Hey everyone, it’s time for another update!
But before that, I would like to show you our new updated Early Access trailer. Exoplanet is in Early Access for a year, and we managed to significantly improve the game thanks to your help and honest feedback. Of course, there's still a lot of work to do but the game is evolving. And we would like to thank you guys for being with us, we wouldn't make it without your support.
The new trailer is a gameplay trailer. We couldn't achieve a decent result with the old one due to the lack of optimization, lack of time and, most important, lack of content back there. Hell, there was some footage from the old Kickstarter demo! Anyway, thanks to the really good editing, we managed to get you into the game. And we hope the new trailer will help us to find more beautiful players around the globe who really care about the old-fashioned exploring action RPGs.
Don't forget to like the video on YouTube and share it with friends if you like it. And, of course, let us know what you think:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCczGczDD_o
UPDATE
This is a maintenance update, where there are more changes under the hood than on the surface. We’ve solved some of the internal problems that were a major obstacle to really cool features that are coming soon! In the meantime, we hope that you’ll enjoy playing this update!
CHANGE LOG:
WORLD
- Detailed some unaccessible areas of Windscream Canyon in preparation for future updates
- Improved lighting in caverns
- Added bitebug blood decal
- Many minor fixes and improvements
VISUALS
- Added more models for food when eating
- Improved blood particles
- Added rotten meat texture
GAMEPLAY
- When aiming with a ranged weapon the camera returns to the default height (shoulder level)
- Increased the amount of antigravium gained via mining to be closer to former levels
QUESTS
- Better models for Jack’s clothes in the quest for retrieving his attire
NPCs
- Added lots of new talking animations for humans
- Added dialogues for several NPCs
AI
- Improved bitebug idle walking behavior
- Improved the way hostile entities react to characters engaged in dialog or trade
UI
- Added a button to show crafting components instead of right click
- Attribute-boosting buttons are highlighted for the first level up
- Reduced item pickup notification spam
- Improved font rendering for 2k and higher resolutions
FIXES
- Jack should no longer loop the chosen animation for his line endlessly
KNOWN ISSUES
- Some players still can experience crashes on random areas
- Sometimes the game can crash if you click mouse keyboard buttons during loading
IMPORTANT
If you have BitDefender antivirus and can't launch the game, please, unblock Exoplanet's .exe. He's not very friendly with our game at the moment but we are working on it.
A few players also can expect crashes every 5 minutes. We believe we know why but if you are experiencing this bug or any other major problem, please let us know via our Discord channel. We will try to fix everything as soon as possible, and I hope we'll manage to release a hotfix before the New Year. Sorry for inconvenience and thanks for understanding.
You can also report about bugs on technical support forum or send us your log to [email protected] with description of the problem and your PC specs.
You can find your .log file here: Documents\Alersteam\Exoplanet First Contact\system.log
Also, if you have any other questions or need help (game crashes / freezes / can't launch), feel free to add me (@bijou) and I will try to help you.
As usual, we recommend to start a new game.
NEW YEAR'S MAGIC
Steam Winter Sale is a good chance to get some players on board. That's why Exoplanet is on sale with 30% discount.
But we desperately need at least 10 reviews to get the RECENT REVIEWS section. It is very important to show potential players that Exoplanet is evolving with every update and this is not the same bare-bones game as it was on the release.
So if you do like our game but didn't leave an honest review with your feedback, please do. That would be an awesome New Year gift for us (and it is also anniversary!) Thank you very much.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/531660/Exoplanet_First_Contact/