Starground News

I'm back at it again with another update for v5 (seems like these are practically daily at this point lol). In this one, I've fixed a ton of issues identified on Discord, and have made many quality of life changes and improvements. Let me know how everything goes. Thank you alpha testers, can't do it without you all!

[h2]Additions[/h2]

• Added an effect and sound when your weapon is ready to use again
  
• Added the guide in the pause menu
  
• Added automatic filter icons for every inventory (furnace items and crafter recipes)
  
• Added a direction indicator to conveyors
  

[h2]Changes[/h2]

• Made it so that items are now dropped out of crafters when a recipe is selected with fewer slots
  
• Made it so you can no longer build in the dungeon (until I add the special dungeon where that's the main mechanic ;) )
  
• Made it so that you can pop the beach ball with a weapon
  
• Increased text oversampling to improve readability at smaller scales
  
• Increased the size of the tree hitbox
  
• Decreased the size of the mining hitbox to make it more precise, and line up with the selection box
  
• Made it so all buildings with indicators now display those same indicators when being built
  
• Changed the output indicator to a triangle
  
• Increased the drop rate of health capsules
  
• Significantly improved the attack hitbox so that it's easier to hit enemies
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed an issue where the researcher didn't drop items
  
• Fixed an issue where distance calculations were broken, causing issues with enemy aggroing
  
• Fixed an issue where the furnace was referencing a non-existent sprite
  
• Fixed an issue where resources could block doors in the dungeon
  
• Fixed a layering issue in the main menu
  
• Fixed an issue where players could walk on water in the exit room
  
• Fixed an issue where the collector area indicator was underneath new resources
  
• Fixed an issue where poison clouds would not stop when the game is lagging
  
• Fixed an issue where null items were generated in dungeon chests
  
• Fixed an issue with process ordering between movers and long-range movers, causing movers to not grab items
  
• Fixed an issue where resource node alpha was not reset when breaking mid-despawn animation
  
• Fixed the right side of the health bar border
  
• Fixed a spelling error in the tree of wisdom quotes
  
• Fixed an issue where the beach ball was the wrong size when building
  
• Fixed an issue where the splitter indicator was displayed inproperly
  
• Fixed an issue where you could break the starlauncher in the dungeon
  
• Fixed an issue where the weapon was not angled at the right position after swapping to it
  

This update fixes a variety of issues identified by alpha testers on Discord (thank you for the help!). Some quality of life features have also been added, including some visual effects, ability to rotate clockwise with shift + r, and the ability to grab items from conveyor belts and movers with F.

[h2]Additions[/h2]

• Added a fadeout and decay particles when a resource despawns
  
• Added the ability to rotate objects clockwise while building by pressing SHIFT + R
  
• Added the ability to take items from conveyors and movers by pressing F while hovering over them
  

[h2]Changes[/h2]

• Made it so that chests are guaranteed to have at least two slots filled
  
• Made it so that the tree of wisdom only shows up once per dungeon
  
• Made it so heart drops are depentent upon current player health (lower health increases drop rates)
  
• Made it so pressing escape closes the current menu instead of always opening the pause menu
  
• Made it so that the fist is displayed when no weapon components are equipped
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed an issue where the mushroom boss would spawn multiple times whenever entering the room
  
• Fixed an issue where items would stay in dungeons after deletion
  
• Fixed an issue where poison cloud positions were not synced to clients
  
• Fixed an issue where stone walls would tile incorrectly (and also improved their performance)
  
• Fixed an issue where dragging over inventory slots while holding left click caused multiple slots to be highlighted
  
• Fixed an issue where dungeon doors were not depth sorted properly
  
• Fixed a potential issue related to creating a UID for copper ore resource nodes
  
• Fixed an issue where specific weapon configurations were too big for the tool slot
  
• Fixed an issue where items would vibrate around the player at low frame rates
  
• Fixed a long standing issue where you could not exit fullscreen if you start with your window maximized
  
• Fixed a multiplayer issue where doors would not open and close on clients
  

As always, let me know if any suggestions or issues come up!

v5.0 is finally out! This version includes a host of changes, including many different balancing changes, brand new weapon components, heart containers in the dungeons, a new boss attack, and tons of fixes and optimizations. It also comes with some features that are deactivated (in the game, but not accessible). These will be re-enabled once the necessary functionality is there. These additions can be seen at the bottom. As always, let me know how things are feeling on Discord (especially the new balancing changes all throughout the game).

[h2]Additions[/h2]

• Added smoke to machines that burn fuel
  
• Added processor
  
• Added twinkling void track to the overworld
  
• Added money and research credit icons (not displayed ingame yet)
  
• Added smoke to machines that burn things (like the furnace)
  
• Added poison attack to the moon boss
  
• Added the shroomaxe (Dreadcap drop)
  
• Added the fungdle (Dreadcap drop)
  
• Added the shrommel (Dreadcap drop)
  
• Added heart canisters (chance to drop from enemies)
  
• Added primitive handle (crafted in crafter)
  
• Added primitive hammer (crafted in crafter)
  
• Added new lines to the tree of wisdom
  
• Added conveyor belt pushing (moves players when underneath)
  
• Readded the beach ball
  

[h2]Non-active Additions[/h2]
[h3]Additions that are in the game, but aren't accessible or functional for now.[/h3]

• Added burner (not buildable yet)
  
• Added researcher (not buildable yet)
  
• Added research menu (accessible, but non-functional)
  
• Added power (doesn't work yet)
  

[h2]Changes[/h2]

• Changed items so that data is stored in a global dictionary instead of in the items
  
• Improved main menu
  
• Improved button designs
  
• Moved all item sprites to a dedicated folder
  
• Changed the background art on main menu
  
• Made it so the player moves at 1/4 the speed when mining
  
• Increased the attack range of ancient automatons
  
• Made it so that the mining laser no longer deals damage to enemies
  
• Updated the exit room
  
• Made it so belts connect to splitters
  
• Reduced the timer before an item can be picked up after creation
  
• Made it so that you slow down instead of completely stopping when swinging your weapon
  
• Changed the recipe select UI to be a list (instead of a grid)
  
• Changed appearance of scroll bars to be more visible
  
• Made it so you cant scroll to change your weapon while in UI
  
• Disabled camera zooming in/out when inside of UI
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed an issue where curved belts had gaps
  

The long awaited v4.0 is finally out! This version includes a ton of new things, which I outline all below. With a big update like this, there are of course issues and balancing that needs to be worked out, so as always, let me know about your thoughts and suggestions on Discord.

[h2]Additions[/h2]

• Added lamps
  
• Added stone walls
  
• Added the mushroom boss (deathcap)
  
• Added a key to disable/enable nighttime darkness (f1)
  
• Added functionality to splitters
  
• Added biofuel (4x more efficient fuel option crafted with wood)
  
• Added the shredder (will destroy all items put into it)
  
• Added shaking to some machines when working
  
• Added sound effects to placing buildings
  
• Added track Deathcap
  
• Added boss healthbars
  

[h2]Changes[/h2]

• Disabled building land effects on load (decreases load time)
  
• Disabled the pathing debug lines for ancient automatons
  
• Made it so projectiles move through walls
  
• Decreased the lifespan of particles (10s -> 2s)
  
• Changed the flashlight to use mix instead of add (meshes with other lights)
  
• Improved the shape of the weapon trail
  
• Decreased the audible radius of player slash sounds
  
• Increased attack radius of ancient automatons
  
• Removed track Careful in the dungeons
  
• Updated track New Life in the overworld
  
• Changed the crafter recipe from 10 iron ingots to 5 iron and copper ingots
  
• Changed the daycycle ambient colors
  
• Improved appearance of dropped items (shine effect and moving up and down)
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed an issue where projectiles would not correct for lag
  
• Fixed an issue where enemy health would not get set correctly
  
• Fixed an issue where the weapon trail would get really slow when lagging
  
• Fixed multiple multiplayer related issues with items updating on conveyors, movers, and splitters
  
• Fixed an issue where a leave message for non-existent players are sent on load
  
• Fixed an issue where joining/leaving messages added extra newlines
  
• Fixed a crash caused by enemy projectiles
  
• Fixed issues related to taking damage (all on server now)
  
• Fixed an issue where selected tools were not synced with multiplayer
  
• Fixed an issue where swapping to an already selected tool would start the cooldown again