- Expanded control options
- Mines and grenades now bounce off forcefields in a similar way as other projectiles
- Debris physics improvements
- Improved Pyro FX
- Fixed missing particles on charge FX
Pion
Update 1.11b released
Update 1.11 released
- Adjusted movement and turning acceleration curve to feel more precise and responsive
- Banking and pitching movement now more closely match the ships' actual velocity
- Afterburner speed increased
<*>Camera tracking while afterburning improved
<*>Manta level increased from 6 to 7
<*>Increased mass of all non-player ships
<*>Reduced mass of mines and grenades
<*>Firebomb fragments reworked:
- Firebomb fragments are now affected by forcefield knockback
- Firebomb fragments are now affected by gravity wells
- Blast rate is now based off fragment velocity
- Firebomb fragments are instantly extinguished when still
<*>Gravity well damage is now dealt through a collapsing blast instead of an expanding blast
<*>Reworked Micro Missile FX
<*>Added announcements for recent weapon additions
<*>Adjusted the way weapon charge affects impact FX scaling
<*>Minions spawned by weapons ignore collision with their owner for 2 seconds after spawning
<*>Lamps are now more glowy
<*>Added more scenery color variations
<*>Improved shadow resolution
<*>Added lighting FX quality option to graphics menu
<*>Added a high quality anti-aliasing option to graphics menu
<*>Anti-aliasing is now applied to 3D UI elements
<*>Increased leaderboard avatar resolution
<*>Fixed level selectiton popping noise
<*>Fixed afterburner popping noise when cancelled
<*>Fixed popping noise sometimes occuring when ship were teleported or spawned
<*>Fixed Homunculi having incorrect name when spawned by AI
<*>Fixed a rare bug where multiple enemies spawning spawning close to each other could be pushed into the floor
<*>Fixed weapon charge sound playing on dead enemies
<*>Fixed a bug where enemies spawned from other enemies would be instantly moved to the center of the map
<*>Fixed missing Firebomb announcement
<*>Fixed missing Sentry Mine announcement
Update 1.10 released
- Enemy levels are now visible when selecting levels
- New lighting system implemented
- Debris FX improved
- Minor camera improvements
- Reduced Molter damage
- Increased impact force of melee attacks
- Mines or grenades will now instantly detonate when colliding at extreme velocities
- Using afterburner on dying enemies will now cause them to explode instantly
- Fixed Anemone Mine fragments dealing no damage when used by AI
- In extreme cases where ships are pushed outside the level boundary they will now be teleported back inside the level
- Fixed a rare bug where a pickup would "stick" to the surface of a forcefield for several seconds
Update 1.09 released
<*>Power Cores now drop from common containers
<*>Reworked Iccolon
<*>Reworked Arachna
<*>All pickup and levels boni for the following damage types have been increased by 20%:
-Energy
-Kinetic
-Exotic
-Biotech
<*>All pickup and levels boni for the following damage types have been increased by 100%:
-Explosive
-Munition
-Antimatter
<*>Shockcore blast radius bonus increased from 20% to 25%
<*>Beam Locus damage bonus increased from 50% to 100%
<*>Power Pod damage bonus increased from 25% to 30%
<*>Increased Cryo damage by 100%
<*>Sentry Mines now cause a damaging blast when destroyed
<*>Added Steam Rich Presence integration
<*>Added weapon DPS display
<*>Ingame move speed and turn speed values are now displayed as percentages
<*>Increased projectile size of most secondaries
<*>Improved camera behaviour
<*>Improved environment lighting
<*>Improved hover FX
<*>Enemies are better at avoiding collisions with allies
<*>Intelligent enemies will now use afterburner to escape gravity wells
<*>Fixed weapons having incorrect matter consumption on the first shot after being equipped
<*>Fixed enemy minions starting with inconsistent hull
Update 1.08 released
- Power is increased by collecting Power Cores
- Each level contains two Power Cores
- Power increases firerate of primary weapons and matter regeneration rate
- Jumping consumes all Power
<*>Level layouts are now visible on non-hidden levels
<*>10 new tech pickups added
<*>New primary added: Flux
<*>New secondary added: Anemone Mine
<*>New level added
<*>Improved scenery variation
<*>Weapon displays now show matter cost
<*>Pickups are now affected by terrain modifiers
<*>Mines and grenades are now affected by terrain modifiers
<*>Player and rivals are now affected by torque from impacts and explosions
<*>Blackbirds now use afterburner
<*>Generators no longer affect enemy pathing after being destroyed
<*>Minor performance improvements
Update 1.07 released
- Added option for changing movement orientation
- Homunculus weight reduced from Heavy to Medium
- Rivals are less likely to charge with afterburner
- Reduced rival weapon damage
- Mines can now pass through portals
- Improved leaderboard display
- Improved teleport FX
- Improved fire FX
- Improved engine FX
- Fixed beam weapons not being able to destroy lamps
- Fixed Coilgun ricochet not working
- Fixed Firebomb missing description
- Added label for conversion weapons
- Fixed a rare bug where piercing projectiles could pass through walls
- Fixed game start fade effect being inverted
- Fixed a rare bug that could cause a level not to progress when Blackbirds were present
- Fixed enemies being overly cautious when using Arcgun
Update 1.06 released
- New enemy added: Triton
- New primary added: Carbine
- New primary added: Pyro
- New primary added: Magma
- New secondary added: Homunculus
- New secondary added: Rime Mine
- New secondary added: Hyperdisc
- Added ingame anti-aliasing and ambient occlusion settings
- Controls can now be remapped in the controls menu
- Elites no longer trigger alarms
- Intelligent enemies are better at not killing themselves with splash damage
- Rivals now use afterburner
- Weapon spawns are now deployed on the sides of the owner instead of behind
- Fixed a bug where homing weapons would target mines through walls
- Improved menu navigation
- Minor performance improvements
Update v1.05b released
- Adjusted difficulty
- Improved explosion physics
- Improved player damage feedback
- Enemies are better at using mines
Update 1.05 released
- Added framerate and v-sync options
- Simplified weapon power mechanic
- Each perk can now only be selected once
- Adjusted difficulty such that midgame is easier and late game is harder
- Rivals are now stronger
- 9 new Tech pickups added
- 3 new levels added
- New secondary weapon added: Octaburst
- Beehive weight class reduced from Heavy to Medium
- Torpedo weight class reduced from Heavy to Medium
- Fixed Quasar rarity being much higher than intended
- Molter matter cost increased
- Sentry Mines now use a more consistent firing pattern
- Fixed overcharged beam weapons being able to fire overlapping beams
- Intelligent enemies are now more likely to chase the player through teleports
- Adjusted Blast FX to be more distinctive
- Updated Mako textures
- Fixed jump charge sound not being affected by volume settings
- Fixed Blackbird turn rate being much higher than intended
- Various lighting improvements
- Lamps can now be destroyed(!)
- Reduced Firebomb screenshake intensity
- Updated Thorax firing sound
- Updated Sicklepulse firing sound
- Updated Plasma firing sound
- Updated Scepter firing sound
- Updated Assault Rod firing sound
- Updated Cleaver firing sound
- Added new Trident firing sound
- Added new Torpedo firing sound
- Reworked rival spawn sound to more recognizable
- Improved various weapon FX
- Improved homing lock feedback
- Added missing weapon announcements
- Major performance optimizations
Update 1.03 released
- Added gamepad support
- Added audio settings menu
- Added controls settings menu
- Enabled music
- Various UI enhancements
- Increased homing and smart weapon acquisition range
- Lowered Hull upgrade bonus
- Lowered Repair upgrade bonus
- Slightly increased Shade max hull
- Slightly lowered Orca max hull
- Bosses now spawn with higher level weapons
- Reduced Pericus data rate bonus
- Blast damage FX from Antimatter weapons is now red instead of blue or purple
- Fixed Rival difficulty not scaling correctly
- Fixed damage stun not being applied correctly for some enemies
- Fixed Barracuda enemy not being able to spawn as a boss