We hope you are enjoying April’s Tournament Finals. This month’s Prize will feature a brand new Crew Design for both the winning Fleet and Dove Store!
Upcoming Content Updates
We have recently shifted development to focus heavily on Bug Fixes and performance upgrades before adding new content. As a result, some users may have noted that announced features have not yet been added to the game.
We will proceed to add all announced content and more once we have successfully stabilized game performance and resolved all existing issues.
New content is currently available on our Staging Server for Testing. This includes new Modules, a new Lighting system, new Items, and more. If you would like to become a Content Tester, please post your interest in the test-registration channel on the Official PSS Discord.
Pixel Starships hosted by now.gg!
Pixel Starships is now available to try on now.gg! Your friends can now try the game out before downloading by visiting: https://play.pixelstarships.com/
Players can opt to continue playing on the now.gg platform on PC, or via Steam/Bluestacks.
Thank you for taking the time to read this update, and for catching up with how things are progressing. Additional thanks to everyone who has taken the time to provide your honest feedback and suggestions.
For updated sneak peeks and teasers as we progress, stay tuned on our Official PSS Discord and subreddit, as well as our Social Media channels. Good Hunting, Captains!
-SavySoda Team
Galaxy Patch Notes V0.984
Hi Captains!
Please find the latest Patch Notes below. This update is now available on Android and Steam – with iOS and Mac to follow.
Please contact our Support Team if you experience any problems updating the game.
V0.984 Changelogs:
Implemented support for Crafting multiple Items at the same time
AI commands for AI Chips can now be displayed without being Consumed
Player Rewards & Losses from Battles will now list Attackers and Defenders separately
Renamed all Rooms with Skin Kits short name (ENG, etc.) to match the original Room Design
Added support for purchasing multiple Items from Bio-Recycler Room
Clicking on the Objectives Completion popup will now open the Objectives Menu
Optimized data download during Loading Screen
Stability and performance improvements for Client-Server interactions
Temporarily reverted Galaxy System panel UI changes
Added safeguards to prevent Anti-Craft Rooms from Targeting own Crafts
User Search Menu will no longer display your own Username in Results
Fixed a bug causing an Error to trigger after watching a Blimp
Fixed a bug preventing System Hack from permanently disabling Modules
Fixed a bug where Escaping a Battle would prevent another Battle Start
Fixed a bug with Crew - Jettison animation
Fixed a bug with “Continue Current Job” AI preventing Rooms from activating
Fixed a bug with the Daily Cache not updating properly at the start of a new month
Fixed some UI and display issues with Room purchasing/construction
Fixed some display issues with the Friend chat Menu
Fixed several inconsistencies in the Laboratory Research Menu
Fixed missing Hull Expansion Research requirement for multiple Extended Hulls
Fixed a bug with Crew Sprites overlapping
Fixed some logic errors with Bio-recycler Menu
Fixed Prestige completion causing Camera panning to freeze
Fixed several incorrect Mission Descriptions
Thank you for all of your provided feedback, leading to many of the changes noted above. You can join these discussions in the Feedback section of our Official PSS Discord and subreddit.
-SavySoda Team
Galaxy Community Update 4
Hi Captains!
We hope you are enjoying our Eggstra Planetary Easter escapades. The selected prize for March’s Tournament is the Experimental Gas Storage Skin Kit!
Experimenting with alien gases… What could go wrong?
We’d like to take this opportunity to discuss some of our recent changes, and to preview a small portion of our plans for 2021.
New Turret Module Type
Turret Modules will target any Enemy Crew in the Room they are placed in, damaging the Crew at set intervals. Turrets can target Enemy Crew who are traveling through the Room.
Turret Modules can only target 1 Crew at a time, but keep their reload progress for the next target. Material costs for Crafting and Upgrading Turret Modules will be available after release.
Shipyard Launching New Hulls
The Galaxy’s finest architects have announced that 3 brand new additions to the Shipyard are landing soon! Each design was created by our Kickstarter Sponsors, working closely with our Art and Design team.
Thank you for your dedication and responsiveness throughout this lengthy process. Each designer has also received a unique Sticker and in-game Badge – see if you can spot them amongst the other Stars!
Boost Gauge
The experimental Boost Gauge feature will conclude shortly. If your account was selected for participation, we thank you for your help and any feedback provided. Boost Gauge delivered a sub-optimal experience compared to the control group and we will be winding up this feature.
Players will receive a refund of Starbux for any research and some additional credits for helping with the test. Please keep an eye on your Inbox for confirmation.
Thank you for helping to test this feature with us and we have more exciting experimental features in the pipeline.
Fair Play Statement
We would like to take a moment to touch on the current state of Fair Play in the game. We have recently banned a large number of accounts for breaching our EULA, and would like to underline our firm standing when dealing with these cases.
We take Market Integrity very seriously, having a strong effect on the Player Economy, and will continue to expand our systems for detection and response. Players who breach the EULA are not able to dispute action on the basis of the Tournament being active.
Finally – thank you for all submitted User reports. Even though we have a more robust system in place, direct reports are still greatly appreciated.
Expanded Crafting Lines
Players can soon expect to see new items added to the game to fill out currently under-represented crafting lines. Any Equipment Slots missing a Rarity or Stat variant will be added, similarly balanced to sit just below Tournament rewards.
Alongside these new items, we will be overhauling current crafting Material costs for a more realistic model. In particular, existing Modules will see a noticeable reduction in base Material costs.
2020 Top 100 Reminder
Ranking players in the top 100 for 2020, and members of the winning Fleet at years end, have been contacted via email to request delivery information for the yearly prize.
Please check your registered email address if you have Ranked in the Top 100 for 2020, but have not provided your details. We absolutely love the quality of these T-shirts, and we hope you do too!
Thank you for taking the time to read this update, and for catching up with how things are progressing. Additional thanks to everyone who has taken the time to provide your honest feedback and suggestions.
2021 will see some of the most significant changes Pixel Starships has experienced.
With so much planned ahead, we hope to be able to provide updated sneak peeks and teasers as we progress. In the meantime, make sure you stay tuned on our Official PSS Discord and subreddit! Good (egg) Hunting, Captains.
-SavySoda Team
Galaxy Patch Notes V0.983.1
Hi Captains!
Please find the latest Patch Notes below. This update is now available on Android, iOS and Steam – with Mac to follow.
Please contact our Support Team if you experience any problems updating the game.
V0.983.1 Changelogs:
Ground Missions have been removed from Mining Events
New Icon to indicate that a Room can be Swapped while moving another Room
Players can now Skip Box Reward animations
After Opening a Reward Box, Players can now Open additional Reward Boxes
Minigun Ammo Capacity has been increased
Build Times for all Craft have been reduced
Seeker Defense System Room Stats have been reduced
Updated Descriptions for several Rooms, Crews, Research & Items
Updated client-to-server call methods to improve stability and Security
Fixed several Menu and UI display issues
Fixed a bug with Pathfinding/AI in Battle
Fixed a bug when Swapping the same Rooms multiple times
Fixed a bug where Phase Shift was not preventing Teleport Stuns
Fixed a bug where recent Starlogs became non-interactive in the Announcement Menu
Fixed a bug causing Music & animation issues when switching from Galaxy Map to Ship
Thank you for all of your provided feedback, leading to many of the changes noted above. You can join these discussions in the Feedback section of our Official PSS Discord and subreddit.
Our massive Easter Event is fast approaching! This year, Captains will blast off on a quirky colonization adventure with Leon Mars and his Space Eggs engineers!
Unfortunately (due to human-bunny translation errors), it seems the engineers will be helping you to craft a Crew instead of crewing a Craft…
Keep an eye on our Social Media pages to make sure you don’t miss an Eggstra-Planetary Easter!
-SavySoda Team
Post-Tournament Content Update
Hi Captains!
Our latest patch included some new content that would not be available until after the Tournament Finals. With the finals for February coming to a close, it’s time to cover the new changes!
New Defense Platform rooms have been added: The Avenger Defense System and Seeker Defense System! AA Room Stats have been updated, proceeding as the third Loadout option.
Shield Generator and Shield Battery Room Stats have been updated. In most cases, Reload Time has been reduced; while Charges of Shield restored per cast has been increased.
Hangar reload times have been halved at higher levels. This change has expanded playstyle options when assigning Pilot Crew, while requiring a meaningful response in Defensive/Offensive AI setups.
2021 Tournament Chest Armor variants have had their Stat Bonus adjusted. Stat progression for these items now accurately reflects the effort associated with Tournament Equipment.
While only a short list, we plan to monitor these changes thoroughly for their potential effect on other areas of gameplay.
In the meantime, keep an eye out for our next Blueprint announcement, the upcoming Easter Event, and our plans for the largest content update of 2021!
Good Hunting, Captains.
-SavySoda Team
Galaxy Patch Notes V0.983
Hi Captains!
We hope you’ve been enjoying your galactic adventures this year! This update contains a number of fixes targeting finals week for this month’s Tournament.
The prize for this month’s Tournament will be a unique Cloak Room skin, pending polish. We hope to be able to preview this skin on our Social Media pages.
Please find the latest Patch Notes below. This update is now available on Android, iOS and Steam – with Mac to follow. These notes include all changes included in our V0.982.1 hotfix.
Please contact our Support Team if you experience any problems updating the game.
V0.983 Changelogs:
Phase Shift now grants a Crew Immunity to all Status Effects for a set duration
Surprise Horse Races now have a repeatable version after the Synth Arm has been rewarded
Updated Ammo Info Menu UI
Updated Crew Bar display Panel
Added further optimizations to Ship Battle performance
Multi Missile Launchers now have an Exterior sprite for all Hulls
Empty Collections will no longer show in the Crew List Menu
Fixed numerous broken Crew Sprite Images
Fixed scheduled Notifications not being Canceled properly
Fixed Crew Collections menu not updating correctly after a new Crew is purchased
Fixed ‘New Accounts’ prompt failing to display in Announcements
Fixed Christmas music being played outside of Christmas time
Fixed an issue with inconsistent localization when switching accounts
Fixed several display issues with the Crew Collection Menu
Fixed a bug preventing Ad Blimps from being Selected
Fixed a bug preventing Music from playing after switching between GM and Ship Scene too quickly
Fixed a bug where Inventory Items became unresponsive after accessing Paint Menu from Sticker Items
Fixed a bug causing the Item Sale Menu to adjust Sale Price when confirming the sale of multiple Items
Fixed a bug enabling Donated Crews to receive a Prestige Prompt
Fixed a bug with some translations causing an exception in certain areas of the Galaxy Map
Fixed a display bug where Crew Draws appeared to trigger the cost increase twice per Draw
Fixed a bug with Replays not Pausing correctly if triggered before Battle Start
Fixed a bug that can occur when Opening multiple Boxes
Fixed a bug where Bonus Stats could be displayed for non-equipment Items
Fixed a bug where Cloak animation was displaying one frame later than the start of the Cloak effect
Fixed a bug causing Pets to disappear when a Room is Selected
Fixed a bug enabling Modules being set to invalid locations when moved out of Ship or after Re-arming
Fixed a bug enabling Room Positions to be Swapped when under Construction
Thank you for all of your provided feedback, leading to many of the changes noted above. You can join these discussions in the Feedback section of our Official PSS Discord and subreddit.
We have a massive amount of content coming this year we are currently working on. We will be spending as much time as necessary to test and polish new content for the best user experience possible.
Keep an eye to the stars, Captains – we have a number of announcements coming soon and the Easter Event will be our biggest one yet!
-SavySoda Team
Galaxy Patch Notes V0.982
Hi Captains!
You Spoke – We Listened! January’s Tournament Reward has been changed from a Unique Security Gate cosmetic to a Unique Radar Cosmetic.
Please find the latest Patch Notes below. This update is now available on Android, iOS and Steam – with Mac to follow.
Please contact our Support Team if you experience any problems updating the game.
V0.982 Changelogs:
Draws will now incur full Immunity timers
Merchant Ships now support Items as a Cost
Fleet creation cost has been increased to 1500 Starbux
Event Info Panel now includes remaining Occurrences/Drops for Current Event
Increased Storage capacity of all Android Studio Rooms
Added support for directly Swapping positions of Rooms with the same Room Size
Added warning line on Energy bar to indicate minimum Energy requirements for Escaping Battles
Added additional keyboard shortcuts for PC builds
Added a New level of Security Gate (+2 Crew Damage and -5 Reload Time)
Added a new level of Small Gas Trap (+2 Crew Damage and -40 Reload Time)
Lift “Capacity” is now displayed as “Speed” in Room Profile Stats
All references of ‘Mark’ on items now display as ‘MK’
Renamed Turkey Hangar’s abbreviated name from TUR to TH
Prevented some Room Designs from being incorrectly flipped for Battles
New Promotion Splashes will now automatically display on first Login
Reduced requirements for all current Ship Upgrade restrictions
Various minor UI fixes and improvements
Fixed a bug that disabled the ‘Open’ option for Reward Boxes
Fixed a bug resulting in a crash when Opening Reward Boxes
Fixed a bug causing some Reward Boxes to display wrong quantities of Prizes
Fixed a bug breaking Crew Pathfinding in Battle
Fixed a bug with Ship Upgrade requirement display
Fixed a bug resulting in a crash after Pausing a Replay on the last Second
Fixed a bug enabling keyboard shortcuts in Live AI Battles
Fixed various bugs caused by Particle Effects
Thank you for all of your provided feedback, leading to many of the changes noted above. You can join these discussions in the Feedback section of our Official PSS Discord and subreddit.
We have a Massive amount of content coming this year we are currently working on. We will be spending as much time as necessary to test and polish new content for the best user experience possible.
Be sure to keep an eye on our Announcements for preview content – An exciting new Live Event starts very soon!
-SavySoda Team
2020 Tournament Winners & Top 100!
Hi Captains!
Congratulations to the 2020 Yearly Tournament winning Fleets, now in the Hall of Fame!
Gold – HYDRA龍
Silver – RADIANCE
Bronze – Trek Federation
1st place winners will be working with our design team to create a custom reward. Each of the Top 3 Fleets have also won a unique, limited edition Achievement and Pin to show off in-game:
This year's prizes include a new wave of rewards for our Top 100 ranking players during 2020.
Every player in the top 100 category will receive a limited edition Achievement and in-game Pin. Ranks 1-3 will reward Gold, Silver or Bronze – with a commemorative blue version for all other ranking players.
Keep an eye out for these Captains, you may want to steer clear!
We are also taking the time to go back through all previous Individual Pins to include the year they were rewarded. We will have more information on this soon, alongside balance changes ahead of Finals Week.
To commemorate the events of the past year, we have designed an all-new Masked Pinkzilla Pixel Tee! These will be rewarded to the Top Fleet and Top 100 players for 2020, listed above.
2020 may have had its faults – but it has been amazing watching Fleets and Captains face each other, refining old and new strategies under an evolving meta throughout the year.
Thank you to everyone that participated!
But enough of that – it’s time to show off some of the amazing things we have planned for 2021!
With January already well underway, let’s start with the new Tournament Equipment designs. This year, all Tournament equipment will feature Weapon(WPN) values as their Primary Stat, valued by Rarity tier.
January’s Tournament reward is a hot take on the Security Gate Room - keep an eye on the Announcements for a sneak peek at the new visuals! Security Gates will also be seeing balance adjustments, to be detailed in the upcoming patch notes.
We will publish the latest Patch Notes once we've completed some additional testing. This update includes a number of bug fixes, optimizations and logic changes to improve performance. Notably, issues with boxes/crates will be resolved for all platforms.
There is a lot to discuss for 2021, with more new features planned than any previous year. We will be posting the next Galaxy Community Update soon to touch on some of the new features (and the revamped existing features) we have in store.
As we enter into the 2021 Tournament Season, we would like to wish all Captains good luck, and good hunting!
-SavySoda Team
Galaxy Patch Notes V0.980.1
Hi Captains!
Please find the latest Patch Notes below. This update is now available on Android and Steam, with iOS and Mac to follow.
Please contact our Support Team if you experience any problems updating the game.
V0.980.1 Changelogs:
Implemented option to change Local Chat channel
Repair Kits will no longer be able to be used on Ships that have full HP
‘Late Joiner’ restriction when switching Fleets will now apply for 2-days instead of the entire Finals week
Fixed an issue with Authentication settings not being saved on newly registered Accounts
Fixed an issue with Invalid Usernames preventing Replays from being shared
Fixed an uncommon display issue with Friends list UI
Fixed a bug preventing Bonus Stats from being displayed for new Equipment from Reward Crates
Fixed various minor UI bugs
Thank you to all of our players that have provided feedback. You can join these discussions in the Feedback section of our Official PSS Discord.
We are currently on track for a large crew release slated after our next Prestige reset, alongside preparing some bonus goodies for the New Year period.
This December’s Tournament will have an all-new prize, for all participants! We look forward to announcing this soon.
-SavySoda Team
Galaxy Patch Notes V0.980
Hi Captains!
Hi Captains!
Please find the latest Patch Notes below. This update is now available on Android, iOS and Steam, with Mac to follow.
Please contact our Support Team if you experience any problems updating the game.
V0.980 Patch Notes
It's Christmas Time!
Updated Crew Profile Menu UI
Implemented new switchable Global Chat channel
Crew "Use Special Ability" AI no longer requires the target to be Level 10
Players that join a Fleet in the middle of Tournament Finals will no longer be able to contribute OR participate in the Tournament for the rest of that month
Updated Ghostly Holo-Droid AI:
Current Room Has Enemy Crew - Use Special Power Friendly Room has Enemy Crew - Target Condition Room Friendly Room HP<100% - Target Condition Room
Blocked players will no longer be able to appear as a background Ship
Battle UI now shows green Icons for Weapons when Full, not just when Firing
Repositioned Planet positions in Mission view popup so it doesn't initially get covered by Galaxy map UI elements
Equipment/Items using the term ‘Droid’ have been renamed for clarity
Implemented keyboard support for Sell menu
Implemented support for custom Backgrounds for Reward Crate scene
Fixed Hangar Craft displaying incorrect sprites at certain ranks
Added a number of fixes to support Thai fonts correctly on iOS 13+
Fixed local Notifications not updating correctly when Rushing via Boost Gauge
Fixed a bug causing Crews to become invisible during Battle
Fixed several small UI bugs
Thank you to all of our players that have provided feedback. You can join these discussions in the Feedback section of our Official PSS Discord.
We hope you enjoy all of the surprises we have in store for this holiday period. From our Crew to yours, we would like to wish you a happy holiday season!
