Welcome pilots!
We've spent the week hotfixing some issues and adding a few bits and bobs to make the game nicer over the Christmas break. Read on! (full the full post including screenshots and gifs, hit up the official blog here)
NEW FEATURES:
New Enemy - the Scavenger!
- This wee chap runs away from the player, but risks its life to grab any and all resource drops it can spot. It's quite a tough wee guy too, but if you find one that's been going for a while, when it dies you'll get quite the haul.
Dynamic Camera!
- It might not sound like much, but we've changed up the camera an awful lot. The default resting position is a lot closer to your ship so you can admire you newly won skins better.
- It also zooms more as you move, pans to allow you to see in the direction you're facing and of course when you get near an enemy it makes sure to keep a sensible and fun distance until combat is concluded. We think this has added so much more dynamism to the game, we'd love to know what you think.
Rewards!
- Now, when you capture territory or complete a mission, you'll be rewarded with a big drop of resources. If more than one player is there when the capture happens, it doubles up - pinata madness! Just make sure you grab your fair share of the loot.
FIXES/UPGRADES:
New model & skin for Enemy Fighter!
- We couldn't leave all those bad guys in there with placeholder graphics. Behold the first of many improvements across the board for our existing enemies.
Hot Bullets!
- We've overhauled the bullets fired by players and enemies alike, so they now sear through space with a bit of help from the emissive texture channel. Basically they pop against the world a lot more making them easier to see in big battles, but also we can double down on communicating the weapon's Elemental setup; this one is a Mass weapon, which explains the blue colouring, and will perform brilliantly against its opposite.
Menus!
- Various fixes including popups blocking during a Loot Crate opening ceremony, and weird hotspots for Le Bug and Dragonfly ships.
There's a few more smaller bits and bobs that are way less interesting, but we'd love to hear what you think!
See you in the fight, pilot!