A short list of changes this week, as most of the new stuff happened under the hood of the game’s engine. Important work, but not really visible in this weeks update!
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Adding a furnace to the game, so we can melt stuff and burn stuff.. not giving away any spoilers here obviously, but it’s a required device! On top of that, there’s now a sweet “patch your ship” mission you can complete once you get all the required resources that is!
A week full of tiny tasks, the result is a million star names, a BBQ party and a more detailed intro animation.
Cleaning up code, and finding accidentally-disabled entities.. that and the introduction of datacards containing messages from the past! I’d say a pretty good update!
Building out the ancient technology, giving it more purpose, interaction, and giving all the creatures even more behaviours like eating YOUR fruit! This weeks been a fun week!
A sweet character select screen is introduced, alongside a whole new interface setup for the printer device in your crashed ship. To top it all off, a bunch of fixes and tweaks and a slight bump in resolution – don’t worry, it’s still pixelart !
Improvements to the life-forms in the game, and a whole new selectable character is brought to life for some nice player variation. On top of that a bunch of tiny fixes, and improvements, as with every weekly update!
Orangepixel’s Space Grunts is NOW available on Switch, the second game in a lineup of monthly game releases from the prolific indie game developer from the Netherlands.
The start of a new system for the game: procedurally generated life-forms / creatures.. it’s an interesting first attempt, let’s see what this will grow into in the coming weeks!
A fairly small update, as I struggle with a new operating system and key combinations to learn. We do have new planet graphics !
Big mommy Arachnid shows up in the game world, alongside a bunch of new devices to create and use!
Replacing the darker tones in the interface with more bright tones.. and building a proper mission/tutorial system
A new and improved visor is added, more creatures to fill up the planet, and let’s talk about that Kickstarter campaign!
The first of a dozen games coming to the Switch is about to launch: Meganoid will be available on September 8th on Nintendo Switch.
Space Grunts is the next game to get improved gamepad support on PC. So grab the game, grab your controller, and start your quest!
Bringing improved gamepad support to PC version of Meganoid.
New life forms added, a cool way to crashland on a planet like a pro, and a long list of fixes and improvements in this weeks update!
Residual now has a demo and is on Kickstarter! It also comes with a completely new planet added to the procedural rotation this week.
A standard Orangepixel Games creature gets it’s first appearance in Residual, and the whole mining code and usability get’s a front-row seat as part of gameplay.
Let’s add some teleportation to the game, and improve the whole gameplay flow for players who have no clue what they are getting themselves into! – aka : tutorial stuff.
Finally added Portrait mode support to the game on mobile devices.. it’s been a big undertaking to get all the interface screens correct, but it’s here!
A small update this week, as I try to keep the game stable for a “full release” leaving Early Access on Steam soon!
Survive and explore a procedurally generated planet and cave-system. Discover old remnants of an ancient, advanced, alien society. Their residuals made a mark on the planet. Their technology might help you survive it
A funny and harmless math-bug showed up for the “completed objectives” percentage. And while fixing that, I dove into more areas of the code and fixed a bunch of little bugs all over!
No new things in this update, but a solid amount of fixes and problem removal. Which is best done without adding new stuff to the mix.. so make sure to update to this build !
New level building blocks added, some pretty scenery and I dug myself into the code for some fixes to the most random and extremely rare bugs!
A mix and match of different tiny updates done in recent weeks on the different platforms. This update brings all versions together again!
A couple of new rooms added to the blue-door room rotation. And a small change to the layout of the fruit-rooms!
A short but still sweet update this week with the addition of three new cards, and a small modification to an existing card
Brush up your codex skills, because you might find yourself hunting a certain species, to gain the exit-door key! Pesky aliens!
A new random event is added to the game, and a new alternate route can be found called the Crawlspace, which will hide the rare Card Printer card!
We finally found some friendly faces around the space station in the shape of helpful NPC’s.. Go find them, as they might literally have the key to your progress ;)
