Starseed News

Another small patch

Fixed issue with rice and corn sometimes not appearing
(This still needs improvement, rice will appear after unlocking but only on new seeds/planets, this will be changed - reasons for this kinda thing was initially to
give players a reason to start new planets but we're starting to change our mind on that, it seems people prefer sticking with a main world and using others as a sort of extra.
So that's our first BIG gamestyle change based on feedback - we will be allowing players to have a bit more freedom and feel less locked into game decisions)

Another issue we are thinking about is customization. Part of the game theme was that you get these people/operatives/astronauts that you have to work with (with their pros and cons), pick the best of them for the task/your playstyle with minimal customization.
Kinda mirroring the real world. We don't just get to customize those we work with or befriend haha, but we can help and guide them to grow and improve and that's why there are upgrades and stats (we are still planning on adding a localized upgrade system)
- but people want customization too badly, so we will be thinking about this further down the line!

Technical:
- Fixed crop sorting, sometimes player body could appear through crops
- Fixed issue with rice and corn sometimes not appearing
- Other small bug fixes

Gameplay:
- Nothing this time

Reported issues:
- We had a reported issue of crop specific missions being completed by any crop, this needs a bit more investigation, have not yet reproduced it.
(If anyone who experiences this as well can provide images, video or info about this in the forums that would be very helpful)


Thank you and keep providing feedback, it's been really helpful so far!

This is our first update that's not a quick fix patch. We have gotten some valuable feedback to make some changes. The biggest being having better descriptions and refunding deleted machines and placed items.

We added the crash reporting which is opt in. It would help a lot if you could accept it but we understand those who won't be comfortable with it.

We continue to work on the Hazards update which will bring lava and better implement the health system.

Technical:
- General fixes and improvements
- Cleanup labels, text, descriptions
- Added Unity cloud diagnostics Crash Reporting (opt in or out) (Really makes it a lot easier to debug and gather info on errors without annoying players by asking them too many questions)
- Improved tutorial explanations
- Machines and placeable objects will now be returned to inventory when deleting
- Fixed machine ui panel labels
- Improved atmospheric environmental audio (sea, river, wind, etc)

Gameplay:
- Added Items and Recipes: Sandstone, Glass, Lens, Solar Cells
- The start of resources on the beach (Sandstone will spawn now)
- We've started adding the Lava area (This will bring the first hazards which cause damage) so you might see some parts of it but it's WIP, you won't be able to access it yet


This crash report popup will be shown on first start:



The tweaked audio gives more calming atmosphere:
Beach:
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Walking through grass and river sounds:
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Thank you for the continued support!

Simple improvement of tutorial explanations and making it clearer that you should press the button for more info.



Thank you

We are already working hard on the next updates. Fixes are top priority first. We already fixed a bug affecting some users.

We will continue to develop the game into something special.

As mentioned in the bugfix notes we want to introduce automatic crash reports using Unity's cloud systems.

Already working on adding more things to the world, we realize it feels a bit empty. This will be sandstone ore that appears in the beach are (which brings glass recipe and production). And more will be added to the world. Then further, as mentioned before the main update currently is hazards and the forests which are moving forward as well.







Thank you and we hope you're excited for what's to come

Fix for the saving issue affecting some users.

We plan on adding something like Unity Crash diagnostics to make crash reports easier
(This will have the option to opt out too, don't worry)

This will allow it to automatically report to us and we won't have to annoy players by asking them each little details.

Thank you!