New Stars DevLog #17 - New Ship Builder, Upgraded Ship Models, and more...
Over the past few weeks, the ship builder has been rebuilt from scratch, and animated combat visuals are now more advanced. Ship models, ship trails, and more have also been upgraded, and the main 'Solace' update features are mostly complete.
[h2]New Ship Builder[/h2]
The ship builder has been rebuilt from scratch.
It now focuses exclusively on turret selection with 13 new turrets to choose from, with more balanced ship stats.
You can manage different ship presets, more easily than with the last ship builder, and rename them with ease. You can also randomize preset, simulate combat, and toggle cinematic mode.
[h2]Upgraded Ship Models[/h2]
5 new ship models, with empire branding, and new turrets.
The ship colours are customized to match your empire's theme, and include your empire icon.
The ships also have shield VFX which will activate when shields are active and are hit.
[h3]Ship Builder - Combat Mode[/h3]
This will showcase the new turret VFX, which are all unlocked by default (for now), so you can try them all out.
Turrets may have different properties in future updates, and their own technologies to unlock them.
[h2]What will happen with old ships models?[/h2]
Nomadic star clans will use the previous ship models for now, since they seem to match the theme of nomadic space pirates more.
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[h3]Stay tuned for more updates...[/h3]
Feel free to comment your suggestions below.
🪵 View the Changelog: newstarsgame.com/changelog.
🕹️ Playtest New Stars: adamjr.xyz.
⭐ Wishlist New Stars to support development.
This page is intended to be a development preview, which may not reflect the final state of the game.
Credits:
- Star satellites icon by Lorc under CC BY 3.0
[h2]New Ship Builder[/h2]
The ship builder has been rebuilt from scratch.
It now focuses exclusively on turret selection with 13 new turrets to choose from, with more balanced ship stats.
You can manage different ship presets, more easily than with the last ship builder, and rename them with ease. You can also randomize preset, simulate combat, and toggle cinematic mode.
[h2]Upgraded Ship Models[/h2]
5 new ship models, with empire branding, and new turrets.
The ship colours are customized to match your empire's theme, and include your empire icon.
The ships also have shield VFX which will activate when shields are active and are hit.
[h3]Ship Builder - Combat Mode[/h3]
This will showcase the new turret VFX, which are all unlocked by default (for now), so you can try them all out.
Turrets may have different properties in future updates, and their own technologies to unlock them.
[h2]What will happen with old ships models?[/h2]
Nomadic star clans will use the previous ship models for now, since they seem to match the theme of nomadic space pirates more.
[hr][/hr]
[h3]Stay tuned for more updates...[/h3]
Feel free to comment your suggestions below.
🪵 View the Changelog: newstarsgame.com/changelog.
🕹️ Playtest New Stars: adamjr.xyz.
⭐ Wishlist New Stars to support development.
This page is intended to be a development preview, which may not reflect the final state of the game.
Credits:
- Star satellites icon by Lorc under CC BY 3.0