So Long Earth
The game is now FREE
Hey guys, this Ed ːkinghappyː
I recently took the decision of making So Long Earth 100% free for a simple reason: I'm making new games!
I know that i was supposed to improve and update So Long Earth, but this just isn't possible right now; Instead, i am developing and creating exciting new things that may or may not be of your taste.
If any of you are interested in that, you can join my Discord , where i'm very active and post daily updates of the things i'm working on
And you can follow me on Twitch , where i stream weekly on Wednesdays at 4 PM (GMT-3)
I also have a Facebook and Twitter pages, if that's your piece of cake. ːmincuriousː
Thank you all for playing So Long Earth and i'll see you soon!
The Future, Survival Mode and Feedback
Hey guys! Happy 2017!
2016 was quite a year, wasn't it? Yeah... :mintired:
So before i say anything, i want to thank everyone that bought the game since it was released, you're the reason why i'm able to write this down to give you some satisfaction regarding making a significant update on the game and driving it forward to make something better
But before i talk about the future, let me talk a bit about:
The Past
You see, the development for this game started almost 3 years ago - as a small project with a few friends - but it turned out a little bigger than we expected. We developed this game with only three people during a period of 2 years non-stop to make something that we could call enjoyable.
This is how it first looked when we started
Given that, i wanna say that i hear you, and i hear your complaints: The controller is kinda unresponsive, the game is very unintuitive, the overall story is quite shallow and the game is repetitive.
And i agree. I couldn't agree more.
But you see, most of these fixes aren't easy to fix. The controller responsiveness is an engine issue, the story issue would require me to re-write the whole story and the repetitiveness would require more content which we can't afford.
I really hope you guys can understand that the lack of feedback and interaction with us is what tells me that people aren't interested in the potential this game has. And more so, the lack of sales tells me that i shouldn't invest time or money into making this a better game.
Okay, but why am i saying this?
Because there are many new people on board who seems to care about the game and what it can become.
And this is why i'm presenting an alternative for:
The Future
A survival mode. More specifically, a sandbox endless survival mode.
You mean like Don't Starve?
Yeah but in a platformnessly way.
I think that this would allow me to create more content without relying too much on the story - which could be played normally if so desired.
And at the same time, develop a mode in which you have to use the planets you land on to craft stuff in order to survive.
This would, of course, come with a complete re-write of the game's code into a new, better, engine. Fixing all the problems related to controllers.
I would also revamp the game design with the things i learned since we launched the game.
Oh, and all of this for free for the people who already bought the game.
Sounds awesome, right?
So here's what i need: comments
Yeah, just comment, right here.
Just a simple "yes" or "no" or maybe a suggestion about it.
All i need to know is that you wanna see the game you bought evolving, growing and becoming something better.
And again, thanks for making all of this possible.
Cheers!
Black Screen Bug
Due to some really unfortunate events, there was a bug going on in which after you saved your first game it would load back in with a black screen with only the sound working.
This bug is now fixed and will teleport everyone back home once you log in
If you have any issues of any kind, please, let me know so that i can help you fix them.
Cheers!
Patch 2.2 28/04
- Mining asteroids now has a chance of giving you a little fuel
- Changed the way pause buttons work
- Ensured that all achievements are getable
- Ensured that all planets are reachable and beatable
- Changed the percentage of the saves to represent achievements only
- Fixed ??? game ship issue
I also wanna say that this might be the last patch before getting out of Early Access
Thanks so much for everyone who helped reporting bugs; You guys are awesome!
Patch 2.1 28/04
- Changed minion achievements to be easier to get
- Made minion only give item help on less than 4 health/armor
- Minion now cancels giving item if you're too far away
- Items now stop on "cloud" platforms
- There is now a delay for boosting on space
- Boosting no longer happens while mining in space
- Boosting now lasts a little longer and costs 10 Fuel
- Fixed lava smoke sound looping endlessly
- Fixed music sometimes would load wrongly
- Fixed golden chest achievements (for real this time)
- Fixed impossible puzzles on ??? game
- Fixed desert boss on ??? game
Also, if you have the soundtrack DLC there's now a button on the menu screen that opens the folder to the soundtrack files
Patch 2.0 notes 26/04 [New Stuff!]
Here are the notes:
Fixes:
- Fixed wine achievement bug
- Fixed issue with "girl indication" icon
- Fixed issue where Windowed mode wouldn't load properly
- Fixed random freezes on ????
- Fixed golden chest achievements
Changes:
- Changed final death achievement to be 25 times
- Changed final gold achievement to be 500 gold
- Changed a few "Mr Sellers" locations to enhance progression
- Getting items that goes to second page no longer switches it when closed
- Map items now have limited sales for each "Mr Seller"
- Space background is now "prettier"
- There are no longer loading screens
Aditions:
- Added ability to change the window size manually
- Added space ship "turbospeed" (press Buttons)
- Clicking twice on inventory items now stack all items
Patch 1.2 25/04 (Controller Bug Fixed)
So, tired of configuring your joystick each time you get in the game? Problem fixed!
So here are the notes:
- Fixed bug where joystick information wouldn't save/load properly
- Fixed bug where joystick would crash game
- Fixed bug where keyboard wouldn't work because of joystick
- Fixed issue where joystick wouldn't get recognized at boot
If you notice any of these things to not work as i said, feel free to post in the discussion forums and i'll look into it
Cheers!
Patch 1.1 - 24/04
- Integration with keyboard and joystick at the same time
- Joystick is now a single cloud save, no longer different for each slot
- Fixed bug where you could multiply items when dead
- Fixed bug with "cockroaches" on toxic planets
- Re-did slots and save logic for faster and better saves
IMPORTANT NOTES!
If you are using a controller, i suggest you load all your slot saves by clicking the "+" button several times and restarting the game - this will allow for your controller information to be reset and saved as one
I will close down the Controller Issue post i made on the forums and cross this out of the list
Cheers guys!
Coming soon™ (But no really, a couple of days left)
Hey everyone! Edd here.
So its been a while - and a very rough one.
We've reached a state in which we can finally say: its coming soon!
How soon? A couple of days soon.
We are on the verge of final testings and once this is done, we will make the game available for everyone!
The first installations might be a little rough, so i will ask everyone who's willing to buy and play on the early access to be very patient. I will keep a thread like this one open on the group forums so you guys can give us feedback about everything: from art to code.
I guess its also worth saying that while on early access, the game will have a 30% discount on the launch week!
And another final thing i wanna say, is thank you!
Thank you so much for supporting us and for voting on the game.
So that's it! Thank you so much for going through this process with us, and soon enough we'll have a lot of fun playing this game!