Cozy Space Survivors

Devlog

• Patchy 1.5.5: Bugfixes, Tweaks
  July 08, 2024 by simonschreibt

  Thinky Radial Menu now disabled the buttons for shop time/weapon if the shops are not unlocked yet Bugfix: mining laser impact fx was visible for too long (when using the pass through upgrade) Loca tw... Continue reading
• Patchy 1.5.4: Guidance to Shop, Bugfix
  July 08, 2024 by simonschreibt

  added guidance marker to shops bugfix: wormy won did not unlock thinky... Continue reading
• Patchy 1.5.3: Fixed Mouse Controls
  July 07, 2024 by simonschreibt

  Bugfix: mouse controls restored (was broken since 1.5) - thx for the report brotherhoodmonk & Heilsbringer! loca tweaks... Continue reading
• Update 135: Patchy 1.5.2: Bugfixes & Performance Tweaks
  July 07, 2024 by simonschreibt

  Optimized resource collection (e.g. XP) for "Thinky" which is especially important when A TON of XP is lying around Simplified code for target-detection when having the “pass through”-upgrade Bugf... Continue reading
• Update 134: Patchy 1.5.1: Bugfixes, Loca
  July 04, 2024 by simonschreibt

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  bugfix: new ship 5 wasn't unlocked when already having the game won with ship 4 bugfix: avoid assert when mining laser impacts pool is empty bugfix: null-objects in pool had an array assigned as their... Continue reading
• Update 133: Patchy 1.5: New "AI" Shipy
  July 03, 2024 by simonschreibt

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  This will be most likely my last content update. If there are bugs, I will try to fix them and there might be smaller patches to update the localization. But apart from that, I need to take care of ot... Continue reading
• Update 132: Patchy 1.4.1: Performance Improvements
  June 24, 2024 by simonschreibt

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  Performance got improved mainly by now “collapsing” 10 little XP-Hearts into 1 bigger version to have fewer objects on the screen. More details in this video:... Continue reading
• Update 131: Patchy 1.4: Shopkeeper, Mine-Tweaks, Catalan
  June 23, 2024 by simonschreibt

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  Weapon/Time Shopkeeper You can now unlock two NPCs who sell weapons/time (via upgrade in the chocolate store)! You can trade 256 chocolate for a random weapon or 1 minute more time. If you buy time: M... Continue reading
• Update 130: Patchy 1.3: Gallery, Quest Overview & Guidance, Balancing, Portuguese (Portugal)
  June 02, 2024 by simonschreibt

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  Gallery The main menu offers now a little gallery with some “behind the scenes” images and videos. A new little NPC called "Strueppi" tells you about the gallery as well. Quest Overview You can no... Continue reading
• Update 129 - Patchy 1.2 - Progress-Sun, Turkish, Japanese, Balancing, Bugfixes
  May 20, 2024 by simonschreibt

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  Hello lovely people! Patchy 1.2 is here! ⭐New Feature The main menu now shows a little sun with 3 different states to add a bit more "closure" when finishing the game. The states are: Unlocked all s... Continue reading
• Update 128 - Patchy 1.12: New Music, Italien, Performance, Bugfixing, Tweaks
  May 12, 2024 by simonschreibt

  New Music Up to now, I used a royality free music from the internet but now we have a unique music made for the game by Jake Rizer @jrazer98! Italian Language The game (and also the demo) is now avail... Continue reading
• Update 127 - STEAM RELEASE!
  May 04, 2024 by simonschreibt

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  The game is OUT NOW on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2657850/Cozy_Space_Survivors/... Continue reading

  
• Update 126 - All Events > Cozy Space Survivors Events > Damage Numbers, Impact Push, Optimization
  April 30, 2024 by simonschreibt

  damage numbers now move in the direction of the impulse boomerang, hulahoop & mining laser now also push objects slightly away from themselves (engine was already doing it before but the push is now m... Continue reading
• Update 125 - Mine Push, Tweaks, Bugfixes
  April 28, 2024 by simonschreibt

  Mines now get an extra random push when they are deployed Tweak: Placed more Portals & Asteroids so that space is a bit less empty Bugfix: Too few enemies have been spawned by the enemy manager Bugfix... Continue reading
• Update 124 - Hula-Hoop Tweaks
  April 21, 2024 by simonschreibt

  The hula-hoops could be a bit frustrating to look at when they were offset and rotating - especially when several were on screen. Now, they grow in size (instead of being more and more offset to the s... Continue reading
• Upadte 123 - End Game Animation
  April 20, 2024 by simonschreibt

  Added cute animations when game is won/lost just before the summary list:... Continue reading
• Update 122 - Release-Date-Trailer!!!!
  April 18, 2024 by simonschreibt

  🔊 SOUND ON! 🔊... Continue reading
• Update 121 - Rainbow of Love & Boxy Guidance
  April 14, 2024 by simonschreibt

  Rainbow of Love As a last BIG addition to the game, I have added a new weapon. It's an AoE-Nova dealing damage to everything in range. Note : It is locked in the demo, BUT each Space-Moomoo has this w... Continue reading
• Update 120 - Missile Launcher Unlock, Splash Damage Visualization
  April 13, 2024 by simonschreibt

  Splash Damage Visualization Game development s also about the little things: I reworked the splash damage visualization (the red circle) to be pixelated (happens in a shader) to fit better to the art... Continue reading
• Update 119 - Missile Launcher
  April 08, 2024 by simonschreibt

  🚀Missile Launcher 🚀 Beta Test (two weapon boxes are available directly at the start of the game): https://simonschreibt.itch.io/cozy-space-survivors-web Missiles search for a random target (rega... Continue reading
• Update 118 - New Boss, Snake Ship 4, QOL
  April 06, 2024 by simonschreibt

  New Boss I received my first Let's Play and the player mentioned that it was a bit underwhelming, that nothing "scary" waited at the end of the game. Now, in second 00:45 a huge boss spawns. Defeating... Continue reading
• Update 117 - Player Ship 4 Beta Test
  April 04, 2024 by simonschreibt

  Player Ship 04 Can be beta-tested in the Itch-Version SPECIAL : Each segment contains a weapon slot, BUT the lower your health, the fewer segments you have (until you gain health again)!!... Continue reading
• Update 116 - Spanish, Overlay-Pause, Chocolate-Store, Quest-Arrow-Animation
  April 01, 2024 by simonschreibt

  Languages The game is now available in Simplified Chinese & Spanish. Cool Changes Portal Dogs (the green creatures which fire beams) are now spawned less often but drop more XP Game is paused when Ste... Continue reading
• Update 115 - Input Change Notification
  March 17, 2024 by simonschreibt

  Small (but I think Important) detail: When you change the control mode (between mouse, keyboard or controller) a little icon + sound notifies you about the switch. This should help (a) showing what bu... Continue reading

  
• Upadte 114 - Game Menu Flow 2.0
  February 25, 2024 by simonschreibt

  Game Menu Flow Update Goal Make people play another round after finishing the first one. Changes "Play Again"-Button added to End-Menu (directly starts a new game, without having to go through the mai... Continue reading
• Update 113 - New Upgrades: Damage & Frequency, Damage Numbers
  February 20, 2024 by simonschreibt

  New Weapon Upgrades You can now upgrade the weapon damage and/or frequency when leveling up. For the Laser Hula-Hoop increasing the frequency means that it rotates faster. Here is a fun GIF when I tes... Continue reading
• Update 112 - Boxies, Dutch, Cross-OS Cloud Save, Fixes
  February 16, 2024 by simonschreibt

  Boxy Colors The little boxies have now clearer difference in their colors: Cross Cloud Save, Dutch & Fixes Dutch Loca is in the game (thanks to Joppe Min)! Works now as cross-save between Windows and... Continue reading
• Update 111 - Cloud Save, Play Again
  February 14, 2024 by simonschreibt

  Cloud Save Enabled I enabled cloud save, and hopefully it will not corrupt save games. It should work for windows and also Linux! Added "Play Again!"-Button This button in the End-Screen will take you... Continue reading

  
• Update 110 - Meta Upgrade: Twice collectible boxes, Tweaks, GIF
  February 12, 2024 by simonschreibt

  New Meta Upgrade You can now unlock twice the amount of boxies which are randomly spawned in space. Tweaks List in End-Screen can now be scrolled via Gamepad-Stick Fixed a little camera-hickup when a... Continue reading
• Update 109 - Credits, Pause, Mouse
  February 10, 2024 by simonschreibt

  Mouse cursor now hidden when gamepad/keyboard is used Mouse cursor now confined to game window when mouse is used Limits for reaching achievement is now lower since the demo offers only 1 ship (e.g. i... Continue reading
• Update 108 - New Quest, Text Limits
  February 08, 2024 by simonschreibt

  New Quest Lente is running an art contest right now and this is my contribution: I made a pixel art version of her boat and added a new quest where you do the same as in her game: Clean the world from... Continue reading
• Update 107 - Fixed Camera, Achievements, French Loca
  February 06, 2024 by simonschreibt

  Achievement Tweaks, can now also be cleared if limits were not met Fix: Exploit, Choco was not immediately removed AND STORED IN THE SAVEGAME, when buying a meta upgrade --> exiting game with F4 in lo... Continue reading

  
• Update 106 - Achievements complete
  February 04, 2024 by simonschreibt

  Finally, added all achievement logic & images. Need testers now who download the FREE DEMO and try to unlock them. Also, GERMAN loca for achievements... Continue reading

  
• Update 105 - Steam Achievements (killed_enemy_by_*)
  February 02, 2024 by simonschreibt

  If you play on Steam, you should be able to get achievements now for Winning with Ship 1/2/3 (there is one Achievement for each) Teleported 16x Killed 128 Enemies by each of your weapons: Laser, Minin... Continue reading
• Update 104 - Steam Achievements (win, teleport, meta) + First Graphics
  January 31, 2024 by simonschreibt

  Added 3 more steam achievements (win with ship 1/2/3, teleport, unlock all meta upgrades) and added first graphics:... Continue reading

  
• Update 103 - Steam Achievements
  January 30, 2024 by simonschreibt

  Added achievements via Steamworks UI. Needs to be implemented now to the game and ... a lot of images are needed!... Continue reading

  
• Update 102 - Las Vegas Marketing, Steam Achievments
  January 29, 2024 by simonschreibt

  Made a marketing video claiming that my trailer was shown on the Las Vegas Sphere: First step in testing steam achievments:... Continue reading

  
• Update 101 - Dot Guidance, Splash Damage, Icon
  January 28, 2024 by simonschreibt

  Made a new Icon (support for resolution up to 256x256) and LOL, Photoshop can't save .ICO files by default. Gimp can! So I used it. Added Dot-Guidance-Points which point to areas of interest (e.g. pla... Continue reading
• Update 100 - Influencers which will LOVE my game
  January 27, 2024 by simonschreibt

  Cozy Space Survivors fits perfectly to these influencers. I'm sure they would love to play at least my demo: Mr. Delightful Worth A Buy mshoboslayer Wanderbots DarkJedi Plays CohhCarnage Splattercatga... Continue reading
• Update 99 - Player Damage Visualization
  January 26, 2024 by simonschreibt

  Better Feedback when player takes damage Quest Guide Arrows fade a bit when goal is far away... Continue reading
• Update 89 - Quest Guidance
  January 25, 2024 by simonschreibt

  Tweaked Quest Guidance. Before, there have been (!)-Icons at the screen border, but they were "out of sight" and harder to notice (especially when one didn't know that they exist). Now, there are litt... Continue reading
• Update 88 - Survive! Demo
  January 24, 2024 by simonschreibt

  Added subtle "Survive"-Hint for those who don't know the VS gameloop already (and what to do): https://imgur.com/qzGe6SK Ship-Buttons for Brizzel/Looky are now locked in the Steam-Demo (Itch-Version i... Continue reading

  
• Update 87 - Magnet Improvement, Fixes
  January 23, 2024 by simonschreibt

  Game Design Learning: These "magnets" gather all xp/choco in the level. But at game start there is none lying around. People didn't understand what the magnet is doing, as nothing happened after "touc... Continue reading
• Update 86 - Speed, Cam-Tweaks, Asteroids without !
  January 22, 2024 by simonschreibt

  Speed is now something you can upgrade with every level up instead of being a meta upgrade. This was changed because the 200% speed was nice for ship 1 and 2 but annoyingly fast for ship 3. Now everyo... Continue reading

  
• Update 85 - Unlockable Weapon, Tweaks Playership 02
  January 09, 2024 by simonschreibt

  Boomerang, Minelayer, Hula-Hoop & Portal Dogs are now unlocked via Quests Player Ship 02 is now faster and has more health... Continue reading
• Update 84 - Portal Dogs must now be unlocked by solving quest
  January 02, 2024 by simonschreibt

  Portal Dogs must now be unlocked by finishing "Find Earthy" quest. Show "DEMO" in Menu for the Demo-Version of the game (first test for so-called "feature tags"... Continue reading

  
• Update 83 - 200% Lolly & Bugfix
  December 19, 2023 by simonschreibt

  improved steam library capsule (bigger font & planet) Bugfix: Enemy Robot Ships engine VFX was missing Ghost Lollipop is now 200% bigger, which should help to know where to shoot at and also hit it fr... Continue reading

  
• Update 82 - Enemy Love & Lolly Damage
  December 18, 2023 by simonschreibt

  End of Game When time is over, enemies now spawn little hearts to show that they are friendly again Unlocks (e.g. Ships) are now shown in the list at the end Video (with sound) : https://i.imgur.com/c... Continue reading
• Update 81 - End of Game, "Story"
  December 17, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Loading Screen Shows loading percentage (buggy at 50%) Added "story" segment Added "Start Game"-Button, so that there is enough time to read story and tips End of Game Added Chocolate Counter to the l... Continue reading

  
• Update 80 - New UI
  December 10, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Ne UI... Continue reading

  
• Update 79 - Fullscreen Mode
  December 09, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Added Fullscreen Mode... Continue reading

  
• Update 78 - Big Portal Dog
  December 07, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Bigger Portal Dog VIDEO (with sound): https://imgur.com/qv6G4kJ... Continue reading
• Update 77 - Bugfixes
  December 06, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Chocolate was multiplied by 100 instead of just getting 100 added when choosing chocolate in a level up The XP-Hearts for the Laser-Planet-Quest are now added to the Crate-Container which means they c... Continue reading
• Update 76 - Logo
  December 05, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Another Logo Iteration (added white outline): Making the logo (and Steam capsules in 1000 sizes and pls readable[!!] even with a resolution of what feels like 16x4) is the most frustrating task so far... Continue reading
• Update 75 - Arcade!, Logo
  December 04, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Kolja from PortalDogs put my game on an arcade! VIDEO: https://imgur.com/iQ8cT2k Another Logo Iteration... Continue reading

  
• Update 74 - Portal Dog Sneeze, Logo
  December 03, 2023 by simonschreibt

  - Worked on higher resolution for Logo as it was too pixelated in the main screen - Portal Dog now Sneeze :) https://imgur.com/a/iJdHShz... Continue reading

  
• Update 73 - Portal Dog Rotation & Animation
  November 30, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Portal Dog is now rotating better & Mouth is animated Added "Reset Quests"-Button... Continue reading
• Update 72 - DPAD, Portal Dog Weapon
  November 28, 2023 by simonschreibt

  DPAD You can control now the ship via DPAD Portal Dog Weapon First iteration for the Portal Dog Weapon... Continue reading
• Update 71 - New Enemy: Portal Dogs
  November 26, 2023 by simonschreibt

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  Portal Dogs I was allowed to add a portal dog (known from Portal Dogs ) to my game as new enemy (NOT IN CURRENT BUILD). Here is a preview. They don't die, but disappear in a portal - makes sense for a... Continue reading

  
• Update 70 - Steam Capsule Rework
  November 25, 2023 by simonschreibt

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• Update 69 - Bugfixes
  November 22, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Bugfixes - Bugfix: Ship disappears in dark region when collecting a slurp - Bugfix: Avoid Ghost Boss shooting when destroyed - Ghost should make poop-noise when dropping mine... Continue reading
• Update 68 - Chocolate Mining Facility
  November 21, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Chocolate Mining Facility As soon as you clear the dark zone, this mining facility goes active (as now the solar panels can receive energy) and it will produce chocolate over time which can be gathere... Continue reading
• Update 67 - Bugfixes, Boss Improvement
  November 20, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Bugfixes Upgrades never reached max level Birthday-Number was not correct when several level were reached in the same frame Impulse was not applied in break component Boss Improvement Added Sad Stage... Continue reading
• Update 66 - Ghost Boss v0.2
  November 19, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Ghost Boss v0.2 Bullet Glow now above dark fog, added sun rays, explosion fx, npc text:... Continue reading
• Update 65 - Ghost Boss v0.1
  November 18, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Ghost Boss first Version Added first iteration: Find Boss in Dark Zone Destroy his Lolly 3 times (the Boss itself can't be damaged) On Boss destroy, the Dark Zone Fog disappears... Continue reading
• Update 64 - Milestone: Steam Demo, Breakdown of the 436h invested
  November 17, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Milestone: Steam Demo! My demo is now on steam and can be played here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2657850/Cozy_Space_Survivors/ Time Breakdown I'm using the ProcrastiTracker to capture the inv... Continue reading
• Update 63 - Ghost Boss Sprite, Grass Planets, Sheeps
  November 14, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Tweaked Sheep/Portal Quest and added smaller grass planets Started working on ghost boss sprite... Continue reading
• Update 62 - Level Design, Sheep Quests
  November 13, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Level Design Made a short video how to use background objects to guide the player: Sheep Quests Added a new quest where you need to destroy a portal which is on top of the grassy planet... Continue reading
• Update 61 - Sound Regulation, Loot Magnet
  November 12, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Bugfix Fixed: Player could lose a Space-MooMoo while passing by the Pacman-Planet (MooMoo would stay there until player comes back). Loot Magnet Collecting one of those magnet will suck in ALL xp or c... Continue reading
• Update 60 - "Cam Shake" BUGFIX & More, Engines hurt Ghosts
  November 11, 2023 by simonschreibt

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  Bugfix: Cam Shake There is no cam shake! But it was looking like it when FPS went low. Issue was that I use _delta*20.0 as ratio in a lerp and in low frame this can grow > 1.0. Now it do min(1.0, _del... Continue reading
• Update 59 - Quest saved per Ship, Design Thoughts, Crashes/Freezes
  November 08, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Save Quests per Ship Quests are now saved in the savegame per ship. So you need to do them with each of the ships. Design Thoughts I watched someone else playing, and he didn't explore the universe be... Continue reading

  
• Update 58 - Banana-Boomerang
  November 06, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Banana-Boomerang (of Pain) New (directional) weapon available!... Continue reading
• Update 57 - Quest Status is now saved, Trailer
  November 05, 2023 by simonschreibt

  The status of quests is now saved. Once completed, the quest stays solved (even after game restart), NPCs are already happy and quest reward placed in the world. Why? Completing the quests within the... Continue reading
• Update 56 - Tetris Quest
  November 04, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Added Tetris Quest Added Tetris Quest: The advantage of making a space game in a non-realistic setting: You can make fun quests apart from "fight pirates" or "mine asteroids". VIDEO: https://i.imgur.c... Continue reading
• Update 55 - Asteroid Love Quest, Add Pain au Chocolatine , Added Outline to Asteroid- & Trash-Sprites
  November 04, 2023 by simonschreibt

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  Asteroid Love Quest Added Quest where you have to destroy asteroids which cover a love message from Go to Dot. On successful finishing the quest, Go and Dot spawn XP-Hearts in fixed intervals. Add Pai... Continue reading
• Update 54 - Started new Quest, Hula-Hoop
  October 25, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Started working on a new quest where you will destroy asteroids and leave others be to "carve" a little message for an NPC. Added tips for the loading screen... Continue reading
• Update 53 - Hula-Hoop, Nebula Background
  October 22, 2023 by simonschreibt

  New Weapon Prototype: Hula-Hoop New Nebula Background: UI Fix for 8 Weapon Slots Fixed Prices for Meta Upgrades Fixed a lot of Debug Log Issues Fix: Mouse Controls was focused on screen center. Now it... Continue reading
• Update 52 - Ghost Poo, Splash Damage Upgrades, Killing heals
  October 21, 2023 by simonschreibt

  New Level Up Option: Increase Splash Damage Amount Changed Meta Upgrade: Instead of colliding with Asteroids, now killing Enemies heals you New Meta Upgrade: Have 4 instead of 2 Options after Level Up... Continue reading
• Update 51 - Splash Damage, Mine Speed Inheritance
  October 18, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Player Mines now inherit a bit of the player speed Player Mines now have Splash Damage. To do: Add Splash Damage to Enemy Mines Visualize Splash Damage Radius Add Upgrade to increase Splash Damage... Continue reading

  
• Update 51 - New Weapon: Minelayer, Bugfixing
  October 17, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Minelayer Added Version 1.0 (static) and 2.0 (follows enemies) for the Minelayer. Ghosts also lay mines! Careful! Bugfixing Ships were flickering/shooting like crazy when performance was too high (hig... Continue reading
• Update 50 - Universe Limit, Engine Flame
  October 15, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Universe Limit New visuals for the limits of the universe to communicate better on which side you are: Engine Flame The engine is now mainly represented by a sprite. It looks less dynamic as particles... Continue reading
• Update 49 - Loca, Range-Indicator, UI
  October 14, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Weapon/Collect Range Visualization When you upgrade a range, it's now shown for a certain amount of time: Language Selection I learned a ton about language selection. In the reddit discussion you can... Continue reading
• Update 48 - Localization, Tweaks
  October 10, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Started adding Translations (en, de) Recycle Button now shows the name of the weapon which shall be recycled "Exit Game"-Button now hidden in Web-Build to avoid Browser-Crash Bugfix: (!) was never rem... Continue reading
• Update 47 - Improved Quest System
  October 09, 2023 by simonschreibt

  WATCH AS VIDEO (with sound): https://imgur.com/nZw7BBX Improved Quest System (Active quests are now in a list on the left corner of the screen. Collecting a quest item (laser, water) updates the quest... Continue reading
• Update 46 - New Controls!
  October 08, 2023 by simonschreibt

  New Controls! Support for Keyboard, Controller & Mouse! Now, the ship moves only when you press a button! Additional: BACK-Button in Selection-Menus "Reset Progress"-Button Visualization Universe Limi... Continue reading

  
• Update 45 - Made wit Unity
  October 05, 2023 by simonschreibt

  - Increased Meta-Upgrade prices & they double with each bought upgrade - Added new Mega Structure as Background Element... Continue reading
• Update 44 - Meta Progression
  October 03, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Meta Progression! New Start Menu + Ship Selection You can now collect chocolate by mining asteroids! You can use this chocolate to buy persistent upgrades! Available: Double the amount of weaponslots... Continue reading

  
• Update 43 - Savegame
  October 01, 2023 by simonschreibt

  First test with savegames which will make it possible to add some meta-progress. Right now, the ships can be unlocked one after another. Smaller changes Player now teleports away when winning at the e... Continue reading

  
• Update 42 - Ghost Explosion, Sounds
  September 30, 2023 by simonschreibt

  New Minig Laser Impact New Mining Laser Sound Sound for Silvester Rockets Trash-Explosion (+ New Sound) Ghost VFX Loot Impact VFX Bugfix: Damage VFX Scaling... Continue reading
• Update 42 - New Laser Impact/Ship Damage VFX
  September 29, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Video + Sound: https://imgur.com/tefN1iT... Continue reading
• Update 41 - Enemy Portal Spawn, Player Explosion
  September 27, 2023 by simonschreibt

  - New VFX + Sound for "Enemy Spawns in Portal" - New Player Explosion... Continue reading
• Update 40 - Portal Explosion, Bugfix
  September 26, 2023 by simonschreibt

  The Health of enemies was not correctly initialized. They were too easy :D New explosion for the portal with explosion sprites, sparkles and a distortion nova: with sound: https://imgur.com/9mHVHN0 Fu... Continue reading
• Update 39 - VFX, Comparison
  September 25, 2023 by simonschreibt

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  Little comparison: New VFX for: mine (+ new sound) & alien explosion and new vfx the engine and "loot appears". WITH SOUND:... Continue reading
• Update 38 - VFX, Health/XP-Bar, Health Regen
  September 24, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Added Explosion-VFX for Mines, Asteroids and Robo-Ships. Added Health/XP-Bar Health Regen Upgrade more efficient... Continue reading
• Update 37 - New Controls, Tutorial, Sounds, Achievement-Screen
  September 23, 2023 by simonschreibt

  - Debris when Player Ship explodes - Add achievements one after another + Sounds - Test speed control by w/s + Engine Adaption - Added Tutorial - Back to Main Menu Button in Pause Menu - Sounds for: P... Continue reading
• Update 36 - Logo, Sounds
  September 22, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Reworked Logo Tweaked Main Menu (moving Moo-Moos & smaller Social Media Buttons) Sound for exploding trash piece... Continue reading

  
• Update 35 - Sounds: Collect Loot, Engine, Quests
  September 21, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Added sounds for: Button_Pressed Collect Health/Weapon/Upgrade/Water Loot Appears Quest Started/Solved Engine Sound (pitch changes depending on player ship)... Continue reading
• Update 34 - Button Sounds
  September 20, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Added first test sounds for buttons... Continue reading
• Update 33 - Ship Debris
  September 19, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Added debris when ships explode:... Continue reading
• Update 32 - Sound
  September 18, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Added Impact/Death sounds for: Weapons, Asteroids, Water-Aliens, Robot-Ships & Ghosts... Continue reading
• Update 32 - Ghost 03, Music/Sound Tests, Pause Menu
  September 17, 2023 by simonschreibt

  new level 3 ghost pause menu (with controls for music/sound volume) first test for music and sound... Continue reading
• Update 31 - Ghost Sprite, Fixes, Logo
  September 15, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Logo v0.1 - Fix Sorting of Projectiles/Laser in Dark Zone - Disable Collision with Ghost + New Sprite... Continue reading

  
• Update 30 - Ghost, Nebula, Parallax
  September 14, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Fitting enemies for the dark zone: Huge structures + clouds are now on a parallax layer (and structures have a bit of color overlay to keep them visually in the background): New Nebula Sprite for the... Continue reading
• Update 29 - Performance/Bugfixes
  September 11, 2023 by simonschreibt

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  Enemy count now limited to max 50 Enemies which are far off-screen will be re-used (instead of spawning new enemies) Bugfix: Pass-Through Mining-Laser didn't make damage to enemies far away... Continue reading
• Update 28 - 16:9, GIant Structures
  September 10, 2023 by simonschreibt

  16:9 I've changed the game to 16:9. I started with portrait mode to make the game playable on the phone, but of course, a phone can also be held in landscape mode. Most people (if any) will play it on... Continue reading
• Update 27 - New Enemies
  September 09, 2023 by simonschreibt

  new sprites for water aliens new enemy ship 03... Continue reading
• Update 26 - Quest Guidance System, Removed Donation System
  September 09, 2023 by simonschreibt

  +Quest Guidance System -Donation System Quest goals are not marked with a yellow marker. If a quest required e.g. a weapon, the weapon is now collected instantly (instead of collecting a crate and the... Continue reading
• Update 25 - Quest Guidance System 0.5
  September 04, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Started working on a better quest guidance system. Works already for the Margot Mine Quest and finding the Moo-Moos:... Continue reading
• Update 24 - Impact Glow Mining Laser, Alien Asteroid L
  September 03, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Added Glow at Impact for Mining Laser New Alien Asteroids (Size L)... Continue reading
• Update 23 - Mininglaser MK2, Brizzel Animation, Fireworks
  September 03, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Added Mining Laser MK2 (located in the center of the dark zone) Added Animation to Ship: Brizzel Planets can now have eyes + mouth Added fireworks after healing earth... Continue reading
• Update 22 - Heal Earth, Tweaks
  September 01, 2023 by simonschreibt

  MK1 Laser shoots 2x faster but makes only 50% damage (just feels a bit better) You can now donate a weapon to the Moo-N You can now donate Healing-Nano-Bots to heal Earthy... Continue reading
• Update 21 - Pitch Black Zone 2.0
  August 30, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Worked a bit more on the dark zone. Now, it's revealed within a nice cone instead of "just" a circular mask. Seems simple, but I use world space based UVs for the cone-texture and also had to align th... Continue reading
• Update 20 - Alien Asteroids, Quest Improvements, Planet Laser Sprite, Banner
  August 28, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Liquid Asteroids - New asteroids. Special: They get NOT shot automatically. But if you get too close (or burn them with your engines) they split into alien enemies. New Planet Sprite Quest Improvement... Continue reading
• Update 19 - Teleport Fx, New Enemy Spawn + Time-Counter, Health Regen
  August 27, 2023 by simonschreibt

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  Health Regen + Upgrade Icons Health now regenerates (very slow) over time, but can be upgraded). New Enemy Spawn + Timer The game is now won, after surviving x minutes. Also, enemies are spawned now i... Continue reading
• Update 18 - Teleport
  August 25, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Teleport Finally, it works! I tried first teleporting the ship but had some problems (I tried setting the position in the normal process-function, but I need to do it in a specific physics function -... Continue reading
• Update 17 - Playtest
  August 22, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Had 3 people play tonight. Result: Frustrating. 2 people had freezes (no idea how to debug them) 1 person didn't get the controls (swiped across the screen instead of just holding on left/right side)... Continue reading
• Update 16 - Cute Crates, Margots House, Looky-Looky & Brizzel Sprites, Fixes
  August 21, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Cute Crate - Added Animation + Dialogs to Crates - Crates fly away after looting House for Margot ( & Quest Update) New Sprites for Looky-Looky & Brizzel (WIP) Added myself to Menu Tweaks - Icon for H... Continue reading
• Update 15 - Region Graphix, Recycle, Shader Pre Compile
  August 20, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Recycle Option Loot can be recycled to get XP. More work on Region Backdrop Shader pre-compile To avoid stuttering during the game, all sprites/materials are in front of the camera for a short moment... Continue reading
• Update 14 - Portal, Region, Yellow Heart
  August 19, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Enemy Portal Portals can get angry and call their friends. You can push the portal (maybe into a black whole or minefield?). Cloud Background for Enemy Region XP is now a yellow Heart... Continue reading
• Update 13 - Enemy, Cam Offset, Love
  August 19, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Camera Speed Offset The faster the ship, the bigger the camera offset gets so that the ship is closer to the border of the screen and the player can see more of what's in front: New Enemy Sprite + Pro... Continue reading
• Update 12 - Player Ship Sprite, Mine/Weapon Tweaks, Bugfix
  August 17, 2023 by simonschreibt

  New player ship sprite Weapon Range "ends" now at screen border. This avoids that the ship shoots at off-screen targets and you miss the satisfying boom. Max Speed for following Mines (there were gett... Continue reading
• Update 11 - Moon, Space Debris Vortex, Cleaning Quest, reworked Main/Finished Menu
  August 16, 2023 by simonschreibt#space, #vampire survivors, #cozy

  New quest Quest: Clean Space Debris around Earth Added Moon-Sprite Made Space Debris orbit around Earth Reworked Menu Main Menu looks better and Ships have new names (Pui-Pui, Looky-Looky, & Brizzel)... Continue reading
• Update 10 - Earth, Space Debris, Engine Damage
  August 15, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Engine Damage The engine exhaust now applies damage. This means, with skilled flying, you can use it to destroy enemies or even some mining: Earth + Space Debris Added a (sadly) realistic futuristic e... Continue reading
• Update 9 - new MooMoo Planet Sprite, Quest List on Win-Screen
  August 14, 2023 by simonschreibt

  New moo-moo planet sprite (made with a mix of blender geometry nodes, manual placing houses, stylized fake light & orthographic camera). "Your Story"-Section at Win-Screen to summarize your adventure:... Continue reading
• Update 8 - Nebula, Mining Laser Penetration, Mining Ship Size
  August 12, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Add bullet penetration for Mining Laser (Upgrade can be found to the left near the green enemy region) Newtonian Steering Behavior for Mining Ship & Minig Ship is now bigger --> This shall balance it... Continue reading
• Update 7 - Flashing Sprite & Projectile Pass Through
  August 10, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Bullets can pass through enemies/asteroids now (but still apply impulse & damage) and when something takes damage, it flashes white:... Continue reading
• Update 6 - Enemy/Bullet Penetration
  August 08, 2023 by simonschreibt

  NOT in game yet but first test was successful: There will be an upgrade, that bullets can pass through enemies (but apply damage) a certain amount of times (based on upgrade level). Bullet and enemy a... Continue reading
• Update 5 - Enemy Ship, Player Scout, UI Lines
  August 07, 2023 by simonschreibt

  New Ship: Scout Idea: Very fast, very weak, no weapons (!!). Let's see if you can beat the game by luring enymies into mine fields. First Enemy Ship First enemy ship (with weapon) is testable. Such am... Continue reading
• Update 4 - New Mines, Laser-Quest fixed
  August 06, 2023 by simonschreibt

  - Mines can be static or following now - New Minefield in the south - New Look for Mines - Planet with Laser-Quest now close again (left of Margot's Minefield)... Continue reading
• Update 3 - New Quest + Text Fix
  August 04, 2023 by simonschreibt

  New quest: Margot (with dummy sprite) asks to kill Mines. Reward: Laser MK2 NPC Text stays now in Screen... Continue reading
• Update 2 - Upgrade Choices
  August 04, 2023 by simonschreibt

  Laser MK2 (bigger, faster, stronger bullet) Upgrade menu now has only 2 (random) options per level up... Continue reading
• Update 1 - Pixel Art, Ships, Mine Field, Healthbar, Planet
  August 04, 2023 by simonschreibt

  New: 2 Ship Types Mine Field NPC Sprite Tests #Moo Healthbar Test Moo Planet Pixel Art Style... Continue reading
• Update 0 - Hello World
  August 04, 2023 by simonschreibt

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  First steps of my small game: A small cute space shooter with nice quests, simple controls (only 2 buttons) and auto-shooting like in Vampire Survivors. Goal: ~10 minutes of gameplay with a small vari... Continue reading