Asteroids ++ News

Hello everyone! Today I am opening a public beta for everyone to try. I'm adding a brand new gamemode "Sandbox Mode" where you can spawn in (almost) all types of Asteroids that you own in your inventory and play around with the game! This mode will be expanded throughout updates and I hope to improve the game even more!

1. Right click on the game and go to properties on Steam
   
2. Select "Betas"
   
3. Choose "Public Beta" and done-zo!
   

You can give me feedback on the discussions page :)
Note: Public beta versions are only on Windows platforms

[h3]Clone has been reworked because it didn't work properly at all, here are the changes for it:[/h3]

• The clone will mimic player weapons. Leveling up the clone will make it much stronger
  
• When the clone dies, you respawn instead
  
• This means that if you pair a clone with a shield, a shield would respawn a second time
  
• This also means that you can respawn more bouncy orbs on the screen and recruitments
  
• You can now idle conquer with clones, which are more effective than recruitments
  

[h3]UTILITY EXP Changes:[/h3]

• You now gain more utility exp per utility level, previously it took too long to get to further levels of anything, now that's been fixed.
  

[h3]Machine Gun Rework[/h3]

• Holding shoot with the machinegun charged will deal 3X damage, then it drops quickly to 1X as it depletes (Buff)
  

[h3]Other[/h3]

• Added more recruitment names
  
• Added a sound when idle conquering sectors
  
• Added new achievement "Your little empire"
  
• Added +40 more death messages
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed issues with background changing in weird ways
  
• Having weekly planets in your inventory will now count towards the "Planet Collector" achievement
  

They are tied to the normal planet drops, except they are 1% chance for a drop, and you can't purchase them from the Asteroids ++ Store, making them much harder to obtain! You get them normally by playing the game, but once the 2nd drop of planets are over, these will be impossible to obtain through normal means. Good Luck!



[h2]In the golden drop:[/h2]

[h3]

• Golden Charon
  
• Golden Proxima Centauri A
  
• Golden Proxima Centauri B
  
• Golden Proxima Centauri C
  
• Golden Proxima Centauri D
  
• Golden Sun
  
• Golden Nix
  
• Golden Hydra
  
• Golden Styx
  
• Golden Kerberos
  

[/h3]

[h3]Features/Changes[/h3]

• Added controller support :)
  
• NOTE: This was only tested using an xbox controller, there are MANY PROBLEMS. Also I am not a controller person so please use your keyboard instead! But test this out regardless so I could get feedback. Keep in mind, you can't use the satellite or idle conquering YET, and shop is scuffed. But that will be added/fixed in the future.
• Added schemes whenever a controller is connected
  

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed small issues with the main menu
  
• Leaderboards should work again
  

Asteroids ++ is now supported natively on linux, it should work with most linux configurations! So no more proton!

Keep in mind that there are still a lot of issues with this build, mainly blurriness and the fact that you can't switch windows properly, but that will be fixed ASAP. Thanks for all patience! :btd6salute: