Hey everyone, happy 6 month anniversary for StarVaders! We released exactly half a year ago, and things have been looking great!
The highlight of the next update will surely be the two new pilots, so let's tease them a bit:
Introducing... Min!
Min is a new Gunner pilot, with a mechanic based on Quarks:
Whenever a Quark enters your hand, immediately purge it, draw 1 card, and randomly launch an Auto-Bomb near invaders.
Min's starter artifact is the Omega Gate, which gives you a Quark whenever you burn a card!
Being a chaotic little gremlin, Min loves card draw and generating Quarks to decimate the grid. There's a whole bunch of fun synergies and toys that come with Min's gameplay style, but it is always chaotic and bombastic!
Min is inspired by the mechanics of one of my favorite characters in roguelike deckbuilding - check out Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend, a fun twist on the genre!
After finishing her fundraiser, Min is now travelling across the cosmos to find her brother who got lost in space and time...
Introducing... Max!?
Max is a new Stinger pilot. His signature artifact is the Rez-Drive:
While you are Shocked, your Attack cards consume the Shock to get +1 Repeat.
Self-Shock is a stance mechanic, buffing your next attack. Max slips around the grid, shocking himself and slashing invaders in a very tactical and precise gameplay style.
Max is our take on the classic "stance" type character design like the Watcher in STS.
Max has been busy... working on a technology that has unexpectedly become a danger to all the timelines...
...The Ultimate Ending
Following the unexpected consequences of his experiments across space time, Max's inventions have merged with the Overseer. Follow Min's new quest to defeat an even more unfair final boss!
I am so sorry.
...And More...
Along with more bug fixes and achievements, this update will include two new packs as well!
The Holiday Pack focuses on trait-synergy, giving cards new traits and synergies with multi-trait cards.
The Temporal Pack plays with Chrono Tokens! Manipulate time to your advantage in this final pack.
What Comes After?
After this 2.0 update, we currently don't have any further plans for StarVaders content, so it may very well be the final major update. Although there's no more content planned, we're still commited to fixing bugs, helping with mod-support, as well as potentially porting to consoles and/or mobile.
But never say never! There is also always a chance that I randomly get inspired to make new StarVaders content, but I am currently out of gas and am pouring most of my brain into our next projects.
We actually currently have two upcoming projects:
A "mini-game" coming early next year.
A "dream game" that will take many more years to come.
I am certain this mini-game will be very exciting for fans of the StarVaders universe... Stay tuned, more news coming soon!
- Axolotl, of the Pengonauts