My beloved cat and I, on a diet of nothing but coffee (the cat drank it) and cat food (the developer ate it), have been working hard for months to bring you the next Hotloop update!
Hotloop - Steam Deck - 3 Watts - 60 FPS!
We've implemented phenomenal optimization for portable devices and improved the flexibility of graphics settings, so you can now play Hotloop on your Steam Deck with maximum power savings and the smoothest framerate for 5-6 hours straight! We hope our game becomes your faithful companion on long trips!
Improved gaming experience!
Every voice is important to us, so all 36 reviews from respected players were analyzed, and as a result, the following improvements were added to the game:
- Now the planet landing hologram will inform you if you are landing correctly
- Added the ability to zoom out camera
- Improved player ship trajectory predictor
- Module unlocks now occur more frequently
- Added a sound cue when reloading a module/missile
- Improved guided missile behavior
- Improved engines upgrade card description
- Added beautiful gas nebulas
- Added anti-aliasing setting
- Added background quality setting
- Improved module stat display and rounding
- Improved background visualization and depth
- Added a sound cue when a threat appears
- Improved visibility of player ship status panels
- Space is now less bright in the center of the screen, making the player ship easier to see
- Improved level restart dialog when running low on fuel
- Added new combat music
- The timer in the threat notification now displays more relevant data
- You can now visually see the space station hangar opening and closing
- Game balance improvements
- Added a pop-up message about resetting training progress in the settings
- Improved special effects and functionality of the "Blowfisher" module
- Fuel is now restored after a crash in the lunar training mission
We haven't forgotten about bugs either. We've fixed old ones and added new ones!
- Fixed spawning of single enemies at the end of a wave! (Even the developer was annoyed by this)
- Martian turrets no longer fire if there are no enemies! (Even my cat was annoyed by this)
- Fixed unlocking the final level "Hole"
- Fixed scrolling of the leaderboard when navigating with a gamepad
- Fixed navigation in the leaderboard depending on the selected tab
- Fixed saving and loading the positions of moving planets and satellites
- Fixed nickname input on the Steam Deck
- Fixed moon landing accept after death and respawn in the tutorial quest
And yet another thing: you can now play Hotloop on Mac!