Space Scavenger

New stuff

• Auto save system - You can now continue from the start of the level where you left off after abandoning run and exiting the game.
  
• Screen pulsates a bit on very low health
  
• New game mode unlocks are now shown after exiting to menu or retrying the run
  
• Added a brightness setting
  

Balancing

• Mining drones prioritize crystal asteroids better
  
• Enemies will no longer spawn too close to the player spawn
  
• Separated shop items a bit more
  
• Swarm mode will now tell you to head back to the planet when low on oxygen
  Modules
  
• Snow cannon lower energy usage but shorter stun duration
  
• The first 2 shops can now contain weapons from world 1
  
• Sentry turrets reduced attack speed
  
• Sentry turrets and Battle drones will no longer attack exploding Spitters
  
• Laser shotgun sell price increased from 1->2
  

Bug fixes

• Controller no longer vibrates on damage events with 0 damage
  
• Fixed bug where mining drones would sometimes remain in the play area after exiting
  
• Fixed the bug where the camera would not stop focusing a planet
  
• Fixed bug where enemies killed by sentry turret or environmental hazards would not drop ammo
  
• Enemy health bars should now disappear instantly instead of sometimes remaining for a frame or two
  
• Video settings will now only save when pressing Apply
  
• Fixed bug where Larva mama corpse would fly away randomly on death
  
• Healthbar should no longer look like you lose health when adding more max hp without changing the actual hp
  
• Fixed bug where some weapons would deal double damage if assigned to both actions and pressing both actions at the same time
  
• Fixed scoreboard bug where you could scroll to an empty page (and get stuck on gamepad)
  
• Fixed scoreboard bug where switching page would sometimes not update the ship preview
  
• Taking damage over time now properly plays ship damage effects in short intervals
  

Other

• Added small credits text in main menu
  
• Rifle icon is no longer flipped upside down
  
• Current seed is shown in pause menu
  
• Game Timer will no longer count when game is paused
  
• Added small fade out when exiting to menu or Quitting the game
  
• A new fun little surprise on the victory screen :)
  

Bug fixes

• A few weapons were missing sound effects after the last update
  
• Fixed issue where the pause menu buttons would lose focus and quit to menu instead of resuming the game.
  

New stuff

• Armored boosters removed
  
• Boosters now have variants with extra slots
  
• New Module - Spiked Armor
  
• New Module - Ion Cannon
  
• New Module - Sentry Turret
  
• New Module - Battery
  
• New Module - Ammo Crate
  
• New Sound effects for some enemies and cargo interaction
  

Balancing

• Reduced the average amount of body drops.
  
• Reduced chance of double crystals on Moons
  
• Reduced chance of crystals in asteroids
  
• Adjusted prices of a few modules
  
• Rerolling the shop now costs 1->2->3 crystals
  
• Observatory now gives ammo on planet explore instead of crystals
  

• Increased Stinker poison size and duration slightly
  
• Soul Stealer automatically picks up souls on enemy death
  
• Soul Stealer now requires a lot less souls to repair ship
  
• Hull now has 4 slots
  
• Larger saw area, reduced energy usage and some audio and visual polish
  
• Reduced rapid laser range slightly
  

• Spitter death explosion is larger and does more damage
  
• Larva Mamas now spawn eggs that hatch into larvae to prevent instant damage when larvas spawn
  
• Reduced larva mama damage
  

• Increased module pickup distance slightly
  

Swarm

• Enemies increase health when looping
  
• Repair per crystal is reduced after first loop
  
• Planet hazards are now active after the first loop
  

Bug fixes

• Fixed localization bug when dying from lack of oxygen
  
• Fixed bug where boomerangs would sometimes return too fast
  
• Fusion reactors no longer make noise in the main menu
  
• Fixed bug where Soul Stealer would not get souls on the first level it was attached.
  
• Lotus flower now recharges even if kept in cargo during warp
  
• Added an extra failsafe to prevent enemies from ending up outside the level
  
• Fixed bug where the recycle bar would not close when exiting build mode
  

Other

• Adjusted the Bubble model skin, I hope you like it
  
• Adjusted crossbow arrow visuals
  
• Adjusted Hull model
  
• Adjusted goo planet visuals to a more yellow color and added toxic barrels in it
  
• Changed reflective armor color to blue so that all armor types match basic color scheme
  
• Added some new loading screen tips
  
• Shop signs are no longer in english
  
• New Workshop model with number that reflects repair gained
  
• New Scorpion model to help with visibility
  
• Hangar should now properly categorize ships from Normal, Hard, and Daily
  

Bug Fix

• Fixed a bug with the Soul Stealer that was causing the warp portal to not spawn on a certain type of level.
  

New stuff

• Module - Nail Gun
  

Balancing

• Lotus Flower now revives you with 25 health instead of 50
  
• Hull needs to be attached to the ship in order to give its bonuses. It can’t be used to heal by attaching it temporarily.
  
• The Observatory scans three segments of a planet at a time
  

Bug fixes

• Fixed bug where more than one unique module would spawn on the same level
  

Other

• Added a UI category for Unique Modules in build mode
  
• New Sound effect for Saw
  

New stuff

• Lotus Flower
  
• Hull
  
• Soul Stealer
  
• Fusion Reactor
  
• Observatory
  
• (Radar now belongs to this category)
  

• Added a few extended solar panels
  

Balancing

• Reflective Armor - Reduced price and sell value
  
• Zoomed out slightly in World 1
  
• Shield Drone now has a spherical shield
  
• Minor visibility adjustments to Scorpion
  
• Reduced energy regeneration on Large and Gold Solar panels
  

Bug fixes

• Fixed bug with the mining drone that could cause the next level to not load properly
  
• Enemy hp bars now disappear instantly when enemies die
  
• Incorrect colors on color overlays for skins Toxic Waste and Night Sky
  
• Fixed incorrect sell price text alignment in build mode
  
• Fixed incorrect text in Swarm mode game over screen
  

Other

• Enemy Health bars are now easier to see when covered by other things such as ice blocks.
  
• Edit: v0.9.5.2 Intro video volume is controlled by music volume setting
  

New stuff

• In the death/victory screen you can now save your ships to the Hangar
  
• View saved ships in the hangar!
  
• Module - Angel Wings
  
• Module - Booster / Armored Booster
  
• New health bars that animate recently lost hp
  
• New model skin - Teeth
  
• Scoreboard has pages so you can view scores past the top 8
  

Balancing

• Reduced machine gun ammo usage. (We overdid it a bit in the last patch)
  
• Rifle - Increased range
  
• Green Laser - Increased range
  
• Laser Shotgun - Reduced the number of projectiles by 1
  
• Sword - Reflects projectiles back at enemies instead of just destroying them
  
• Bomber - Now show its damage area before exploding
  
• Homing Launcher - Reduced turn rate of missiles
  
• Camera has less focus on the planet during exploration
  

Bug fixes

• Fixed strange Drone rotation resets in certain situations
  
• Another attempt at fixing boomerangs that would sometimes get stuck mid-air
  
• Fixed bug where the scoreboard preview ship would not load
  

Other

• Skin Select screen clean up. Is now more consistent with the rest of the menus
  
• Some new sounds in the menu
  
• The skin blueprint is no longer visible in the ship skin preview
  

New stuff

• 2 new model skins available, Diamond and Flower
  
• 3 new paints. I heard you like dark skins so here are 3 new ones
  
• When using a controller it will now rumble when taking damage
  Drones
  
• They now have a small energy bar that shows how long they can continue
  
• Drones teleport back to the ship when they run out of energy instead of chasing your ship
  
• Shield Drones now communicate a little bit so they don’t cover the same enemy at the same time, making multiple shield drones a lot more effective
  
• Mining drones can now mine twice instead of once before having to recharge
  

Balancing

• Bodies recycle crystal gain reduced from 5->3
  
• Crystals for buying skins can no longer be earned in Swarm mode.
  
• Increased Swarm mode difficulty curve
  
• Now has reduced crystal gain per loop
  
• Increased ammo usage of machine gun
  

Bug fixes

• After the last update’s camera changes the screenshake was behaving a bit strange. It has been fixed
  
• Shield Drones would sometimes be rotated strangely where the drone would not be positioned over the shield as expected.
  
• Fixed Gas flowers jerky movement
  
• Adjusted how the camera follows planet exploration to solve a bug where it would sometimes not stop focusing the planet
  
• Fixed Laser shotgun size issue where it was treated like a half module in certain positions.
  

Other

• The rotate instruction in build mode will no longer show up for modules where rotation does not matter, like bodies, thrusters etc.
  
• Minor color adjustments to Tubes and Bubble model skins
  

New stuff

• You can now purchase unlocks for your ship with crystals collected in the classic game mode. These include color variations and some model changes
  
• Sentinel enemy has a completely new alien visual instead of the robot model
  
• Chaser has new animations and more telegraphed shots
  
• Turtle has a new cleaner model with new animations
  
• Cloud Saves. Steam should now sync your save file.
  
• An “Are you sure?” popup shows up before abandoning a run
  
• Adjusted camera and physics to allow for smoother camera movement. Everything should feel a lot smoother and it could also help prevent motion sickness.
  

Balancing

• Squids - Reduced damage 80->60
  
• Squids - Reduced projectile speed
  
• Squids - Reduced projectile range slightly
  
• Squids - Increased shot frequency
  
• Spitter - Before exploding it shows the affected area, similar to Space Mines
  
• Spitter - Explosion now damages enemies
  
• Spitter - Increased damage
  
• Scorpion - New fireball visuals
  
• Volcano planet - Reduced damage (100->80)
  
• Firestorm planet - Increased damage (20->80)
  
• Added more gas flowers in toxic world
  

• Homing launcher - Increased damage slightly
  
• Homing launcher - Increased range slightly
  
• Homing launcher - Increased rocket speed
  
• Artillery - Reduced price from 6->5
  
• Crossbow - Increased price from 4->5
  
• Boomerang - Reduced throw distance from 20->18
  
• Boomerang - Reduced speed
  
• Double Laser - Increased ammo usage
  
• Double Laser - Reduced range slightly
  
• Laser shotgun - Reduced Ammo usage
  
• Reflective Armor - now tries to aim reflected projectile towards the enemy attacker
  
• Mining Drone - Can now mine for crystals. Asteroids that contain crystals will drop an additional crystal nugget for every mining drone attached to your ship.
  
• Mining Drone - Removed from Swarm game mode
  
• Toxic launcher - New model and larger area of effect with more damage
  

• The last few levels max size has been reduced
  
• Finding home now grants 5000 bonus score
  
• Moved planet clouds back a bit to stop them from covering the action too much
  

Bug fixes

• Boomerangs should no longer get stuck in the air
  
• Escape should once again be working to exit build mode
  
• Re-enabled build mode cushions that push ship away from walls and planets to prevent you from building into the wall
  
• Fixed how exploration would sometimes be inconsistent with larger ships.
  
• Boomerang - Boomerang speed should now be frame rate independent
  

Other

• Ship will no longer be on fire in the Victory screen
  
• When finishing the daily and the scoreboard shows up, the background will fade out to make the ship preview in the UI more readable.
  
• Removed the “Saved oxygen” score calculation when playing without oxygen limit.
  
• Main menu now has the same pretty skybox as the in-game World 1 levels.
  

Comments

New stuff

• We have a new background system. It should look familiar, but different. It's another step towards making the game run smoother even on lower end devices. Doesn't hurt that it looks better as well!
  
• All players now have a rank next to their name on the Daily Challenge scoreboard. This rank is based on the total score they have accumulated in all Daily Challenges
  
• Boomerang can now throw a new boomerang slightly before an old boomerang returns
  
• Some localization changes
  
• Better looking background suns
  

Bug fixes

• Drone pads on wreckages should now be darker, just like the other modules
  
• Fixed bug where double laser and battle drone would not be able to shoot after having them in cargo while warping
  
• Rerolling the shop for a third time gives you a new set of items instead of looping back to the first set
  
• Activated the Homing Launcher... Oops forgot the checkbox!