• [COM] Optimizing the way positions are shared on online games;
  
• [COM] The game now has an optional overlay that shows the controls for the game during gameplay. This feature was created for PAX, but we figured it might be useful to new players, so we left it there =) Pressing 0 (zero) toggles it on and off;
  
• [COM] Every appliance now has a small cooldown that reduces the chance of more than one player interacting with them at any given time;
  
• Once ready in the matchmaking, pressing the back button cancels the ready status instead of getting the player back to the menu;
  
• Some minor errors that affected performance were fixed;
  
• [COM] We doubled the network update rate, reducing the issues caused by data bottlenecking when too many things were happening at the same time.
  

• [COM] Pressing “Enter” to resume the game with the keyboard no longer opens the pause screen instantly again;
  
• Refrigerator now shows the proper items inside it’s model, reacting accordingly with what is currently selected in it’s interface;
  
• [COM] Aliens’ stun counter now stop reducing when the game is paused, as they should;
  
• [COM] Two players should no longer be able to grab the same item at the same time;
  
• [COM] Table no longer makes items disappear and swapping items with it should be reliable even on online matches;
  
• Fixed an audio issue where some effects would play in a never ending loop;
  
• New events and better syncing on some audio effects to enhance the general experience;
  
• [COM] Aliens now have a small extra time in which they can be grabbed after leaving the stun phase, what prevents players from grabbing them and getting thrown to the wall immediately after (AKA The Flash bug);
  
• The Macrowave is no longer intractable when powerless;
  
• Decorative textures for the Armchair, the Couch and the Bed are now synchronized to look the same to all players of the match;
  
• Said textures no longer reroll when you disassemble and reassemble the appliance again.
  

• Fixed an issue where cleaning a door would not fully reset the dirt effect;
  
• Aliens now may also try to reach appliances further than one room away;
  
• Aliens will prioritize next room lamps > next room appliances > further rooms;
  
• [COM] Mixer now reliably destroys aliens in online matches, which prevents it from hurting the game’s performance;
  
• [COM] Alien icon and information on the fridge now displays as intended;
  
• [COM] Fixed issue where a player’s position while using the couch or bed was inaccurate;
  
• Decorations’ passives no longer affect players after they are disassembled in online games;
  
• [COM] Dashing is no longer available to players;
  
• [COM] Cocooned players can now jump and move once again, even after they were picked up by another player and then dropped on the floor;
  
• Disconnecting an online match no longer harms the game’s performance for the remaining players;
  
• Shop purchases no longer fail to synchronize what is being delivered in online matches.
  

• New languages are available in this build. We announced it yesterday but it was a miscommunication of our part, sorry;
  
• The language option in the settings screen now changes its font, preventing the missing font errors we used to get;
  
• The friend invite UI flow was improved so players won’t have to reopen the invite window when inviting more than one friend at once;
  
• Fixed the issue that prevented dogs from getting adopted in online games;
  
• Players are not allowed to “steam” the shop window from each other during a match;
  

• Recently cleaned appliances now run a timer before they can become dirt again, preventing doors to become dirt right after the player clean them.
  

• Fixed issue where using controllers, mouse or keyboard in the main menu would cause the game to loose focus and become unresponsive to certain inputs;
  
• The mouse cursor is deactivated during gameplay if the player has not used it for more than 5 seconds;
  
• Fixed issue where players could not start a game after coming back from finished or ongoing match;
  
• The game no longer fails to disconnect when trying to go offline;
  
• The game should no longer enter a lobby or start a match without a character showing on the screen;
  
• Fixed issue where some screens would be opened with no options visually selected;
  
• The back button now cancels the countdown before going back to the menu;
  
• Now every local player can cancel the start match countdown;
  
• Fixed a bug where local players couldn’t leave the lobby after a canceled countdown;
  
• Victory/Defeat screen now accepts any input to go back to the menu;
  
• Fixed issue where making a lobby private after going offline would prevent the player from making it public again;
  
• Fixed issue where players would get stuck on the animations of interacting with doors and other appliances even after going away from them.
  

• The waves of aliens that spawn on doors are 20-30% easier.
  

• The game no longer starts with an Armchair, since falling from exhaustion won’t cause a loose state;
  
• [COM] Improved ship generator that reduces the chances of multiple corridors connected to each other in the same ship;
  
• Improved syncing of eggs on doors inside of online matches, what prevents conflicts regarding those eggs positions;
  
• Ventilation Shafts no longer spit dirt as soon as they become dirty, giving time for the players to react and avoid its hazards;
  
• Pressing “F” (keyboard) and “up” (controller D-pad) now shows informations of your character in the game, like hunger and fatigue levels;
  
• Players now only need to press the use button in order to eat food, instead of holding it down;
  
• Passing out from fatigue or hunger now forces the shop to close, if the passed out player was controlling it;
  
• [COM] Dogs now have multiple textures and are even cuter than before.
  

• Added a jingle to the defeat screen;
  
• New distortion effect for when the music plays on the porch (outside the ship);
  
• Adaptive music is turned off until we redesign the system that manages it and was replaced by the full layered version of the theme;
  
• [COM] Several SFXs were redesigned and remixed;
  

• Subtle text alignment adjustments in “Life Goals Updated” window;
  
• [COM] New in-game HUD that prints how many rooms are energized in the ship. This should make the goal of the matches clearer.
  
• [COM] Chinese, Japanese and Russian fonts were fixed to have no missing characters in the game texts. Player’s nicknames might still get missing characters, especially in Chinese.
  
• [COM] Button colliders in the interface were resized to reduce misclicks and facilitate mouse navigation;
  
• [COM] The matchmaking screen now shows the server region of a room once connected to it;
  
• [COM] Settings now include options to both toggle V-sync and set a target frame rate, what should allow players to reduce both CPU and GPU usage if so they wish;
  
• Playing offline no longer displays “Waiting for Players” in the pre-match screen;
  
• [COM] Several text windows were added to inform the reason behind connection errors;
  
• The buttons in the character selection screen had their background color changed to improve contrast in that screen;
  
• Added a fade effect for screen transitions in the menu.
  

• Cleaning the floor creates ⅓ less trash bags now, although it might be difficult to notice that difference;
  
• [COM] Now the cleaning robot no longer spawns automatically at the start of a match;
  
• A dog will be automatically spawned instead, but only on solo matches;
  
• Online matches now consistently start with a given value depending on the amount of players, in contrast to eventually starting with the single player value;
  
• Appliances that reduce fatigue now have a percentile value of recovery per second instead of a flat number:
  
• Plant now reduces 1% of payer’s fatigue per second, instead of flat 5;
  
• Armchair now reduces 10% of payer’s fatigue per second, instead of flat 100/50 (solo/coop);
  
• Couch now reduces 15% of payer’s fatigue per second, instead of flat 160/80 (solo/coop);
  
• Bed now reduces 25% of payer’s fatigue per second, instead of flat 220/110 (solo/coop).
  

• [COM] Starting a new match after leaving a private room is working again;
  
• [COM] The achievement “Less Shopping” now works as intended. The players must only avoid buying electrical appliances;
  
• [COM] TVs now work properly in online multiplayer games, even if the players are at different points in the progression and have, therefore, unlocked different items in the shop;
  
• [COM] TVs are now applying sales properly once again, in contrast with not giving any promotion at all. This issue was affecting both online and offline games.
  
• Players can be woken up with water if they fall from exhaustion again;
  
• The building animation for appliances now plays as it should, in contrast with the instant availability of the workstation for use;
  
• [COM] The Dog can no longer looks for destroyed aliens in its list, avoiding the constant idle behaviour it used to have;
  
• Fixed an issue where the aliens would, sometimes, freeze shortly instead of moving;
  
• The Cleaning Robot workstation can now be recycled;
  
• The Shower can now be activated from anywhere close, including standing inside it;
  
• [COM] The Bucket no longer cleans rooms across walls or closed doors;
  
• The decoration Plant now affects other players on online matches;
  
• [COM] Using the Mop for too long doesn’t harm performance anymore;
  
• Recently cleaned rooms now “shine” even if they were fully cleaned before;
  
• The ping function has been added to the keyboard controls, mapped to the “space” bar;
  
• Appliances and items are now set back to their original state when a player using or holding them disconnects.
  
• Aliens no longer get out of the stun state by themselves;
  
• Aliens now may also try to escape the room when that room is opened by players.
  

• Aliens no longer have their position bugged inside the refrigerator;
  
• Aliens inside a refrigerator will leave it in case it becomes powerless;
  
• [COM] Added two missing icons to represent the Cleaning Robot and the Salad in the Refrigerator’s UI.
  

• The auto save of the achievements can no longer cause an strange behaviour in the game;
  
• [COM] Fixes in some of the localization issues, especially regarding the achievements and awards texts;
  
• [COM] Fixed the issue where the game would lock players on the character selection screen, preventing them from going back to the menu;
  
• [COM] Multiple appliances effects and animations now pause along with the game:
  
• Pumpkin Garden’s decay;
  
• The Dog’s AI and animations;
  
• The Exercise Bicycle’s animation;
  
• Plant’s fatigue reduction;
  
• Cleaning Bot and its energy cost per second.
  

• Gameplay music had added tracks, improved mixing and volume adjustments;
  
• [COM] Sound effects were also adjusted to sound better and less invasive;
  
• Enhanced triggers for the reactive music;
  
• [COM] General improvements in the procedural generation of the ships;
  
• [COM] Improved floor and wall textures;
  

• [COM] Added a new dialog window that requires confirmation from the players when clicking on “exit” from the menu and the pause screen and when going back to the menu from a game or an online lobby;
  
• [COM] Pop up notification when you get disconnected from an online match due to internet issues;
  
• Some faulty interface sound effects are now working again;
  
• Two new options were added to the main menu screen. Both the tutorial and the weekly challenge buttons shall remain unavailable until those features are complete;
  
• [COM] Online and local matches now require all players to set “ready” before the match starts;
  
• [COM] The host is now indicated as a golden key in the lobby;
  
• In-game tooltip balloons - such as those that indicate something needs energy - are no longer shown inside a fog.
  
• Players now have the options to kick other players from an online lobby (this is meant to be used only as a last resource);
  

• Time between egg spawns on the floor (1 to 4 players) reduced from 90/75/75/75 to 40/40/40/40;
  
• Starting wave size (1 to 4 players) increased from 1/1/2/2 to 2/2/2.5/2.8;
  
• Time between waves (1 to 4 players) reduced from 300/240/220/180 to 240/180/150/150;
  
• Time before the shaft starts getting dirt increased (1 to 4 players) reduced from 210/180/165/150 to 180/165/150/120;
  
• Cooldown between the dirt waves on the shaft (1 to 4 players) changed from 180/180/165/150 to 180/150/150/150
  

• Maximum hunger (1 to 4 players) changed from 600/300/300/300 to 450/300/300/300;
  
• Maximum fatigue (1 to 4 players) changed from 900/600/600/600 to 750/600/600/600
  

• Fruit’s recovery (1 to 4 players) changed from 100/50/50/50 to 75/50/50/50;
  
• Salad’s recovery (1 to 4 players) changed from 200/100/150/200 to 150/100/100/100;
  
• Chicken’s recovery (1 to 4 players) changed from 300/150/225/300 to 225/150/150/150;
  

• [COM] Aliens are no longer floating around it when they are placed inside;
  
• [COM] The players are allowed to reliably pick items from it once again;
  
• [COM] The aliens no longer stop being stunned when stored inside it;
  
• Its door opens properly on online games;
  
• [COM] Items won’t drop from it on deconstruction anymore;
  
• Players can’t store items in the Refrigerator if others are using it;
  

• [COM] Players cannot clean themselves with the bucket;
  
• [COM] Stamina is no longer restored when the player gets hit by the bucket’s water;
  
• [COM] Bucket no longer works through closed doors or walls;
  

• Ventilation Shaft now gets appliances close to it dirty when it throws goo over them;
  
• You can no longer build decorations over the Shaft;
  
• It’s animation got fixed and is now has an anticipation before getting completely dirty;
  
• [COM] Shaft no longer spills dirt on adjacent rooms;
  

• [COM] Alien eggs now explode in dirt when they hatch again, but this time they only affect the room they are facing towards;
  
• [COM] Alien eggs no longer persist floating in the air when the player cleans a door with a bucket but misses the egg growing in it;
  
• Eggs now always spawn on the side of the doors that is closer to the players;
  

• [COM] Fixed texts that were not showing properly, especially regarding the achievement’s with quote signs in them;
  
• Multiple in game sound effects fixed;
  
• Ventilation shafts are now synchronized on online matches;
  
• [COM] Dog’s AI was improved to become even more efficient and to prevent it from ignoring aliens after resting a few times;
  
• The Dog can no longer be pushed away from its bed by players that are not the host in multiplayer matches;
  
• [COM] Issues when loading the game were fixed. That includes the infamous 0%, 43%, 78% and 100% soft freezes on online matches;
  
• [COM] TV sales only affect items available in the shop;
  

ENHANCEMENTS

BUGS

ONLINE MULTIPLAYER (LIVE!)

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PROGRESSION

CHANGES AND ENHANCEMENTS

BALANCE

BUG FIXES

ONLINE MULTIPLAYER (BETA)

NEW CHARACTERS

CHANGES AND ENHANCEMENTS

BALANCE

BUG FIXES