The year 2022 is now a melody of the past.
We would like to thank all of you guys for supporting us since day one! 🙏
Without further ado - let’s check out what happened in our camp during the second half of ‘22. Let’s go! 🏃♂️
⚒️ First Dwarf (...and some gaming events here and there! 🎮)
In case you missed it - First Dwarf is our upcoming Action RPG set in the world of Driftland. That’s why you can read about it on Driftland: The Magic Revival Steam card.
You’ll be able to pet a good boi in the game. Mhm. That’s right! 🐕
Now, let’s talk about the asymmetrical co-op 🐉 that we’re implementing in First Dwarf.
🧑🤝🧑 In co-op, players will be able to take control over the mech or one of its pilots: Tru or Ragna. Each of them has its own, separate skills to develop and upgrade. All characters have their strengths and weaknesses so it’s important to choose the characters wisely when preparing to complete certain tasks.
🧑 In a single-player game, the player can switch between characters, completing tasks with the one with better skills in a given field. Tru, Ragna, and the Mech will have different skill trees. Tru will be a better Mecha pilot, Ragna can e.g. fly, and the Mech can be treated as a kind of armored vehicle, so without a pilot it will not work.
It’s important to say that implementing the asymmetrical co-op would not be possible without the Game Prototype Design Competition 2022 in which we were awarded! 🏆
The competition mentioned above helped us create some new mechanics for First Dwarf. Those mechanics evolved into a full-fledged, asymmetrical co-op mode of the game, which we implemented in its build! Once again, thank you to the co-organizers of the competition: Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland, Centrum GovTech Poland, and CRPK, as well as Copernicus Game Jam 2022 - during which the diplomas 📜 were handed over and everyone who supported us along the way.
We showed our upcoming action RPG at many gaming 🎮 events, both digital and held in “real” places. Just to name a few:
- PAX West; - Poznań Games Arena (PGA);
- Indie Cade;
- DreamHack Beyond Indie Showcase;
- MIX Next 2022;
- Dev.Play;
- #PitchYaGame.
It’s time to focus on 3️⃣ of them.
🚏 First stop - PAX West.
Lots of you came to our booth to check out an early build of our game. Thank you for that! See you next year! 🤜🤛
Your reactions surpassed our expectations, and the feedback provided will certainly influence the further development of the game, already at this stage. It was 4 days full of interesting conversations, laughter and a unique atmosphere created by countless players, cosplayers, journalists, or industry representatives.🤝
🚏 Second stop - Poznań Games Arena (PGA).
In Poznań, we were showing First Dwarf, Scorchlands, Brewpub Simulator, and Lumencraft. PGA was such a blast! We felt your enjoyment brought to your faces by our upcoming games. Just look at Kuba, one of the members of our team - his smile does not lie 😊
🚏 The last stop - Dev.Play.
It’s a yearly celebration of indie games and their developers. Game creators from all over the world come to Bucharest to present their titles and experiences. The event ended with an award gala. First Dwarf received 3 awards: Best Game of the Show, Best Visuals, and Most Popular Game. 🏆 Thank y’all! 🙏
To wrap up the First Dwarf chapter of this recap we want to write about the key role of our IGN - Exclusive Announcement Trailer posted on IGN’s YouTube channel was viewed more than 285k times. There are also more than 5.4k thumbs up 👍 under the video! 📺
At this point, we can say that developers from Ringlab ⚗️ are aiming for publishing more Steam News about in-game mechanics. When we’re writing these words, three of them are available as we speak: How the protagonist Giwi hatched, How to build your colony, and Gameplay Insight #1: Summoning the Nexus.
Stay tuned ! More of them will be published during January and February of 2023.
Also, the game received a warm welcome during #TurnBasedFest 2022! 😎
🕷️ Lumencraft
The full release of this unique mix of a top-down shooter with base building and roguelike mechanisms is just around the corner! Nonetheless, we’re not spoiling the release date at the moment. That’s not the only great news - something big is coming to the game. We bet you weren’t expecting this. Jump on the hype train, but stay calm. For now, let’s go down. Together. ⏬
The developers from 2Dynamic Games are constantly tweaking and upgrading the game’s build. You can help them by completing the survey they made - we’ll be very grateful for the feedback! It’s called Discord 🎧 survey, because the game’s community was the first one to answer the questions mentioned in it.
One of the most important moments during the Early Access of Lumencraft was taking a different approach to the game's build. The experimental update published a few months ago left the beta stage. It's now living its new life - the developers called it Giga Update.
Lumencraft is reshaping every once in a while - two bigger updates and one smaller update were released since the release of Giga Update. There’s a lot of fresh content in the game - you should play it now, especially if you spent some time with Lumencraft a few months ago. It truly is worth revisiting! 🔁
🍻 Brewpub Simulator
There was a first, official playtest of the game - we’re glad how many of you decided to check out what it’s like to run a virtual pub and brew some virtual ale! A playable build of the game was presented to European audiences for the first time during PGA 2022. Thanks for playing it, we know what works and what needs some tweaking here and there! 🍺
Our skyscraper roguelite shooter is out now on Epic Games Store! 🎉
Just a reminder - Danger Scavenger is available on PC, PS4, XONE, Nintendo Switch, Atari VCS, and XSX. It’s also a Steam Deck verified game - give it a try on one of the handhelds, and you’ll fall in love with this fast-paced gunslinger action!
This is not the last word we said speaking about publishing our games’ catalog on Epic Games Store - more titles will follow soon. At this point, you can wishlist First Dwarf ⚒️ and Scorchlands 🐦 on this platform!
That’s all for today.
Great things are here, but also great things are yet to come.
2023 will be ours!
Don’t forget to support IndieDev! 🕹️
Much love,
Star Drifters 🚀
Help the devs = complete the survey 📰
Scouts! 🖖
This time we need YOUR help. 🙏
Lumencraft will (sooner or later) leave Early Access. We need to prepare ourselves for the full release of it, so we’re here to ask you a few questions (13, to be specific - that’s not a lot!) about your taste in video games. 🎮
We need to know how much you enjoy Lumencraft, what’s your approach to our game and what are your favorite genres of video games. We’re also wondering about the pricing-related stuff. 💸
It will take you a few minutes to complete it. Building and upgrading a machine gun tower is more time-consuming!
You can also access the survey via SM posts on Lumencraft’s Facebook and Twitter. Star Drifters also retweeted the Tweet 🚀, the publishers of our game.
You can write a little from the bottom of your heart in the last two questions. We’ll be grateful for any feedback you guys can provide us.
Thank you so much for everything. You guys are fantastic! Keep up the good work - let’s meet and talk on Lumencraft’s Discord server.
Follow us on Steam ⚙️ and follow us on Facebook 👍 and Twitter 🐦.
Yours truly, 2Dynamic Games
Winter update - beware Ice Caves Biome
Scouts! 🖖
Wipe your boots before entering the base! There’s a lot of snow on them…❄️
Do you have your winter cap and gloves? 🧤 Good, you're gonna need them. Please tell us - what do you know about Ice Caves Biome?
With the new Winter Update we’re introducing the Winter Event to Lumencraft!
Random maps now generate with Ice Caves biome - the place where the ground below the surface is permanently frozen.
What’s more, the Desert Excavation adventure map is replaced with Tundra Excavation. Play the map - it’s still a deadly trap and it does not matter if it’s covered by sand or snow.
Why are you building the snowman? ☃️ Well, you're right - I think that everyone needs some time off, especially when you're working in a “Swarm-unfriendly” environment.
Before you open that gate again (and before our warm tea becomes sorbet), read the whole changelog.
## [EA Winter Update]
- Winter Event! -> it's snowing! (literally) -> random maps now generate with tundra biome -> Desert Excavation adventure map is replaced with Tundra Excavation
### Added - added biome selection to random maps -> 3 options are available: Random, Cave, Tundra - added starting resources option to random maps - added new notification sound that now plays on "good" events - Editor: new base floor textures: Snow, Snow Ruins - Editor: new terrain texture: Snow Ruins - Editor: added a thick separator to terrain settings, to make it less confusing - Editor: added "Attacks Base?" flag to Monster Nest
### Changed - rebalanced difficulty settings - changed easy bonus chest to Storage Container - improved Wall textures. Each upgrade level now looks distinct - swarm monsters should blend better with background on death - removed notification on opening Hole Trap - improved appearance of advanced generation settings menu - changed Random Map Biomes secret option to Extra Biomes - removed miss chance from rockets - rockets that hit enemies will no longer damage walls - rocket ammo is now cheaper - flying enemies and turret bullets no longer go over foam
### Fixed - Saving: fixed some buildings appearing with wrong angle after load - fixed resource count and turret limit overlapping - fixed description for OCD achievement: "Clear the map of all Lumen" - fixed flamethrower flames not going over the best wall - fixed some enemies spawning wrongly from holes - fixed Lab sometimes not receiving power after being placed - fixed some main menu dialogs not being closed by Escape - fixed being able to rotate demolish marker - fixed powered Stand not affecting Spear - Editor: fixed potential error when switching from object to terrain, with floor selected - Editor: fixed Monster Nests not displaying swarm icons
### Demo update - new Tundra Excavation, - new languages: the demo is now available in French, Spanish and Russian, - added Map Editor (without save).
Just a reminder - Lumencraft is a part of the Early Access Bundle, a delectable selection of Polish games to fill your veins with high-octane action. 🛢️
If you need some mayhem in your gaming life, you’ve come to the right place. Looking for a beautifully stylized 3D platformer to delight your senses with wanton physics destruction and a twisted sense of humor? We’ve got you covered. Got a hankering for a thick combo of atmospheric sci-fi adventuring and alien horror? It’s here. Felt the urge to become larger than life and wreak havoc as a giant to smite your enemies? Look no further.
Between the games in this bundle, you’ll find an overwhelming amount of content that spans a whole spectrum of tastes, all at a wild price, and it’s yours for the taking!
Bang-On Balls: Chronicles is an oddball of a 3D platforming game with collect-a-thon spin! Become a reckless hero as you do missions, collect items and search for secrets rolling through various (inaccurate) historical events!
Hidden Deep is an atmospheric sci-fi action game heavily inspired by Aliens, The Thing, and Half-Life. Explore, climb, swim, scan, blast and shoot your way through dangerous missions in a huge sub oceanic mining and research facility. Fear the horrors that lurk below…
Lumencraft is a top-down, rogue-like shooter with base building and tower defense elements. Enter procedurally generated levels with fully destructible environment, to build your base, dig some tunnels and find the precious Lumen - humanity's only chance for survival.
Get ready to put a sizable dent in the profits of megacorporations in Deadlink, a guns-blazing cyberpunk FPS with roguelite elements. Your mission is to conduct covert ops while piloting a humanoid combat shell. And no, "covert" doesn’t mean "quiet."
Giants Uprising is a medieval fantasy action adventure game full of Giants and unlimited destruction! Take on the role of a powerful Giant who finally breaks free from enslavement to seek revenge on the ruthless human race.
We are sure you will be delighted with every game in this bundle!
In just a few days we have a winter surprise for you instead :)
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Buckle up, grab a machine gun, and go fight the flying swarm! 2Dynamic Games
Lumencraft Small Update
Hello Scouts! 👋
Today we are launching a small update. Thanks to your activity we've managed to fix several bugs. Here’s the full list of what’s new:
## [EA Small Upodate] -- 2022-08-12
Fixed:
- fixed destination point not triggering winning condition in Underground Survival -> if you were affected by this bug, you can load your save file and finish the map now - tweaked some tutorial prompts - Message Box can now be scrolled with right analog stick - lower difficulty levels on Base Defense maps now feature some starting resources - fixed levitating Machinegun when player dies while shooting - it's no longer possible to use Repair Gun on a Wall under construction - fixed not being able to use demolishing tool on a Miner - fixed demolition not queuing properly - (hopefully) fixed a bug where non-random maps can't be started
Found something not right? Please let us know on Discord and Steam Community so we can investigate and fix it.
Stay tuned for more coming soon! 🚀
Play the updated game and “follow” us on Steam⚙️, join our Discord 🎧 server and follow us on Facebook 👍 and Twitter 🐦
Join our fight! We need your drills! 2Dynamic Games
We do not stop 🚅 - the next update is here!
Scouts! 🖖
Last time we reshaped Lumencraft’s gameplay by turning the experimental update into the mighty Giga Update that ended up as a really important part of the game’s Early Access build.
Now it’s time for something different, but we’re sure that you’ll "feel" the changes instantly - a few of them refer to the way of defending your base.
1️⃣ First stop: turrets!
Machine Gun Turrets get a two times damage upgrade and an extra anti-air 2x damage upgrade. It means that these ones will be even more deadly than before. Just see how quicker they deal with the swarm in the GIF below.
Sniper Turrets get critical change and fire rate upgrades. If you complained about them, you probably won’t do that again.
Yes, we also changed the Bomb Turrets - cluster granade are providing two bombs after the explosion, but he maximum is 4 bombs exploding at once.
Watch out! Explosions now deal 50% less damage to flying enemies, which means that Machine Gun and Flamethrower 🔥 are still great for you to pick up.
2️⃣ Second stop: Walls!
There’s a new upgrade of the Walls available - it will slow down flying enemies. It truly is a gamechanger - as you know, every second counts when they start to penetrate the base.
3️⃣ Third stop: co-op!
Dead co-op players now only drop items when you fail to revive them in time. Does it mean that playing in co-op will be easier? It depends on the situation you’re dealing with.
🛑 The last stop: everything else.
Just look at the full list of changes posted below.
## [EA Regular Update] -- 2022-12-01 - VERSION = 8288
### Added - added a new Wall upgrade that slows down flying enemies - added more Machinegun Turret upgrades: -> anti-air 2x damage upgrade -> 2x damage - added more Sniper Turret upgrades: -> critical hit upgrade -> firerate upgrade - added more Bomb Turret upgrades: -> cluster granade: 2 new bombs after explosion -> cluster granade: 4 new bombs total after explosion - added sound effect when reviving player - Editor: organized objects into sub-categories
### Changed - explosions now deal 50% less damage to flying enemies - renamed Laboratory Speed tech to Research Development -> aside from making research faster, it will also make technologies cheaper - opening Stone Gate now makes screen shake effect - added requirements for higher Wall upgrades - control tooltips are now disabled by default (yes, we have that option) -> returning players still need to disable it manually, or just reset to default options -> they are force-displayed in the tutorial - treasures on random maps have a chance to be inside Armored Boxes - renamed Evasion back to Luck - dead co-op players now only drop items when you fail to revive them in time - player sprite is now visible when in lava or stuck in terrain
### Fixed - Saving: fixed some resources getting duplicated on load - Saving: fixed opened holes shaking screen and notifying after loading - added possible fix for not responsive game after loading, or changing screen modes - fixed health warning still playing when player leaves co-op - dead players can no longer open menu - restarting co-op no longer revives dead players - game no longer overs when 1 player is still alive - fixed player not holding anything after being revived - fixed co-op revive icon being very small and revive label not displaying - fixed respawn bug when 2 players die simultaneously - fixed player spawning at old position when restarting co-op - fixed computers not deactivating when player leaves co-op - fixed rare bug where another player could intercept an item thrown into Shredder, breaking the building - fixed being able to continue reviving another player after dying - fixed being able to wander off while reviving is in progress - the map marker for lava in Underground Survival is now bigger - social media buttons will no longer interfere with control options - fixed rare bug with objectives in Underground Survival - adjusted player position when using Teleport Plates - fixed Napalm computer in Explosive Workshop not having collisions - Editor: fixed validated status not displaying correctly after map load - Editor: fixed some object property edits not applying reliably - Editor: fixed floor picking from map not working - Editor: fixed player settings not resetting between maps - Editor: fixed some player settings not applying to players in co-op - Editor: fixed map list in manager requiring editor restart to pick up some changes - Editor: fixed some sounds still playing after exiting test mode
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Buckle up, grab a machine gun, and go fight the flying swarm! 2Dynamic Games
Nominate Lumencraft for The Steam Awards! 🏆
Hello Scouts! 🖖
Many thanks for the positive feedback on our latest update! We are happy that the direction in which we are developing our game together with you is a good one.
It's that time of the year, during which you can nominate Steam games for The Steam Awards and we're happy to be on board this year with Lumencraft!
We would be grateful for every single one of your votes!
See you soon, now go dig for Lumen! 2Dynamic Games
Giga Early Access Update is out of beta! 🕷️
Scouts! Did you miss us? 🖖
This time the announcement is short, but it changes pretty much everything. 👀
We decided to take a different approach to our beloved game: the experimental update leaves the beta stage, which means that the changes it brought are now applied to the main Early Access build of the game. 🎉
Procedural maps: from baked handcrafted maps to 100% procedurally generated roguelike levels!
New Weapon: Lumenal Discharger - a dramatic armament charged with a lightning beam.
Balance changes: many costs changed from metal to Lumen, requirements added for some upgrades (eg. have a building placed)
New Steam achievements: unlock 80 new achievements - some are easy and some are tricky!
New languages: the game is now available in French, Spanish and Russian.
Improvements and fixes: various UI, VFX, and sound changes.
📰 Full list of changes lies below. ⤵️
### Added - added randomly generated maps - alternative to regular maps, where each playthrough is unique - generated features include tunnels, ore patches, enemy waves, treasures - there are basic settings for map difficulty and length - there are also advanced settings available where you can tweak different parameters - new translations: French, Spanish, Russian - added new secret weapon: Lumenal Discharger (available in the editor) - shoots a lightning beam that automatically targets the nearest enemy and jumps between enemies - uses Lumen as ammo - Steam: Added 80+ new achievements: - Long list of achievements was added. Some are progressive, and you will get them naturally by playing. Some are easy, and some are a bit … goofy. Like the one for cleaning the map of every bit of terrain. You will have to work for those. - added option for changing game UI color - Lab will now display a timer if Automatic Discovery was researched - added option to change game blood color - added dash sfx - added player terrain collision sfx - added blood splatters to swarm enemies - added player recoil animations and shooting feedback - burst fire now decrease stability - added 2 machine gun audio sets - repair gun now can carry items, Lumen, metal and clean debris - added more prompts to the tutorial - added Auto Harvest technology - makes Lumen Farm mushrooms harvested automatically at a fixed rate - added Magnetized Storages technology - makes Storage Containers attract resources - added Amplifying Stands technology - standing on a Stand connected to power will increase weapon damage - Lumencraft can now be used as a default application to open .lcmap files - added critical hit chance to weapons for 2x damage
- Steam: Added a special hidden achievement -> get it by clicking Change Log window's title twice
### Changed - player dash now faces direction of the dash - balance changes, many costs changed from metal to Lumen - requirements added for some upgrades (eg. have a building placed) - changed dash behavior to less sliding - increased stamina regen delay from 0.75 to 1.0 - reduced running cost from 0.5 to 0.4 - screen shake works better with gun feedback - decreased terrain and walls destruction caused by exploding buildings - Lab roll is cheaper (10 Lumens from 20) - improved gate placement - Turrets Upgrade tech split into 3 sequential upgrades - laser sights are slightly less bright - reworked Reactor range upgrades - now it's called "Reactor Level" and also affects HP - the Reactor Durability technology was removed in favor of the new system - number of turrets is now limited by the Reactor level - reworked building requirements - now a building might require another building to be constructed first - turrets will now display technology required to upgrade instead of being non-interactable - Key item name now includes its color - limit guaranteed weapon tech in Lab to happen only once - buttons with many options can now be right-clicked to select previous option - Escape will again close build menu - if you want to pause in build menu, bind another key for Menu action - improved positional audio at map edges, when playing in single player - demolishing will again decrease resources dropped by building (down to 80%) - building, upgrading etc. will now first use resources from player's inventory rather than storages
### Fixed - fixed performance drops while switching weapons - fixed info center showing wrong paths for some monsters - fixed bullets drawing above weapons - fixed one hand drawing above weapon - Saving: Health Center healing bar is no longer always full on load - fixed Player 2 inventory not working - Shredder will now properly handle small amounts of items - fixed wall interaction highlight displaying wrongly - fixed co-op controls - fixed wrong power socket position in Lumen Farm - LT/RT in options is not hidden if not using joypad - fixed not being able to cancel workshop queue or Lab research if you have insufficient resources - optimized save storage. A slot will no longer keep copies of multiple maps - going back from controls settings now correctly opens main options screen - fixed Crystal GRUBAS possibly getting stuck when going with wave - fixed resources not attracting after throwing full stack with full inventory - fixed inventory not refreshing when another player upgraded it - fixed Alt+Enter crash on map loading - fixed Message Boxes not being scrollable in certain cases - tweaked building power ranges, to make them more reliable - optimized non-wave enemy swarms (holes, nests, standalone etc.) - fixed Sniper Turret sprite not matching its blueprint position - fixed stack merging when one of the stacks is full
### Editor - added "Disable Physics?" option to chests. Useful when putting chests under monster lairs - added Lumen Chunks - added Chunk Slots property to the Reactor - added event conditions: Reactor - Lumen Chunk Delivered - added floor surface texture: Blood - added Extra Turret Limit setting, to bypass the default turret limit -> can be negative - added Resource Efficiency, to customize rate of dropped resources from drilling - Blood is now the 4th default surface floor texture. It's internally used for blood effects, so it shouldn't be changed - fixed Destroyed event of the Reactor not triggering - fixed tech descriptions not appearing in the Player settings tab
Enjoy! We hope you’re gonna love the changes as much as we do. 🕷️
If you enjoy Lumencraft, please share your opinion with others. It’s just a friendly request - nonetheless, we will be grateful.
‼️ The last, but not the least: The release of Lumencraft’s full version on PC is scheduled for Q1 2023! 🤖
The game will debut in 2023 also on Nintendo Switch. 🎮
See you soon, now go dig for Lumen! 2Dynamic Games
Remember to let us know if you encounter any issues. We also have a channel on our Discord: https://discord.gg/p4pzffEfmA #feedback - we highly encourage you to join in and share your thoughts.
Giga Early Access Update 🦾- Experimental
Scouts! Welcome aboard once again…
BREAKING NEWS: we invite you to check out our most experimental update of Lumencraft so far.
This update is for the beta version available on the development branch.
This build of the game is highly experimental - even more than usual. We have already spent over a week testing the package, but literally anything might break. Please proceed with caution. We strongly recommend you to back up your save files before moving onto the experimental branch.
How to join the experimental branch:
go to your Steam Library
right-click on Lumencraft
select 'Properties,’ then 'Betas,’ and choose Beta Branch
Download the update, play the game and let us know if you encounter any issues. We also have a channel on our Discord: https://discord.gg/p4pzffEfmA #feedback - we highly encourage you to join in and share your feedback.
Let’s continue with a proper explanation.
Sometimes, the process of shaping the game gets out of hand. That’s the case here. Who doesn’t like to rediscover the given possibilities? It’s like rekindling the fire within the team, it's all about doing it repeatedly. Until it’s done correctly. Until we’re proud of the results. Taking this road is exciting and risky, but who does not take risks doesn’t drink champagne. 🥂
We truly love surprising Lumencraft’s community. This time we also surprised ourselves. First of all, we added randomly generated maps. 🌑
Yes, now you can re-live all the nightmares of Lumencraft in a way you probably never expected before. Explore, drill, improvise, adapt, take care of your base and your own back. You never know what lies ahead.
Secondly, new translations are available now - we added French 🇫🇷, Spanish 🇪🇸 and Russian 🇷🇺 languages to the game. It’s good to know that our game is now even more accessible to audiences all over the world.
Look out! Take cover! Beware Lumenal Dischager - the brand new weapon is available in the Map Editor! Use it wisely.
What’s more, have fun unlocking 80 new achievements on Steam! There’s plenty of reasons to spend long, cold nights with Lumencraft.
Read the whole changelog to see what’s new!
## [EA Giga Update] -- 2022-10-28 - VERSION = 7909
### Added
- added randomly generated maps -> alternative to regular maps, where each playthrough is unique -> generated features include tunnels, ore patches, enemy waves, treasures -> there are basic settings for map difficulty and length -> there are also advanced settings available where you can tweak different parameters - new translations: French, Spanish, Russian - added new secret weapon: Lumenal Discharger (available in the editor) -> shoots a lightning beam that automatically targets the nearest enemy and jumps between enemies -> uses Lumen as ammo - Steam: Added 80+ new achievements: -> Long list of achievements was added. Some are progressive, and you will get them naturally by playing. Some are easy, and some are a bit … goofy. Like the one for cleaning the map of every bit of terrain. You will have to work for those. - added option for changing game UI color - Lab will now display a timer if Automatic Discovery was researched - added option to change game blood color - added dash sfx - added player terrain collision sfx - added blood splatters to swarm enemies - added player recoil animations and shooting feedback - burst fire now decrease stability - added 2 machinegun audio sets - repair gun now can carry items, Lumen, metal and clean debris
- Steam: Added a special hidden achievement -> get it by clicking Change Log window's title twice
### Changed
- player dash now faces direction of the dash - balance changes, many costs changed from metal to Lumen - requirements added for some upgrades (eg. have a building placed) - changed dash behavior to less sliding - increased stamina regen delay from 0.75 to 1.0 - reduced running cost from 0.5 to 0.4 - screen shake works better with gun feedback - decreased terrain and walls destruction caused by exploding buildings - Lab roll is cheaper (10 Lumens from 20) - improved gate placement - Turrets Upgrade tech split into 3 sequential upgrades - laser sights are slightly less bright - reworked Reactor range upgrades -> now it's called "Reactor Level" and also affects HP -> the Reactor Durability technology was removed in favor of the new system - number of turrets is now limited by the Reactor level - reworked building requirements -> now a building might require another building to be constructed first - turrets will now display technology required to upgrade instead of being non-interactable - Key item name now includes its color - limit guaranteed weapon tech in Lab to happen only once - buttons with many options can now be right-clicked to select previous option - Escape will again close build menu -> if you want to pause in build menu, bind another key for Menu action - Blood is now the 4th default surface floor texture. It's internally used for blood effects, so it shouldn't be changed - improved positional audio at map edges, when playing in single player
### Fixed
- fixed performance drops while switching weapons - fixed info center showing wrong paths for some monsters - fixed bullets drawing above weapons - fixed one hand drawing above weapon - Saving: Health Center healing bar is no longer always full on load - fixed Player 2 inventory not working - Shredder will now properly handle small amounts of items - fixed wall interaction highlight displaying wrongly - fixed co-op controls - fixed wrong power socket position in Lumen Farm - LT/RT in options is not hidden if not using joypad - fixed not being able to cancel workshop queue or Lab research if you have insufficient resources - optimized save storage. A slot will no longer keep copies of multiple maps - going back from controls settings now correctly opens main options screen
### Editor
- added "Disable Physics?" option to chests. Useful when putting chests under monster lairs - added Lumen Chunks - added Chunk Slots property to the Reactor - added event conditions: Reactor - Lumen Chunk Delivered - added floor surface texture: Blood - added Extra Turret Limit setting, to bypass the default turret limit -> can be negative - fixed Destroyed event of the Reactor not triggering - fixed tech descriptions not appearing in the Player settings tab
Enjoy! Grab a cup of warm tea, a blanket and some sandwiches - it will be easier to defeat the Swarm. 🕷️
If you enjoy Lumencraft, please share your opinion with others. It’s just a friendly request - nonetheless, we will be grateful.
Remember: to help us check out fantastic maps submitted to Steam Workshop, give us a “follow” on Steam⚙️, join our Discord 🎧 server and follow us on Facebook 👍 and Twitter 🐦
We were doing things along the way. We still did not recover well after this years’ Poznań Game Arena! Thank you for visiting the Star Drifters’ booth and all the chit-chats we did on-site. We’re glad you’re into Lumencraft! 🌑
The third issue of Maps Shootout was submitted on July 1st. Back then, there were 119 fully playable maps on Steam Workshop. A few months later you made 10 more.
When we’re writing these words, there are 129 maps in total!
Thank you for posting your maps and info about them in #share-your-map channel on our Discord 🎧 server. We selected three great maps for you - two of them are story-focused and the third one is just pure mayhem happening on screen! 💥🏃♂️💥
Without further delay… Let the Maps Shootout 4 begin!
Just a reminder - the order does not matter - we’re just sharing maps that we find especially interesting 🧐.
To quote SolarXD: “Explore an old Terran Conglomerate Geology Research Center and collapsed cave system. Recent scans show odd readings on the local wildlife No Waves. Mine and explore at your own pace.”
Our thoughts: such a fun map. Aberration’s showing the different face of Lumencraft - there’s no emphasis on the time aspect, so it’s easier to plan a mining trip or to venture deeper into the tunnels. Always take a weapon with you, but the spear or a pistol probably won’t do the work - you’ll need at least a machine gun and some grenades. Nonetheless, you’ll have to build some turrets to deal with bigger monsters located in many parts of the map.
Our thoughts: this map gets better and better every minute. Learn to find your way - sometimes you’ll find a wide road, and sometimes you’ve got to drill through whatever you’ll find in front of you. Visit the abandoned places and fight the spiders. Be prepared - no one knows what’s happening just around the corner.
Our thoughts: such a rodeo! Grab your rocket launcher and machine gun and see GIGANTIC groups of enemies approaching your well-protected base (there are like dozens of turrets guarding it). High Score Hunt is just endless fun and a great way to relax after a really tough day.
Don’t forget that every map can be featured in the Maps Shootout. We’re still waiting for your fantastic ideas. 👋.
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