PATCH NOTES 0.3.8 - Controller Improvements & Some Visual Polish

Patch Notes 0.3.8

☀️ Fixes & Improvements Based on Community Feedback

Steam Deck & Controller Support

• Added a floating keyboard for entering text with a controller.

• Added UI scaling for building-button tooltips.

Improvements

• Added sunray visual effects when placing solar panels in areas with high sunlight intensity.

• Improved visuals for high sunlight intensity spots.

• Improved error handling in the bug reporting tool.

• Pressing Esc now cancels building placement before opening the in-game menu.

• Improved the visuals of slime areas.

• Implemented several additional visual-effect fixes and improvements.

Bugfixes

• ☀️ Added several potential fixes for Free Mode challenge progress being reset after restarting the game, including the Prime Slime and Crater Caterer challenges.

• Fixed a game-breaking issue that could occur when starting the game offline before connecting to a Steam leaderboard for the first time.

• Fixed an issue in Free Play where Ice Extractor research could request resources that themselves required an Ice Extractor to obtain.

• ☀️ Fixed Cinnakeet factory upgrade perk (Reshaper) not being obtainable in Perk Shop.

• ☀️ No longer displaying unavailable free play mode challenge in UI.

The best place to give feedback is our Discord server. There, we are running a Smart Ticketing System: Leave feedback, vote up change requests and bug reports from other users, and help us to prioritize tasks in the further development of Star Birds.