Hey everyone!
Development on Shapez 2 is moving forward, and today we're excited to share a little progress update on what the team has been working on. Bear in mind, that this is a work in progress, and nothing below has been released yet. While we have some huge changes planned for the next Update, we can't spoil those yet, however, there are a few other improvements we already wanted to show you. Let’s dive in!
News
QA Hiring status
We are happy to announce that we have expanded our Quality Assurance / Game Testing with a new team member to help us out with processing all your feedback and getting that feedback into the game.
This process is still ongoing and still faces a bit of a delay, so please bear with us when reporting a bug or giving us feedback in the Steam forums.
Devlog 029 – Progress Update
Balancing
- The tutorial has been completely reworked to be much shorter, getting new players into the action faster while learning all essential mechanics without unnecessary complexity.
Quality of Life & UI Improvements
- Shape Previews now indicate immediately whether a shape is correct if delivered to the Vortex.
- Operator Level goals are now displayed in the top bar of the main UI.
- Players can now claim their Operator Badge during the tutorial, which will also be displayed in the main menu.
- Added a small animation when unlocking research, making progress feel more rewarding.
- The ‘Continue’ button now displays the name of the current savegame, making it easier to keep track of your progress.
- A changelog button has also been added to the main menu, making it easy to check the latest updates.
- Added ‘Zoom to Cursor’ feature, which allows you to zoom in exactly where your cursor is pointing. This setting will be disabled by default and can be enabled in the options menu.
- Added the ability to filter shapes on the map, allowing players to search and highlight specific shape asteroids, making it easier to locate required resources.
- Map markers will now move immediately when clicking ‘Move’, preventing confusion when relocating markers.
- Added wire tooltip to show the current signal when hovering your mouse over any wire.
- Added a hotkey (TAB) to quickly toggle wire buttons under the cursor, making wiring adjustments more convenient.
- Improved Fluid Launcher display, to communicate throughput limitations better.
- Added new images to the Cutter, Stacker, and Swapper panels to clearly display their throughput limits.
- Updated player level ranking statistics based on the latest data.
Visual & Graphical Improvements
- Added a new shader for wire transmitters, giving them a sleek new look.
- Blockers have been added to locked vortex inputs, ensuring clearer interactions.
- The conflict indicators for belts and pipes have been updated to make them more intuitive.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed global transmitter/receiver not displaying uncolored channels properly.
- Fixed belt lift tutorial sometimes appearing too late, causing frustration.
- Fixed blueprint folders allowing invalid Windows names like "CON" and "NUL".
- Fixed compass shape not updating when changing color mode.
- Fixed map markers turning gray when changing color mode.
- Fixed colorblind patterns missing from shape resource visualization.
- Fixed belt & pipe stand alignment issues—they should now be symmetrical.
- Fixed multiple simulation-related issues for improved stability.
- Fixed ‘Jump to Vortex’ not jumping to the actual center.
- Fixed shape resource previews disabling at large distances from the vortex.
- Fixed white fluid asteroids appearing gray.
- Fixed unlock notifications not displaying tasks/upgrades correctly.
- Fixed misleading wording in milestone unlock notifications.
- Fixed train upgrades not appearing correctly in the tutorial.
What’s Next?
As always, your feedback is crucial in shaping the game’s future! We can’t wait to hear your thoughts on these changes and see the incredible factories you build.
Stay tuned for more updates, and happy building!
~ Tobias & the shapez 2 Team
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