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- Astro Fighters
STEAMDECK Compatibility - Unofficial but working brilliantly I am proud to say!
Now runs on STEAMDECK! I've purchased a Steam Deck OLED from Valve and have optimized the game to run on the handheld. Performance is brilliant on the High quality setting and can also be bumped up to Ultra for even hig…
Patch notes2 changesPerformanceGameplay - Astro Fighters
New On Ship UI Button Prompts Added
On Ship Button Prompts Added The game doesn't have a tutorial and although button prompts exist around the edges of the play field it isn't obvious what is expected of new players. To counter this I have now added 3 but…
Patch notes2 changesGameplay - Astro Fighters
Ship Shroud Colour Changing - UI Update
Ship Shroud Colour Change For easier visibility players can change the colour of their ship shroud to make it easy to spot their ship in the on screen mayhem. This is especially useful when playing couch co-op with a fr…
Patch notes1 changeGameplay - Astro Fighters
Fire Direction Animated Indicators Added To Player Ship
Fire Direction Indicators Animated fire direction indicators were added to the sequel which is still in active development. I've retrospectively added them to this game because it is a very usefull visual indicator to w…
Patch notes2 changesFixGameplay - Astro Fighters
UI bug fixed on menu screens
UI Bug Fixed I have been made aware by a streamer that a bug exists where the menu system becomes unresponsive when using keyboard and mouse inputs. Code has been added to better manage the Unity Event System and this s…
Event1 changeFix - Astro Fighters
Keyboard and Mouse Support Added
Keyboard and Mouse Controls Added I've added Keyboard and Mouse support to the game and i'm pleased to report the following controls are now available for Player One exclusively. W, A, S, D - Movement E - Spread Shot Q…
Patch notes3 changesGameplay - Astro Fighters
Fire Direction Switching - now added to Astro Fighters
Fire Direction Switching Added The latest major update to Astro Fighters brings the game changing ability to switch fire directions to players. If an enemy is behind your fighter you can now quickly toggle the fire dire…
Store3 changesGameplay - Astro Fighters
Update Version 3.3 - Background changes for Level 1 and Level 2
Backgrounds Changed The 1st level looked very dull and has now been changed out to something that looks much better. I've had feedback that level 2's background was making it difficult for some players to see enemies an…
Patch notes2 changesFixGameplay - Astro Fighters
Version 3.2 - General UI Tweaks
Tweaking the UI Nothing too exciting, just some general UI tweaks made here and there. Upcoming Update The next update will be a new enemy type added to the games Gauntlet Mode which will feature in the sequels campain.…
Patch notes2 changesUI/audioGameplay - Astro Fighters
Versions 3.1 - UI Scale Updates
UI Scale Updates I have applied the UI scale settings to the highscore displayed in game (not on main menu). I have also reduced the scale size of the end level notifications to accomodate the larger UI stats scale opti…
Patch notes1 changeUI/audio - Astro Fighters
Version 3.0 - UI scale options for STEAM DECK
Player UI Scale Options Added I've received feedback from someone testing on Steam Deck that the player stats were a little small. In the Settings menu you can now pick between 4 different UI sizes for the player stats…
Patch notes2 changesUI/audio - Astro Fighters
Version 2.9 - Explosion Size Selection Added
Explosion Size Choices I've added a drop down on the settings menu so the player can decide the size of the explosions for themselves. Selecting "Large" will render explosions at the size I originally decided on when de…
Patch notes1 changePerformance - Astro Fighters
Version 2.8 - Explosions Fixed
Explosion Size and Spawn Position Fixes I have received feed back from youtube "IoriBranford" that the explosions are too big and interupt the visibility of enemy bullets and the player ship. As a result of this feed ba…
Patch notes3 changesGameplay - Astro Fighters
Version 2.7 Update - Controls updated
D-Pad is now supported for both players I've added D-Pad support for player movements and also updated the UI selection sounds as these were reportedly muted and not fitting of the game. Special Thanks Acknowlegement Th…
Patch notes1 changeUI/audio - Astro Fighters
Version 2.6 - New effects added and UI hide adjustment in game
New Effects Added New effects have been added for when the player levels up, uses a special shot or deploys a smart bomb. Also as part of this recent update i've modified the player detection of the UI (scores etc) whic…
Patch notes2 changesGameplayUI/audio - Astro Fighters
Version 2.6 - New effects added and UI hide adjustment in game
New Effects Added New effects have been added for when the player levels up, uses a special shot or deploys a smart bomb. Also as part of this recent update i've modified the player detection of the UI (scores etc) whic…
Patch notes2 changesGameplayUI/audio
