Hey Colonists!
We are in the second week of the 1.0 VERSION of the game! I am not slowing down. Thanks to your feedback, I am improving the game further!
The game just got a big balance update with over 20 new improvements, so please go ahead and get the latest update on STEAM!
The tech tree got rebalanced to support all types of playstyles with new players in mind:
It is divided into sections, each corresponding to a specific chapter of the game:
planetoids
water automation
planet exploration
astronauts
research – specialists
It is a huge balance change with more than 10 technologies changing their places, so please share your feedback with me on Discord: https://discord.com/invite/EFzAA3w
Each time you start your adventure with Astro Colony you will have 5 planetoids at your disposal.
They serve as the initial source of resources and allow you to automate the station faster!
When you feel ready to explore infinite space, you can unpin them or hide all planetoids on the map.
Seeing players unlucky with starting seeds, I decided to change how the game begins.
Right now all difficult types like ellipsoid, sphere, crater, and cauliflower will be transformed into more favorable shapes!
You can clearly see how much flat surface and how exposed resources are.
Every crafting device is now changing the way it pushes resources. It's doing it only for active recipes.
This way you can easily get rid of all "unwanted" resources.
Since the booster is a very important skill in the game, allowing you to traverse the universe faster, it is also now included in the UI.
All guides in the guidebook got updated with a new, bigger format, videos, and texts.
Please check them out!
Some visual glitches of humans in multiplayer or animations of devices like harpoon connectors got fixed. However, the most noticeable for you will be the asteroid catcher beam change!
NO MORE LASER SHOW! 🙈
technology tree with a new design and section icons showing what the early focus is on, like planetoids, automation, exploration, etc.
new starting planetoids - 5 where 3 are pinned by default (marker)
starting planets changed, so instead of spheres or a crater, you will always get more flat
cost of buildings and technologies rebalanced
all guidebook pages updated with new graphics and bigger videos
tutorial missions with more hints and localization
new icon for booster - there are now 4 icons
asteroid catcher beams are now subtle
bot skipping some dialog fixed
many multiplayer visual glitches fixed
some in-game animations were fixed, like the harpoon connector gun
crafting devices are keeping inside only resources for active crafting recipes
fixed selection after rotation, so selection is kept
transport bots can deliver additional resources even if the device is full (or limited), so nothing is wasted
starting harpoon connector now delivers 2 power by default - it helps when setting up first drill on the planetoid
the way to pin/unpin planetoids
it is now possible to remove colony origin block in BLUEPRINTS
warning station arrow can be now removed and show READ
syncing improved, at least all my unsyncable savegames on my side started to sync again
The game is currently discounted, so please use this opportunity if you still haven't played it!
There is nothing more that I really enjoy than playing Astro Colony from the start, having the excitement of the universe being generated just for me and progressing in the tech tree.
Maybe one day I will also think of a speedrunning category for it ;)
For now I just want to invite all of you to my stream on Twitch:
The stream starts around 21:00 CET today. Another stream is expected on Saturday and Sunday! See you there!
DAY1: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2795058547
DAY2: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2795890965
Ah, and if you enjoy the game just like me, please don't forget to leave a review, especially right now when the game just came out from Early Access. Thanks!
Kind regards,
Tefel (Terad Games)