Starsector 0.97a is out! (02/02/24); New blog post: Simulator Enhancements (03/13/24)
Why has a developer ever needed any reason other than "it looks bloody awesome"?
Just a note:single # channels that are not officially registered are being phased out afaik. Also because of the proprietary nature of starfarer, I think a ## channel would be required for any modding discussion (considered 'off-topic') and thus would be constrained to topical (##) channels.I'm not entirely sure, you may want to contact freenode staff for clairification.
really, as far as I am concerned, the fact that you are aware of and endorse the channel makes it official, at least technically enough to warrant the #. Freenode mainly want to discern between a completely fan run channel and the official channel for the same thing. As we only have one channel at present, it doesn't really matter. When modding becomes a bigger community, we can make other channels specifically for it.