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Astro Colony preparation for a Steam Fest

Hey Colonizers!

Hope you are having a great weekend!

I am preparing Astro Colony for the upcoming Steam Festival, which starts on Monday - official announcement is on the way.

Pay attention to the new Gravity Boots [X] mechanic, finally as many players requested character is levitating by default.

There are many QOL improvement, guides and fixes including additional localization.

[h2]SINGLE PLAYER BUGFIXES[/h2]
  • Stationary Jetpack mechanic changed to gravity boots
  • New tutorials and guides - gravity boots, construction, destruction, astronauts
  • New introduction with a flying sequence
  • Fixed an issue where interactions could be not precise while moving
  • Spacecraft now having landing legs by default
  • Fixed an issue where rover would fall after opening vehicle designer while moving
  • Fixed an issue where rover would fall after loading the game while moving
  • Fixed an issue where human would rotate when climbing on a ladder
  • Fixed an issue where station would move away after reloading the game
  • Fixed an issue where transport bots would stop moving after being reassigned to the game task
  • Fixed a Stargate issue, where traveling far away would break a Stargate and cause player death
  • New Demo compatibility changes, padlocks, tips, versions (demo available for the Steam Fest)

[h2]QOL[/h2]
  • Planets contains more dirt instead of water and stones
  • Encyclopedia shows relevant technologies for floors, walls, foundations etc
  • Encyclopedia shows more different ways of crafting (ex. hand crafting)
  • Intro is now localized to all languages
  • Hotbar F3 - F7 empty by default, showing tip to manually configure it with [K]


See you next time in a Steam Festival announcement!