Steam Next Fest Demo Live!

We just launched a ✨brand new update✨ as part of steam next fest! It expands the demo with a new side-quest, new outfits and lots of quality of life changes and improvements.

The patch notes below contain some mild spoilers on how to access the new content, so if you really want to go in blind, be warned.

NEW FEATURES:

• Cosmetic❗ New Side-Quest/“Gemergency”: A geode near the pier needs your help finding back his lost gem.

• 🎩 New Outfits: Find Hats & Outfits in the world and unlock Doug’s Room to equip them.

• 📜 Journal: Learn more about the geodes and their world through some of the hidden pages scattered throughout the world. You can find a total of three pages.

• 🏀 Basketball hoop: if you’re really adventurous you might gather just enough bolts to unlock a basketball hoop and score some trick shots in your spaceship.

QUALITY OF LIFE:

This is by no means an extensive list, just listing some of the bigger highlights.

• You can now use your storage when crafting new recipes.

• Non Interactive / Spatial Dialogue bubbles should now better follow the player and all of them have been rewritten for some added personality.

• The Settings Menu now has controller support, bringing us one step closer to full controller support for launch.

• An FOV setting has been added for people experiencing motion sickness while flying.

• Tons of optimisations. In general the game should run a lot better now compared to the previous version. Please let us know if you still experience stutters or performance issues, we’re still hard at work on optimising in further.

• The Crosshair will now change colour to indicate you’re hovering over something shootable, pullable, etc.

• SFX added on toggling between Flying and Waddling as some players got confused on which mode they were in.

• We’ve added aim assist. Upon holding the right mouse button the crosshair will snap onto outcrops if you are aim close enough to them.

• More quest stages now contain icons like a fusebox, hatch or duck to better help you figure out what to do next.

Known Issues:

• Saves from an older version of the demo may no longer work, we’re currently working on a fix.

• Controller Support does not work with some menu’s in the game primarily the Upgrade Bay.

• The spaceship takes a while to switch between exterior and interior after loading into a save.

If you enjoyed the demo please consider wishlisting the game, it helps us out a ton ❤️. Be sure to sent us any feedback regarding the demo through our community discord or on any of our socials. We’ll be keeping an eye out here on the forums as well.

We hope to share release date plans with you soon. But for now have fun exploring and enjoy Steam Next Fest!