Hello everyone, welcome to the second weekly update! New stages/major features will only be made available in the weekly branch. Everything else will still be made available in the normal branch.
Early Access v0.1.3 (weekly)
The second set of stages have been added to World C in the Campaign
The implementation of shooting recoil has been added to the normal branch so all leaderboards have been re-enabled
Early Access v0.1.1b (normal + weekly)
The implementation of shooting recoil has been added to the normal branch
Added a new customization Trail
You can now place enemies at an offset by holding ALT
Players with the #1 Score/Time will have a gold name on the Leaderboard
Scroll through leaderboards with up/down arrow keys.
Old replays will be destroyed as they are no longer compatible
Various bugfixes/minor changes
If you want to learn more about this update or future updates, visit the Stealthscape Trello.
Early Access v0.1.2/v0.1.1a Update - Changelog
Hello everyone, welcome to the first weekly update! These will be released every Saturday in 2 versions, the main branch and the weekly branch, new stages/major features will only be made available in the weekly branch. Everything else will still be made available in the normal branch.
Early Access v0.1.2 (weekly)
The first 5 stages of World C have been added to the Campaign
A test implementation of shooting recoil has been added. As a result, all leaderboards except for World C will be disabled for weekly builds for the time being.
Early Access v0.1.1a (normal + weekly)
You can now apply tags to enemies that will fire on death
You can now set a Camera to start as Active
The Workshop Menu is now separated into pages so the menu is less intensive
Added slight map compatibility changes so you can load stages from older versions without issue.
Various bugfixes/minor changes
If you want to learn more about this update or future updates, visit the Stealthscape Trello.
Early Access v0.1.1 Update - Changelog
Hello everyone, this is the first update since release so there's not much to go over but this post will outline what's new in this update.
Early Access v0.1.1
An Editor Tab was added to the Main Menu
Easily access previously edited stages via the Editor Tab
Added social buttons to the Main Menu
Added Time Leaderboards to Workshop Stages
Your cursor will now stay within the game window while in-game
Various bug fixes
A full editor tutorial and logic tutorial will be released some time tomorrow, and will help those who are initially confused when they first enter the editor. For now there's a written Steam Guide you can find here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2016422906
If you want to learn more about this update or future updates, visit the Stealthscape Trello.
Stealthscape is now available for purchase on Steam in Early Access! This has been a long time coming and I'm super excited to share this game with all of you! Join the discord to stay up-to-date on development and get involved with the community!
In case you missed the last news post, I will be streaming development on Sundays at 6:00pm Eastern Time, and weekly updates will be released on the "weekly" beta branch the day prior. Major updates will release on the first Wednesday of each month (Excluding April) and will include campaign content, new objects for the stage editor, and more.
Thanks for joining me in this journey, and I hope you see it through to the end!
Stealthscape Early Access Roadmap
Early Access Roadmap
During Early Access there will be a schedule to updates, aswell as Q&A/Development livestreams on Twitch. Here's a brief rundown of what's to expect.
Every Saturday
Every Saturday, a new build will be pushed to the "weekly" branch in the Betas tab. These builds will contain all new content as it's being made, but are less stable. Each week, you can expect around 5 new stages to play in the Campaign, along with new content as suggested by the Trello, aswell as you! Weekly builds will not contain story elements as they're being made, and will only be made available with major update releases. Major update builds are still pushed to the weekly branch so you don't have to swap between them when you want to play each one!
Every Sunday
Every Sunday (Excluding Tomorrow) I will be livestreaming the development of Stealthscape on Twitch at 6:00pm Eastern Time. The first bit of the stream will be me going over everything new in the weekly build released the day prior, aswell as what's planned for the current week. After this, I will stream regular development of the game, with some stage creation at the end. During this portion of the stream, I will be answering any questions you have in chat, and taking suggestions from those who have them. If you have the time to drop by, please feel free!
Every Month
Major updates will be released on the first Wednesday of each month (Excluding April). These updates will contain everything from the weekly builds released throughout the month, plus everything that was in the work behind-the-scenes, such as Story Missions! These updates are expected to include 1 new Campaign World each month, with new customization options and Stage Editor content sprinkled throughout.
I hope you're all excited for the Early Access Release of Stealthscape, the game releases in only 2 DAYS!!! So add to your wishlists now!
Time to answer some more questions that have been left unanswered
How much will Stealthscape cost?
The game will cost $9.99 USD while in Early Access, and during the first week the game is available there will be a 10% discount. However, you can pre-order the game right now at https://carsonk.itch.io/stealthscape to get a Steam Key that will unlock on launch.
Will the game be available for Mac/Linux?
During Early Access, there will be no Mac or Linux versions of the game. However, if there is enough demand, a Mac and/or Linux version will be considered for the full release.
Will the game have DLC or updates AFTER Early Access?
Once the game is released from Early Access, bug fixes and minor content updates will continue to come for free, as well as more stages to play once you've completed the Campaign.
Hope to see you all on the leaderboards on March 30th!
Stealthscape is finally coming to Steam in Early Access! Add to wishlist and mark your calendars, cause the big day's March 30th, 2020
What Does Early Access Mean?
After years of development, Stealthscape is in a fully playable state and is near fully-featured. But the Campaign will require more time to complete, and there's still so much planned for the game. But not only that, there's potentially so much YOU will have planned for the game. If you have any feature requests, new object ideas, issues, bugs or what have you, feel free to join our discord and let me know in the #feedback channel, I want this game to be the best it can be and I can't do that alone.
What's in the Early Access version?
2 Worlds in the Campaign (At Launch)
Gold Coins to find throughout the Campaign stages
Story-based missions you encounter between each world
Gauntlet Runs that have you speedrun through an entire world in one sitting
A fully-featured Stage Editor with limitless options and features
Steam Workshop support for sharing custom stages
An XP/Customization Unlock system that allows you to customize your ship with different models, trails, and FX
There will also be a weekly branch available which will contain more unstable builds, but you will get content as it's being developed. Development is being shared in the discord constantly.
What's to come?
More Campaign worlds (9 in total)
A Story completed in missions between worlds throughout the game
More objects, enemies and traps to create stages with
More customization unlocks for your ship
Gameplay modifiers that fundamentally change how the game is played in exchange for a point modifier
Statistics to get feedback on how you play
Steam Achievements and Trading Cards
Hope to see you all on the leaderboards on March 30th!
v0.5.2 BETA - World B
This update was a long time in the making and was a project I spread over multiple months but over 80% of the game's code has been completely rewritten/optimized. Now that all the hard boring work is out of the way, the content updates are to come next, starting with World B and it's CarsOS Event. Plus, this update brings Gauntlet Runs and CarsOS Replays, each with their own Leaderboards, so the Campaign has much more to provide now! Let me know what you'd like to see the most next.
v0.5.1 BETA +World B Complete --+Added Stages 3/1-B - 3/5-B --+When Stage 3/5-B is completed, CarsOS Event B plays --+You can replay CarsOS Events and go for a highscore once finished. +Added Gauntlet Runs --+Speedrun through every stage in a world one after the other and compete for the best time. --+Unlocked when every stage in a world is completed +Added Credits to Options Menu -Fixed Middle Mouse drag speed in Editor -Fixed various enemy bugs -Fixed lasers not moving with their emitter -Rewrote/Optimized majority of the code base, this brings many fixes along with *potentially* many bugs
Visit the Trello for more on this update and future updates! https://trello.com/b/h69qJjRQ/stealthscape
v0.5.1 BETA - Enemy Update
This update to Stealthscape brings back the long removed Weakling enemies along with a few new ones and some changes to previous ones. There's also been some updates to the existing campaign stages, and as a result leaderboards for some have been reset. Specifics can be found on the Trello.
v0.5.1 BETA +"Combat" Update ..+Added Weaklings (1hp, follows when near) ..+Added Speeders (2hp, follows when hurt) ..+Added Tanks (3hp, follows when near and shoots missiles) ..+Added Torpedos (1hp, homes when player passes in front) ..-Circlers and Chargers now have 3hp ..-Shooting a Doppelganger kills the player ..-Player's fire rate has been lowered to suit these additions +Updated Tutorial +Stages have been updated/completely replaced +Added Trigger (Activates a tag when player is in it's bounds) +Added Camera (Set camera position, zoom, speed, and fx) +Added Zoom Level in the Settings +Added Delete Save in the Settings -Enemies now activate buttons and pressure plates -Your final score now shows on the end screen -You can now play from a replay from the pause menu -Editor Camera now stars on the player spawn -Misc Changes + Bug Fixes
v0.5.1a BETA -Fixed a bunch of bugs with Torpedos -Updated the timing of the song in World A to be how it should have been
v0.5.1b BETA +Added more Customization options +Redid the crosshairs and added new ones -Version number is now located in the settings -Tanks no longer move -Zooming no longer looks weird -Other misc bugfixes
Visit the Trello for more on this update and future updates! https://trello.com/b/h69qJjRQ/stealthscape
v0.5.0 BETA
Long time no see! Stealthscape is back and will be receiving updates again! There's no schedule to these updates, they could be frequent and could be infrequent, but I will be posting update progress in the discord! Also, the monthly stage challenge will no longer exist for a while. I plan on bringing it back, but for now there are no challenges. However, if you create a stage and feel it is worthy of becoming a CAMPAIGN stage, upload it with the "Monthly" tag and I'll consider it for the official Campaign.
v0.5.0 BETA +Overhauled all music in the game -Removed most of the old music -New music is now made by me +Added a Tutorial -Tutorial will appear the first time you launch the game -The tutorial stage is not accessible after the first time, so has no leaderboards +Added a crash report system -When the game crashes, you now have the option to automatically send the crash report, along with information on what you were doing in-game leading up to the crash. (More info on https://stealthscape.net/bugreport.htm ) -If you choose not to, the game will show you the error message before closing -Many, many bug fixes -Save files have been reset, however leaderboards have not
Visit the Trello for more on this update and future updates!
