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Changelog April 2021
April 22, 2021 by CriticalScrewUp
This is just a small update (the next one will be bigger again), but it still has a few neat things in it. The biggest is a new layout for the map screen, a few new events, and of course bug fixes. Le... Continue reading
Changelog December 2020
December 27, 2020 by CriticalScrewUp#Patch notes
Let's call this the 2020 Holiday Update (No holiday-themed content included though)! Hi there, I hope you all made it through the year reasonably well. I have added a few new things this time: A progr... Continue reading
Changelog October 2019
October 16, 2019 by CriticalScrewUp
Hey there, as announced a month ago, I finally started charging actual money for this game since I feel it has arrived at a level where this is justified and also this 1 man army has some bills to pay... Continue reading
Quick fix 0.81a
September 22, 2019 by CriticalScrewUp#Hotfix
Uploaded a quick fix for a bug that made the game go haywire on first start. I forgot to set some default settings values, my bad. I hope this will fix the problem (it should)... Continue reading
Changelog September 2019 (I'm back baby)
September 19, 2019 by CriticalScrewUp#Patch, #Update, #Devlog, #Roguelike, #Cards
Hey there, it's been a while. Took me a while to get back in the groove after falling off the wagon for a bit. But i come with with a new patch, a hand full of new cards, a full new sector with new en... Continue reading
Changelog February 2019 Week 2
February 19, 2019 by CriticalScrewUp
Another small update this week: + added 2x art for new enemies (second sector) + added 1x new cargo art + added 3 new crew + art (bossloot) + changed crit/miss indicator to include new dodge chance +... Continue reading
Changelog February 2019 Week 1
February 04, 2019 by CriticalScrewUp
After 2 month of on and off sickness, holiday stress and IRL issues to solve I'm back in the dev saddle, starting with a tiny bug fixing update this week. Sector 2 is on it's way, but it will take a w... Continue reading
Changelog December 2018 Week 2
December 13, 2018 by CriticalScrewUp
+ added 1 new visual effect + added 5 new cards + art + some refactoring + some bugfixes - a week with little progress... Continue reading
Changelog Dezember 2018 Week 1
December 03, 2018 by CriticalScrewUp
+ added 1 new event + art + added 1 new crewman + art + added 1 new card + art + cards can now modify other cards (that was harder then it sounds) + crewman abilities now have names + a hand full of b... Continue reading
Changelog November 2018 Week 4
November 26, 2018 by CriticalScrewUp
+ pimped the itch.io site + made the game publicly searchable on itch + crew (loot) now uses rarety + crew now uses a pool system (crew not picked up is gone) + improved bonus point system + added 4 n... Continue reading
Changelog November 2018 Week 3
November 22, 2018 by CriticalScrewUp
+ added 1x new enemy + art + new ability + added an easter egg kinda thing (you can shoot background asteroids/debris now, to get tiny amounts of money) + all ships now fire from their actual weapons... Continue reading
Changelog November 2018 Week 2
November 22, 2018 by CriticalScrewUp
+ Subsectors now random from pool (renewed when empty) instead of completely random + some bugfixes + added 6x card art + added 2x crew art + added 1x new enemy + art + new abilities + "AI" + some car... Continue reading
Changelog November 2018 Week 1
November 22, 2018 by CriticalScrewUp
+ Possibility to combine enemies into 1 big one (only visual, used for the new dreadnought boss) + Improved card-drawing code, hopefully no more bugs from that + New boss finished with art, "ai" and s... Continue reading
Changelog October 2018 Week 4
November 22, 2018 by CriticalScrewUp
+ Added 1x new cargo + art + Added 2x card art + Added 1x buff icon + Added 1x new player ship + art + starter deck + Added 1x new crewmen + art + Rebalanced some of the old ships + Planet clouds have... Continue reading
Changelog October 2018 Week 3
November 22, 2018 by CriticalScrewUp
+ Added 1 crew art + Added 1 card art + Working on a new boss + Working on more enemy ships - another week of slow progress because stupid real life gets in the way... Continue reading
Changelog October 2018 Week 2
November 22, 2018 by CriticalScrewUp
+ Added 1x crew art + Added 4x card art + Windows, Mac and Linux builds are all working now - only baby steps this week... Continue reading
Changelog October 2018 Week 1
November 22, 2018 by CriticalScrewUp
+ Added 1 new function cards can use + Added 1 new card + Changed 1 crewmans bonus + Using different ships (starting conditions like base energy, hp, cargo space etc.) works + Added a cool ship choose... Continue reading
Changelog September 2018 Week 4
November 22, 2018 by CriticalScrewUp
+ Refactoring step one done (including fixing all the bugs from that) + Added 1 new cargo + art + Added 1 card art + Added different starting decks (will add individual ship sprites later) + planning... Continue reading
Changelog September 2018 Week 3
November 22, 2018 by CriticalScrewUp
+ still working on some major refactoring - refactoring is screwing a lot of shit up + updated a few card arts + plan for enemies in sector 2 -> biological space monster things. - still slacking too m... Continue reading
Changelog September 2018 Week 2
November 22, 2018 by CriticalScrewUp
+ added a new card + some balancing + brainstormed for sector 2 enemies + started some bigger internal changes, that suck to do, but seem more and more necessary - another week of lots of non-gamedev... Continue reading
Changelog September 2018 Week 1
November 22, 2018 by CriticalScrewUp
+ made a new mouse cursor... wow, such progress + added 1 crewman art + added 1 new effect (just the visuals for something that was already there) + added 1 new card + buff/debuff indicators now also... Continue reading
Changelog August 2018 Week 4
November 22, 2018 by CriticalScrewUp
+ The crew list at the top can now hold more crew than fits on the screen via buttons to browse through them + Added Cargo system (basically 1-time use cards in a box you can use whenever you want, to... Continue reading
Changelog August 2018 Week 3
November 22, 2018 by CriticalScrewUp
+ Keywords can now be colored with different colors (used to show buffs and debuffs at a glance) + Added 3 new cards + Added art for 5 cards + Added 4 new crewmember + another pass at making card text... Continue reading
Changelog August 2018 Week 2
November 22, 2018 by CriticalScrewUp
+ High res upgrade to the buff/debuff icons + Reworked multiple card functions + Changed lightning attacks to now do random damage in a defined range + Added 5 new cards + Added 3 new card art + Added... Continue reading
Changelog August 2018 Week 1
November 22, 2018 by CriticalScrewUp
+ Added turn indicator + Added sector indicator (with random name generator in it) + Added 2 new enemies + Added 1 card art + Added 3 cards + Gave the first elite enemy some intelligence and new and b... Continue reading
Changelog July 2018 Week 4
November 22, 2018 by CriticalScrewUp
+ Learned some basic music theory + Made 1 Song (it's probably shit) + Added MusicManager to manage all those ONE songs - Changed the 1 Song again and again and again until 1 person did not hate it +... Continue reading
Changelog July 2018 Week 3
November 22, 2018 by CriticalScrewUp
+ Improved hotkey functionality (not finished yet) + Automatic system for keyword highlighting, even with variants... no more handcrafted color tagging in stringboxes + Added tooltips for the cards in... Continue reading
Changelog July 2018 Week 2
November 22, 2018 by CriticalScrewUp
+ Made crew introduction screen usable (and useful) to everywhere it made sense in the game + Improved the crew introduction art stuff + Organized all the cards/events/enemies/crewmember into a useful... Continue reading
Changelog July 2018 Week 1
November 22, 2018 by CriticalScrewUp
+ Some internal code improvements + Hand Card Hotkeys (was suggested to me by anon) + Improved and now modular rewards window + New Character Introduction Screen... Continue reading