Here's the list of changes in Angeldust v3.0:
We're 3D now boys and girls!
A beautiful, new 3D visual style is now the default on desktop platforms after lots of testing in Early Access. This new style demands a new trailer, so here's the brand new 3D Angeldust trailer on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP2th7gFdTQ
Paint me a picture
There's dozens of new screenshots everywhere, professionally localized into eight languages. Here are two great cinematic snaps. There are a load more on the Steam store page and the Angeldust website, PlayAngeldust.com:
Quests 'r' Us
Angeldust now features daily quests. Each day you can hunt a specific creature to receive a reward and increase your rank on the all-new quest completion leaderboard. On first sign in, you'll get a new hint:
You can always view your current quest on the world map, accessible from the telecharger and using the 'M'-key:
Competition for the top spot on the quest leaderboard is currently very fierce, so try your best to complete your quest every day if you aim to be number one!
Sgt. Petter's Lonely Hearts Clu—whatever!
Bad puns aside, you can now have your very own pets in Angeldust. Each of your heroes can tame a small creature using the new 'pet snack' item that is given to players with the donator badge and up.
The pet snack will automatically show up in your inventory. Use it on a creature of your liking to tame it. Here you can see some pets and the pet snack in the hotbar (in the vibrant 'Cartoon' visual style with new artwork):
You've probably already seen the new trailer's ending shot, but for those who missed it, it features a fighter with a dog pet. Feels good man:
Winner, winner, pet snack dinner!
Want a pet? Don't want to donate? You're in luck! Frank "Firefly" Lucas, the creator of Angeldust, hosts a very special Angeldust lottery every livestream on YouTube and Twitch.
Enter your ticket to participate in the lottery and maybe you are the next player to win the all-new 'lottery winner' badge that gives you the pet snack item.
Subscribe, follow and check out:
https://youtube.com/angeldustlive
https://twitch.tv/AngeldustLive
Take your best shot!
Angeldust v3.0 introduces a PvP-leaderboard listing your Hero battle!-score. Find out how many points you got for shooting others and compare your performance with your friends! Use the sorting buttons on top of the leaderboard to access all statistics:
Buy my T-shirt, please!
Yup. Y'all asked for it. We now sell official Angeldust merchandise. Mugs, shirts, posters, stickers, device cases, pillows. The only thing missing is mouse pads. Coming soon, hopefully! Check out the merchandise here:
https://www.redbubble.com/people/MetagamingBV/shop/recent
Performance matters
The entire build toolchain and underlying frameworks for Angeldust have been updated. 64-bit support is improved. Angeldust now features level-of-detail for distant game world elements and you can set your view distance to three new, "very distant" distances. Enabling scenes like these:
Not only has the maximal view distance greatly increased, it now also renders more accurately, preventing flicker even in complex scenes. Check out this beautifully layered forest shot:
Talking about rendering, there no longer are weird texture holes in distant geometry. Here's a screenshot of the problem that is now fixed:
I want the small one!
Continuing our story about rendering improvements—Android users will no longer see missing walls or floors. And performance on iOS is greatly improved. Here's a comparison shot of Android rendering with and without missing walls:
The Android build of Angeldust now also supports accessing notifications, the system menu and even switching apps. Reported crash rate is now very close to zero in practice. It's now always a good day to play Angeldust on Android. Or as Android—whatever floats your boat.
Blocks and bushes to battle boredom
There's more than a dozen new blocks, and six new bushes that you can all buy from the in-game shop to spice up your builds. Enjoy new combinations of colors and block styles:
More social
The Angeldust sign-in form now features three additional social media links, and also show your pet! Here are all social media links:
YouTube—https://www.youtube.com/AngeldustLive
Twitch—https://www.twitch.tv/AngeldustLive
Facebook—https://www.facebook.com/AngeldustLive
Instagram—https://www.instagram.com/playangeldust/
Discord—https://discord.gg/m8FekP3
Twitter—https://twitter.com/AngeldustLive
Creature-own adventure
With the addition of pets comes another slew of creature-related features. The intelligence of your horse, moa or bear has been improved so that it now follows you at a distance. Hopefully you won't ever lose your mount again!
You can now also abandon your mount or your pet from the Angeldust website, PlayAngeldust.com
Hammer Time! (I can do this all day)
The builder hero can now use his hammer to repair in-game devices to extend their lifespan. Just swing your hammer at whatever thing you want to repair and it'll be good for another lifetime:
Badger, badger, mushroom, mushroom
We now have (GM) / game master player accounts to help out new players. To make sure you are dealing with a real GM, the telecharger will now list player badges:
Privacy matters
Metagaming B.V. (Angeldust's publisher) no longer stores your e-mail address. Instead, a cryptographically secure hash value is stored and used when resetting your password. All old e-mail address information has been scrubbed from the Angeldust database.
The Angeldust website at PlayAngeldust.com has also been cleaned from any tracking code, old cruft and legacy code. It's faster and more beautiful than ever before. And it now also lists item type descriptions and hints!
Tinker toys
Are you an advanced Angeldust user or content creator? There are three new settings files you can add to your Angeldust settings folder:
- window_width.txt — enter the width (in points) for the Angeldust window
- window_height.txt — same as above, for window height
- anti_aliasing_samples.txt — set the MSAA / anti-aliasing level (2 / 4 / 8 …)
Additional changes
- 'R'-key now opens up the telecharger
- Added 'huge' third-person view distance
- Fix trees/objects sinking into panel blocks
- Improved 'The Void' / Hero battle! status message wording
- Fixed rare quick messages menu disconnection bug
- Ignore biome discoveries when in wonders / claimed land
- Fix saddle shortcut sometimes triggering a 'quick shovel' action
- Fix house demolition leaving tiny trees or garbage
- Improve appearance of recently dismounted creatures
- Fix frozen hotbar after entering The Void with second hotbar selected
- Fix hand-painted visual style flat, corroded steel metal texture
- Fix column block face visibility calculation
- Added additional in-game tips
- Make the saddle shortcut ('E'-key, top action button, saddle button) skip forward during game replay playback
- Added 'following' cinematic camera mode
- Fix V-sync not being properly initialized at start up
- Increase highest discoverable creature level
- Fix incorrect item selected after opening and closing world map
- Fix world map not showing after standing still for a longer time
- Support even more game controller models
Be social!
If you like Angeldust, please write a positive review on Steam! You can also stalk us everywhere. Thanks in advance:
- Steam reviews: http://steamcommunity.com/app/488440/positivereviews/?browsefilter=mostrecent
- Developer live stream: https://www.youtube.com/AngeldustLive
- Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/AngeldustLive
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AngeldustLive
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/playangeldust/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/AngeldustLive
- Community Discord server: https://discord.gg/m8FekP3