Devlog Summary: Enhancing Your Game Experience!

Summary

This devlog brings you up to speed on our latest updates, all focused on making your game experience smoother, more intuitive, and visually rewarding. We’ve been working hard on everything from dynamic language support to clearer progression feedback and improved mobile controls, ensuring every action feels impactful.

Core Improvements & Visual Feedback

1. Dynamic UI Localization

• What’s New: No more restarting or refreshing when you change your game language! We’ve made key parts of the user interface, like the Production and Hangar panels, instantly update their text when you switch languages in the settings. This means a seamless experience, no matter what language you choose.

2. Clearer Progression Feedback

We know you love seeing your progress, so we’ve added some fantastic visual cues to help you track your advancements:

• Research Screen:

  • Level Bar: Below the “Level X / Y” counter, you’ll now see a progress bar that visually shows how far along you are in each research.
  • Bonus Curve & Progress Point: We’ve added a small graph showing how each bonus grows with levels. A yellow dot on this graph will pinpoint exactly where you are on that bonus curve, making it super clear how much more you can gain!

• Manager Upgrades:

  • Similar visual improvements have been applied to your Manager upgrade screen. Each attribute you can improve (like Extraction or Speed) now has its own progress curve graph, complete with a yellow dot showing your current level. This makes it easy to see the benefits of your investments!

Smoother Interactions & Visual Polish

1. New Touch Movement System

• Mobile Focus: Playing on a phone or tablet just got easier! We’ve introduced a “long-tap” system for moving your space station. Just tap and hold on any empty space, and a progress bar will appear under your finger, guiding your movement. This prevents accidental taps from causing unwanted movement.

2. Enhanced Visuals & UI Polish

• Flying Collection Icons: To make collecting resources feel more rewarding, now when you click an asteroid, an icon of the collected ore (or gold) will visually fly from the asteroid straight to your space station. It’s a small detail that adds a lot of satisfaction!
• Smooth Planet Colonization: When you finish colonizing a new planet, it won’t just pop into existence. Instead, the planet will now softly “light up” over 8 seconds, transitioning smoothly from dark and locked to fully visible and active.
• Redesigned Planet Upgrade Panel: We’ve reorganized the planet upgrade interface. The bonus curve graphs are now placed right above their respective “Improve” buttons, with a dot indicating your current level for clearer progression tracking.

Gameplay Fixes & Quality of Life

• Transporter’s First Trip Fixed: We’ve squashed a bug where your transporter ship would sometimes leave empty. Now, your planet’s storage is correctly saved, and the ship will wait until there’s enough cargo to collect before departing.
• Loading Feedback for Ships: To complement the fix above, your ship’s cargo bars will now visually fill up as it collects resources, giving you a clear view of the loading process.
• UI Tweaks:
  • Ship cargo bars have been repositioned to the left to prevent them from overlapping other panels.
  • Fixed a minor bug where the focus highlight of the colonization button would remain visible after being clicked.

Conclusion

These updates significantly improve the game’s clarity, responsiveness, and visual appeal. From ensuring a consistent experience across different languages to refining the core mechanics and adding satisfying visual feedback, our goal is to make every moment you spend in the game more enjoyable and intuitive. We’re excited for you to experience these enhancements firsthand!