GUI

To get started, from the title screen click the "Play" button and then under the "Create" subsection, click the "Local" button.

Now select your desired configuration from the drop-down menu and click the "Create" button that pops up. These configs are listed in the configs/ directory for the standalone distribution, or for Flatpak in both /app/config/ and $XDG_DATA_HOME/spaceships/configs (~/.var/app/me.spaceships.spaceships/data/spaceships/configs/ outside of the sandbox), with the latter directory being writable. If you add or change a config, click "Refresh Servers" to reload this list of servers.

Now if everything goes well, the server has been created. You can join the server by clicking "Play"¹ and stop the server by clicking "Stop Server".

Instructions are also included for how players can join the game by manually entering the address, if searching the local network doesn't work for some reason.