Developer posts and news about this game.
Hi all, A few more fixes and another general engine update to keep it current. There have been some updates to the enemy scaling and difficulty. The difficulty levels have been set to Normal, Hard and Extreme now with some changes to the scoring. Updates Gamemaker engine updated
Hi all, This update brings a few fixes and a general engine update to keep it current, but the main highlight here is the ability for the game to scale the resolution down to smaller screens while maintaining its aspect ration. The main driver for this is that I would like to get
Hi all, This is small hotfix to rectify an intermittent bug with the autosave while on a mission. James
Hi all, This patch is for a small addition to the game to add in the ability to amend the Key bindings for the keyboard shortcuts. They can be edited in the 'Configure' area of the A.N.T. by clicking on the 'Keymap' button. I've also made a couple of improvements to the sliders u
Hi all, That's right Starlight: Defence Command has moved out of Early Access and has reached its version 1.0 milestone. If your game hasn't yet been updated, it should soon. The main highlights of the game are as follows: Dedicated in-game app for customising the towers in billi
Hi all, Below are the changes coming in tomorrows update, which will now bring the game up to version 1.0. As a result, Starlight: Defence Command will be moving out of Early Access and into a full release at the same time. Most of this update has been about ensuring everything i
Hi all, Welcome to the penultimate update for Starlight: Defence Command. The last update will go live in conjunction with its version 1.0 release - more on that in a post soon. For now, the below are the following updates in the new release. Features Assignment 14 has been added
Hi all, Next regular update is live with a handful of updates and the next campaign map bringing it up to 13 out of the 15 planned. These means that I am getting close to full release. Thanks all. Features Assignment 13 has been added to the game. Added warnings when trying to re
Hi all, Next regular update is in with several fixes and a brand new campaign mission to enjoy. Continue the investigation into the unknown attacks. Updates Assignment 12 has been added to the game. The remaining enemy entries have been completed in the Academy app. Enemy bots ha
Hi all, its been a long time. What originally started out as a project to improve the onboarding process, turned into a whole lot more. The ultimate goal became about trying to get what already existed into its final form and as a result there have been quite a lot of changes/imp
The 11th Assignment has been added to the game, continuing the story. The last of the common enemy units have been added. The Dismantler actively stops and destroys your towers. Weak on their own but deadly if too many queue up. To help deal with the new threat, the last of the t
The 10th Assignment has been added to the game. This mission has quite a lot going on in it and is probably the most complex one that I have built to date. A lot of moving parts and timings to work with. There's a new common enemy unit that disables towers (called the Disrupter)
This latest update has been focused on improving the new player experience with a bunch of changes designed to ease players into how the game works. This includes a new tutorial and quick start guide for those that really just want the bare minimum before they start playing. This
The latest update mainly focuses on the tablet area adding some additional functionality and polish so that there's consistency across the different screens. I've also added in some more interaction with AIDA and fixed a few bugs that were found. See the list below for the full u
Minor patch to fix intermittent crash due to the new pathing.
The latest update is now live and as you can see from the notes below includes quite a few updates. Assignment 9 is added so the story continues, but most of the updates are around adding/amending functionality to the GUI when on Assignment. For the next update cycle, focus will
The latest update is now live which includes a number of new features set around the Steam integration. They are Online Leaderboards, Steam Screenshots and 65 Steam Achievements. For the next update cycle, I'm working on getting the 9th Assignment out. Features Can now take scree
The latest update is live which includes the next Assignment and other improvements. See details below. Next on the agenda is Global Leader boards, which should be live in the next update, along with other improvements. Features 8th Assignment added. Protect dropships while they
Small patch to fix an issue with adjusting the Starting Credits in the Simulator. Also updates the display of Starting Health and Max Health to display correctly.
The latest update has gone live including some requested features. Steam Cloud is now usable with the game; please see the notes below regarding that. There is also a Large picture mode that can be enabled in the config area of your A.N.T. The next update cycle will focus on the