Steam News10 February 20251y ago

Development Blog #5

Welcome, everyone, to yet another development blog, where I pour my heart out to the bleak empty void! I’ll be talking about more shiny new features today in a desperate bid to get more people to buy this game!!!

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addedWelcome, everyone, to yet another development blog, where I pour my heart out to the bleak empty void! I’ll be talking about more shiny new features today in a desperate bid to get more people to buy this game!!!

changedThe Third (and final, for v1.0) Solar System will be called EpsilloniWelcome to Epsilloni! Although this solar system may be a bit lacking in planets, there is still plenty to see, because each of those planets has a ridiculously large amount of moons. Seriously, who put them all there??? (Spoiler alert: it was the developer)

changedThe Third (and final, for v1.0) Solar System will be called EpsilloniEpsilloni will include 5 main sequence planets. These planets can spawn moons, of which there are… 47 in total. (10 of which are annoyances, but still!) There will also be rare events, and 8 (regular) bosses were also thrown in because I felt like it.

changedThe Third (and final, for v1.0) Solar System will be called EpsilloniThe main sequence planets themselves are large gas giants (with the exception of Crisp, which looks suspiciously like Mercury…), and likewise are slow-moving and come with a lot of health. Most of the moons come from these gas giants, with a record-setting 14 moons from Gargantua, which also happens to be the largest planet in the game, boasting a size twice that of even Jupiter!

addedDon’t forget: I wanted to talk about Tour Mode tooYes, yes, there’s a new Solar System. But what about Tour Mode? I wanted to talk about Tour Mode as well!

addedDon’t forget: I wanted to talk about Tour Mode tooBefore we continue, let me get one thing straight: The only reason why I said Tour Mode is an “alternate game mode” is because Tour Mode was not the first game mode to be added. Arcade Mode, where The Earth stays in a single solar system for the entire game, was the first game mode to be added, and was included in the demo. Tour Mode came second, but that doesn’t mean it is less important.

All jokes aside, this development blog will be quite long; I have a LOT to talk about. Some of the highlights include: The third solar system, and a method to tour through all of these solar systems instead of sticking with a single solar system until you wear out and die.

The Third (and final, for v1.0) Solar System will be called Epsilloni

Welcome to Epsilloni! Although this solar system may be a bit lacking in planets, there is still plenty to see, because each of those planets has a ridiculously large amount of moons. Seriously, who put them all there??? (Spoiler alert: it was the developer)

As you can probably see from the description I put in the last paragraph, this solar system puts a lot of weight into its moons. How much weight? Well, here come the statistics!

Epsilloni will include 5 main sequence planets. These planets can spawn moons, of which there are… 47 in total. (10 of which are annoyances, but still!) There will also be rare events, and 8 (regular) bosses were also thrown in because I felt like it.

The main sequence planets themselves are large gas giants (with the exception of Crisp, which looks suspiciously like Mercury…), and likewise are slow-moving and come with a lot of health. Most of the moons come from these gas giants, with a record-setting 14 moons from Gargantua, which also happens to be the largest planet in the game, boasting a size twice that of even Jupiter!

Rather than share a bunch more boring facts about this solar system, I’m going to instead shut up and show you a bunch of pictures instead.

Caption: Here’s some of the planets!

Caption: Here’s some more planets.

Caption: Oh look, a boss has shown up! And you’ll see, this boss is special because it promotes its moons to main sequence planets!

Caption: OK, that’s enough planets now…

Caption: Whoops…

Don’t forget: I wanted to talk about Tour Mode too

Yes, yes, there’s a new Solar System. But what about Tour Mode? I wanted to talk about Tour Mode as well!

Now now, what is Tour Mode anyways? Well, Tour Mode is an alternate game mode where The Earth hops around from one solar system to another. That way, they get to experience all of the solar systems!

Before we continue, let me get one thing straight: The only reason why I said Tour Mode is an “alternate game mode” is because Tour Mode was not the first game mode to be added. Arcade Mode, where The Earth stays in a single solar system for the entire game, was the first game mode to be added, and was included in the demo. Tour Mode came second, but that doesn’t mean it is less important.

Let me reiterate, Tour Mode is not one of those Fun Options that can be enabled for laughs and giggles. Tour Mode is a legitimate way to play! You’ll even have the choice to select it on the Start Game screen, instead of having to go into the Fun Options screen! Seriously!

Caption: See? Proof! I have proof! I’m not making it up!!!

(Don’t worry, I don’t see Fun Options as an “illegitimate” way to play. Haven’t you heard about acting?)

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