Stardust Vanguards just got a whole lot better with a ton of new features, effects, UI enhancements, event balances, and fixes in our v1.1 Prettiness Update!
The coolest feature: the new bounty target system! If a player suddenly gains a strong lead during the battle, we'll issue a bounty awarding 50 reinforcement points for that player's head instead of the normal 10. This new feature has been a blast during our tests and we know you'll just love it.
We also added a lot of really cool UI additions. You guys and gals asked for quicker menus and rematch options so we delivered on that. We also wanted to give you more info without forcing you to look away from your character, so we unified the player arrow labels to include both your earned RP as well as how much shield time you have remaining.
There's also a ton of new explosion effects, UI enhancements (better win screens and windows), fun extras (like dry firing your gun when it's empty), and a bunch of balances and fixes. Check out the entire changelist below to get the full picture on every change we made.
We really loved hearing your feedback and working on this new definitive version of Stardust Vanguards, so drop us a line and let us know what you think!
STARDUST VANGUARDS 1.1 - "THE PRETTINESS UPDATE" - CHANGELIST: - New "BOUNTY TARGET" feature added
- Added post-game and pause rematch options
- New UI enhancements across the board
- New in-game player-arrows now display RP and remaining shield duration
- Added visual cues when a player charges reinforcements or has max RP
- All win screens have been overhauled
- Empty guns can now be dry fired
- New visuals for battle start and end
- The title screen has been enhanced
- Returning to the title and transitioning through menus is quicker and more polished
- Character select now has a confirmation launch screen
- Players now join different teams sequentially when joining in at the character select
- Mecha eyes now glow on the character select
- A random music track will now play for each new battle
- Post-battle kill screen now counts up player kills
- Added a scoreboard for all game modes
- Overhauled all +RP notifications
- Players will gloriously explode when eliminated
- VIP ships will gloriously explode when assassinated
- Players have a new 2D lens-flare glimmer animation when spawning or dying
- NPC capital ships now have a large glimmer animation when exploding
- Unlocks are granted when quitting the game now
- In CO-OP MODE, players may continue fighting until all players are killed off
- In CO-OP and CONQUEST MODE, announcer will count down lives/time remaining
- SPACE BALL announcer audio has been tweaked to be more versatile
- SPACE BALL MODE dynamically balances base positions based on number of teams
- Engine burnout cooldown has been significantly decreased
- The shield has been made much more responsive and quicker to activate
- Pirates have been removed completely from FAST MODE
- The PIRATE VIP ASSASSINATION event has been made significantly easier
- Removed two incompatible stages from SPACE BALL mode
- Fixed a few bugs with the shield timer remaining on screen
- Fixed reported resolution overdraw issues
- Numerous minor fixes