StarVaders News

We’re thrilled to announce that StarVaders will be featured in TGAGWCAGA 2024—The Game Awards for Games Who Can't Afford the Game Awards! This one-of-a-kind indie showcase is streaming this Friday, December 13th!

TGAGWCAGA highlights incredible indie games that truly deserve more attention while also poking a little fun at the exclusivity of The Game Awards.

The event is happening in less than an hour, so head on over to the youtube channel to catch it live!

📅 TGAGWCAGA 2024
🕔 Friday, December 13th
6:00 PM UTC / 7:00 PM CET / 1:00 PM ET
📺 Watch the stream here: https://www.youtube.com/@TGAGWCAGA

We’ll also be part of the TGAGWCAGA Steam Event running from December 13th to December 22nd, featuring tons of amazing indie games—including ours!

Check out a fresh new StarVaders trailer live! Hundreds of free keys will also be dropped in the livestream chat, so tune in for your chance to snag one for yourself :)

Signing out,
Pengonaut CrabDog

Hello Pilots,

This is the start of a series about our pilots. Get to know a bit about them before you jump into the game! First up, we have Roxy!



[h3]"Nothin’ that can’t be fixed with a little SCR4P-Paste and some good ol’ elbow grease!"[/h3]

[h3]Pilot Bio[/h3]

Name: Roxy

Place of Birth: 31st Northwestern Sahara Settlement

Bio: Roxy's parents worked as moon miners, often leaving Roxy at home for months at a time. Her earlier years were spent looking up at the stars, hoping to one day join them on their adventures. That day would sadly not come to pass, when she was 16 news of a tragic mining accident reached her settlement.

In the aftermath, her mom's damaged mecha was the only thing that was returned to her. Being the last physical remaining connection to her parents, Roxy tinkered with the mech night and day while her community supported her.

When the aliens invaded, Roxy's engineering skills made her one of the first to be called upon to strike back against the invaders. She'll do anything to protect her world and the people of the 31st.

[h3]A True Firestarter[/h3]

Guns, missiles, explosives - Roxy is no stranger to these weapons, and utilises her Gunner Mech to unleash devastating attacks on her foes but she also has a few unique artifacts that give her an advantage in the field (if used correctly).

• Fire Starter - The first time you overheat, draw +2 cards and get +2 Heat sink next turn
  
• Incinerator - When you overheat, purge the card after burning it. Then gain Sparks in your hand next turn.
  
• Greenhouse - Whenever you gain or lose any amount of Heat sink, increase that amount by one.
  

From Roxy artifacts, you may be able to get a feel for what strategies would work best for her. By pushing the limits of her Gunner Mech, she can use overheating to her advantage and wreck havoc on the battlefield.

Having unique artifacts and cards for each pilot really helps build diversity during your runs. Roxy has some interesting cards like Trailblazer which allows her to move up to 4 titles, and when the card becomes Burnt, she receives +1 Heat sink for the remainder of the encounter.



And then there's Reckoning - We'll give you two guesses what this does.



That's all for Roxy just now, but you can discover more of her unique cards as you play and we'll be back with another Pilot feature soon!

Happy Hunting!

The Pengonauts Team

Hello Pilots,

What an incredible week it has been! We have been absolutely blown away by the coverage and feedback of our demo.



From YouTube videos (Here, Here and Here and many more!), Twitch streams, fan art, speedrun submissions and written reviews, we've been glued to our screens reading and watching everything to do with StarVaders, and we'd like to thank each and every one of you for a huge morale boost.

We also received a special mention from LocalThunk, Creator of Balatro, who recommended our demo during Next Fest.

We had a huge number of entries to our raffle which is now closed and we'll be announcing the winners in due course.

In return for all your support, we actually feel like it's a bit unfair to take the demo away from you so soon. So we're going to be leaving it up for another week and we also have a special speedrunning challenge with three keys up for grabs!

Check our Discord for more information on the speedrun challenge and stay tuned for more StarVaders news!

Much love,

The Pengonauts team!

Hello Pilots,

Next Fest is here! And we're delighted to unveil the new demo for StarVaders where you will take your roguelike deckbuilding strategies and grid-based tactical thinking to a whole new level!

If this is your first time jumping into StarVaders, then please consider joining your fellow Pilots in our Discord Server!

Since our first demo was released, we have been grateful for the attention from big creators like NorthernLion and Aliensrock among many others, and we've added even more content for Next Fest.

Our Next Fest Demo includes:

• Stinger Mech - Limited-time access to the first pilot of the Stinger Mech
  
• New Difficulty - Take on CHALLENGER mode, a harder mode with encounter modifiers, powered up bosses, and more
  
• All New Soundtrack - A total revamp of the StarVaders soundtrack by the incredibly talented Plasterbrain
• Speedrunning Competition - Daily Seeded Speedruns with prizes up for grabs!
  
• Next Fest Raffle - Complete Challenges throughout Next Fest and win 1 of 100 StarVaders keys - More details in our Raffle Steam Event and in the demo itself!
  

[h2]Next Fest Raffle[/h2]

Throughout Next Fest we are running a Raffle with ONE HUNDRED KEYS up for grabs, and you can earn tickets in a number of ways:

• Win with 3 different pilots to reveal a secret code and post it in our Discord Server - We have a specific #raffle-submission channel!
  
• Post a screenshot or fan-art on social media and tag @Starvaders_game before submitting in our Discord Server
  
• Participate and submit a speedrun to our speedrun context in our Discord Server!
  
• Complete the demo on CHALLENGER difficulty
  

We want to make StarVaders the best game it can be, and we look forward to hearing your feedback!

Much Love,

The Pengonauts Team

Hello Pilots,

Next Fest is almost here! And we're hosting a speedrun competition to find our Ace Pilots. Get ready to take your roguelike deckbuilding strategies and grid-based tactical thinking to a whole new level. Read below and start speedrunning StarVaders TODAY.

If this is your first time jumping into StarVaders, then please consider joining your fellow Pilots in our Discord Server!

[h2]Speedrun Competition[/h2]

Unleash your game-breaking combos and beat your run in record time. A StarVaders key will be up for grabs EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. from October 7th until the end of Next Fest on October 21st.

To enter, follow the instructions below

• Make sure you are part of our Discord Server
• Check the Next Fest Speedrun Channel each day for the Daily Seed.
  
• Enter the Daily Seed in the Custom Seed field on the Run Difficulty Screen before you start your run
  
  
  
  
• Complete the run with any mech/any pilot and submit your video or screenshot in the SpeedRun Submission channel in Discord
  
  

We can't wait to see your entries, go forth and defend Earth!

Good luck pilots,
The Pengonauts Team