I have been working on Star Explorers quite a bit in the last few months.  I have neglected to post updates here, due to a lack of activity, but recent comments have prompted me to do so.  Version 3.6 is not a full update, but a version that I am still testing out, and actively updating.  I do plan to have an official 4.0 release up some time soon.

3.6 is significantly updated, here is a summary of the changes that have been made so far:

• It uses the newest Acknex game engine A8
• Data Execution Prevention (DEP) in Windows sometimes caused the older versions to not run, this has been fixed
• New "Posterizing" shader available in Video Options
• Allows user to create a custom save folder
• Star Chart crash issue has been addressed
• New splash loading menu
• Going to the Main Menu will now essentially restart the game, as it had some major stability issues in 3.0 when returning to the main menu to start a new game, or load a different saved game.  

Right now I am working on adding a new type of quest generation protocol to the game.  I just got it working today, but it needs a lot of tweaking.  Hopefully I will have a new update for testing by next weekend.