v0.4.02

2025-08-26

🏆 Achievements System

• ✨ Full achievements system integrated into the game!
• 🎉 Achievement unlock popup animations display your accomplishments in style.
• 📊 Progress tracking shows exactly what you need to unlock each achievement.
• ☁️ Steam achievements fully integrated and automatically uploaded.
• 📈 Dual progress tracking system using both Steam stats and in-game system.
• 🆕 Achievement unlocks now appear in the novelties section.
• 🎮 Steam API configuration completed for seamless achievement synchronization.
• 🔗 Quick access link to achievements added in the main menu.

🎯 In-Game Improvements

• 👻 Ghost ship no longer appears when starting from the editor.
• 🎯 Crosshair automatically fades out at low speeds for cleaner visuals.
• 🔧 Complete reorganization and refactoring of the in-game UI system.
• 🎁 Sequential reward display shows all earned rewards directly in-game.

🚗 Garage Customization

• 🎨 Fresh color palette with new selectable colors.
• 🔒 Lock symbols indicate locked spaceship parts.
• ℹ️ Clickable lock symbols provide unlock requirement information.
• 📊 Percentage display shows spaceship component properties.
• 🔓 Revised unlock progression for spaceship parts and colors.
• 📐 Grid system features darker lines without cross overlapping.
• 🎨 Active paint job clearly highlighted for easy identification.

📱 Menu UI Updates

• 🎮 Mission rating system now fully supports controller navigation.
• 🕹️ Scroll containers optimized for smooth controller input.
• 🌍 All tab menu names translated for international players.
• ✨ More UI elements feature shiny hover and focus effects.
• 🏅 Chapter rank display added to the missions overview screen.
• 🌐 Website button integrated into the main menu.
• 💫 Various small UI adjustments for improved user experience.

📹 Replay List Interface

• 📏 Improved spacing after column headers for better readability.
• 🎮 Full controller support for navigation.

👤 Profile Page

• ⏳ Loading text displayed during color and name updates.
• 🎨 Player name styled with chosen player color.
• 📐 Better spacing between follow buttons and mission sharing options.
• 📝 Column headers added for improved organization.

🗺️ Mission Overview

• 📚 Enhanced spacing between chapters for clearer navigation.
• 🟡 Hovered mission tiles highlighted in yellow.

🎮 Demo Version

• ⚡ Features showcased more quickly to new players.
• 🏁 Enemy records now visible in the demo version.
• 💙 "Wishlist on Steam" reminder when closing the game.

🛠️ Editor Updates

• 🖱️ Editor mouse properly accounts for big UI scaling.
• 🎮 Editor manual mode fully supports controller input.
• 🕹️ Right-side editor menu navigable with controller.
• 🐛 Fixed hover detection issue occurring every second frame.

⚖️ Legal & Compliance

• 📜 Terms of Service and Privacy Policy integrated.
• 🔍 Research completed for complaint functionality regarding player names (Digital Service Act compliance).

🐛 Bug Fixes

• ⚡ Fixed issue with player getting permanently stuck when stunned.
• 🔧 Numerous minor bugs squashed for smoother gameplay.

v0.4.01

2025-06-10

🎮 User Interface (UI)

• Improved naming and organization of in-game menu items.
• Mission win page removed; award earning animation now plays in the in-game menu.
• Award textures scaled up for higher resolution.
• Button descriptions placed under input icons in the tutorial.
• Fixed menu not showing on game start.
• Profile page redesigned, unused elements removed.
• Added pager for replays.

🔊 Gameplay Experience

• Significant performance boost by skipping updates for world objects not on the main layer.
• Ship becomes indestructible upon victory.
• Winning is no longer possible after the ship explodes.
• Lightning effects from traps in the background and foreground are also blurred.

🛠️ Editor

• Trigger areas are hidden when trigger mode is disabled.
• Various minor bug fixes.

📡 New Mission Serialization Version 4

• Mines can now be configured to react to gravity.
• Flickering tile removed.
• Platform light color is now configurable.
• Added flickering setting for light tiles.
• Added explosion trigger for mines.
• GoldArea includes a toggle to allow gold ore respawning.
• Time limits can be set with frame-precision (ArrowSign, LoopTrigger, TimerTrigger).
• New component: TransistorTrigger, which can be toggled to allow or block a signal.
• New component: RemoteTrigger, which can send a signal without requiring direct trigger connections.

v0.3.15

2025-05-01

🚀 Steam Deck Support

• The on-screen keyboard now opens automatically when text fields are selected.

🔗 Steam Integration

• Steam usernames are now used as player names as default.
• Steam friends are automatically added to the in-game friends list.

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Fix issue with focus in Popups.
• Add missing parallax effect in the main menu.
• Editor: Fix crash when deleting pressed with an uninitialized tile selected.

🎮 User Interface (UI)

• Renamed "Syncing" with more meaningful Strings.
• Placeholder text now shown if an input icon is missing.
• Added an award list to the in game overlay.

🔊 Gameplay Experience

• Added sound effect for the spaceship's tractor beam.

v0.3.14

2025-04-09

🖥️ System

• Updated to Godot Engine 4.4.

✨ Features

• Added DestroyableGenerator — a destructible map tile.
• Players can now select a custom color for their player label.
• Added Playtest invite link from the demo version.
• New music tracks: Safe Zone and Space Attack by Josh Kashdan.
• If a player is too slow, the game now explains the required time to complete the level.
• Background and foreground elements are now blurred and darkened for improved focus.
• Editor: Improved the Colorize function and made it removable.
• Added in-game access to the bug report feature.

⚙️ Settings

• Added keybinding customization for keyboard controls.
• Added rebindable controller inputs with sensible defaults.
• New setting: Enable/Disable V-Sync.

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Fixed: TriggerLoop was triggering one extra time.
• Fixed crash when attempting to disband a group without selecting one.
• Fixed: Editor mouse cursor would switch to scale mode and not revert.

v0.3.13

2025-01-31

🛠️ Editor Improvements

• Added folder management buttons and improved the tile property system.
• Enhanced controller support with tooltips and a Joywheel.
• Improved validation for tile properties and menu entries.

📹 Replays & Mission Runs

• Replays are now automatically created and stored on the server.
• Improved validation and integrity checks for MissionRuns.
• Added a global ranking tab and replay filtering.
• New settings: Auto-save successful & failed replays.

🚪 RigidBody2D Doors

• Doors converted to RigidBody2D for physics-based interaction.
• Improved collision handling and damage mechanics for crushing objects.
• Fixed lighting and sound effects related to door interaction.

🎮 User Interface (UI)

• Added a new in-game menu and video mode settings.
• Improved Big UI Mode compatibility.
• Introduced hierarchical back navigation instead of browser-style back.
• Added configurable in-game camera zoom.
• Various translation updates and UI bug fixes.

🚀 Gameplay & Features

• Added GoldOre Collector and finalized spaceship stats.
• Removed credit system and campaign history system, keeping only high scores.
• Adjusted campaign unlocks and awards.
• Enhanced tractor beam visuals and hull colorization shaders.
• New high-score challenge for levels up to Chapter 8.

🗺️ Mission Adjustments

• Welcoming Mission: Gates now open when taking off.
• Improved goal mechanics and gate indicators.

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Fixed issues with cannon shots passing through objects, trophy timing, UI inconsistencies, and ship layout saving.
• Improved pause menu behavior, component purchases, and background layer positioning.
• Fixed garage ship preview, engine fire flickering, fuel refill menu, and ranking display.

v0.3.12

2024-10-06

🎮 User Interface (UI) & UX

• Garage and ship selection are now quickly accessible during gameplay.
• Improved controller support with better navigation and button icons.
• Several translation texts updated and corrected, including mission names.
• Various other minor improvements to streamline the user experience.

ℹ️ Notes

• This version focuses on improving ease of use and resolving small issues to enhance the overall experience.

v0.3.11

2024-08-20

🌍 Localization

• Added support for German and English languages.

🛰️ Gameplay Improvements

• Projected flight path of the ship is now displayed.
• Ship now reacts with a more bouncy behavior for improved feedback.
• Contextual input hints are shown at the start of a level based on the current platform.
• When fuel is empty, the ship is stunned, or damaged, an overlay is shown instead of opening the menu.
• Various smaller improvements throughout the game.

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the A button on gamepads sometimes failed to launch the ship.
• Fixed missing mouse cursor after running a mission from the editor.
• Several other minor bugs resolved.

v0.3.10

2024-06-24

🖥️ System

• Set OpenGL as default video driver.

🎮 Gameplay

• Laps Counter now counts up (e.g., Lap 2/3) instead of down.
• Enhanced visual effect for side thrusters.
• Throttle control removed from joystick — only steering is retained.
• Finish line added to some missions.

🎮 Controller

• Shortcut: "Start" button now navigates to Missions in the menu.
• Shortcut: "Reset" button now navigates to Garage.

📋 Menu

• Email input is now optional.
• Various text adjustments for clarity.
• SpinBox added for FPS adjustment.
• Bugfix: Ship dies were not buyable.

🛠️ Editor

• Tooltips for Tile Properties added to improve usability.
• New menu entry to open the mission folder in the OS file browser.

🧩 User Interface (UI)

• UI/UX enhancements across various screens.