Star Singularity News

Greetings everyone,

I am excited to reveal the upcoming update features and our plans for the future. Your feedback is much appreciated!

Upcoming update highlights:

A substantial increase in enemy encounters, including neutral enemies in certain sectors

• The introduction of generated missions at neutral stations
  
• Missions involving the Starport and Mothership
  
• Unlockable crafting blueprints
  
• New item slot types that provide stat upgrades, such as engine speed and shield boosters
  
• Fleet command capabilities
  
• Steam Deck compatibility, if everything goes as planned
  

What's on the horizon:

• Trading on planets
  
• Continued development of the story
  

Thank you for your support as we forge ahead on this journey. We look forward to bringing you more exciting updates in the future.

Hi all,
We are very happy to officially announce 0.7.5 is up on the beta!
A lot of requested features have been added and bugs fixed.
Achievements are finally here!

You can also play with controller, controlling not only the ships but the menus opening the inventory and switching to the different screen with the shoulder buttons.

We also added a fun little mini-game based on the survivor trend, it is still very much work in progress but already fun! FYI items like shields stack on top of each other, so if you get an item with lower stats it will be added on top of the other items you already have! We are going to combine this mini-game in the main game in the form of arena challenges.

As always we will be happy to get your feedback.

Thanks for your support ː8bitheartː

Patch notes version 0.7.5:

• Steam achievements.
  
• Partial controller support.
  
• Hotkeys for loot, stuck and equip items from inventory.
  
• A game mode inspired by vampire survivor(See main menu).
  
• GUI Scaling
  

Hello all,

Sorry for the lack of updates...
But I am working on the game and will keep working on it until it's done!

Just wanted to share with you the features for the next update:

• Creative mode - you will have access to all the items in the game and more..
  
• Interstellar enemies - enemies that spawn when you move beyond the edge of a solar system.
  
• YouTube safe music!
  
• Partial controller support - Just for controlling the ship.
  
• Achievements! This time for real!
  
• A bit more story.
  

Please fell free to tell me what feature to you want the most!
Thank you all for the support ː8bitheartː

Hi everyone,

This is a smaller update which adds a quality of life features that were requested.

[h3]Auto Equip[/h3]

• Auto Equip will equip your ship from items from your inventory and docked ship inventory
  
• Auto Equip helps equip new ships quickly from items stored in the mothership
  

[h3]New Gameplay Option[/h3]

• New option under settings
  
• Contains two new options currently, 'Absolute Control' and 'Auto Save'
  

[h3]Absolute Control Navigation Feature[/h3]

• Enables the absolute control scheme on all ships
  
• If enabled, engines will move the ship in the direction according to the screen and not the ship rotation,
  
• Note, this requires 4 engines, one on each side of the ship to function correctly. Otherwise you will need to use the 'Move to cursor' (default Space) button to navigate properly
  

[h3]Auto Save[/h3]

• Allows auto save to be disabled and enabled
  
• Make sure to save manually when you need to
  
• Will not stop regular checkpoint saves from occurring
  

[h3]Codex Improvements[/h3]

• Implemented a preliminary codex UI
  
• This will contain info logs of events and subjects within Star Singularity
  
• Entries will be provided over time as the player explores the world and encounters events
  

[h3]Bug fixes[/h3]

• Scrolling a window with the mouse wheel will now only effect the window the cursor is hovering over, and not all windows
  
• Sorting has been improved to not just remove spaces in the inventory and stack items, but also to group up items/equipment by category type
  
• Fixed 'Key Binding' bug with binding menu (The F keys)
  

We are working hard on the next update that is going to be a major one!
It will include achievements and trading cards and major plot update!

As a heads up, the next major update is going to invalidate saves again. This is due to the overhauling of the main game universe that can't be avoided. We're focusing to make sure though that all of your items and equipment can be kept to make it back to where you were.

Thank you for the support.

Hello Everyone,

This is a major update to the game, overhauling multiple areas that have needed attention for a while. We'll try to list everything here.

As a warning, this patch will invalidate all previous save files.

We will try and do something about this in the future (such as stashing all items to be retrieved in a new game), but for now this was unavoidable. Our apologies on this.

Storyline & Plot

• All text for the storyline for the prologue and first system have been redone
  
• Plot is more consistent than past iterations
  
• More story elements in the mission details and dialogue
  

Tutorial

• Integrated into the prologue and first system via the storyline
  
• Introduces new interfaces and game mechanics in a gradual manner
  

Missions

• Now shows an 'Active Quest' log in the top left corner
  
• The Mission tab now has additional details per mission by hovering over it
  
• Additional missions have been added
  

Codex (New, WIP)

• Contains previously completed missions
  
• Will be expanded to include lore and other information within the universe
  

Instant Action - Skirmish ! (WIP)

• A fleet vs fleet battle, with first to 20 frags
  
• Allows up to to 6 ships on each side to battle with pre-determined loadouts
  
• Planning to be expanded in the future to allow customized ships
  

Instant Action - Wave Challenge (WIP)

• You vs waves of incoming ships
  
• Enemies get stronger with each wave
  
• Enemies also drop consumables, items, and money to help boost you up
  
• To be balanced and expanded in the future
  

Settings

• Key Bindings - Cleaned up the interface with clearer labels
  
• Music Volume - Reduced the volume to be in line with the effects volume
  
• Dialogue Volume - Has been removed as the entire plot has been overhauled
  
• New Game - Now has a difficulty setting to determine if inventory drops on death
  
• Skip Tutorial - Can now skip all missions in the first system
  

Fixes and Quality of Life Improvements

• Auto Equip - Can now auto equip items by right clicking them from any inventory or the crafting tab.
  
• Crafting Stations- Now work from the inventory, or the inventory of the Mothership. No need to deploy them anymore.
  
• Death Marker - Dying when inventory drops on death will leave a marker to indicate where the player last died.
  
• Ship Names - Now shows more detail when hovering over it, such as the tech tier of the ship.
  
• Ship Hulls - Now are faction specific, with some factions favoring certain weapons.
  
• Equipment Details - Added/updated flavor text, spelling, descriptions to most equipment, with additional stats listed.
  
• Fleet Orders - Allied ships will retain their previous fleet orders.
  

There are other fixes and changes, but these are what we can remember. If there are any suggestions or bugs, please report them in the Discord.