Week 8 (February 17th – 21st) Here are the progress notes of Week 8: Design Features Inventory testing, trying to reproduce issues regarding the drag and drop feature Thruster exhaust damage areas configured and tested Maneuver thrusters exhaust damage configured to ignore players Electricity usage calculations worked on for refining raw ores Economy configurations and insurance/terminals fixed in a mega station Detailed designs worked on for updated equipment UI elements and interactions Inventory icons added for objects: all objects in the shops now have icons Design for company ownership functions (ships and bank accounts) worked on Starbase Spaceship Creator A […]
Week 7 (February 10th – 14th) Here are the progress notes of Week 7: Design Features Shop search bars should be deactivated if the player looks outside of the screen. Small changes to tooltips, moving text and testing possible layout changes. Material armor value updates: Now medium-high caliber infantry weapons cause damage to objects faster. Shotgun projectile mass increased to make it little more effective against light armors. Economy configurations for the Empire Outpost station. General design worked on for significant updates to equipment and storage UIs. Small adjustments made to the Utility Panel technical design to simplify components required. […]
Week 5 (January 27th – 31st) Here are the progress notes of Week 5: Design Features Assembly Hall station modules updated with fixed level art. Cargo Crate configurations tested, after some code rework the Crates now work properly. New single entity object created from the new Cargo Crate components. Economy configurations: new items added to market, infantry weapon pricing adjusted and general economy rule adjustments were made. Insurance transfer terminals added to the new station. Autocannon electricity usage increased from 110 to 150 per bullet. Autocannon projectile velocity reduced from 900 to 800. Utility panels: Design for UI that players […]
