Starseed News

[p]Hi everyone.

Just two small updates.

Update of the roadmap, it's still not strongly defined, but a rough guide. A few people were asking me a while back to make it larger and I've been putting that off too long, so here it is!

Also favoriting/tracking recipes will be coming in the next update - which is mainly focused on the underwater features

[/p][p]Otherwise things are progressing at an okay pace. These world building features are always the most time consuming even though it might seem simpler at a glance (These include drawing art, placing level colliders, etc), it's a lot more work than the stuff that is more coding focused (not saying either is harder, just that these have a lot more work involved). I am loving it and can't wait for you all to experience it! The world of Starseed is growing! [/p][p][/p][p]Things will definitely pick up once we get these features in. [/p][p][/p][p]Thanks for understanding and being patient. [/p][p]See you soon! [/p]

[p]The underwater update is still progressing and looking better! (Work in progress)

Just an example of how it's changed

Before (This is from the last update):[/p][p][/p][p] After: [/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink](Please watch in high quality)

So it was more intense and oppressive before and reused the dirt tiles. Now it's more atmospheric, enchanting and visible. I created a smoother floor tile for finer sand. There are obviously also new resources coming with this.

It's still work in progress so things can change, but it is nearing completion.
[/p][p]Thanks everyone!
See you soon! [/p]

[p]The underwater update is progressing!

(Work in progress)[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]
Thanks for your patience!

See you soon!

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[p]Just a small update[/p][p][/p][p]- Fixed storage and transporter being placeable, these will be reworked but are removed for now[/p][p]- Other fixes[/p][p][/p][p]Thanks and see you soon![/p]

Gameplay

- New Area: Lava Mountains:

• Has unique features and dangers
  
• Drone hubs can be placed in the Lava Mountains!
  

- New Area: Forests

• Forests are similar to mines, with unique sets appearing on each planet
  
• Exploding Plants
  
• Hit and it will drop spores and eventually explode! It will take a while to recharge
  
• Geodes
  

- New feature:

• Consumables: These can be used from the menu to restore energy or health. And may have other boosts later on!
  

- New Resources/Items/Recipes:

• Obsidian, Processed Obsidian, Brown Geode, Black Geode, Laser Cutter, Phantom Quartz, Garnet, Celestine, Sulfur Gas, Condensed Sulfur, Purple Spores, Yellow Spores, Biofuel
  
• Consumables: Energy Pack, Health Pack
  

- New Machine:

• Laser Cutter: Will be used to open Geodes for now might have more uses later like cutting gems or other materials.
  

- Other:

• Drone hubs can harvest gas from geysers
  
• Drone hubs can be placed in the lava area!
  
• Health and knockout effects
  
• Camera zoom control
  
• Hitting colossal ores will now take much more energy
  
• New orders
  

Technical

• Bug fixes
  
• Performance Improvements
  
  • Improved how HUD UI is handled (big performance improvement)
• Polished sensitivity of multiple scrollviews
  
• New icon in shop to show which items will refresh
  
• Orders
  
  • New orders for new items
    
  • Order balancing - Orders will scale with game progress, the further you progress the tougher they will be to finish
    
  • Orders will refresh when on the screen now
    

Screens:
The Lava Area entrance on map:


The beautiful atmosphere of the Lava Area:


Use water on a lava block to walk over safely:


Hit a burning rock to stop fire sprays temporarily:


Laser Cutter:


Exploding Plant and Geodes:


Consumables:


What's next immediately (Upcoming week or 2):

• Monitoring and fixing any issues
  
• Better storage for dronehubs, some people reported an error that not all slots are used, this was intentional as it's each slot per different item type, so next is to improve that
  
• More teleports, now with the lava area added, it can be annoying to walk that far every single time so sub area teleports will be needed
  
• More polish and content in the added areas, the basics are set up but there is room for a lot more
  
• Updating tutorials
  

What's next for the Early Access plan (Long-term):

• Underwater area (With new resources, etc)
  
• Controller support!
  
• Updating missions
  
• More upgrades
  
• And more!
  

Please report any errors or issues, any ideas are also welcome.

Thank you for the continued support and enjoy!

See you soon!