Project Asteroids

PAEB Studio

Released: May 8, 2024
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25 Jan 2025Developer post
Servers wipe & Rebalance
Hello! Today is the day when all official servers are wiped. Alongside the wipe, I've made a few rebalances to support weak players players who struggled with the AI turrets: Reduced the number of Wanderers per asteroid from 4 to 2. Added Ion Accelerator V1 as a default item when
Hello!
Today is the day when all official servers are wiped.
Alongside the wipe, I've made a few rebalances to support ~~weak players~~ players who struggled with the AI turrets:

Reduced the number of Wanderers per asteroid from 4 to 2.
Added Ion Accelerator V1 as a default item when spawning into the world.
Increased the experience scaler for all actions from 1 to 2.
Who are the Wanderers?
Wanderers are mysterious structures that periodically appear on asteroids, offering both a challenge and an opportunity. While not always friendly, they contain valuable loot-filled chests. Explore eight unique types of Wanderers and discover three varieties of chests packed with rewards.
Ion Accelerator V1
From now on, every player will spawn with the Ion Accelerator V1! This pocket ion engine allows you to move quickly across the map. To activate it, select it like any other weapon or tool and hold the left mouse button. Master its use for tactical maneuvers and a speed advantage!
Experience
The experience multiplier has been increased from x1 to x2! You'll now earn double the experience from every activity in the game—missions, kills, crafting, and more. Level up faster and enjoy the enhanced progression!
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16 Jan 2025Developer post
🎉 GAME IS NOW FREE! 🚀
We’re excited to announce that Project Asteroids is now completely free for everyone! Whether you're a longtime fan or a newcomer, now is the perfect time to jump into the game and explore the universe of action and strategy. Tell your friends and join the adventure today – no st
18 Jun 2024Developer post
Update 0.5.7.2. Achievements and Rebalance
Hello! Added: 15 new achievements added. Changes: Experience required to level up the faction reduced from 1000 → 350 The number of Wanderers on an asteroid reduced from 10 → 4 Changed the generation of deep space display on the server Fixes: Fixed display of random deep space ge
Hello!
Added:

15 new achievements added.
Changes:

Experience required to level up the faction reduced from 1000 → 350
The number of Wanderers on an asteroid reduced from 10 → 4
Changed the generation of deep space display on the server
Fixes:

Fixed display of random deep space generation.
Modified and fixed the world backup system.
Fixed numerous server errors.
Optimized voice chat.
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31 May 2024Developer post
Server availability for the RU region has been restored.
Server availability for the RU region has been restored. The necessary servers are available for the RU region. For a normal game, I recommend going to Incredible Universe #1 The remaining two - US and Singapore will not be available for the RU region. Since the hosting that I us
30 May 2024Developer post
Problem with server availability for the RU region.
I know about the problem. I'm working on it. Soon there will be access for the RU region. Thanks for understanding.
01 May 2024Developer post
Update 0.5.7
Hello! I want to share the changes that await you in this update. There aren't as many as we would like, but this update has significantly improved the quality of gameplay. Here's the list of changes: Added voice chat . Changed the server pipeline. Fixed numerous server bugs that
Hello!
I want to share the changes that await you in this update. There aren't as many as we would like, but this update has significantly improved the quality of gameplay.
Here's the list of changes:

Added voice chat.
Changed the server pipeline.
Fixed numerous server bugs that led to gameplay loss and world rollback.
Changed the meteorite fall algorithm. Now there will be a correct number of them on destroyed asteroids.
Visually changed plasma weapons. Rebalance of the plasma SMG.
Visually changed all AI projectiles.
Voice Chat
Like everything in this game, it's written by me without using any third-party solutions.
The implementation of voice chat is no exception, and since this is the first public version, there might be issues.
In the settings, you will find:

Enabling/disabling voice chat. Disabling directly disconnects you from the server, which generally reduces the load on your network and CPU, if that is a critical issue for you.
The volume of everyone speaking around you. Muting does not equal turning off voice chat.
By default, hold "C" to talk. This can be changed in the respective section.
You can disconnect and reconnect to voice chat at any time during the game on the server. You don't need to rejoin the server for this.
The radius in which you hear other players is 50 meters. The sound is spatial, so you can always understand where someone is speaking from and how far the player is, as the sound gets quieter the further away they are.
Server Pipeline
There's not much to share publicly here, but I will include information that new settings are available for server owners.

Address and port for the voice chat server.
Added runtime world backup. You can find settings related to the frequency and the number of stored backups.
Also added functions for re-registering a public server in the general list of servers and restoring the world from a backup on the fly.
Meteorites
Meteorites have undergone several changes.

Changed the choice of landing spots. Your base is still not the target of a meteor shower xD. This was mainly done so that asteroids made up of separate rocks were not deprived of meteorites.
Now the size of the meteorite directly corresponds to the amount of resources it contains.
Changed the amount of resources found in a meteorite, ranging from 30 to 100 units of resources.
Plasma Weapons and AI Projectiles
Effects of shots, projectiles, and hit effects have been changed for all.
The projectile for plasma rocket launchers remains the old one.
Also fixed is the Defender of the Asteroids projectiles, which sometimes could pass through everything.
Rebalance of the Plasma SMG
Changes:

Spread: from 7 meters at 100 meters to 2 meters at 100 meters.
Recoil: Horizontal from 1 to 0.6, Vertical from 1 to 0.3.
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16 Apr 2024Developer post
Patch 0.5.6.2 Ship rebalance
Hello! In this patch, the parameters for ships have been rebalanced. The maximum thrust of one engine has been increased from 50 to 75 units. The bearing load of one engine has been increased from 3 to 15 ship blocks. The maximum angular velocity of one gyroscope has been increas
Hello!
In this patch, the parameters for ships have been rebalanced.

The maximum thrust of one engine has been increased from 50 to 75 units.
The bearing load of one engine has been increased from 3 to 15 ship blocks.
The maximum angular velocity of one gyroscope has been increased from 50 to 150 units.
The bearing load of one gyroscope has been increased from 3 to 15 ship blocks.
Maximum ship speed increased from 50 m/s to 150 m/s
Also added functionality for looting chests: if you fly further than 2 meters, the interface will automatically close.
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16 Apr 2024Developer post
Guide #1
Hello! I would like to present a new video about the game Project Asteroids, which tells the basic things about our game! This video will be very useful for new players and those who cannot understand what to do here :) The video has subtitles in English! P.S. Don't forget to sub

13 Apr 2024Developer post

Update 0.5.6

Hello! Let's get straight to the most interesting part! Added New deployable item - Resource Searcher. In its interface, you can request a tag for the nearest resource of a specific type. Fission Laser - used for mining Scrap from wreckage. Wreckage - a new object in the world, w

Hello!

Let's get straight to the most interesting part!

Added

New deployable item - Resource Searcher. In its interface, you can request a tag for the nearest resource of a specific type.
Fission Laser - used for mining Scrap from wreckage.
Wreckage - a new object in the world, which appears in the world and is an irrecoverable resource!
Scrap - used (for now) to create all Smithies and Research Centers.
New profession - Fission.
Added all combinations of interaction between inventory - crate. Now you can connect identical items, and swap them. (Items cannot be split in crate)

Changed

The durability of red turrets has been reduced from 50 to 10 units.
The durability of pink turrets has been reduced from 50 to 13 units.
The number of wanderers on an asteroid was 3 and became 10 units.
The lifespan of wanderers before activation was 10 minutes and became 2 minutes.
The time before new wanderers appeared was 5 minutes and became 30 seconds.
The durability of asteroid defenders has been reduced from 1000 to 300 units.
The lifespan of asteroid defenders was 10 minutes and became 5 minutes. Then it disappears.
The time before new wanderers appeared was 10 minutes and became 1 minute.
The effective load of ship engines has been increased from 5 to 15 units.
The effective load of ship gyroscopes has been increased from 5 to 15 units.

All Boxes have been changed:

Old Name	Old Capacity	New Name	New Capacity
Crate 4	4	Crate 6	6
Crate 16	16	Crate 12	12
Crate 32	32	Crate 24	24

But their creation cost has been greatly reduced.

The background of all interfaces has become the same and uniform.

Fixed

The work of all AI. A big issue is due to the server-client architecture. The main thing is that they now work very well.
After the assembly of wanderers, their effects no longer remain. (The effects of unsummoned wanderers still occasionally remain)
After the death in your ship, your exploded hull now remains, which can be looted.
Numerous UI + Localization fixes.

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02 Apr 2024Developer post
Patch 0.5.5.5 Fixed memory leaks
Hello! Just fixed memory leaks.
02 Apr 2024Developer post
Try new Fractions
Hello! If you didn't manage to pick up the game during the spring sale, now I'm offering a new discount due to the release of two huge updates!
31 Mar 2024Developer post
Patch 0.5.5.4
Hello! It's been a little while since the release of version 0.5.5, but already 4 patches have been released. Here's what has been fixed: Quest, reward, and shop prices rebalanced. Rebalanced the crafting cost of some items. Many UI focus issues were addressed, where it was impos
Hello!
It's been a little while since the release of version 0.5.5, but already 4 patches have been released.
Here's what has been fixed:

Quest, reward, and shop prices rebalanced.
Rebalanced the crafting cost of some items.
Many UI focus issues were addressed, where it was impossible to close certain windows.
Fixed control disappearance when using any items while holding down the left mouse button.
Fixed a critical issue where upon exiting the game aboard your ship and subsequently logging in, you would find yourself in the Star.
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29 Mar 2024Developer post
Update 0.5.5. Fraction
Hello! The new major update is now available for the game! In this update, I introduced Factions. There are three of them: Miners Pirates Fighters In the world, around the star, there are three wreckage sites of one station, which have been used for the needs of each faction. Min
Hello!
The new major update is now available for the game!
In this update, I introduced Factions. There are three of them:

Miners
Pirates
Fighters
In the world, around the star, there are three wreckage sites of one station, which have been used for the needs of each faction.

Miners
Pirates
Fighters
Each Faction has its own specifics according to its name. Therefore, the quests that can be completed are different.
There are 4 key objects at the base of each Faction:

Entry point into the faction
Exit point from the faction
Place to take a quest
Place to spend faction currency on any items from the game that are currently on sale.
UI Changes

Updated buttons for current sections in the inventory to icons, and for the two most commonly used, left text labels:
The section with Levels has been updated. Your Nickname and current player level have been added there.
Added a new section for Factions, which indicates which Faction you belong to, your level, and a full description of the current quest.
Added UI for quest acquisition
Added UI for the faction shop
Added UI for active quest
Changed the display of player names in the world. Now the current faction is shown, and the entire nickname is colored according to the faction's colors. The player's level in the faction is displayed, and at the end, the player's current level is shown.
Quests
For completing faction quests, rewards are given: items from the game, faction coins, mastery level in any skill, and faction experience.
Here's how the new faction coins look:
Other Changes

Changed the cost of flying on your ships, namely reduced consumption. This is controlled by a new coefficient in the server settings.
Numerous issues with transitioning to new servers have been fixed.
Localizations in various languages have been fixed, including Chinese and Korean.
Ion engine movement speed has been fixed. Previously, the speed directly depended on FPS.
Important change for user servers
A new parameter has been added to the server settings that you need to customize for yourself: STOP_SERVER_PASS. This parameter is responsible for properly stopping the server and saving all data.
Now to stop the server, you only need to follow the link in the browser, which is composed as follows:
http://IP:HTTP_SERVER_PORT/stopServer/STOP_SERVER_PASS
where IP, HTTP_SERVER_PORT, and STOP_SERVER_PASS are taken from the server configuration file.
New parameters have been added:

EXP_BY_FRACTION_LEVEL - the amount of experience needed to gain a new faction level
SHIPS_CONSUMPTION_RATE - coefficient of fuel consumption by the ship
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17 Mar 2024Developer post
Update 0.5.4 Depth of Research and Crafting
Hi! And here is the new update 0.5.4. This update has affected most of the game: All research trees have been changed. Added depth of relationships. Now it is necessary to build and develop a base. Many research workbenches and crafting workbenches have been added. New upgrades f
Hi!
And here is the new update 0.5.4.
This update has affected most of the game:

All research trees have been changed. Added depth of relationships.
Now it is necessary to build and develop a base. Many research workbenches and crafting workbenches have been added.
New upgrades for mining lasers have been added.
The game has been localized into new languages: French, German and Turkish (machine translation).
All localized languages have been updated (machine translation).
Servers and the way of server-client interaction have been optimized.
A new weapon has been added.
Numerous changes to the UI.
Research trees
All the development trees are now structured, connected in the correct order.
They have built-in workbenches for research and for creating objects. Read more further :)
Names:

Workbench for Research - Research Center
Workbench for Crafting - Forge
The importance of your own base
It is extremely necessary to build your own base, because now you can't just create everything anywhere in the universe. To create something, you need to be close, in line of sight with the necessary workbench. Only in this case will you be able to request the creation of an item. But before that, you need to study the subject, as before, but this can only be done by being near the necessary Research Center.
Upgrades for mining lasers
There are not many upgrades : D
The progression of the resource extraction skill has been changed. You will definitely need new upgrades.
Servers
If you do not immerse yourself in technical information, then the optimization of data transmission has increased thousands of times. Really in the thousands..) The most important thing is that the gameplay will become much smoother, although it was almost impossible to notice any lags on the data transfer side before.
In short, the servers are cool now :D
New weapon
Due to the optimization described above, I can now add rapid-fire weapons. This is how the first plasma submachine gun appeared in the game. Plasma SMG. Its advantage was its high rate of fire, and in combination with good damage makes it very interesting.
But things don't get so sweet... This type of weapon has a fairly high horizontal recoil (pulls right-left) and a small vertical one. The spread is also not the most pleasant.
Changes to the UI

Added a description of each subject, where it is studied, and where it is created.
Added the display of workbenches that are nearby.
Added ammo display.
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18 Feb 2024Developer post
Update 0.5.3
The update addresses various spawning and gameplay mechanic issues, introduces new gameplay elements, and enhances visual effects. Full Change Log: Fixes: Fixed spawning issue. HP display is now correct. FOV no longer resets after aiming or holstering weapons. Train movement has
The update addresses various spawning and gameplay mechanic issues, introduces new gameplay elements, and enhances visual effects.
Full Change Log:
Fixes:

Fixed spawning issue.
HP display is now correct.
FOV no longer resets after aiming or holstering weapons.
Train movement has been fixed.
Player-built ships now function properly again.
Resolved issue causing spawning at the center of a star and subsequent death after restarting the game in a train.
Wanderer spawn is now fixed.
Additions:

Added 6 new asteroids.
Replaced all flying asteroid chunks.
Improved visual representation and materials.
Added 'Z' button for hover mode (toggle).
Added 'X' button for automove mode. Disables pressing W or S.
Footstep effects introduced.
Damage dealt display now available.
New loading screens (taken from Steam screenshots).
Changes:

Stations have been altered.
Train has been redesigned.
Icons for all items have been updated.
UI changes made in inventory and crates.
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03 Feb 2024Developer post
Official Server Wipe - 04.02.2024 - 18:00 CET
On February 4, 2024, at 18:00 CET there will be a global wipe of official servers. It will also make a small rebalance: Аfter many complaints about the Wanderers, their number will decrease. Level progression will slow down. The number of meteorites will decrease. There will also
On February 4, 2024, at 18:00 CET there will be a global wipe of official servers.
It will also make a small rebalance:

Аfter many complaints about the Wanderers, their number will decrease.
Level progression will slow down.
The number of meteorites will decrease.
There will also be an update on the community server. Without updating, making them public and just running them will not be possible.
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Updates & announcements

Today is the day when all official servers are wiped.

Who are the Wanderers?

Ion Accelerator V1

Experience

Added:

Changes:

Fixes: