Game update

Playtest First Week Update

StarFear Playtest · published 4 months ago

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General

• Added run economy graph showing fuel earned/lost across missions
• Added hub slider for choosing how much fuel to bring on a run
• Added "Hold Shift to split" hint on stack split tooltips
• Performance improvements with many enemies on screen

Balance

• Act 1 boss stays rotation-locked 25% longer after a charge attack
• Level ship spawns now scale with player count and scatter across spawners
• Reduced loot drop scaling per extra player
• Gauntlet targets are now more reliable about spawning

UI

• Crewable ship equipment slots now show a colored dot for the slot owner
• Refined equipment slot positions to make room for crew indicators
• Gauntlet leaderboard refreshes for all players after a run completes
• Added controller glyph prefix to the objectives header

Bugs

• Fixed enemy EMP projectile VFX showing in the wrong place
• Fixed an issue where objective rewards were giving too many items
• Fixed enemy EMP sometimes disabling your ship even when the projectile looked like it missed

Other announcements

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Game update4 Sep 20262026.09.04 Patch NotesTutorial Redesign · The tutorial has been rebuilt from scratch as the opening for the story · Game systems are now taught within the context of a real mission · HUD instructions with highlighting of the required action to help with ramp-up Hints · Hints about one thing on screen now point right at it instead of opening a modal · New hints for extract zones and for fast weapon swapping · The Sta…Game update15 May 2026Balance Pass for Final Playtest WeekendAs we move into the final weekend of our first playtest, it's clear the act 1 difficulty is still too high, so we're addressed it in two ways: · Nerfing Act 1 Soldiers · Reworking Upgrades (run meta progression) to much more significantly increase your power Balance • Act 1 boss HP reduced 25% • Sniper turret damage 65 → 60 • Act 1 soldiers nerfed: less health, slower projectiles, slower fire r…Game update10 May 2026Early Game Balance PassWe've been analyzing some of our analytics for first half of the playtest so far and it's clear we have a problem: No one is making it out of Act 1 (~Threat Levels 1-5): I like the direction of the difficulty trend line, but it's too many walls too early. Let's look at the culprits... Changes: · Act 1 · Turrets · Decrease HP from 60 -> 40 (2-shot kill with starter weapon now) · Decrease rate of…