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Genre: Adventure, Indie

The Superfluous

STEAM DECK Support
Added support for the STEAM Deck.

Linux Build Updated
I've updated the Linux build to be inline with the newest Windows build.

It is important to note that - depending on the version of Ubuntu you have - additional dependencies may need to be installed to permit you to play the game. The dependencies are:

libcurl4
libopenal1

You should install these packages on your machine otherwise the games might not run.

Try this in the terminal:

sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install libcurl4
sudo apt-get install libopenal1

Sand: A Superfluous Game

Welcome to the sequel (and I must say much better game) to The Superfluous! An open world, base-building, adventure survival game with quirky humor and Llamas. Explore the wasteland of Alaska smashing skeletons in your supped up cab and trading veggies with the native rhino-people. Find out what the mysterious cube from space wants you to do for it.

PLAY THE ALPHA VERSION

I'd like to invite you to play this game and join the DISCORD server to become and active member of the development. As some of you know I am a solo indie dev, but I do read and respond to all of the messages (both on itch.io and our new discord server). Check out some of our members YouTube channels that have played VERY early versions:

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More here: itch.io

Thanks for you time! Expect to see Sand: A Superfluous Game coming to STEAM early access very soon!

The Future of 'The Superfluous'
As of about a year ago, I've decided that The Superfluous is a done game. It completes the purpose and fulfilled my vision for the game. Is it perfect? Not at all. Are there things I'd change? Probably. I'll do a full post mortem someday but now it is time to move on. The game will only receive updates if someone finds a bug or someone requests a good quality of life update. The world The Superfluous created though is far from over. I have at least 2 more games I'd like to build in the world 'after the asteroid'.

Some of you might know that a year ago I started creating the sequel to The Superfluous, The Superfluous Sand, and posted at itch.io.



The Superfluous Sand

As of right now the Alpha is fairly far along and is free. So check it out if you'd like.

The story continues sometime later after the events of The Superfluous and it takes place on Earth. I've decided to change the format of this game to a top-down survival base building game in the same vein as Rim World but having you control a single person. This was always the plan (the third game will be different too) as it would be hard for me as a solo dev to make the same game over and over again and then justify you buying the same just rehashed. I want to continue to learn and grow as well. I am keeping the art style and humor so it should still look and feel like a Superfluous game. You'll even still have some familiar characters to speak to (E.D.I.E.).

Expect a Kickstarter (like I did for The Superfluous) and a much more polished and complete game. The Superfluous took me about 2 months to make. The Superfluous Sand is going on over a year of development.

Personal life (a flood, an adoption, and 3 hospital stays with our new baby girl) has kept me from keeping in touch with you guys. That is totally on me and I apologize. I hope to keep you guys on STEAM updated with my progress as this development gets closer to release. This was my first big game and I've learned a lot from this whole experience. I've even grown to like a few of you :) Hopefully, I will be able to bring you an even greater game in the near future!

If you want to follow my development more closely click on that link above and check out all the dev-logs and get involved in the community. You'll even see I made a few card games along the way :)

I've decided after several years to drop the price to 99 cents! Pick it up and enjoy it that's all I ask :)

Happy gaming my lovely peeps!

Update
I double the gem/coin gain from all enemies and mining activities. Hopefully, this is something you wanted and will help lessen the grind. I also added two new buttons on the LEFT menu to disable VSYNC and enable alt timing. Most of you won't need to use these options but are included for those that have high Hz monitors.

The Superfluous is Back
So I finally got back in to my house. Hooked up my computer and did a little development today. I pushed an update (for the PC only) that adds a way to kill yourself from the pause menu. That should have been in there a long time ago. Just an oversight on my part. Again thank all of you!

I am working now on porting The Superfluous to XBOX ONE also on my next game (a sequel to The Superfluous but not the same genre of game) more about this in a future update.

Harvey Hit The Superfluous
Some of you know I am a Houston dev. Well we did not escape the flooding and are in the process of tearing out sheet rock and work our butts off trying to get things cleaned up. My family is safe and dry. Hopefully my computers made it and I can get back to working soon. The code is stored on the cloud so I haven't lost anything in that regard.

If you want to help post on social media and try to get someone to buy our game :)

- Adam Truncale

Made Things A Little Easier
I adjusted the damage the player takes by %50 on the first 2 levels and %75 on the next 2 levels. This will help with ease the newer players in a little and make them less frustrated. The Superfluous is a hard game (I made it that way) but can be overcome with patience.

Mac Build - Reinstall?
I updated the Mac build to hopefully fix some errors some people are experiencing (IE ground disappearing). I've yet to replicate these errors on my machine so it is hard to debug. Thank you to everyone on the forum trying to help me nail down this annoying bug.

YOU MIGHT NEED TO REINSTALL the game to get it to run properly. If it updates and you can run it great but if not do this. [This will not erase any progress you made] In your game list right-click 'The Superfluous' and select uninstall. Then reinstall. Play.

The good thing about this is it should run with less lag on old Macs.

Added Quick Tutorial


Added a quick tutorial for those new to the game. I've noticed watching videos of people playing the don't know how to switch squad mates and use the secondary weapons. Hope this helps some.
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