Developer posts and news about this game.
Now runs on STEAMDECK! I've purchased a Steam Deck OLED from Valve and have optimized the game to run on the handheld. Performance is brilliant on the High quality setting and can also be bumped up to Ultra for even higher shadow resolutions. I've played the game through to compl
On Ship Button Prompts Added The game doesn't have a tutorial and although button prompts exist around the edges of the play field it isn't obvious what is expected of new players. To counter this I have now added 3 button prompts which will appear next to the players controlled
Ship Shroud Colour Change For easier visibility players can change the colour of their ship shroud to make it easy to spot their ship in the on screen mayhem. This is especially useful when playing couch co-op with a friend as you can both set your shroud to your colour of choice
Fire Direction Indicators Animated fire direction indicators were added to the sequel which is still in active development. I've retrospectively added them to this game because it is a very usefull visual indicator to which direction your ship is set to fire in. Reward Sound Stac
UI Bug Fixed I have been made aware by a streamer that a bug exists where the menu system becomes unresponsive when using keyboard and mouse inputs. Code has been added to better manage the Unity Event System and this seems to have resolved the reported issue.
Keyboard and Mouse Controls Added I've added Keyboard and Mouse support to the game and i'm pleased to report the following controls are now available for Player One exclusively. W, A, S, D - Movement E - Spread Shot Q - Bomb Shift - Slow Time Space Bar - Level Up Ship Left Mouse
Fire Direction Switching Added The latest major update to Astro Fighters brings the game changing ability to switch fire directions to players. If an enemy is behind your fighter you can now quickly toggle the fire direction to target them immediately. This new additional mechani
Backgrounds Changed The 1st level looked very dull and has now been changed out to something that looks much better. I've had feedback that level 2's background was making it difficult for some players to see enemies and pickups (yellowish gold rock background), this has now been
Tweaking the UI Nothing too exciting, just some general UI tweaks made here and there. Upcoming Update The next update will be a new enemy type added to the games Gauntlet Mode which will feature in the sequels campain. I'm still working on the sequel, taking my time and only wor
UI Scale Updates I have applied the UI scale settings to the highscore displayed in game (not on main menu). I have also reduced the scale size of the end level notifications to accomodate the larger UI stats scale options.
Player UI Scale Options Added I've received feedback from someone testing on Steam Deck that the player stats were a little small. In the Settings menu you can now pick between 4 different UI sizes for the player stats display. Thanks Paul
Explosion Size Choices I've added a drop down on the settings menu so the player can decide the size of the explosions for themselves. Selecting "Large" will render explosions at the size I originally decided on when developing the game. Selecting "Small" will render the explosio
Explosion Size and Spawn Position Fixes I have received feed back from youtube "IoriBranford" that the explosions are too big and interupt the visibility of enemy bullets and the player ship. As a result of this feed back i've reduced the explosion sizes by half and also spawned
D-Pad is now supported for both players I've added D-Pad support for player movements and also updated the UI selection sounds as these were reportedly muted and not fitting of the game. Special Thanks Acknowlegement Thanks to Jordan / Guren for their honest feedback on the game.
New Effects Added New effects have been added for when the player levels up, uses a special shot or deploys a smart bomb. Also as part of this recent update i've modified the player detection of the UI (scores etc) which will make the UI move out of the players way a little earli
New Effects Added New effects have been added for when the player levels up, uses a special shot or deploys a smart bomb. Also as part of this recent update i've modified the player detection of the UI (scores etc) which will make the UI move out of the players way a little earli
New Enemies Added 2 new enemies have been added to the Gauntlet Mode that will feature in the sequel which is currently in development. Sound Effect added for menu selections Small sound effect added for menu selections
Gauntlet Mode - New Enemy Added A new enemy which will feature in the sequel to this game has been added to Gauntlet Mode. This new enemy will attempt to get directly behind the player to launch a volley of bullets and will be accompanied by other enemies. Only players of the hig
Gauntlet Mode Pacing Tweak I've tweaked the random enemy generation so the pacing of difficulty increases faster. I've played the mode a lot and the early few minutes felt like there were no surprises coming. All changed now though and the game mode feels fresh to me after playin
Gauntlet Mode - New Enemy Added A new enemy which will feature in the sequel to this game has been added to Gauntlet Mode. This new enemy will fire multiple bursts of bullets across the play field and will be accompanied by other enemies. Only players of the highest skill level i