We’re excited to launch Drone Dash 0.3.0 to early access! This build represents a major milestone packed with new features, quality-of-life improvements, bug fixes, and tons of new content to explore. Here’s a sneak peek at some of what’s new:
🌟 Major Updates:
- New Levels Galore: Overhauled the first 6 levels with vibrant color themes and added 13+ new levels to the learn to fly campaign!
- Demo Mode: Added demo exports, config tweaks, and support.
- New Tutorials: Tutorials now include instructions on charge pads, fire rainers, and gate mechanics.
🎨 Visual & Audio Enhancements:
- Revamped Visual Theme: Overhauled the game’s visual theme to be cleaner and more refined.
- Improved Editor UI: Enhanced positioning, button layouts, and new control_node picker functionality.
- Audio Improvements: Added new music tracks, sound effects, and fixed background music transitions.
🛠️ Quality of Life Improvements:
- Preset Manager: New preset editor and manager to customize your experience.
- Editor Enhancements: Editor objects can now be locked, recently used colors persist, and tab order is saved between sessions.
- Fixes Galore: Resolved crashes, path follower bugs, drone effects, and editor glitches for smoother gameplay.
⚡ Gameplay Features:
- Interactive Elements: Introduced spikes, shocker, charge-pad single-use support, and landing pad improvements.
- Paint Tool: A new paint system to customize in-game objects.
- Drag-and-Drop Functionality: Easily drag items from the game objects panel to the level tree for quick level editing.
🌐 Cloud Sync & Steam Workshop:
- Cloud Sync: Updated paths for cloud sync and improved appdata handling.
- NOTE: This change caused us to reset your savegame data.
- Workshop Integration: Added support for sharing and exploring custom content.
We can’t wait for you to dive in, try the new levels, and share your feedback with us. Thank you for being a part of the journey as we continue to make Drone Dash a fun racing experience for all!