Welcome to Next Fest! Ready to play a rotating tower defense where you can adjust turret defenses in real-time?
What's New?
Starship
- You can now pick any starship you’ve unlocked to start a new journey in "Ranger" mode.
- Starships have upgradeable items.
- Each starship has its own recycle efficiency.
Combat
- Added variety to enemy spawning patterns.
- And new enemy, of course.
What's Changed?
Balance
- Fixed an issue where certain enemy body parts shouldn’t collide with starships.
- [Nerf] Missile: reduced AOE range.
UI
- Reworked difficulty mode selections.
- Replaced the recycle button icon for better clarity.
Quality of Life
- You can now opt in or out of tutorials.
- Reduced starship rotation inertia.
- You can now dismiss upgrade/transform guidance by clicking, instead of waiting.
- Made in-game sound effect clearer (louder).
Performance
Improved resource usage for animations.
Look Back
Stellar Watch has been playable in its alpha/demo state for a year now. We’ve met incredible players and developers, both online and offline, from around the world. This helped us turn our design philosophy into practice, and we learned how to:
- Strip away as much grinding as possible and get straight to the fun parts. (Yay!)
- Maintain a minimalist style by minimizing information on screen while still providing just enough for players to make strategic decisions. (The most challenging one!)
- Introduce mechanics gradually at the right pace, avoiding overwhelming players at the start.
- Make a tower defense game playable by gamepad.
We've learned a lot, and this game is far from perfect. If you’ve ever played the demo, please share your feedback with us. We look forward to making Stellar Watch an even more exciting game for its upcoming full release.