Hey gang, update #8 is out NOW and we've got bunch of news to share about the rest of the project!
So what's in this update?
First up, we focused on improving ship sharing by adding Steam Workshop support. Sharing ships was a much beloved part of the original Captain Forever games, and so with Remix we wanted to make it easier than ever to share your ships with your friends and the community. So go check out the Workshop: we’ve already shared a bunch of awesome ships for you to check out!
Next: the game looks about 3000% better now (this is accurate. I did the math). There’s been a massive overhaul of all of our foreground and background effects. The stars will now remind you of those glow-in-the-dark stickers you had on your bedroom ceiling as a kid, and our nebulas are more vivid and varied (sometimes they look crispy, or creamy, or crunchy). But enough words! A picture is worth a thousand words, and a video is worth roughly 6 million. I’m too lazy to write those words so here’s a video:
https://youtu.be/Kf8_6MNCMo4
So what’s next for the project? The next update marks our exit from Steam Early Access. That’s right; we’re exiting Steam Early Access when we put out update #9, which will be the 1.0 version of Captain Forever Remix. We’re aiming to do that early next year, which means there’s going to be a bit more time than usual between now and the next update. But it’ll be worth it. We’re going to be hard at work on polish, bug fixing, stability, and performance. We’d love to throw in a surprise or two as well.
That means that if you’re one of our beloved Early Access players, now is the time to get in any last bits of feedback you have about the game. In particular we want to hear about your experience with the new Workshop ship-sharing stuff, so go check that out and show us your best ships!
Thanks everyone! Read on below for our full release notes and some instructions from Brian about how to use the Workshop and preserve your old ship favorites.
-Dean
Notes on Sandbox in Update #8
Sharing your Sandbox ships to Steam Workshop is an experimental new feature in this release. We need your help in making this feature robust, bug-free, and easy-to-use. Please post in the forums to let us know of any issues that you run into!
Did your Favorite ships disappear from the game? Never fear--they’re still there, just hiding. As part of this update, we had to change the disk location of your Favorites. In order for the game to see the Favorites you’ve previously saved, please move the contents of your "Favorites" folder as follows:
On Windows:
- Old location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\cap4ever\cap4ever_Data\ShipData\Favorites
- New location: C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\LocalLow\Pixelsaurus Games\Captain Forever Remix\Favorites
On Mac:
- Old location: ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/cap4ever/cap4ever.app/Contents/ShipData/Favorites
- New location: ~/Library/Application Support/Pixelsaurus Games/Captain Forever Remix/Favorites
On Linux:
- Old location: ~/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/cap4ever/cap4ever_Data/ShipData/Favorites
- New location: ~/.config/unity3d/Pixelsaurus Games/Captain Forever Remix/Favorites
Thanks for understanding and for helping us get Captain Forever Remix ready for a full release!
-Brian
