the player found the volume sliders on their own.

Writing is placeholder — Flagged as AI-generated. Developer has confirmed this is known and a writer is being sought.

How to Report a Bug

Leave a comment with what you were doing, what you expected, what actually happened, and your OS / windowed or fullscreen / browser or downloaded. Every report helps — thanks for playing.

I played through an entire session this morning and here’s a few notes.

The {character} placeholders are still showing on the latest version for me.

I didn’t mention it previously but it bugged me and I wanted clarification. When you get to a new system you’re presented with two planets but you can only ever choose to probe one and you can’t go back and probe the other. Once you probe one planet, you’re done. You either land on that planet or leave the system entirely. Ignoring the other planet entirely.

When you DO land on a planet none of the stats (seemingly) take into account the event where you meet up with the second ship and choose to merge with them. The directive from that event says that both ships will colonize the planet together (if you chose that route) but when you actually land, it’s not reflected at all.

The event log will show something like “22 deaths, critical must be looked into” (I don’t remember the exact wording) but you can’t do anything about it or investigate or do anything else. It’s just text. If this is just flavor text then maybe it needs to be slightly tweaked so that the player doesn’t feel like they are supposed to do something and can’t.