Belt Colony: Update 3 - Abandoned mine and more
Belt Colony has got an update!
[h3]Abandoned mine:[/h3]
We have added an abandoned mine in one of the asteroids. Not all mining operations last. Sometimes an ore body is fully mined out, and it is necessary to abandon the mine. The usefulness of such a mine is questionable, perhaps it can be used to build out a colony, store stuff, or such. A goal with this game is to be a relatively realistic representation of what it would be like to be a miner in the Asteroid Belt in the future. We therefore added an abandoned mine to the game.
[h3]Starry Starry Skies:[/h3]
The star map has been improved and is now a realtistic representation of what the stars look like in the Asteroid Belt. Do you have a favourite constellation? Look up, you should be able to find it..
[h3]Storage bay:[/h3]
The base can now be upgraded to have a storage bay. Mined and refined ore can be quite consuming of storage space. With this upgrade there will be plenty of space to store stuff.
[h3]Spaceship indicator:[/h3]
We noticed in the stats that many players did not purchase a starship until later in the gameplay. We put a symbol next to the starship upgrade in the management UI as a hint that this is an important upgrade.
[h3]Music:[/h3]
We have added more music tracks. We plan to add more music in future updates too.
[h3]Fixes and improvements:[/h3]
We found and fixed issues. The list is as follows:
[h3]Early Access:[/h3]
The purpose of Early Access on Steam is to enable game developers, like us, to sell the game while it is being developed and to gather input/feedback from users. We would appreciate it, and it would help us, if users perhaps could give us input/feedback in the Community Hub on Steam... The feedback could be anything you like. Perhaps things you would like to see added, see less of, etc.. Perhaps also respond to other peoples posts to voice opinions, support them, etc.
Stay tuned. More improvements are coming. We hope to see you in the Asteroid Belt!
[h3]Abandoned mine:[/h3]
We have added an abandoned mine in one of the asteroids. Not all mining operations last. Sometimes an ore body is fully mined out, and it is necessary to abandon the mine. The usefulness of such a mine is questionable, perhaps it can be used to build out a colony, store stuff, or such. A goal with this game is to be a relatively realistic representation of what it would be like to be a miner in the Asteroid Belt in the future. We therefore added an abandoned mine to the game.
[h3]Starry Starry Skies:[/h3]
The star map has been improved and is now a realtistic representation of what the stars look like in the Asteroid Belt. Do you have a favourite constellation? Look up, you should be able to find it..
[h3]Storage bay:[/h3]
The base can now be upgraded to have a storage bay. Mined and refined ore can be quite consuming of storage space. With this upgrade there will be plenty of space to store stuff.
[h3]Spaceship indicator:[/h3]
We noticed in the stats that many players did not purchase a starship until later in the gameplay. We put a symbol next to the starship upgrade in the management UI as a hint that this is an important upgrade.
[h3]Music:[/h3]
We have added more music tracks. We plan to add more music in future updates too.
[h3]Fixes and improvements:[/h3]
We found and fixed issues. The list is as follows:
- The startup screen has been improved
- We switched to webm for important video clips
- Fixed game over resetting
[h3]Early Access:[/h3]
The purpose of Early Access on Steam is to enable game developers, like us, to sell the game while it is being developed and to gather input/feedback from users. We would appreciate it, and it would help us, if users perhaps could give us input/feedback in the Community Hub on Steam... The feedback could be anything you like. Perhaps things you would like to see added, see less of, etc.. Perhaps also respond to other peoples posts to voice opinions, support them, etc.
Stay tuned. More improvements are coming. We hope to see you in the Asteroid Belt!