Space Bob vs. The Replicons

Intravenous Software · Independent

Released: Sep 28, 2018
Platforms: WindowsmacOSLinux
Last updated: 06 Sep 2026, 00:57 GMT

Updates & announcements

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12 Aug 2022Developer post
Minor Audio Hotfix - 12 Aug 2022
A bug introduced in Major Update 14 disabled sound effects from some environmental objects and also disabled Replicon 'chatter' sound effects. This little hotfix resolves that issue. This also brings the main branch version in line with the newly released demo.
22 Jun 2022Developer post
Main Update 15 - Now Live
Introduction: If you haven't played in years, it's time to take another look. If you're thinking about picking up the game, you couldn't have picked a better time. Take a look at the brand new 'Funky Gameplay' trailer and then read on to see how it shaped the very fabric of this
Introduction:
If you haven't played in years, it's time to take another look. If you're thinking about picking up the game, you couldn't have picked a better time.
Take a look at the brand new 'Funky Gameplay' trailer and then read on to see how it shaped the very fabric of this update.
Watch on YouTube
Main Update 15 - Weapons & War Overview:
Double the Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew and more Replicons to Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew!!
More bullets, more explosions, more enemies, more variety, more carnage. Everything has been tweaked to make combat faster, more fun, and more exciting and, by making the player more powerful, it's allowed for far more diversity and unpredictability in Replicon combat behavior without increasing the overall difficulty.
There's also a brand new predictive camera system blended into the existing framework and a host of other quality of life improvements suggested by the players. Thanks everyone who offered such great feedback after the most recent updates. You were an inspiration.
Weapon Overhaul

The fire rate of all the weapons have been doubled! Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew.
The fire rate of the lander's gun has been doubled.
The damage of all weapons have been reduced by approximately 40-60% to compensate.
The time that Replicons are shocked has been reduced to compensate.
The energy cost of firing each weapon has been halved to compensate.
The recoil push back for each weapon, on the player, has been tweaked on a per weapon basis.
Self damage from the rocket pistol has been reduced to trivial levels.
The rocket pistol's knock back has been doubled. This thing is a beast now.
All the weapon visual effects have been juiced up.
Combat Overhaul

Replicon spiders now scuttle around much faster like real spiders.
The maximum number of Replicons on any given planet, at any given time, has been increased by 40%.
The spawn rate in order to reach that maximum number has also been increased by approximately 40%.
The shield values for each Replicon have been altered to suit the new weapon damage values.
The Replicon Invasion speed (how quickly they spread across the system) now ranges from 75% - 200% normal speed based on the game's difficulty. (This only affects Invasion Mode. This was previously 50% on the easiest difficulty and 100% on all other difficulties.)
Replicon combat AI, behavior, and movement characteristics have been significantly updated.
Replicon spiders can now move at a variety of different speeds - often faster than Bob.
Replicon rasks can now move at a variety of different speeds - rarely but sometimes faster than Bob.
Replicon wasps can now move at a variety of different speeds - occasionally faster than Bob
Replicons shock duration is now varied creating more combat unpredictability.
Replicons now react in various ways after being shot. They might start dodging, become even more aggressive, turn away, or simply carry on as before.
Replicon rask jump trajectories are now far less predictable.
Although Replicon wasps can survive and function in water, they now prefer to avoid it, and can't see the player through it's surface.
To balance the other changes, and maintain overall difficulty, wasp damage has been reduced by 20%, rask damage has been reduced by 25%, dart damage has been reduced by 25%
Quality of Life Improvements:

The camera system has been overhauled. It's now smooth as butter and uses far more advanced tracking and prediction algorithms.
The 'tap to cancel' functionality of the grapple gun has been removed by default.

Simply tapping the fire button will now fire a grapple if it has a valid target. This is far more intuitive behavior.
It is possible to re-enable the old behaviour again by setting tapToCancel = True in gameConfig.ini if you prefer it.
A new slider has been added allowing the player to choose the game's difficulty prior to starting the tutorial.
A new 'Reset Game' button has been added for Survival Mode at the game select screen.
A new hotkey has been added to allow toggling of the user interface.
Using the 'Reset Game' button, for either game mode, now resets Dave's conversation history and memory for that game mode only.
The physics system has been extended to test if either Bob or his lander have glitched into an impossible position and offers the option to reset both.
The crafting recipe for a new lander now requires 100 fuel and the lander will spawn with 100 fuel.
Improved the font styling and readability of Dave's chat panel again. This was also tweaked in the last update.
Updated the tutorial to simplify the instructions during the grappling gun section.
Replicon Wasp shield value and scared status is now saved allowing 'wasp balloons' to still work after reloading.
To aid performance on lower end machines, Replicons will stop dropping loot if there are more than fifty pieces of loot already on the current planet.
Reduced the damage taken by bumping into crystals by 40%
Reduced the damage taken by bumping into the various stalactites by various amounts. 10%-40%
Miscellaneous Improvements:

The central Replicon station's main event has been tweaked.

A disabled mechanic, that caused wasps to spawn during this event, has been reactivated.
To compensate, and also to make the event more manageable on higher difficulty settings, the laser damage has been reduced by 40% and slowed by 20%
The drop pod sequence at the start of the tutorial has new visual effects.
Various UI text element quality improvements
Updated the tutorial to reflect the changes to 'tap to cancel'.
Updated the dialog that appears after completing the tutorial, for the first time, to more clearly state that it's possible to directly click on grapple lines to select them.
Bug Fixes:

Fixed : Missing planet name added to the starting planet.
Fixed : Replicon spider drop ships now receive splash damage.
Fixed : Inconsistencies with the use of bullet points in the difficulty slider information texts.
Fixed : After loading a save, Bob would sometimes have the incorrect footstep sound for the surface he was initially standing on.
Fixed : A bug that allowed Bob access to the refinery ship during the tutorial.
Fixed : A bug that prevented Dart (spiky ball) Replicons from appearing on regular planets.
Fixed : A text bug on the game complete screen that read "Continue to Start Act 2", instead of "Continue to Start Act 3".
Final Notes:
The plan is still to release a demo ASAP. It was meant to go live for the Summer Sale, but then work began on the trailer, and that took a couple of weeks, and then the trailer inspired this update to increase the combat speed and here we are - running behind schedule like any good game development.
Not to mention the fantastic feedback you guys have given over on Discord to help polish off the last few rough edges and improve the overall QOL for the players.
So the current plan is to release the demo in a month or so, or whenever the next discount happens. If you find anything that still grinds your gears, please don't hesitate to let me know either here in the discussion forum or over on Discord where it's much easier to chat and share ideas. https://discord.gg/VUKM4tR3
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24 May 2022Developer post
Patch 1.443 Update Notes - Now Live.
Introduction Hot on the heels of Main Update 14 last week ( announcement here ) came a flurry of little patches to quickly address some smaller issues and now we have a much bigger one. Combined they offer new features, new crafting, and even more QOL improvements in preparation
Introduction
Hot on the heels of Main Update 14 last week (announcement here) came a flurry of little patches to quickly address some smaller issues and now we have a much bigger one. Combined they offer new features, new crafting, and even more QOL improvements in preparation for the upcoming demo release. Other than a few minor bug fixes all the changes since Main Update 14 can be seen below.
Don't forget you can come join us on Discord now for all things Space Bob and to keep up to date on the development of the new game. I'll even be offering the community the chance to create some of the new game's content sooner than you may expect.
Patch 1.443 - New Features & QOL improvements.
• Default max grapple length reduced from 40 to 30.
• New Craftable Upgrades Added.

Grapple Length Extender (doubles max grapple length to 60)
Grapple Length Maximizer (triples max grapple length to 90)
This allows grapples to reach the planet from orbit and opens up new gameplay options and strategies.
• The grapple physics system has been reworked and tightened up to resolve some edge case issues and ensure consistency throughout all actions.

Fixed unintended grapple pull speed reductions witnessed with very long grapples.
Grapple pull speed is now consistent at all lengths. This makes upgrading grapple pull speed far more noticeable.
Fixed a bug that could cause long grapples to extend when viewed at large distances under heavy load.
• QOL - The grapple gun and the grapple rope selection systems have been redesigned, rewritten, unified and improved.

This is a big qualitiy of life improvement that makes selecting grapples easier, faster and more intuitive.
The grapple attached to the players grapple gun now highlights whenever it is the active grapple line for consistency.
Cycling through grapple connections now includes the grapple line attached to the player's grapple gun.
The active grapple now highlights green when idle or expanding, and yellow when shrinking.
Using either grapple cycle hotkey will now automatically highlight and activate the last previously highlighted grapple.
• Bob's jetpack thruster audio now cuts out correctly when he has no jetpack fuel
• Bob's jump height has been increased. This is most noticeable when his jetpack is out of fuel. Increased from 25 to 40.
• Further refined and tweaked the new system that automatically slows Bob near points of interest in the refinery ship (added in patch 1.434 below)
• Fixed issue where some text elements could randomly disappear on the System Map panel at specific windowed resolutions.
• Dave's first message, after starting Act 2 for the very first time, has been rewritten to give the player a better sense of what is happening and what they need to focus on next.
• When extending a grapple line, the grapple ghost no longer disappears when reaching maximum length.
• Fixed a bug introduced in Main Update 14 that caused Steve's messages to slide off the screen on a timer like Dave's messages. This was unintended and they now correctly remain on screen until the player presses the 'Continue' hotkey.
• Fixed a number of typos (please report all typos. Screen shots really help to track down the most obsure mistakes)
• Replicon spiders can no longer change direction multiple times per second. This prevents them from twitching uncontrollably when trapped in a tight space.
• All Replicon base stations now appear at the start of the game when starting a game in Act 2 or later. This gives players starting in Act 2, for the very first time, a more obvious new place to explore. The central station has a '!' icon on the system map from the very start of Act 2 now.
• Added fuel as a refinable resource to a few additional wasp, rask, and spider drop pod loot pieces that appear after they are destroyed. Helps to recover when out of fuel. Replicon loot already has plenty of energy.
• Rask damage tweaked again.
In Main Update 14 Rask damage was reduced from 2.7 to 1.3. Further playtesting showed this was a step too far especially with the newly lowered default difficulty setting. Their damage has been increased to 2.0.
• Crafting Recipe Changes

Due to Main Update 14 reducing the default difficulty (with 50% damage reduction) the recipe for the various armors has been slightly increased.
The illmenite requirement for Carbon armor and the boot upgrades has also been slightly increased.
• The music now transitions more slowly, from calm through to intense, while playing on the default easiest difficulty now.

This is to balance with the slower replicon expansion speed on lower difficulty.
• 20% of Wasps will now fly away from Bob when below 50% health. This can be exploited to gather groups of these 'scared' wasps to form the equivalent of a hot air baloon for carrying Bob or loot. Have fun.
Build 1.434 Patch notes:
◦ Bob's suit no longer takes minor damage when bumping into the walls of the refinery ship or his own lander. (Thanks twitch/ClimateChanj for playing the game on 3 hours sleep and getting irritated by little things, hehe).
◦ Improved the system to allow Bob to escape if trapped by physics related glitches.
It now detaches all grapples from the lander, and teleports the lander and Bob back to he refinery ship.
◦ Bob now slows down automatically when near points of interest, or narrow spaces, in the refinery ship

Main Update 14 increased Bob's acceleration and movement speed to make his movement more responsive. A side effect of this meant that he moved too quickly to feel comfortable inside the refinery ship.
This new system is a quality of life improvement to solve that.
◦ To avoid confusion, the hotkey labelled "Cancel / Back" was renamed to "Cancel Grapple / Back"
◦ Fixed an issue that could cause the 'Continue' text to disappear at some window resolutions
Build 1.432 Patch notes:
◦ Fixed an issue with the WR display on the speedrun overlay,
◦ Fixed some text on the newly updated Recent Salvage panel from not displaying at some windowed resolutions.
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16 May 2022Developer post
Main Update 14 - Now Live.
A PERSONAL UPDATE I'm back! I've been gone for such a long time that it makes sense to start out with a little personal update to let you all know where I've been, what's been happening, and why Space Bob is suddenly getting an update after more than three years. If you don't car
A PERSONAL UPDATE
I'm back!
I've been gone for such a long time that it makes sense to start out with a little personal update to let you all know where I've been, what's been happening, and why Space Bob is suddenly getting an update after more than three years. If you don't care about the personal stuff, I'll fully understand if you prefer to skip to the What's New section below, but for those that care, here goes.
Even the most hardcore Space Bob fans will probably be unaware that a week after Space Bob's 1.0 release I unfortunately suffered a heart attack. I only previously shared that info publicly with Dr_Doof on his twitch stream.
Solo game development can be notoriously stressful, especially around release, and after eight years of flat out dev work my health, both physically and mentally was in the dumpster. I was emotionally exhausted and by the time Space Bob was ready for release I didn't have the strength left to give the game the marketing energy it deserved. I’d put everything I had into development and made the classic mistake of hoping the quality of the game would sell itself.
The result was that things didn't go to plan, and it quickly became apparent that the game wasn't going to magically find it's audience. If gamers didn't know the game existed then it wasn't going to sell in enough volume no matter how good it was.
Ultimately, that series of events meant that I had no choice but to step away from game development to focus on my health and find a way to pay the bills. I'll be honest and say that after completing the promised six months of post-release content, I simply couldn't face even thinking about game development any more. I was financially broke and burned out.
I took a regular job and started taking proper care of myself. The end result is that I learned some valuable life lessons and I'm now in a much better place both mentally and physically and genuinely enthusiastic about game development again.
SO WHY A NEW UPDATE NOW?
For quite some time, I've been wanting to release a demo for Space Bob. I wanted to give it one last chance to find it’s audience, and it’s too late for a regular marketing push. It would be incredibly difficult to get anyone interested in covering a three year old game, but a demo might encourage more players to give it a whirl and who knows, maybe someone like Giantwaffle might find it, play it, love it, and start a new ball rolling. I can but dream.
Before any of that though I felt like it was essential to make a few tweaks and changes.
A free demo will mean that a lot of new players will likely download and play it on a whim without reading anything about the game and they’ll have no idea how challenging it is/was. Space Bob has a deceptively cutesy looking exterior that confuses too many players into thinking it's going to be an easy casual experience. Many aren't even aware it has permadeath before buying it.
If I didn’t make some effort to solve those issues then releasing a demo could do more harm than good. I also had a number of things that I wanted to tweak or polish and, finally, I wanted to add at least one or two extra features to say thanks to the fans and give them a new reason to save Bob at least one more time. So here we are.
WHAT'S NEW in build 1.43?
• New installs of the game now start on the lowest difficulty setting by default.

This hopefully allows more players to learn the ropes before becoming discouraged.
Previous builds started with the difficulty slider set one notch higher which was the equivalent of double the incoming damage.
If you are a new player, and prefer a challenge, make sure to move that slider back one notch to the right (it’s just below the Play button).
• The tutorial has been tweaked and refined.
Especially the grappling gun section.
• A new visual ‘Getting Started’ panel has been added.

This points new players in the right direction and gives the early game more focus.
It pops up the first time a player enters the lander after the tutorial.
It looks like this and has five pages of quick visual tips:
• The edge of the screen now pulses when Bob is near death.
• The 'You Died' screen has been redesigned and also now includes a tips section.

These tips can be manually cycled and include tips and clues about secrets that even some of the more experienced players may not know about.
• Dave’s message panel has been updated and improved.

It can now be reopened manually which causes his last message to repeat.
This can be achieved via an onscreen button, a hotkey, or even by simply clicking the edge of the screen near to where the message panel appears.
The font design and coloring has also been reworked to be more readable.
The speed of the dialog appearing has been increased slightly.
• The ‘Recent Salvage’ panel has been redesigned.
• Bob’s movement, while walking/running, is now far more responsive.

Bob now accelerates, and changes direction, more quickly.
This leads to his grounded movement feeling much snappier.
• Miscellaneous changes:

Rask damage has been more than halved from 2.7 to 1.3
Various UI tweaks and improvements throughout the game.
Fixed a rounding bug with the reported temp/perm upgrade values from upgrade machines.
Power Cubes can no longer be salvaged.
The lifting power of the familiars has been significantly increased once they are upgraded.
The default music volume has been lowered.
NEW FEATURES
New In-Game Speedrunning Overlay and Leaderboards
This is something I always wanted to add to the game but never had the time to include before.
Throughout the entirety of Space Bob’s development I always planned features and gameplay with speedrunning in mind. From the very beginning I wanted to make a game that could be completed in an hour and this new feature will allow you guys to try and achieve that goal while having a leaderboard to share your progress.
Close to the 1.0 release, I encouraged twitch/DrDoof (who had the the #1 high score at the time), to give speedrunning a try and after a few attempts he set a personal record of 89 minutes. I’m not 100% sure if sub one hour is possible, but I have a hunch that it might be. If you stream your attempts be sure to let me know and I’ll come hang out; I don't care how big or small your channel is.
I doubt we’ll ever get the attention of Summoning Salt or Karl Jobst (love those guys) but I’d be happy if we only had a handful of players actively fighting for the top spots.
There are actually two new speedrunning challenges, each with their own leaderboard. The first is the easy one that just about everyone can get involved with. It’s the speedrun to pass through the Jump Gate as fast as possible and we’ve already seen sub ten minute times on that one during the beta test. The second leaderboard is for the full game and will be far less contested and active.
There’s also a new speedrunning overlay where you can see your current time and split times compared to your previous best at various checkpoints in the game. This is very similar to the most popular external speedrunning overlays but this one is built into the game and triggers the split times automatically. It can be toggled on and off with a hotkey; go to Options/Controls and bind a new hotkey if needed. It’s ‘Y’ by default.
Upgrade machines can now spawn as Epic(10% chance) or Legendary(5% chance)
The upgrade machines that give out permanent or temporary stat bonuses now have Epic and Legendary variants.

Epic machines increase previous bonuses by 30%.
Legendary machines increase previous bonuses by 100%.
BRAND NEW GAME GUIDE:
For more information, plus tips, tricks and videos, on how to not only beat the game but also how to achieve the fastest times on both speedruns, take a look at this guide. It'll teach even the most inexperienced players how to reach the jump gate in under fifteen minutes, and even Space Bob experts will likely find tips and strategies they didn't know before.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2804067995
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10 May 2022Developer post
Beta Build 1.43 Now Available:
Builds 1.41, and 1.42 were minor hotfixes, released last week, that only contained minor tweaks and bug fixes. Build 1.43 deserves it's own announcement as it brings much bigger changes that may go unnoticed otherwise. Speedrun Changes: Main update 14 introduced two new speedruns
04 May 2022Developer post
Main Update 14 Beta - Now Live
Whooah. New build? Cool. Wasn't expecting that. Let's Go! The public test for Main Update 14 is now live in the public test branch. Full patch notes are available in game and will be released publicly here on Steam when this build goes officially live for everyone (probably next
01 Mar 2019Developer post
Main Update 13 - Now Live
Survival mode is here, Bob! Main Update 13 is a complete game changer. For everyone who likes their games to last for tens of hours, survival mode is here to save the day. Survival Mode Highlights: Unlike the short-term rogue-lite mechanics of the original Invasion mode, where ti
Survival mode is here, Bob!
Main Update 13 is a complete game changer. For everyone who likes their games to last for tens of hours, survival mode is here to save the day.
Survival Mode Highlights:
Unlike the short-term rogue-lite mechanics of the original Invasion mode, where time would continually reset when traveling through the jump-gate, in survival mode the jump-gate is gone. Well, to be more precise, the Replicons have shrouded it's jump beacon meaning Bob can no longer see it. If he's going to have any chance of finding his way home, he's first going to need to spend hours collecting the materials required for a massive sensor upgrade.
This makes Survival mode a single huge continuous game mode that will take tens of hours to complete. You can play it as an open ended traditional sandbox survival game or work towards the long-term goal of escaping.
Return of the Life Saving Teleporter:
Survival mode completely replaces the old Exploration mode and only the emergency teleporter survives this huge change. This is great news for those who aren't the biggest fans of the permadeath mechanic because as long as Bob has enough energy to power his emergency teleporter (and that's easy to do at the lower difficulty levels) then he'll be teleported to safety a moment before he dies. He can even collect enough energy to stockpile multiple 'lives'.
Crafting Remix:
Another big change - in Survival mode - is a dramatic increase in the number of materials required to craft the various upgrades. This suits the slower pacing perfectly and you will also find that the difficulty slider has a much bigger impact on gameplay than you are used to.
Dynamic Difficulty:
On the lower difficulty levels you can kick back and relax with Replicons that not only do less damage but also invade far more slowly. However if you enjoy a more serious survival challenge then at the higher difficulty levels the cost of the teleporter becomes so prohibitive, and crystals and other resources become so scarce, that you'll need to rethink everything in order to survive. With six difficulty levels available you should be able to find one that perfectly suits your mood or ambition.
Respawning Resources:
Survival mode brings another new feature in the form or respawning crystals and illmenite. This takes many hours but it means Bob could technically survive forever.
Realtime Leaderboards:
There's also new leaderboards for survival mode but unlike invasion mode your score updates every few seconds so even if you die your score will still count.
Craftable Lander, Grapple Cycling, and much more....
It doesn't end there though as the base game has also had a huge number of improvements, tweaks, and bug fixes. For example, Bob can now craft a replacement lander if he destroys his first one and the scoring system has had a big buff. Then there's a much improved grapple selection system that allows Bob to cycle through all visible grapples via a pair of new hotkeys. Mouse users can take this a step further and select grapple lines directly by clicking on their end nodes.
Main Update 13 - Build 1.3 - Full Changelog:
There's no point repeating everything twice, so take a look down below at the complete list of everything that's new and we'll see you on the leaderboards.
Survival Mode - Features and Changes:
Six dynamic difficulty settings for survival mode dramatically alter how the game plays out by manipulating many different aspects of the game. See below.
Bob's refinery ship is equipped with a life saving teleporter that Dave can use to teleport Bob to safety the moment before he dies. As long as he has enough energy to power it, Bob can't die.
The cost of the teleporter is tied to the chosen difficulty.
The teleporter is disabled at max difficulty.
The amount of starting resources is tied to the chosen difficulty.
Lower difficulties provide enough resources to power the teleporter from the start.
Higher difficulties begin with barely enough to fund your first away mission.
The number of resources that can spawn on any given planet is tied to the chosen difficulty.
At lower difficulty levels resources are abundant but at the higher levels crystals and illmenite become so scarce that only the most efficient salvage experts will survive.
The materials required for all crafting recipes have been increased five-fold to better suit the long-term objectives of Survival mode.
This is less extreme in practice than it sounds. The overall pacing of Survival mode is much slower and far less time critical than the default game mode.
The speed of the Replicon invasion varies based on the chosen difficulty settings.
This ranges from four times slower at the lowest difficulty setting to fifty percent faster at the highest.
The arrival of the various Replicon defense stations has also been equally slowed. They appear later and expand their influence more slowly.
The logic determining how and when individual Replicon drop ships appear on each planet has also been rewritten to suit the very different gameplay requirements for survival mode.
Replicons spawn over a much longer period of time and take considerably longer to respawn after being killed.
This dynamic spawn rate then increases over time based on the current difficulty setting.
Crystals, illmenite and carbon plants all now respawn.
This takes many hours and varies based on planet type and resource type.
The spawn chance of craftable upgrade machines is significantly lower in Survival mode.
Bonus upgrade dispensers will spawn in their place.
Bob is expected to craft the majority of his upgrades in Survival mode.
There are a maximum of two craftable upgrade machines per game but there's no limit to the potential number of bonus upgrade dispensers.
Exploration mode achievements/challenges have been removed and replaced with new survival mode achievements/challenges.
Many changes to Dave's dialog have been made to suit Survival mode.
Additional dialog and conversation for Dave has been added to Survival mode.
The Mega Cube and all related storyline elements are either absent or inaccessible during Survival mode.
The music selection dynamically alters to match the slower pacing of survival mode based on the chosen difficulty setting.
A 25,000 point penalty is applied if Bob is forced to use the teleporter (dies) in Survival mode.
New Features for both game modes:
Craftable Lander
It's now possible to craft a replacement lander via the crafting panel.
New Grapple Selection Options:
You can now select a grapple line by directly clicking on the end grapple nodes with the mouse.
'Cycle Grapples Next' and 'Cycle Grapples Back' hotkeys have been added.
This new feature allows for cycling between all visible grapple connections. At least one termination grapple node must be visible for a connection to be considered visible.
For keyboards these keys are bound to 'Z' and 'C' by default. (The 'Cycle Weapons' hotkey has been moved to 'F' by default and the Select Pistol' hotkey has been moved to 'G' by default.
For gamepads the weapon selection hotkeys have been moved to the two thumbstick buttons and the new cycle grapple hotkeys have been set to left and right on the D-pad by default.
Existing players will likely need to rebind these keys manually (or reset to defaults) as these hotkeys will not overwrite previous custom keybindings.
Updated Scoring System:
The points scoring system has been overhauled.
Points are now awarded for ALL resources ever salvaged. In all previous builds, resource points were only awarded for what the player currently had in storage.
All respawning resources have had their value increased signficantly to reward players that constantly travel between planets. (Carbon, energy, fuel, hyperfuel, illmenite).
The various carbon plants for each biome have been given additional 'Bonus Salvage' points ranging from 2500 to 3500 points to also reward exploration.
Replicon loot spawns have been reworked to better balance farming Replicons for score versus farming resources.
These changes should ensure that the most efficient playstyle is to keep on the move collecting resources while killing Replicons along the way.
Build 1.2 saves are compatible with build 1.3, and will update to this new scoring system, but will not include the score for resources already consumed while previously playing build 1.2. That data was not previously recorded.
Miscellaneous Improvements:

A new in-game dialog tips system has been added to inform players about Scan mode, how to remote control the lander, and other important features that didn't suit being taught during the tutorial. These will normally appear soon after completing the tutorial but for those that have already completed the tutorial they will instead appear in their first game after this update.
The time since Bob last visited each planet is now displayed on the System map to help with resource collection in survival mode. This information can be used to gauge when resources have likely respawned on previously visited planets.
Improvements and Tweaks for both game modes:

Replicon Tweaks:

Replicon expansion speed across the system has been halved for the lowest difficulty setting in Invasion mode.
Rask damage has been reduced by 10%.
Dart damage has been reduced by 10%
Rasks are now much less likely to jump while shocked.
The maximum distance that the various Replicons can travel from their host defense station has been tweaked. It's possible that some very distant planets may only ever see spiders or no Replicons at all.
It now takes ten times longer for Darts to appear on planets at their maximum range from the mothership.
Replicons no longer drop loot or award score if they die due to damage from liquids. This avoids a potential score and loot exploit.
The range at which wasps can detect and therefore follow the player has been increased.
Spider Drop Pods will now sometimes self-destruct to keep their numbers manageable over long survival games.
Score for killing each Replicon type has been altered to:
Spiders: 500 points
Wasps: 1000 points
Rasks: 1500 points
Darts: 2000 points
Kill points are now awarded for salvaging live Replicons.
Quality of Life Improvements:
Bob's rocket pistol now only does a maximum of 20% self inflicted splash damage to himself.
Invasion mode now begins with 750 energy and fuel in storage rather than 500.
Improved the automatic detachment of grapples when entering the refinery ship to be more intuitive.
Bob will no longer point at the on/off buttons, in the refinery ship, if he has something attached to his grapple gun.
He no longer needs to jump over these buttons to drag items past them.
Bob's laser sight has been reworked to be visible against both light and dark backgrounds
Dave will no longer begin talking to Bob if Scan mode is currently active.
If Bob shoots his own lander, it now only does 50% normal damage.
The mass of stalactites has been reduced by approximately 25% to make them a slightly more viable salvage option. (Please note: stalactite mass varies by size AND type. Some are more viable to salvage than others.)
The 'Swap Gun' hotkey now toggles between the two guns and never holsters to an empty hand. If Bob's hand is empty, it will toggle to his pistol.
A new 'Empty Hand / Holster Weapon' hotkey has been added for those that would still like to holster their weapon when not in combat.
Significantly reduced the damage caused by various Replicon body parts, and machinery parts, when hitting Bob or his lander.
Bombs have had their damage doubled to be more useful for destroying certain object types. Of course, they will almost certainly kill Bob, or destroy his lander, if they are close to the explosion.
The icons representing the left and right analog stick buttons, for Xbox controllers, have been redesigned to be more recognizable.
The trigger that opens the main entrance door of the central Replicon station has been significantly increased in size so nobody will ever miss it again.
Miscellaneous Improvements:
The green jump-lines, that connect to previously visited planets on the system map, have been widened to better differentiate them from the white jump-lines that connect unvisited planets.
The tutorial has been updated to include a new section that covers the new grapple cycling hotkeys and direct selection method.
Dave now warns Bob about the significant danger posed by acidic bubble plants.
The default description text for planets with no desciption has been updated to 'No Data Available. Click to Add Custom Notes'.
Some planets deliberately have no data to help new players realize that this text can be customized by clicking on it.
When Dave first informs Bob that he's detected the arrival of the various Replicon drop ships he now gives a tip on how to combat each one. eg. 'Spiders can't fly' and 'you can fly faster than them' etc.
Miscellaneous Tweaks:
The 'Continue From Saved Game' button no longer appears if saved data is incompatible for any reason.
When accessing the leaderboard panel, the Single Game leaderboard is now the default rather than the Total Score leaderboard.
Accessing the leaderboards while playing Survival mode will automatically show the Survival mode single-game leaderboard.
Players can still change the currently visible leaderboard by clicking on the column titles.
The save system has been extended to prevent Dave from commenting on some past events after loading from a save.
The Quit panel has been reworked.There are now three options:
'Kill Bob' which does not save and returns to the main menu.
'Quit To Main Menu' which automatically saves and returns to the main menu.
'Quit To Desktop' which also automatically saves.
The main menu tips panel has been updated to reflect changes in this update
Frozen geyser mist damage has been reduced by 30%
The larger planets have had the number of crystals that can spawn reduced.
The system map now only draws jump lines to planets within jump range rather than to all planets within fuel range.
Tweaked the amount of fuel and energy required to refuel and repair Bob's suit, jetpack, and lander for improved overall balance.
A much higher resolution model is now used for the crystal forcefield during the tutorial.
Bob no longer kicks up gravel while walking on this forcefield.
The in-game patch notes panel now shows all patch notes since the 1.0 release.
runInBackground added as an option to the game's gameConfig.ini file.
The lander thruster upgrades have been reduced in power by 10% without affecting their top speed. The tier 2 upgrade was previously so strong that the tier 3 upgrade was barely needed.
Fusion cores can now be salvaged from a few more hard to salvage objects.
Miscellaneous Bug Fixes:
Fixed an issue that would cause all grapples near to the lander to be removed when using the 'Detach Lander Grapples' hotkey, rather than only grapples attached to the lander.
Fixed a bug that prevented the energy storage tank from visually updating after crafting an item that required energy.
Fixed a bug that prevented Exploration mode (and the new Survival mode) saved games from loading unless the player had first saved a game in the main Invasion mode.
Fixed a bug that prevented correct navigation of the game select panel, while using a gamepad, if there was a saved game in Invasion mode.
Fixed an issue that caused collectible carbon mushrooms to fall over without any interaction.
Fixed a bug that could cause the Game Mode selection options and Main Menu options to appear at the same time if entering the options menu while at the Game Mode selection screen.
Fixed a bug that caused a specific stalactite type to show fuel twice as a salvageable resource.
Fixed an issue where tapping the on/off button could sometimes be ignored when trying to activate the various screens in the refinery ship. They are now consistently responsive.
The 'Eject/Toggle Remote Control' hotkey is now disabled for 2 seconds after ejecting from the lander to help prevent unwanted behavior when spamming this hotkey while ejecting. (Increased from 1 second).
The lander ejector seat now has a little extra power. This ejects Bob a little further to help prevent him from falling back into the lander if the lander is moving at the time of ejection.
Warning: Bob is now more likely to bump his head on low ceilings when ejecting.
The smallest Replicon salvage parts have been artificially increased in size to make them less fiddly to grapple but to also help prevent them from penetrating other objects during extreme physics conditions.
Fixed visual duplication errors in the background layer of planet Eitis.
The 'All Materials' panel now appears after crafting the last upgrade of a specific upgrade type rather than a blank 'Required Materials' panel.
Fixed a bug that could prevent the Friends filter from working correctly on the leaderboards.
Bob can no longer take collision based damage while inside his lander. This was previously possible under some very rare circumstances (eg. being attacked by a large sand worm).
Fixed a bug that prevented some heavy hail weather effects from appearing.
Replicons now correctly register their death when salvaged alive allowing replacement Replicons to spawn on the current planet.
Fixed a bug that caused Rasks to push Bob's lander instead of climbing over it.
Fixed a bug that would disable a huge amount of Dave's conversation dialog if loading from a save.
Fixed an issue when attempting to register an achievement while disconnected from Steam.
Dave no longer warns Bob about the lava on planet Brurn. It doesn't have any lava. :P
A large number of dialog typos have been cleaned up. (Thank Mango Bango's OCD)
Fixed water surfaces being visible in front of the fog of war on a couple of the most recently added planets.
Fixed a bug that prevented 'kill score' from sometimes being awarded for killing Rasks and Darts.
Fixed a floating tree on planet Reotera.
Fixed Pulser mushrooms in the new mushroom biome from rendering in front of crystals
Fixed a bug that made it cost considerably more energy than intended to repair Bob's suit compared to repairing the lander.
The toggle ship control hotkey no longer functions while in the configuration menus.
The gun icon in the UI now immediately updates when Bob's gun is upgraded using an upgrade dispenser
NB. A huge shout out must go to Mango Bongo who was a massive help with playtesting and bug fixing this build.
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A few additional tweaks and fixes were applied in build 1.31 after the release of Main Update 13 (Build 1.3) above.
Build 1.31 Patch Notes:
(5th March 2019)
A new resource balancing system has been added to prevent long runs of bad luck where the game could randomly spawn one type of crystal more than three times in in a row.
Removed an impossible to reach upgrade machine from planet Duvran.
After successfully escaping through the jump gate, in Survival mode, the 'Start Game' button will no longer incorrectly change to read 'Continue'.
Fixed a bug that could sometimes cause the teleporter lights to start red after loading from a save even if there was enough energy to power it.
Fixed an issue that caused some objects to appear behind pulser mushrooms.
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11 Jan 2019Developer post
Main Update 12 Now Live!
It's been a busy month, with many long days, but here it is! Main Update 12 is live. Overview Main Update 12 brings some big changes including a new atmospherics system which improves the look and mood of almost every planet. See below for more details. Eleven completely new plan
It's been a busy month, with many long days, but here it is! Main Update 12 is live.
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Overview
Main Update 12 brings some big changes including a new atmospherics system which improves the look and mood of almost every planet. See below for more details.
Eleven completely new planets were also added which is a huge milestone as it means that every planet is now unique! There's no longer any need to reuse the same planet design more than once in a single game. This in turn allows for every planet to finally have it's own name and basic description.
Twin Stick Controls - Behind the back aiming
Then we have a much requested feature that allows Bob to shoot behind his back. This works automatically when using mouse and keyboard but requires a new twin-stick control scheme for gamepad users.
WARNING: There are numerous reasons why twin-stick controls were not chosen as the default control scheme for Space Bob. Although it allows for independent movement and aiming it is significantly more difficult to learn. It also means that the hatch and zoom controls needed to be moved to the d-pad which makes it very difficult to simultaneously perform these actions while moving.
For that reason the original single stick control scheme remains unchanged and is still the default recommended control scheme. But, for those that want to experiment with dual analog controls they can now be enabled easily in the 'Controls' panel.
Tip (How it's meant to be played): To aim and move in different directions while using single-stick controls, use the 'Disable Movement Hotkey' while aiming and shooting in the air.
Updated Skid Physics
Another new feature is a small but often requested improvement to how Bob slides around. A new extension to the physics system has been added that only triggers when Bob begins to slide. The amount of slide can now be altered to allow for precise tweaking on a surface by surface level. To that end, every surface in the game has been updated to work with this new system. More info below.
Build 1.2 Changelog
New Features

All planets have been visually updated:
A new visual effects system has been added. This allows for a variety of new atmospheric effects to be implemented. Planets can now appear bright and sunny or dreary and overcast. Some have effects like fog, mist or sand storms, while others have caves that get darker the deeper Bob descends into them. Most planets have been updated to take advantage of at least one of these new visual effect layers.
The various effects for planetary collisions, including footsteps, have been reworked and improved.
Various tweaks and improvements have been made to rain, snow and hail on a per planet basis.
Grass generation has been updated to allow grass to generate only on specific parts of a planets surface.
Fixed two nebula textures that were half of their intended resolution.
Frozen and air geyser particles now correctly collide with liquids rather than passing through them.
11 new planets added.
All planets are now unique. The game no longer re-uses the same planet design more than once in a single game.
All planets now have unique names instead of 'Planet 15', Planet '24' etc. This allows planets to be recognized by name alone.
Basic preliminary scan data descriptions have been added to the majority of planets. These descriptions can still be manually edited or replaced. Previously defined user-made planet descriptions will override the new defaults.
A fourth act 3 arena planet has been added. Each power cube is now found on a unique planet with a unique arena to defeat.
Bob can now shoot backwards. He is no longer required to face in the direction he wants to shoot. This works automatically with mouse controls.
A new twin-stick option for gamepads has been added to allow independent movement and aiming via the use of both analog sticks.
A new option to 'Set Twin-Stick Defaults' has been added to the 'Controls' screen.
NB: The 'disable movement' hotkey can be unbound when using twin-stick controls as it serves no purpose.
New friction system for Bob added.
This allows for much more precise and flexible control over how Bob will slide on any given surface. This has been set manually for every surface so he can still skid and slide around as much as before on surfaces like loose gravel or ice but he'll slide far less on hard surfaces like metal. On a surface like deep sand he'll stop almost instantly but he'll still slide a little on grass.
Tweaks and Changes:

Heavy Hail damage has been tripled. Be careful.
Exploding mushroom damage has been doubled.
Ice Geysers are now far more dangerous especially without armor upgrades installed. They now do damage and freeze Bob solid 60% faster than before.
Echo/Reverb settings inside caves has been adjusted for each planet.
The objective panel now shows the current act.
Weapon fire now causes a small amount of camera shake based on recoil force.
A selection of new Dave messages have been added that trigger when arriving at specific planets.
1.2 Bug Fixes:

Fixed some planet surfaces not having the appropriate universal friction settings applied.
Fixed a navigation issue on the 'Controls' screen while using a gamepad.
Fixed a number of misplaced (hovering) scenery elements on various planets.
Fixed the red '!' icon, that represents the central replicon station after act 1, being half it's intended size.
Fixed the 'Continue' UI prompt from becoming stuck on screen after viewing the Challenges screen
Fixed a bug that would allow gamepad users to navigate to the planet description input field on the system map.
Fixed a bug that would allow the 'Jump To' button to appear when there wasn't quite enough fuel to jump.
Please Note: Previous mid-game saves are not compatible with this version due to significant changes in the system generation code. Checkpoint progress is however retained.
If you run into any bugs,new or old, please let me know because as far as I'm aware there aren't any.
Coming in Main Update 13
Survival Mode!
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Edit:
Build 1.201 Patch (15th Jan 2018)
Various minor tweaks and fixes to Main Update 12:

The recently added lander hatch obstruction checks now only occur if the hatch is nearly closed.
Fixed the water being visible through the fog of war on Galostea IV.
Refinery ship doors now detect and open when any object moves close to them.
Data on the number of Replicon drop pods spawned is now saved/loaded to prevent Dave incorrectly commenting when the first of each drop pod type is detected after reloading a saved game.
Fixed a potential cause of unintended physics drag while flying the lander.
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03 Jan 2019Developer post
Development News - Main Update 12
First up, I hope you all had a fantastic holiday season and happy new year! Before I share some dev news can I say a big thanks and welcome to everyone who picked up the game during the Steam Winter sale. (Open images in a new tab to see full size versions) Here's the news: 100%
13 Dec 2018Developer post
Build 1.101 Hotfix Notes
Build 1.101 Changelog: • Bug Fix: Player written notes for the new planets, added in Main Update 11, no longer overwrite notes for other planets or each other. Independent notes can now be written for each of these new planets. Ooops. Unfortunately Main Update 11 went live withou
30 Nov 2018Developer post
Main Update 11 is Live!
It's here! The first significant content update since the 1.0 launch. Rather than spoil all the surprises, with overly detailed patch notes about the new content, here's a quick summary: New Equipment to discover and upgrade. New Highly Hostile Biome New Hazardous Liquid - Acidic
It's here! The first significant content update since the 1.0 launch. Rather than spoil all the surprises, with overly detailed patch notes about the new content, here's a quick summary:

New Equipment to discover and upgrade.
New Highly Hostile Biome
New Hazardous Liquid - Acidic Goop
New Planetary Hazard Types
New Stalagmite Type
New Highly Toxic rain variant
New Flora
5 New Planets
New Secret Areas
New Mysteries to solve
New Dave Dialog
12 New Challenges/Achievements (Achievements have been renamed to Challenges)

Fog of War state is now saved and recreated upon reloading.
Methane liquid damage increased by 50%
Stalagmite drip damage tweaked to create more variance between biome types.
Fixed grass generation when loading from a save which could cause grass to incorrectly generate over some objects.
Increased the bonus score value for the radioactive Archic salvage items.
Permanent upgrade statistics are no longer reset after defeating the mothership and completing the game. They are now truly permanent and never reset.
Increased the maximum values that various combinations of permanent and temporary upgrade bonus' can reach.
Tripled the bonus score when finding a bonus upgrade machine with a stat that is already maxed out.
Archic balls no longer need to be filled with the Archic refueller before being placed into the mega Archic refueller however their resulting value is based on the quantity of resources they contained before conversion.
Grapple connections attached to the lander no longer automatically detach when entering/leaving the refinery ship unless the lander has a downward trajectory allowing the player to attach objects to a docked lander and fly out of the refinery ship without the grapples automatically detaching.
Areas and caves that disable Bob's jetpack also now disable his lander thrusters.
A new HUD icon has been added to indicate when Bob's jetpack or lander thrusters have been artificially disabled.
The lander hatch now detects if something is blocking it's ability to close and will stop with a warning sound.
Added a larger smoke effect to toxic stalagmite drips as they hit the ground.
Additional spawn points added for Archic balls
Additional planets are now considered essential and will exist in every game. This ensures that all three of the Archic refuellers are guaranteed to spawn in every game and that the new familiars can always be found and fully upgraded in every game.
Many of Dave's dialog messages are now preceeded by various sound effects to draw attention to important messages or warnings.

Fixed a bug that prevented the 'Required Materials' panel and 'Upgrade Now' button from updating after installing an upgrade until the player clicked on a different upgrade button.
The 'Release Grapples' hotkey is now disabled during scan mode to prevent unwanted disconnections while setting waypoints.
The lander directional HUD icon is now correctly deactivated if the lander has been destroyed.
Fixed an exploit with the Archic mega refueller
Fixed an issue where filled Archic balls placed into the Archic mega refueller could get stuck inside the machine or get pushed out of the side.
Fixed an issue where mega Archic balls (the ones created by the mega refueller) could disappear after saving and loading a game.
Fixed the visual depth of the mega refueller to prevent Bob appearing infront of it if he decides to climb inside.
Fixed an issue where objects that had previously travelled through a hyper jump inside the refinery ship and were then removed from the refinery ship would still jump with the ship rather than remain at the current planet as expected.
Fixed a bug that could cause the new waypoint hotkey UI to appear on the game complete score screen.
Fixed an issue where the first planet could be duplicated on a players first game after completing the tutorial.
Fixed an issue where the first planet in every game after using the jump gate would always be the same. This only happened for players who first completed the tutorial during early-access.
Score update audio pings can now only play if the score UI is visible.
The new waypoint system now correctly activates at the end of the tutorial. It is deliberately deactivated during the tutorial.
Have fun with the new content and don't forget you can leave a reply to THIS POST, with a link to your channel, if you plan to stream so others can come and watch.
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26 Oct 2018Developer post
Build 1.02 Now Live - New Features
There's some good news and bad news. The bad news is we found a bug that needed a hotfix. The good news is that along with the hotfix this build contains two highly requested new UI features: a new waypoint system that allows the placement of destination markers while using scan
There's some good news and bad news. The bad news is we found a bug that needed a hotfix. The good news is that along with the hotfix this build contains two highly requested new UI features: a new waypoint system that allows the placement of destination markers while using scan mode, and a new UI that lists all recently salvaged materials.
We weren't planning to release these features for another few weeks; they are technically the first part of the upcoming Main Update 11, but seeing as they were ready, and we were releasing an update, we thought why not let you get an early look at them. If you have any suggestions on how to improve these features or run into any issues, leave a comment below.
As always, have fun and take care of Bob.
Build 1.02 Changelog
Oct 26th
HUD indicators have been implemented pointing towards the Refinery Ship, Bob's Lander, and Bob himself whenever they are off screen.
Three user defined HUD waypoint indicators have been implemented that can be manually placed while in scan mode to mark potential destinations.
A recently salvaged materials UI has been added.
This appears automatically whenever an item is salvaged.
Each new item salvaged has it's materials added to the list and refreshes a 3 minute timer.
It will fade off screen after 25 seconds but can be reactivated by toggling in and out of the menus.
After the 3 minute timer expires, the list is reset to zero and will not appear again until a new item is salvaged.
If it's possible for Bob to craft a new upgrade this UI will now also display the message 'New Upgrade Available'
The labelling for various hotkeys on the Controls panel has been tweaked to include the new waypoint setting hotkeys.
The swap weapon hotkeys are no longer active while in Scan mode.
Fixed a bug that caused the anomaly icons on the system map to be too large when loading from a saved game. (Retro-active fix)
Fixed a bug that could cause the anomaly icons to be invisible on the system map under certain circumstances when loading from a saved game. (Retro-active fix)
Build 1.021 Changelog
Something was left activated that should have been deactivated so it was deactivated. It was nothing exciting, it simply caused the new target indicators to be visible at the main menu and during the tutorial. This would have confused new players so it needed a quick fix.
Build 1.022 Changelog
(Oct 30th)
Fixed a bug that caused keys to sometimes no longer register in locks. This resolves an issue where power cubes would sometimes not automatically fit into the mega power cube.
Fixed an issue where keys stored in the refinery ship could sometimes take up to 30 seconds to work in locks after arriving at a new planet.
The hotkey to remotely control the lander now has a 1 second delay between activations. This prevents unwanted, and sometimes glitchy, behavior that can occur when spamming this key especially when ejecting from the lander. A new sound effect is now played when this hotkey is successfully registered by the game.
Bob's ejection height from his lander increased slightly.
Fixed a bug in the 'Recently Salvaged' UI panel that would show the 'New Upgrade Available' text continuously if the player had crafted any tier 3 upgrades.
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05 Oct 2018Developer post
Main Update 10 - Now Live
This update is a combination of a number of hotfixes that addressed a few bugs and added a handful of tweaks that have or requested by players since the 1.0 release last week. Although it contains no major new content this announcement helps to keep everyone informed about the re
This update is a combination of a number of hotfixes that addressed a few bugs and added a handful of tweaks that have or requested by players since the 1.0 release last week.
Although it contains no major new content this announcement helps to keep everyone informed about the recent hotfixes and also offers the opportunity to let you all know how the launch went and how it has forced overall development plans to change for the foreseeable future. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. I want to be as transparent as possible so you know exactly what is going on.
The various changes released since launch can be found below:
Builds 1.014 & 1.015 & 1.016
(15th, 19th & 22nd Oct 2018)
Edit: Since the initial release of Main Update 10, two further builds have been released. The changelogs for both updates can be found HERE)
Main Update 10: Full Changelog
Build 1.013 Changelog:
Overview:
Game physics engines are usually great but they are only approximations of real physics and sometimes glitch out and do crazy things. Space Bob uses Unity's Physx engine created by Nvidia. Even a power house like Nvidia can't create a physics engine that is 100% accurate and glitch free. Due to this, under extremely rare situations, things can go wrong and Bob can find himself stuck in a wall or falling out of his lander. Thankfully, these situations are so rare that most players will never experience them but they can happen.
Build 1.013 includes new tests that either automatically fix these situations or allow the player to resolve them when they happen.

Reduced the friction in the main ship to allow Bob to walk up slopes properly again.
The game now continually tests if Bob has become trapped inside another object.

When this happens a message will be shown to the player allowing the option to reset Bob's position back to the refinery ship. Resetting Bob's position is not currently automated to ensure that it doesn't happen at the wrong times.
When Bob is considered to be potentially trapped he will no longer take damage. This prevents death in these situations.
Under some extremely rare circumstances Bob could fall out of his lander. The game now detects when this happens and automatically puts him back inside. The player will be unlikely to notice that this even happened.
Build 1.012 Changelog

Fixed a bug in the tutorial that would allow Bob to grab the grapple gun before he was meant to. This would allow skipping an important part of the tutorial.
Increased the friction on all surface in the main refinery ship. Bob will no longer slide around so much in there. This also makes stepping on to his repair platform much easier.
Increased the friction on the conveyor belt and also added a little bounce to it.
Added missing friction to the tutorial planet surface to match recent changes to friction on rocky planet surfaces.
Added missing friction to the tutorial planet metal surfaces.
Build 1.011 Changelog
Fixed a bug that made the Mega Power Cube, found on the second defense station, unresponsive in future games if the player had previously installed it into their ship and then died before reaching the jump-gate.
Build 1.01 Changelog
Fixed the possibility of duplicate planets spawning or systems generating with less than 4 power cubes. (Tested on 10,000 systems once solved to be sure this time)
Fixed a bug that allowed navigating back to the main menu with a controller while viewing the game mode select screen.
Reduced the size of one of the rare Archic equipment spawns that was a tiny bit too large to fit through some doors.
Changed the collision detection type on Bob to be more robust.
Fixed a spawn on one planet that could potentially cause a triangle key to spawn inside an upgrade dispenser machine.
Fixed a bug that could allow air geysers to spawn procedurally on metal planks suspended in the air on a couple of planets.
Bob's gun aiming laser transparency reduced making it more visible. Requested by Steam user Misery.
1.0 Launch report
First, I must thank everyone who jumped on board and bought the game over the last couple of weeks, streamed it on Twitch, made videos, or helped to share news about the game's release. I've met some amazing people and love you all for your help and support.
Space Bob's launch helped us to break through the 1000 player barrier which is awesome but we still have a long way to go to cover the game's 2.5 year development time and costs.
Unfortunately, Steam has changed dramatically since the launch of my last game which caused me to significantly underestimate the level of exposure that Steam would bring to Space Bob's release. Now that Steam releases 70+ games a day they simply don't have the same amount of front page space to offer each new game like they did for my last game. We live and learn.
This created a much lower level of views, to Bob's store page, than were expected and in turn much lower sales. So, instead of being able to immediately jump in to post release content as planned I'm left with no choice but to spend the foreseeable future working to find new ways to let the gaming community as a whole know that this great little-big game even exists.
The good news is that Space Bob generates amazing feedback wherever it's shown but clearly times have changed and I underestimated how much time I needed to spend spreading news about the game prior to release. Instead I'm going to have to do much more of that now and it's going to take up a great deal of my time. I'd much rather spend that time on creating new content for all of you but I don't have much choice if I want to keep my head above water.
I'm not looking to get rich here. As long as we can reach the level of sales to keep my bills paid and food on the table I will be a happy chap, but if I were to put all my attention into development alone this is unlikely to happen.
So apologies to anyone hoping for new features and content to appear in the next month or two. I don't know how long it's going to take but I need to focus a great deal of my time on fixing the unexpected lack of exposure we've received first. If we get a lucky break, it could all change in a couple of days, but it would be foolish to plan for that.
With that said, bug fixes will always take priority over everything else. If you run into any problems be sure to report them and they will be resolved ASAP.
Please bear with me while I work on spreading the news about Space Bob's release and any help you can give towards bringing it to the attention of content creators, or simply sharing it with friends and on social media, is massively appreciated.
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28 Sep 2018Developer post
Space Bob leaves Early Access
It's time! It's been 6 months since Space Bob entered early access, 18 months since the free open alpha became available for download, and 2.5 years since development first began, but Space Bob has now gone gold and left early access today. It's been a fantastic journey and I've
11 Sep 2018Developer post
Main Update 9 - Now Live
Space Bob's journey through early access has been incredibly useful in helping to smooth off the rough edges and the full 1.0 release is now just around the corner. This update includes the final balance tweaks and changes before that happens along with a couple of cool new featu
Space Bob's journey through early access has been incredibly useful in helping to smooth off the rough edges and the full 1.0 release is now just around the corner. This update includes the final balance tweaks and changes before that happens along with a couple of cool new features: hazardous weather and procedural grass.
Don't expect to find hazardous weather on every planet, or even most planets, as this would soon become more annoying than fun. Instead you'll run into the non-hazardous hail and rain far more often than the new hazardous heavy hail and acid rain. You'll be able to spot the differences easily though. Heavy hail is much bigger and acid rain is not only green but also fizzes into puffs of smoke as it hits the ground (see the GIF above). Needless to say, don't spend too much time in those conditions and get Bob underground quickly.
There was also a significant update to the score multiplier system in this update. The starting multiplier has been increased to encourage playing at higher difficulties by offering much higher scores for doing so. If you are looking to climb the leader-boards you'd be wise to increase the difficulty especially if you are an experienced player.
Build 0.99 Changelog

Hazardous weather added - Acid rain and heavy hail.
Procedural grass added to appropriate planets - (Every blade of grass is an individual polygon)
Camera shake added to explosions and various other game events.
The game now has a new logo.
The Start Menu has been redesigned to include and suit the new logo
The Start Menu now has a new button - Tips (a quick overview for new players)
Replicon expansion speed increased slightly. They now appear a little sooner after starting a game.
Act 3 Power Cube cave cable damage reduced by 33%
Increased the volume on the pistol select audio effect.
The first planet that the player sees on their very first game is now always the same to ensure a consistent first impression and experience.
Slight visual improvements to the pistol and plasma gun impact effects.
The starting score multipliers for higher difficulties have been increased. (Eg. The highest difficulty setting @300% damage now rewards a 8x starting multiplier).
Rocket Pistol crafting recipe altered to require nanotechnology
Tier 3 Jetpack thruster crafting recipe altered to require nanotechnology
Drop rates for nanotechnology altered (The main sources are now high level Replicons, MegaCube casing pieces, and some random archic loot items)
Savannah worm spawn frequency increased significantly.
Various UI cosmetic tweaks and changes
A non-family friendly word removed from one of Dave's messages.
Fixed a bug that would continually reset the permanent fuel optimisation bonus stat when launching the game.
Fixed a bug in the tutorial where under rare circumstances the sleepy sequence could start when Bob wasn't properly docked in his lander
Fixed a bug that would play the 'score updating' audio ping once per second during the 'View System Map' sequence of the tutorial until the player's score becomes visible once the tutorial was completed.
Fixed a bug that could sometimes cause Bob's jetpack thrust effect to remain active while inside his lander.
Note: If you were previously playing on a very low-end system and you find that the new procedural grass is causing any performance problems, please leave a reply. An option to turn it off can be implemented if necessary.
A brand new trailer was also released today here on Steam along with new screenshots and the new logo branding images that appear in the various places throughout Steam.
If you have some time for gaming over the next couple of weeks give this build a spin. If you run into any issues please leave a reply so that they can be fixed before we go live with the 1.0 build on the 28th Sept. Thanks and as always and have fun. We're nearly there!
NB: Additional hotfix patch notes for this update can be found here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/780390/discussions/0/1733213724895685424/
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28 Aug 2018Developer post
Release Date Announcement
I'm excited to announce that Space Bob vs. The Replicons will be leaving Early Access on September 28th. Space Bob originally launched into Early Access in February 2018 with all of the major gameplay mechanics and story-line content already in place but Early Access offered a fa
23 Jul 2018Developer post
Main Update 8 : Linux & Mac Support + More
(Edit: Build 1.01 is live and addresses a few bugs found over the launch weekend. The changelog can be found HERE ) Linux and Mac support became the primary focus of this update cycle but there's still plenty of tweaks and updates for everyone here. A huge shout out must go to th
(Edit: Build 1.01 is live and addresses a few bugs found over the launch weekend. The changelog can be found HERE)
Linux and Mac support became the primary focus of this update cycle but there's still plenty of tweaks and updates for everyone here.
A huge shout out must go to the redditors from r/linux_gaming and r/macgaming who volunteered to help out and especially to those who sent in their compatibility and bug reports. The Mac port worked flawlessly first time and although we had a few hiccups on Linux we were able to get them resolved and everything is now ship shape and looking great.
Space Bob is now available on 64bit PC, Mac and Linux systems with this build!
Build 0.85 Changelog
During the implementation of Mac and Linux support a number of small hotfix builds went live that also included a handful of other gameplay tweaks. Changes in those smaller updates are included here.

Linux and Mac support added.
New Antialiasing option added.
FXAA is now an additional option. This is not as effective as any of the regular 2x, 4x, 8x options which use the far superior MSAA. However, MSAA is hardware dependent and is not supported by many integrated graphics chips. If the MSAA options fail to work the inferior (but far better than nothing) FXAA option is now available.
You can now write personal notes for each planet on the system map.
Please be aware that the contents of planets are procedurally generated so these notes are not planet specific but planet 'type' specific.
If you have two planets in a system that use the same base planet 'type' they will share the same notes.
These notes are persistent between games whether you live or die.
Significant update to the on-screen scoring UI.

New animations and sound effects have been added as the player's score increases.
Higher score increases result in larger more impressive score animations and sound effects.
Substantial rework of the Bonus Upgrades systems:

The chance for Archic Upgrade Dispensers to spawn on small planets and asteroids has been increased by 20%
The effect of 'temporary' upgrades has been increased significantly to make them far more useful immediately.
Due to the increased effect of temporary upgrades the dispensers now have a 50/50 chance to spawn temporary or permanent upgrades. (Previously 75% chance to be permanent)
These upgrades are now all shown in the UI as percentage based increases. Some previously used abitrary numbers that only made sense to the most experienced players.
Permanent upgrades are now saved immediately upon activation to prevent being lost if Bob died soon after unlocking them.
The Statistics Panel in Bob's main ship has been completely redesigned.
The data now includes a breakdown of temporary, permanent, and total values for each statistic type. The panel now includes icons for all craftable upgrades that start greyed out but activate as upgrades are crafted or discovered via Archic upgrade dispenser machines. This allows the player to view their upgrade progression in one place.

Spider drop pod loot piece salvage materials altered.
Destroying the lander during the tutorial now triggers the tutorial fail state.
Carbon plant spawn rates increased on many planets and biomes.
Crystals and illmenite have been graphically updated with highlights and shadows to match the other recent visual updates.
Fixed a bug with the 'Max Framerate' setting on the Video panel not working on many machines.
The 'N/A' option has also been renamed to 'Max' to be more intuitive.
Using the mouse to drag the camera in 'Scan' mode is now consistent across all framerates.
Fixed an issue that caused the low clouds to appear infront of trees on one planet.
Fixed a bug that could allow the player to see the edge of the game world when first entering Scan Mode.
Fixed a typo on the Leaderboards UI panel.
Fixed a glitch that happened if Bob was inside his lander when saving someone that would be a spoiler to name.
The refinery laser now detects very small objects.
Small objects, that would previously fall below the height of the laser are now detected and will activate the conveyor belt.
Fixed a bug with the permanent Fuel Optimisation bonus stat.
Due to this previous bug, the permanent value for this stat will be reset to zero when loading this update for the first time.
New Audio

A new sound effect has been added whenever the player increases their score multiplier.
A new sound effect has been added when the UI displays the results of using a Bonus Upgrade Dispenser.
New sound effects have been added when changing guns.
The on screen multiplier update effect now triggers whenever the player increases their score multiplier via increasing their salvage score by a multiple of 100,000 points.
The System map activation button trigger has been tweaked.
When moving close to the system map on/off button, Bob empties his hand and points his finger at the button automatically. This also causes him to detach any grapples attached to his grapple gun. This can be frustrating while trying to drag grappled objects passed the system map screen. The size of the trigger that causes Bob to point his finger has been reduced and lowered. It's now much easier to jump or jetpack over the button to prevent Bob from pointing at it.
Development Roadmap - Leaving Early Access Soon
There's still 2-3 weeks left in the development schedule for final tweaks and updates, but this update brings us extremely close to what will be the 1.0 build. We're expecting Space Bob to leave early access near the end of September.
The remaining time is scheduled for behind the scenes stuff like updating the Steam page, updating screenshots, creating new trailer/s, new gifs and marketing. It's expected that the next 2-3 weeks at least will be spent on this type of preparation work with any final game updates coming closer to the 1.0 release.
Once the hubbub of the official release is out of the way I'll get back to full-time content development. My goal was always to support Space Bob with new content for at least six months after release and hopefully far longer if I'm finacially able to do so.
Please let me know if you run into any issue with this build, and remind me if you think I've forgotten a previously reported issue, and as always thanks for your continued support and kind words. We're nearly there folks.
Paul.
Original post
06 Jul 2018Developer post
Main Update 7 - Now Live
Let's turn a few recent frowns into smiles. Main Update 7 brings many difficulty tweaks to the standard game, player controlled difficulty settings, 9 new planets, and a host of other tweaks and changes. If you've written a review discussing the game's difficulty please take the
Let's turn a few recent frowns into smiles.
Main Update 7 brings many difficulty tweaks to the standard game, player controlled difficulty settings, 9 new planets, and a host of other tweaks and changes.
If you've written a review discussing the game's difficulty please take the time to update it after trying out these changes. Let's get that review rating back over 90%.
Here's the TLDR changelog. A full explanation or the new systems and the reasoning behind them, can be found below.
Main Update 7 (Build 0.84) Changelog.
9 new planets added.
Difficulty sliders added
Collision damage reduced by 30%
Additional collision damage reduction with refinery ship, planet surfaces, stalegmites, crystals and illmenite.
Per frame damage cap added to particle based damage to help reduce one-shot deaths.
Boss 2 laser damage reduced by 20%
Act 3 power-cube cave cable damage reduced by 33%
Jetpack thrust power increased to lift more.
Replicon expansion speed increased
Upgrade descriptions updated to be more informative.
Damage ring threshold added to show only significant damage.
Time between non-critical Dave messages increased by 50%
Bubble plant lifting power increased by 60%
The 'Play Now' button now reads 'Continue' after exiting via the jump-gate
Bob can now slide down steeper slopes without taking damage.
Fixed a bug that caused a power-cube cave to be not have a fog-of-war and no jetpack disabling effects.
Fixed a bug with archic resource balls giving 2000 micro-electronics rather than fuel or energy. (Leaderboards scores using this bug will be removed)
Added a failsafe to prevent a crafting bug exploit.
Fixed the cave entrance on one planet that could cause the lander to get stuck.
Patch Notes Full Information and Reasoning

Difficulty Sliders Added
Space Bob's design philosophy was always to keep things simple and clean and so difficulty options were resisted up until this patch. In hindsight, the benefits of offering the player the choice to change difficulty outweigh the desire to keep things simple. I think the chosen implementation is super clean and intuitive to use while also adding more strategy and depth to the end-game. On the game select screen, each game mode start button now has a slider below it which allows the player to alter the difficulty of the game. The slider for each game mode has 6 settings. 50%, 100%, 150%, 200%, 250% and 300% incoming damage. At 50% damage, the score multiplier system is disabled. This mode is great for practicing the game but not good for setting highscores. For each additional 50% damage over the base 100% damage, the score multiplier will increase by 1. So for example at 200% damage you will start the game with a x3 score multiplier. A similar difficulty system was used in my previous game NeonXSZ and allows players to tune the challenge to suit their current mood or taste while offering tangible rewards for players who want to challenge themselves. Incidentally, playing at 150% incoming damage in this update should feel similar to the damage levels in the last main update. Playing now at 200-250% incoming damage is closer to how damage felt in the original version of the game when it first released to early access.
Collision damage reduced by 30%
This was first reduced by 50% (many patches ago) then tweaked back to only be a 30% reduction (a couple of patches ago), and now it's back to the 50% damage reduction. This is the equivalent of a 30% damage reduction over Main Update 6. This reduction was first applied in the hotfix earlier this week.
Collison based damage with certain biome type environments reduced.
Desert, grass and savannah surface collisions have been reduced by 50%. Bumping into the walls and ceilings of planets that are supposedly covered in softer surfaces like grass, moss and sand should not do the same level of damage as bumping into the walls of rocky planets or hard metal surfaces. This helps to ease down the difficulty in a more interesting way than a universal damage reduction.
Collision damage with stalegmites, crystals, and illmenite reduced by 35%
The various stalegmites, crystals and illmenite each have different collision damage values based on their type. They have all been reduced by 35%. It's meant to hurt more bumping into these than many other objects because they are considered sharp, but the damage was a little too high in hindsight. It's still not advisable to attach these objects so close to Bob or his lander that they constantly bump into and damage him though. That's just common sense and this type of damage is very easy to avoid.
Per frame damage cap added to particle based damage
Running into the seed of a pink lancher plant causes the seed to explode and this used to be instant death. This was always intentional but although they are super easy to avoid it seemed unfair to insta-kill an inexperienced player with full shields. Dave warns the player about the dangers of things like these plants but some players feel that listening to Dave is a waste of their time. The new maximum damage possible from particles in a single frame now prevents this type of insta-kill unless the player's health is already below 50%.
Boss 2 laser damage reduced by 20%
It was previously possible to defeat this boss without taking any damage at all.
It was previously possible to defeat this boss by upgrading to titanium armor and letting the laser hit you if you were quick.
It was previously possible to defeat this boss relatively easily with the carbon armor upgrade.
The 20% reduction in laser damage should allow less experienced players to defeat this boss more easily.
Act 3 Power Cube caves electric cable damage reduced by 33%
Contrary to a certain review it is possible to navigate past these cables without taking any damage at all. You need to learn to 'throw' Bob by grappling the ceiling, shrinking his grapple line to launch him into the air, and release the grapple so that he flies through the air at a speed that is faster than normally possible. They are also meant to be hard and require practice before they become easy. However, the cost of making a mistake and landing on the cables was a little too severe so the damage from the cables has been reduced by 33%.
Damage from collisions with the refinery ship walls reduced.
This was already so minimal that Bob would need to bash his head into a wall 100 times in a row to kill himself, yet we still had a negative review complain that this was ridiculous damage and that flying around inside the refinery ship was somehow an unnecessary challenge because of this. To ease this terrible situation Bob can now bash his head into the walls of his refinery ship 200 times before he kills himself. (Seriously people, if you are going to complain and write negative reviews, ease up on the exaggerations otherwise it's hard to take any of your points seriously).
Bob's jetpack thrust power increased.
The game is all about solving the logistics of lifting loot out of caves so making this too easy would be a problem. I've recently been wanting to increase the speed of loot extraction and this is a great way to do it without making any dramatic changes that could spoil the challenge.

Default jetpack power increased from 475 to 575. (Previously this was enough power to lift 2 crystals. It now allows lifting of 3).
Enhanced jetpack power increased from 575 to 675. (Previously enough to lift 3 crystals. Can now lift 4).
Advanced jetpack power increased from 675 to 775. (Previously enough to lift 4 crystals. Can now lift 5).
NB: Bob's lander has 3500 basic thrust power so if your jetpack isn't strong enough try to figure out how to get your lander closer to the loot you want to lift. If that's not possible then you'll need to winch heavy loot which has infinite lift power. It's all part of the challenge of the game. Winching is slow but always effective. It's not always worth doing it but that's something that comes from experience.
Bob can now slide down steeper slopes without taking damage.
A recent negative review made many highly exaggerated claims like "slightly slanted surfaces did damage to me". This is simply not true. Bob could happily walk up and down slopes at angles up to around 60 degrees off horizontal without taking damage. However, HIGHLY slanted slopes could still do damage to Bob. This is because as he slides down these highly slanted slopes his jetpack can drag against the slope/floor behind him and cause damage. This is intended. This tweak increases this angle closer to 75 degrees off vertical. This causes the jetpack to clip through the walls but makes this intentional damage less common.
Replicon expansion speed increased.
This may seem like a strange one considering this patch is all about making things easier but a recent negative review complained that "Just starting you barely see them ". The player needs time to grab a few resources before the Replicons attack, so the fact that you barely see them at the start is intentional. In the past we had many complaints that Replicons expanded over the game world too quickly so it was slowed down. Now we have a complaint that it's too slow. This tweak puts the expansion speed somewhere in the middle. It's impossible to please everyone but hopefully this finds a happy medium.
Upgrade descriptions updated to be more informative.
The descriptions for the armor upgrades have been altered to stress the strength of these upgrades. Rather than being vague they now state that each upgrade doubles the players defenses/protection.
Red Damage Ring Thresholds altered.
When taking damage, a red damage ring appears at the point of damage. This varies in size based on the amount of damage taken. Previously this would show even minimal levels of damage and I felt this was creating frustration for the player where it was not needed. Taking 0.1 points of damage from 100 points of shield is not worth creating a damage ring for and it's unlikely that the player would notice that they took such minimal damage. They would see a damage ring and become frustrated. This change ensures that if the player sees a damage ring it is due to noteworthy damage being taken.
Extended the time between non-essential Dave messages to 6 minutes from 4 minutes.
Essential messages are considered time dependent or situation dependent. Non essential messages are general small talk etc.
The 'PLAY NOW' button on the main menu now changes to read 'CONTINUE' whenever the player escapes through the jump gate.
This is to make certain that new players understand that reaching the jump gate is not the end of the game but only the end of the first act of the story.
No changes to Bob's momentum or fuel usage in the air.
A recent negative review stated " the character physics were slow..." and "...the character has too much momentum" Too fast and too slow at the same time? I'm struggling to work out how to resolve that issue for you. The same review also claimed that Bob always used fuel while in the air which is also completely untrue. If you want to alter or maintain your momentum in the air or change direction then that requires the jetpack and therefore uses fuel. The jetpack has both horizontal and vertical thrusters. releasing the controls and simply falling uses no fuel. No change required.
Final Thoughts
I hope these tweaks resolve the difficulty related issues a few of you have with the game because if I make it any easier you'll be able to play it with your feet. I'm kidding of course but the game does need to retain a certain level of challenge and difficulty for it to be rewarding and worth playing.
If it can't kill experienced players occassionally then it's too easy. If less experienced players quit out of frustration then it's too hard. Finding the balance is always going to be tricky but hopefully the new difficulty sliders will resolve this for everyone.
A recent negative review simply said that permadeath ruined the game. As permadeath is expected in rogue-lites I can't fix that without 100 others complaining but I'm hoping the reduction in overall difficulty makes the permadeath less common and less frustrating so that it's no longer an issue for you.
Have fun, let me know if you run into any problems, and please share your thoughts on these changes.
Next up: Linux and Mac support. (If you are interested in helping out with this let me know. I'll be putting together a group of testers for this over the next few weeks)
Edit: Build 0.8401 contains a tiny extra fix for one of the exploit fixes in the main update.
Original post
30 Jun 2018Developer post
Achievements and Leaderboards are new!
Update 0.8311 is now live. It contains only a new warning on the leaderboard and achievement panels to stress that the results only represent a tiny percentage of the game's user base. Only 1% of players have replayed the game since the last update so only 1% of players have comp
29 Jun 2018Developer post
Space Bob needs your help!
I would have prefered to not need to create this announcement but Space Bob needs your help. A wave of negative reviews have suddenly appeared and although they complain about many different things they essentially all say the same thing in various ways: The game is too hard. Thi

Updates & announcements

Introduction:

Main Update 15 - Weapons & War Overview:

Weapon Overhaul

Combat Overhaul

Quality of Life Improvements:

Miscellaneous Improvements:

Bug Fixes:

Final Notes:

Introduction

Patch 1.443 - New Features & QOL improvements.

Build 1.434 Patch notes:

Build 1.432 Patch notes:

A PERSONAL UPDATE

I'm back!

SO WHY A NEW UPDATE NOW?

WHAT'S NEW in build 1.43?

NEW FEATURES

New In-Game Speedrunning Overlay and Leaderboards

Upgrade machines can now spawn as Epic(10% chance) or Legendary(5% chance)

BRAND NEW GAME GUIDE:

Speedrun Changes:

The new Reset button:

Rask damage has been more than halved:

This build is a release candidate:

Survival Mode Highlights:

Return of the Life Saving Teleporter:

Crafting Remix:

Dynamic Difficulty:

Respawning Resources:

Realtime Leaderboards:

Craftable Lander, Grapple Cycling, and much more....

Main Update 13 - Build 1.3 - Full Changelog:

Survival Mode - Features and Changes:

New Features for both game modes:

Craftable Lander

New Grapple Selection Options:

Updated Scoring System:

Miscellaneous Improvements:

Improvements and Tweaks for both game modes:

Replicon Tweaks:

Quality of Life Improvements:

Miscellaneous Improvements:

Miscellaneous Tweaks:

Miscellaneous Bug Fixes:

Build 1.31 Patch Notes:

Overview

Twin Stick Controls - Behind the back aiming

Updated Skid Physics

Build 1.2 Changelog

New Features

Tweaks and Changes:

1.2 Bug Fixes:

Coming in Main Update 13

Build 1.201 Patch (15th Jan 2018)

100% Unique Planets coming in MU12

New Atmospheric Effects

Twin Stick Control System

Bob's new boots

Survial Mode - Interested?

Build 1.101 Changelog:

Development Update:

Build 1.02 Changelog

Build 1.021 Changelog

Build 1.022 Changelog

Builds 1.014 & 1.015 & 1.016

Main Update 10: Full Changelog

Build 1.013 Changelog:

Build 1.012 Changelog

Build 1.011 Changelog

Build 1.01 Changelog

1.0 Launch report

Edit 3:

Edit 4:

Build 0.99 Changelog

So what's next?

Build 0.85 Changelog

Development Roadmap - Leaving Early Access Soon

Let's turn a few recent frowns into smiles.

Main Update 7 (Build 0.84) Changelog.