April Feature Update #1

Pixel Starships 2 – v0.8.994

Balance Update & Feature Improvements

This update focuses on gameplay balance, improved battle clarity, and a major content expansion across rooms, characters, and UI systems.

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⚖️ Gameplay Improvements & Non Crew Stat Balance

• Oxygen / Life Support Expanded

• Added full O2 content support for levels 6–20 with level remapping

• Includes new models, prefabs, rigging fixes, and improved addressable setup

• Research Panel Improvements

• Now displays AP damage values and rearm costs for better decision-making

• PvP Accuracy Fixes

• Fixed incorrect or outdated room combo bonus displays

• Rooms now only show valid active bonuses

• Battle Feedback Improvements

• Prevented zero-damage hits from triggering damage animations

• Cleaned up HP bar display issues in battle rooms

• Fixed special ability and urgent repair issues affecting some 3★ characters

• Crew & Combat Flow

• Crew progress bars now appear only during active actions

• Fixed intro tutorial so crew can be assigned via click (not just drag)

• Progression Adjustments

• Lowered ship level requirement for entering 7Mart store

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🎮 Battle & System Fixes

• Fixed stars-unlocked display issues

• Fixed stat graph label interaction bugs

• Fixed multiple battle flow and matchmaking issues, including:

• Duplicate battle accept calls

• Sound manager exception

• Improved galaxy travel visuals

• Ship no longer overlaps planets or hyperspace gates

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🧠 UI / UX Improvements

• Major UI polish pass across:

• Research menus & ordering

• Discounted crew level-up cost display

• Ladder sorting and objective indicators

• Starbux confirmations and bank access flow

• Chat HUD behavior and user profile visuals

• New: Bank Bundle Details (Phase 1)

• Inspect full IAP contents before purchase

• Promotion-aware styling

• Improved free-IAP flow support

• Fixed:

• Matchmaking panel transitions and chat visibility

• Character icon generation (no more blank icons)

• API error truncation issues

• Graphics toggle persistence

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🧱 Art, Assets & Content

New Characters (Released & Upcoming)

• Added a large batch including:

• Alien McAlienface, Miss McAlienface

• El Captain, Roach, Robot, Squid variants

• Meowy, Amaya Shoda, Dolores, Soumya Rishi

• Minor Third, Lollita variants, Empress Kit

• Professor Brenda, Prospector Chen, Overseer

• Galactic Alchemist, Galactic Sprite, Red Baron

• Big Boom Cat, Zombie variants

• Updated human skeleton

Rooms & Weapons

• Added Laser Blaster (levels 1–6) content

• Completed room profile art sets:

• Oxygen / Life Support (levels 7–20)

• Laser Blaster (levels 4–6)

Modules & Systems

• Updated sandbag prefabs and addressable handling

• Fixed barrier visuals:

• Bricks, concrete, and steel barriers now use correct sprites

• Added destroyed-state module images

• Expanded thumbnail generator to support normal + destroyed states

Armour & Skins

• New armour sets:

• Cyegg, FuelTank, GoldDefault, Lolita, OverGrowth

• Includes full profile, thumbnail, and addressable integration

Extras

• Added easter egg modules with sparkle effects

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🛠️ Technical & Stability

• Removed iOS asset download size alert from runtime (still available in Editor)

• Fixed duplicate matchmaking triggers

• Improved addressable handling across assets

• General stability, performance, and visual fixes across the client

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🐻 Crew Balance

Abu

DodgePoint: 1 → 3

LuckPoint: 3 → 6

Alpaco

DodgePoint: 1 → 3

ColdResistancePoint: 3 → 6

Amaya

ColdResistancePoint: 2 → 0

EngineeringPoint: 1 → 2

WeaponPoint: 6 → 5

PilotPoint: 0 → 3

SciencePoint: 0 →