Holiday Season Feature Update (2 Part)

Pixel Starships 2 — Update 0.8.91

Commanders — Update 0.8.91 is live! This patch introduces major platform support improvements, performance upgrades, new systems, and a long list of polish and fixes as we prepare for upcoming feature launches.

🚀 New Platform & System Features

• Added Google Play Game Services & Apple Game Center support for seamless cross-platform identity and achievements.

• TikTok integration added for improved sharing and community features.

• New Shortcut: System Travel Button for faster navigation.

• New mechanic: Room targeting is now restricted by room size, improving tactical depth and clarity.

🛠 Content & Upcoming Releases

• New Equipment arriving later this month:

  • Power Set

  • Electrician Set

  • Cold Set

• New Guardian balance updates ahead of the feature launch.

• New module levels available.

• 3 new crew designs added.

• New Visiri crews added.

• Higher-tier gear sets unlocked.

⚔ Gameplay Improvements

• Improved Surprise Mission AI opponents.

• Slightly adjusted main storyline difficulty curve.

• Fixed issue where single-player storyline could become stuck.

• Fixed border crew pathfinding on modules.

• Fixed incorrect trophy display in PvE missions.

• Improved chat and market responsiveness.

• Updated various room upgrade resource requirements (some now use Gas instead of Minerals).

• Increased mid-tier crew level-up gas requirements.

🔧 Bug Fixes & UI Improvements

• Fixed PvP timer and matchmaking timeout issues.

• Fixed a PvP sidewall exception.

• Fixed ship layout crash issue.

• Fixed health bar display bug in PvP.

• Fixed UI purchase errors.

• Fixed crew stat and training cost display.

• Fixed leaderboard UI to allow profile preview.

• Fixed Starlog display bugs.

• Fixed dialogue scene background loading issues.

• Removed repeated or unnecessary confirmation alerts.

• Ship upgrade screen now shows more detailed information.

• Improved room detail panel UI.

• Improved fleet UI refresh performance while making edits.

🎨 Graphics & Performance

• Added new graphics system for faction armor blocks.

• GPU rendering batch optimization for smoother performance.

• Improved graphics updater process for certain block types.

📌 Additional Fixes & Polish

• Fixed galaxy travel timer synchronization.

• Improved matchmaking and travel logic stability.

• Minor improvements to mission logs, targeting logic, and crew simulation systems.

Thank you for continuing to help shape Pixel Starships 2 during development.

If you encounter bugs or have feedback — report via Discord or the in-game system.