Arcadium - Space Odyssey News

Improvements

The main font has been replaced in favor of a much cleaner and sci-fi oriented font.
Further increased the base movement speed of all spaceships.
Improved the visibility of fully harvested planets (no more bumping easily into them).
Adjusted UI for certain screen ratios.
A shield with low HP no longer tanks any hit, but the remaining damage is transferred to the player (it was possible to abuse this mechanic to because almost immortal).

Fixes

Fixed an issue where each Energy Discharge bullet could trigger the energy recharge effect multiple times, making it easy to fully charge your skills.
Fixed an issue where, when revived, Space Anomaly and various other effects stopped working.
Fixed an issue where, with only level 1 Molten Core, a star heat couldn't affect the player.
Fixed an issue where reviving after a death caused by heat would simply kill the player again.
Various fixes and improvements.

You can now play Arcadium on your iOS devices, as the Open Beta has officially began!

You can participate through the following link: https://testflight.apple.com/join/MVrRtDHs

Thanks!

Features & Content

Three new stages have been added.
You can now find gas planets in the Universe (from depth 9+).
New revival feature with its related item "Second Chance".
New artifact "Alien Threat Chronometer" which shows a cooldown bar for the next wave. This artifact is unlocked and equipped by default.
New item "Ion Veil".

Improvements

Stages are now labelled as "depths" (depth 1, depth 2, etc...).
There's now a description of the unlocked features for each stage.
There's now a single stronger wave after you survived for half the time.
Contaminated planets now spawn enemies upon landing and not on approach.
Planet defenders now reward gold.
Various music additions and changes.
Removed "captain texts" for alien waves.

Fixes

Fixed an issue where it was not possible to scroll through passive items on mobile.
Various fixes and improvements.

Features & Content

New items Hurricane Glyph, Ember Glyph and Fortress Glyph given by stage 6 feature.
More planets have been added.


Improvements

The camera of the player now has some look-ahead; viewing elements beforehand, such as planets, is now easier compared to the previous setup.
The drop rate of cosmic essence has been increased.
Ice Grenade and Radiant Grenade have been improved in their range.
Asteroids now have a small chance to drop experience.
Increased the amount of resources from planets (especially common ones).
Many planets have been adjusted in their HP/Gold ratio.
Various talents, skills and spaceships have been rebalanced.


Fixes

Fixed an issue where you could not get artifacts if you unlocked missions in a certain way.
Fixed an issue where in certain cases the message about completing a mission was missing.
Fixed an issue that allowed easy farming of Cosmic Essence.
Fixed an issue where, when you continue a session, there were more items/pickups than those left in the previous session.
Various fixes and improvements.

Features & Content

New items: Elite Strike Array, Space Net, Neural Network Boost, Plasma Overcharger, Photon Siphon.
New Missions: Power Pursuit, Trigger Sequence, Beyond The Limit.
New Minibosses: Alien Prince, Alien Spawnbearer.


Improvements

The harvesting of planets now starts soon after the spaceship lands; various improvements to the harvesting.
The base movement speed of all spaceships has been further increased.
Music aliens now drops a common item at random rather than give out gold and exp.
Various improvements to UI: newly unlocked artifacts and spaceships are now labelled, artifacts slots that can be filled are marked with exclamation points and various layout and visual improvements.
Hercules is no longer a default spaceship but its unlocked behind a mission.
Various changes to the abilities of artifacts, talents and items.


Fixes

Fixed an issue where healing effects could stop the harvesting of planets.
Fixed an issue with music alien teleport attack.
Further optimization improvements.
Various fixes and improvements.