Smaller build Better loading time (especially for players without SSD) Gems, ranks and weapons no longer fail to despawn after picked up Small animation fixes
Other:
Homing enemy missiles now properly target and home on Rick's hologram if it's present
Hard endless mode fix
While doing some performance improvements in the previous patch i accidentally messed up the endless hard mode so only the pirates faction enemies were apperating. This patch fixes it.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Small QOL update
Faster loading Better in game performance Smaller memory footprint Smaller hard drive space requirement Sony Dualsense controller support Small bug fixes
Meanwhile, work is being continued on Rick Henderson spinoff, we will have some more news soon!
Rick Henderson spin-off is being made!
Hello dear players,
once again i'd like to thank everyone for supporting Rick Henderson, it means the world to me.
I want to reward everyone that had faith in me and bought the game, so i'm working on a small spin-off that will be something like BitBlaster XL meets Rick Henderson, a top down bite-sized game that will be free for all Rick Henderson owners.
Here's the video of the development version (it's still rough around the edges, some sprites need changing and a lot of juice needs to be added, but it's all going quite quickly). Core loop is there, adding some more pickups and special abilities. Like in Rick Henderson, goal is to last as long as possible in the progressively harder surroundings. Touching the screen edges is insta-death :)
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Hope you like it, it will be available soon!
Stay well :)
Rick Henderson is out of Early Access
Thanks for the support during the Early Access, hope you enjoy it.
Warp malfunction bug fix
Small fail safe system improvement for warp malfunctions.
Small batch of performance and QOL updates and fixes
Proper display when picking up more than 5 perks of the same type (now 10 are visible in the pause menu) Proper hologram functioning, always Shabuk Paragon was not adding EXP Warp malfunctions are now shorter and bug free Shielder and Shielded Shielder now blink when hit with Desolator Helios Sundyne floating waves now properly float and move in certain waves Fixed final boss lasers and flames Failsafe system if the game soft locks Energy maniac subtext was not being translated in pause menu Miners and Double Miners now have muzzle flash when firing Tarida Paragon improvement Gems in Asteroid Field no longer add score when going offscreen Added bigger explosions to some enemies Credits (space on keyboard or Y on gamepad in main menu) Performance and loading speed improvements
Final Early Access Update
Hello everyone,
sorry for the lack of updates, i had COVID and it took me a while to get back on track. I've been really busy preparing everything for the full release, lots of new waves, better tutorial, UI, overall better performance and stability, localization to German, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese and French.
I've been working on the game for more than five years and time has come to wrap things up. There's a lot more that i'd like to add to the game, but at one point i have to release it. At the moment, i think it provides a lot of fun, especially for the price tag. If the game goes well in terms of sales i will be working on additional content which can be seen on the Roadmap in the Discussions part of the Steam page.
I would like to thank to all the players participating in the early access, you helped made a better game, i hope all of you will enjoy it, both rookies and veterans in the genre.
As always, if you have any bug reports, be sure to report them.
New version is now online, be sure to update it and i hope you will enjoy it. See you on full release.
Squish them bugs and balance some more
Adjustments
Kamikaze perk is now "No shield, + 100% score", was "No shield, +20% score". Shield upgrade perks no longer appear if you have Kamikaze perk active. Ben changes weapons quicker by default. Quick Draw perk no longer appears when playing as Ben. Thoraxx changes weapons slower by default.
Fixes
Fixed a bug where Hawk Eye would stay stuck during the boss sequence if you started targeting just before boss sequence. Enemy bullet speed progression over loops is now slower (it was exponential by logics mistake). Performance improvements. Fixed some translation issues (coming soon).
