Dear Drone Engineers, It's that time of the year again: Steam Awards! There are all kinds of different categories and if Nimbatus was your top game this year in any of them, we would greatly appcreiate your vote :) Thank you for taking the time and happy thanksgiving! Cheers, Str
Dear Drone Engineers,
It's that time of the year again: Steam Awards! There are all kinds of different categories and if Nimbatus was your top game this year in any of them, we would greatly appcreiate your vote :)
Thank you for taking the time and happy thanksgiving!
Dear Drone Engineers, We just launched the Kickstarter campaign for our next game: The Wandering Village ! The Wandering Village is a brand-new city-building simulation game where you build a settlement on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Have a look at our trailer to get
Dear Drone Engineers,
We just launched the Kickstarter campaign for our next game: The Wandering Village! The Wandering Village is a brand-new city-building simulation game where you build a settlement on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Have a look at our trailer to get a feeling what the game is about:
Mysterious plants are spreading all over the earth, emitting toxic spores as they grow. A group of people seeks shelter on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Becoming their leader, players build both their settlement and a symbiotic relationship with the gentle beast to survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world that now surrounds them.
For more information about the game please visit the Steam page and don't forget to wishlist it <3
Like we did with our other games Niche and Nimbatus we are launching a Kickstarter campaign for The Wandering Village where you can support us and get some awesome rewards in return! The campaign will be live for the next 30 days, please make sure to check it out :)
We also set up a new Discord server for the game. Come and join us to share your ideas about the game, chat with us and meet other fans!
Dear Drone Engineers, To celebrate the ongoing Space Sale we are doing a developer stream today from 5PM to 6PM CEST. Make sure to check in and win one of the 4 Steam keys we will be giving away in the chat of the livestream on our Steam page! In other news, we are currently supe
Dear Drone Engineers,
To celebrate the ongoing Space Sale we are doing a developer stream today from 5PM to 6PM CEST. Make sure to check in and win one of the 4 Steam keys we will be giving away in the chat of the livestream on our Steam page!
In other news, we are currently super busy preparing the Kickstarter launch of our new game: The Wandering Village! It's a city-building simulation game where you build up a settlement on the back of a giant, wandering creature. If thats sounds like something you're interested in, make sure to head over to Kickstarter and click on the Notify button!
Dear Drone Engineers, We just uploaded a hotfix for Nimbatus to fix a critical bug: Patchnotes 1.1.3 Fixed that missions on asteroid fields could not be completed anymore. If you notice any other bugs, please let us know on discord or in our forums. Thanks for testing! Cheers, St
Dear Drone Engineers,
We just uploaded a hotfix for Nimbatus to fix a critical bug:
Patchnotes 1.1.3
Fixed that missions on asteroid fields could not be completed anymore.
If you notice any other bugs, please let us know on discord or in our forums. Thanks for testing!
Dear Drone Engineers, We just released a new update! We looked through all the features that you suggested and upvoted in our forums and picked the ones that we liked most and were within our time limit. The two most notable changes are the new multiselection feature that let's
Dear Drone Engineers,
We just released a new update! We looked through all the features that you suggested and upvoted in our forums and picked the ones that we liked most and were within our time limit.
The two most notable changes are the new multiselection feature that let's you select and edit multiple drone parts at once by pressing CTRL. And the dronepart template system where you can create templates and use them accross your drones.
To celebrate the update, Nimbatus is 25% off for the next two weeks! Also we are running a drone building contest in our Discord, where you can win Steam keys for Nimbatus. Head over to our Discord to participate!
Alternatively, we are doing a giveaway on Twitter where you can win Steam Keys for the game too!
Patchnotes 1.1.2
New Features
Drone Part Multiselection: Press Ctrl and click on multiple drone parts or press CTRL and drag a rectangle to select multiple parts. If the parts are of the same type you can edit them all at once.
Drone Part Templates: You can create templates of drone parts, store them and use them when building different drones.
New Racing drone skin awarded for the Speed Demon achievement
New Tutorials to learn magnets and tags
Free camera option for the programmer captain
Exit without save button for the drone workshop
New Drone Parts
Wheels
Grappling Hook
Ballast Tank
Improvements
Improved Brawl mode: When getting a draw in brawl the winner is now determined by the amount of damage each drone has dealt.
Removed sensor upgrade for programmer, minimap is always fully visible
Made resource container transparent when droneparts drop into it
Added effect for dropping items into container
Added linear option for springs, this allows for better suspension for wheels
Added condition to competitive modes that limits drone part stacking
Bugfixes
Fixed threat level not updating when starting a new game
Fixed bridge upgrade not working correctly in sandbox mode
Added fail state to bio barrel mission when too many bio barrels were destroyed
Fixed drones in versus races spawning at weird angles
Fixed bug where undo/redo did not work after changing drone skins
Because we fixed the fuel and part stacking exploits, we had to reset the racing leaderboards. Please keep on requesting and voting for new features for future updates! And we hope you enjoy all the new things we added in this one :)
Dear Drone Engineers, We just released a patch on the preview branch. Please help us test the fixes and improvements :) Patchnotes 1.1.2 Improvements Added confirmation dialog for exit without saving Made collision detection of hook continuous to avoid clipping through other part
Dear Drone Engineers,
We just released a patch on the preview branch. Please help us test the fixes and improvements :)
Patchnotes 1.1.2
Improvements
Added confirmation dialog for exit without saving
Made collision detection of hook continuous to avoid clipping through other parts
Grappling hook does not attach to parts with frictionless coating anymore
Reworked grappling hook visuals
Banned ballast tank from sumo and brawl Update 19.08: Added a new condition so part stacking is not possible anymore, thus ballast tanks can be used again.
Bugfixes
Fixed wireless fuel and energy exploit by destroying a decoupler
Happy testing!
Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio
Here is how you can get the preview build on steam:
– Open your Steam library – Right click on Nimbatus in the Steam library – Select Properties / Beta – Select the Beta tab – Select preview from the drop down – Restart steam in case the game does not update automatically or you can't see the preview branch
Dear Drone Engineers, We just released a patch on the preview branch. Thanks for testing! Let us know on the Discord or in the Forums when you find new bugs! Patchnotes 1.1.1 New Features Added Exit without save button Improvements Realigned the drone part configuration window Im
Dear Drone Engineers,
We just released a patch on the preview branch. Thanks for testing! Let us know on the Discord or in the Forums when you find new bugs!
Patchnotes 1.1.1
New Features
Added Exit without save button
Improvements
Realigned the drone part configuration window
Improved sticky wheel interaction with rigidbodies
Improved visuals clarity for grappling hooks
Bugfixes
Fixed grappling hook alignment issues when set to fixed rotation
Fixed grappling hook range being infinitely extendable
Fixed ballast tanks ignoring certain physics properties
Fixed duplicate ballast tank description
Fixed skin toggle not working correctly on ballast tank
Fixed drones in versus races spawning at weird angles
Fixed bug where undo/redo did not work after changing drone skins
Happy testing!
Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio
Here is how you can get the preview build on steam:
– Open your Steam library – Right click on Nimbatus in the Steam library – Select Properties / Beta – Select the Beta tab – Select preview from the drop down – Restart steam in case the game does not update automatically or you can't see the preview branch
Dear Drone Engineers, We just released a preview build of the 1.1.0 update for Nimbatus. It would be awesome if you could test this build and report any bugs you can find! We looked over all suggestions posted here and picked the features that have the most upvotes and match the
Dear Drone Engineers,
We just released a preview build of the 1.1.0 update for Nimbatus. It would be awesome if you could test this build and report any bugs you can find!
We looked over all suggestions posted here https://strayfawnstudio.com/community/index.php?/forum/96-11-update-feature-requests/ and picked the features that have the most upvotes and match the time scope and theme of this update the best.
The two new drone parts: wheels and grappling hook, need to be tested in the brawl / race and sumo mode so we can decide if we can allow those parts or if we have to ban them for the competitive modes. For that we've created a separate drone pool for this preview version.
So please play the competitive modes using the new parts and give us your feedback!
Patchnotes 1.1.0
New Features
Drone Part Multiselection: Press Ctrl and click on multiple drone parts or press CTRL and drag a rectangle to select multiple parts. If the parts are of the same type you can edit them all at once.
Drone Part Templates: You can create templates of drone parts, store them and use them when building different drones.
New Racing drone skin awarded for the Speed Demon achievement
New Tutorials to learn magnets and tags
Free camera option for the programmer captain
New Drone Parts
Wheels
Grappling Hook
Ballast Tank
Added linear option for springs, this allows for better suspension for wheels
Improvements
Improved Brawl mode: When getting a draw in brawl the winner is now determined by the amount of damage each drone has dealt.
Removed sensor upgrade for programmer, minimap is always fully visible
Made resource container transparent when droneparts drop into it
Added effect for dropping items into container
Added linear option for springs
Bugfixes
Fixed threat level not updating when starting a new game
Fixed bridge upgrade not working correctly in sandbox mode
Added fail state to bio barrel mission when too many bio barrels were destroyed
Happy testing!
Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio
Here is how you can get the preview build on steam:
– Open your Steam library – Right click on Nimbatus in the Steam library – Select Properties / Beta – Select the Beta tab – Select preview from the drop down – Restart steam in case the game does not update automatically or you can't see the preview branch
Dear Drone Engineers, We just released the 1.0.9 patch to fix some of the newly reported bugs. Fixes Fixed bug where survival tutorial prompts you to build a drone even though you’ve already built one Fixed bug where survival tutorial tells you your drone uses too many parts when
Dear Drone Engineers,
We just released the 1.0.9 patch to fix some of the newly reported bugs.
Fixes
Fixed bug where survival tutorial prompts you to build a drone even though you’ve already built one
Fixed bug where survival tutorial tells you your drone uses too many parts when you’ve deleted it
Fixed audio bug with resource tank that caused lag
Fixed timezone related crashes
Fixed that the Launch Button for downloaded drones was not aligned with the screen height
Fixed increased battery recharge effect breaking
Fixed printing of motorized hinges and flippers
Fixed sound of motorized hinges and pistons
Fixed death wall in versus races breaking when waiting after race has ended
Fixed UI when browsing steam drones and nothing is selected
Fixed download screen when downloading a drone from steam
Fixed bug where sensors targeting “next waypoint” would stop working after a while when going in reverse on a race track
Fixed bug where “Reset Galaxy” after dying in sandbox didn’t work
We already have over 100 new ideas and suggestions for the next update! Please keep upvoting and adding new suggestions in our forum for the next update: https://strayfawnstudio.com/community/index.php?/forum/96-11-update-feature-requests/
Dear Drone Engineers, Launch week is now almost over. Since the launch is going well, we're happy to announce that we will be able to release a major free update for Nimbatus soon! A big thank you to everyone who bought the game and helped us to spread the news. We want to hear y
Dear Drone Engineers,
Launch week is now almost over. Since the launch is going well, we're happy to announce that we will be able to release a major free update for Nimbatus soon! A big thank you to everyone who bought the game and helped us to spread the news.
We want to hear your feature suggestions and ideas :) Head over to our forums where you can post and upvote your favorite ideas/suggestions for the 1.1 Nimbatus update! This can be new drone parts, game modes, locations, enemies, editor improvements or anything else that comes to mind. Please read the rules before posting. https://strayfawnstudio.com/community/index.php?/forum/96-11-update-feature-requests/
We will look at the top-voted suggestions in the forums mid-June and decide which ones we'll add to the game!
Dear Drone Engineers, Thanks alot for reporting all the Bugs! We just released the 1.0.8 hotfix to fix the main bugs you've reported over the weekend. Improvements Added the possibility to import drones from files for the programmer captain Programmer captain doesn’t receive usel
Dear Drone Engineers,
Thanks alot for reporting all the Bugs! We just released the 1.0.8 hotfix to fix the main bugs you've reported over the weekend.
Improvements
Added the possibility to import drones from files for the programmer captain
Dear Drone Engineers, The day has come, we just released Nimbatus on Steam and it's 25% off during launch week! :D After 1.5 years and 5 major updates during Early Access, Nimbatus has now reached its 1.0 version and it was an awesome journey! Thank you for supporting us, giving
Dear Drone Engineers,
The day has come, we just released Nimbatus on Steam and it's 25% off during launch week! :D After 1.5 years and 5 major updates during Early Access, Nimbatus has now reached its 1.0 version and it was an awesome journey! Thank you for supporting us, giving us feedback and reporting all the bugs.
To give new and recurring players an overview of the game, check out this new gameplay intro video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXWlxelXCrg
We put together a guide if you want to help us spread the word: https://www.nimbatus.ch/support-nimbatus/
Once again, thanks to everyone who gave us feedback and supported us while in Early Access, we wouldn't have made it here without you! And don't worry we will start working on a new update soon :)
Dear Drone Engineers, We just uploaded a patch (1.0.7) addressing the following things: Changes Made Nimbatus warp drive invincible to lower programmer captain difficulty Changed warp drive container collision layer to "Enemy Structure" Fix drag and drop of drone parts Fixed bug
Dear Drone Engineers,
We just uploaded a patch (1.0.7) addressing the following things:
Changes
Made Nimbatus warp drive invincible to lower programmer captain difficulty
Changed warp drive container collision layer to "Enemy Structure"
Fix drag and drop of drone parts
Fixed bug where opponent drones could unlock achievements for you
We just uploaded a patch (1.0.6) addressing the following things: Thanks for reporting the bugs! Keep on testing! New Features New Keybind Settings in the Main Menu Small visual changes in the Tournament Screen Improvements Resource Tank now more accurately displays how full it i
We just uploaded a patch (1.0.6) addressing the following things: Thanks for reporting the bugs! Keep on testing!
New Features
New Keybind Settings in the Main Menu
Small visual changes in the Tournament Screen
Improvements
Resource Tank now more accurately displays how full it is
Improved visuals of fossil
Added sound effect for deploying resources into container
Fixed background color of gameover screen to use the correct shade of black
Balancing
Initial resource amounts now differ depending on the selected difficulty / mode
Balanced frostbomb and jumpfish missions on higher difficulties
Improved final mission. Added shortcut after you found warp drive
Balanced blackbox mission: Less wreckage and no large bees on low difficulty
Rebalanced corp outpost mission
Buffed starter weapons slightly, added some weapon upgrades
Balanced prices of mothership upgrades
Balanced rate at which the repair cost increases, now depending on difficulty
Bugfixes
Fixed Garbageman achievement, the required amount of barrels was 9 instead of 5
Fixed exploit where travel events could be skipped by quitting the game
Fixed save file ui in main menu not updating when language is changed
Fixed splashscreens, they should now show correctly again
Fixed localization of edit drone UI for workshop drones
Fixed jungle chest sound effects
Fixed wrong materials on pirate enemies
Fixed not playing sfx at survival tutorial end when you get rewards
Fixed cryo tank not spawning
Fixed amount of tortoice dens to destroy
Fixed bug where you got a mission in the competitive modes after game-over in survival mode
Dear Drone Engineers, We just released the Nimbatus Drone Creator! ːsteamhappyː The Drone Creator is the free standalone drone editor from Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor. You can build and test drones using all the drone parts from the full game. Please note: The Drone Cr
Dear Drone Engineers,
We just released the Nimbatus Drone Creator! ːsteamhappyː The Drone Creator is the free standalone drone editor from Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor. You can build and test drones using all the drone parts from the full game.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1243130/Nimbatus__Drone_Creator/ Please note: The Drone Creator does not include any planets, missions, story elements or competitive challenges. Drones can be exported and used in Nimbatus.
To celebrate the release, we host a drone building competition! The deadline to enter a drone is May 7th. Winners will be announced shortly after and will receive 1 of 3 Steam keys for the full game!
Here is how you can enter the building competition:
- Build the smartest, coolest looking or most creative drone using the Nimbatus Drone Creator. - Create a GIF of the drone (press F9 to create a GIF of the last 10 seconds in the game) or record one otherwise. - Post your creation in this thread in our forums, on our discord, or share them on Twitter with #DroneCreator to enter the competition
We hope you enjoy the Drone Creator and build many awesome things with it!
Dear Drone Engineers, We just uploaded a patch (1.0.5) addressing the following things: New Features New Keybind-Settings in the main menu Small visual changes in the Tournament Screen Bugfixes Fixed stretched fire and frozen effects in final corp mission Made the Weapon Workshop
Dear Drone Engineers,
We just uploaded a patch (1.0.5) addressing the following things:
New Features
New Keybind-Settings in the main menu
Small visual changes in the Tournament Screen
Bugfixes
Fixed stretched fire and frozen effects in final corp mission
Made the Weapon Workshop UI larger so the text fits better for the different languages
Fixed Bug where downloaded drones had no deploy cost
The Preview in the Weapon Workshop now shows locked upgrade effects again
Fixed bug where amount of certain weapons was not saved correctly
Fixed bug where “Freely unlockable weapon upgrades” sandbox setting didn’t work unless “Drone part unlocking” was also active
Fixed bug where resolution changed after entering main menu. The resolution now only changes when you press the apply button.
Fixed Bug where the Drone Description Input Field could not be deselected and scrolled out of view.
Fixed translation of starting weapons
Fixed Going Green Achievement. It was accidentally triggered when using thrusters.
Dear Drone Engineers, We just uploaded a patch (1.0.4) addressing the following things: Adjusted spawn location of fossils to be further away from the core Adjusted terrain strength of all planets to make digging easier with upgraded weapons Balanced difficulty of destroy pirates
Dear Drone Engineers,
We just uploaded a patch (1.0.4) addressing the following things:
Adjusted spawn location of fossils to be further away from the core
Adjusted terrain strength of all planets to make digging easier with upgraded weapons
Balanced difficulty of destroy pirates mines missions
UI: new icon for enable / disable borders
Added fail-safe to corp fracking mission, towers destroy themselves when they fly too far away
Balanced firefly mission, gave fireflies better swarming behavior
New visuals for test drive enemy spawners
Added small objects you can pickup to the test planet
Fixed bug where galaxy map could load endlessly if you had any upgrade maxed out
Changes corp mines radius indicator color and adjusted particle effect size to match damage area. Added health-bar indicator to small corp mine.
Fixed particle collisions with Nimbatus Container
Balancing: Made shortcut in final corp mission slightly harder