Developer posts and news about this game.
This minor update fixes the following issues: When fighting the Stage 1 Jet boss, if the player takes too long and does not defeat the jet, an animation is played, this animation was stalling and preventing the "Mission Failed" screen from showing. A correction to Bloom intensity
This week was not a planned update. A number of bug fixes were brought to my attention and corrected in this bug patch, and I'm sneaking in a fun new shatter mechanic for ice objects. Special thanks to Muraduki for reporting these issues. Check out their stream on twitch: View ga
Happy Holiday Season! Week 4 Update is here, bringing Ship Color Customization, two new throwable objects - the Fuel Cell and Larva Sac; plus more enhancements to throwing enemies! Ship Color Customization Players can now select a ship color on the Ship Selection screen, this sys
Hotfix follow-up to the Week 3 update which corrects the following: Fixed an issue with enemy missiles which were not being destroyed by the L2-B Ship's Primary Weapons. Fixed an issue where the boss kill explosion sound was not respecting the SFX level Fixed an issue with the Hi
Week 3 Update This week's update brings the new Plasma Bomb special attack to the game, hurling enemies into chain reactions, and some enemy and weapon refinements. These features needs more work, and have been rescheduled 12/4 - 12/11: Joystick support is still being worked on i
Week 2 Update is here This update brings a lot of updates and improvements. I'm super excited to share the progress from this week and where we're going next. I am happy to say that all planned items completed on time in this update along with additional bug fixes and improvement
This marks the first regular Thursday Update during Early Access, which I have been eagerly looking forward to share. There's a lot to cover - but real quick - check out the brand new enemy, the Gunboat ! Built for fighting in Asteroids, its targeting is programmed to clear out p
Early access has been launched on Steam! This also includes a small incremental hotfix to resolve a black-screen startup issue that was happening intermittently. I'm sure excited to be putting the game out there and am looking forward to engaging with players and hearing your fee
Thanks for everyone who participated and wishlisted during Next Fest! I hope you are all as excited as I am about Cosmic Destroyer's release into Early Access coming up on October 30th. I will be adding details for a new Discord server for quick game feedback which I hope we can
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Players can now select Hard mode from the game options screen when starting the game. Hard modes are available for all three main game modes. When playing in this mode, modifiers are added to the game. What to expect in Hard Mode Enemy health is increased by 20% Stages move 15% f
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HUD now shows held object info Each player's currently held item and it's traits are now show in the HUD. For weapons this also includes a bar showing the amount of ammo left in the weapon. This information will definitely help players understand more about the enemy and object s
First - Special Thanks! Special thanks to Curator MQ7145 for their great feedback from their YouTube stream! As a result, these bugs have been addressed immediately. This is a great example of how community feedback makes games better in a very real way! Check out their Curator p
New functionality: Option Drone Change Players now have the ability to change the behavior of their Option Drones by picking up the Option Change Power-Up. The Option Power-Up now cycles between Option and Option Change. Follow is now the default Option Drone behavior for all shi
First and foremost - Thanks to everyone who has wishlisted the game , as a result we have crossed over 300 wishlists! New Plasma Ball Weapon This update adds a wide shot Plasma Ball projectile to the E.M.A. ship which moves in a wave pattern - a much needed addition to the ship a
Demo Update Alpha 3 is here in time for Next Fest (which starts Oct 13th, 2025). This update brings a complete rework of both demo stages, complete with reworked environments, new enemies and a new boss! This also includes Pass and Failure at the end of the stage, with consequenc
This hotfix addresses a number of reported and observed issues with Friday's release of Alpha2r3 Demo Update. Bug Fixes Stage Loading Fixed an issue with stages loaded after the first game session were not properly activating collision objects as they were coming on screen Enemie
This update is much more technical than the previous updates. It brings much improved performance to Cosmic Destroyer, particularly for low-end PCs that don't have dedicated GPUs. While we still recommend a dedicated GPU for the game, I feel its good to keep the game running as s
Alpha 2r2 is finally here! This patch brings a massive list of improvements and bug fixes to Cosmic Destroyer and some new Features! I spent the weekend demoing Cosmic Destroyer at 2D Con, and the prep for the convention delayed the planned release until today. So much good feedb