Sanguinite Changelog

Alpha 13 – 5/2/2024

• Added secret areas
  • Areas spawn off-map and are accessible by tunnel
  • Contain rare loot and unique weapons
• Significantly upgraded the weapon carousel and surface mission UI in general
• Planet graphics on the orbit and map screens have been improved significantly
• Various other aesthetic enhancements
  • Added background stains and better gore chunks
  • Utility Laser got prettified
  • The Skitter and Roach got creepified
• New utility: Enigma
  • Teleports the drone back to the shuttle after a charge-up period
• Added a cascading effect to the fracture bomb when exploding on terrain debris
  • Now much more effective at clearing tunnels
  • Also improved audiovisuals a bit
• The drone’s thruster now causes minor damage to enemies

Alpha 12 – 6/15/2023

• Added new music
  • Dynamic music changes based on types of enemies nearby
• Added a more robust damage weakness & resistance system
• New weapon: Fracture Bomb
  • Sticks to surfaces and enemies
  • Triggers after a short delay
  • Very effective against terrain debris and carapace armor
• New Relic enemy: Artillery Crawler
  • Moves along flat surfaces and fires upward barrages
• New Xenocyte enemy: Tumbleweed
  • Rolls along floors, walls, and ceilings
  • Launches a spinning jump-attack at enemies
• Added dynamic camera lean
  • Camera will lean toward mouse
  • Adjustable in settings
• Made the orbit screen and map screen more pretty

Alpha 11 – 1/10/2023

• Added a new “System Map” screen
  • The “Leave Planet” button has been replaced with “System Map”
  • The system map shows previous planets you visited or skipped, plus the next options
  • You can view the system map at any time, regardless of Sojourner’s fuel level
• Implemented difficulty settings
  • Explorer (Easy)
    • Mission site swarms are rare
    • Hostile vessels are disabled
    • Sites do not increase in hazard when they are visited
  • Pioneer (Normal)
    • The “default” way to play (slightly easier than previous versions)
  • Vanguard (Hard)
    • Mission site swarms arrive sooner and are nastier
    • Hostile vessels trigger faster
• Started on alternate ending
  • Added an optional Relic research project that locates special artifacts
  • Recover special artifacts and complete projects to start alternate path
• Fabricator screen got a facelift
• New Xenocyte enemy: Popper
  • Violently explodes on death, tries to self-destruct on you
  • Releases antibodies on death
• Added a “Mining Node” object to mission sites
  • Destroying a mining node releases raw ore
• TELI-7 now helps you out a bit more by pinging lootable stuff on missions
• Various UI tweaks and bug fixes

Alpha 10 – 7/17/2022

• Added new special mission type: Surface-To-Orbit Artillery
  • Sometimes spawn when the global hazard level is high
  • Both a xeno version and a relic version
  • Disabling the artillery involves destroying their power source
  • Will cause one damage to the Sojourner every orbit until destroyed
• Added more chatter from TELI-7 to guide the player when new things are discovered
• New quick-launch button to avoid going back into the shuttle bay before missions every time
• You are now prevented from launching an empty shuttle
• Improved gamepad functionality for flying the drone on missions (still partial support)
• Introduced dialog interlude scenes for story development
• Completed a first draft of an end-game arc
  • New end-game projects that provide extra lore background
  • Introduced a special final planet
  • Special missions on the final planet unlock the final mission
  • Unique final mission
  • Epilogue scenes
• Tweaked resource costs and abundance
• Improved several technical and performance issues
  • The save/load system is now a bit more friendly and transparent
  • Save files are more optimized and are version tagged
  • Surface mission loot distribution is now a bit more robust
  • Loot from prefab instances now persist correctly

Alpha 9 – 4/30/2022

• Mission sites are now static
  • Each planet has a set number of sites
  • Sites can be revisited to claim missed loot
  • Each time a site is visited its hazard level increases
• Planets increase in size as the game progresses
  • Larger planets have more mission sites and require more fuel to leave
• Mission site terrain generation is now more varied
• Minimap now starts obscured and fills in as you explore
• Added more unique graphics for each planet biome
• Enemy progression system added
  • Stronger enemies unlocked at each new planet
• Added new biome-specific enemies:
  • Xenocyte Hydra, found on grassy planets
    • Attached to walls, reaches for you with sticky tentacles
  • Xenoctye Roach, found on rocky planets
    • Spawns from Roach Nests attached to walls
    • Emerges from destroyed debris
  • Xenoctye Lithocyte, found on crystalline planets
    • Charges the player with an armored head
  • Relic Fumigator, found on grassy planets
    • Launches gas pods that explode into damaging clouds
  • Relic Exterminator, found on rocky planets
    • Fires a burning laser
  • Relic Harvester, found on crystalline planets
    • Hurls rocks and spits shards
• Assembly Node relic enemy added
  • Static structure with a rotating turret
  • Fires a spread of projectiles
  • Occasionally spawns support drones
• Removed artifacts that give research points from the loot table
  • Nuclei and Manifolds now spawn in their place
• Re-organized how laboratory projects are presented
  • Scan analysis projects are now in their own tab to reduce clutter
• Changed the mothership’s name from Forerunner to Sojourner
• Added a placeholder game ending

Alpha 8 – 11/26/2021

• Updated Godot to 3.4
• Added an enemy scanning mechanic
  • An early game research project unlocks the Exo Scanner utility
  • Drones can use the Exo Scanner like a weapon to scan targets during surface missions
  • Scans unlock scan analysis projects in the Laboratory that offer research points and sometimes unlock other new projects
  • Only one scan per enemy type is necessary
• Blink Drone relic enemy added
  • Teleports around during combat using short-lived wormholes that dissipate quickly
  • Player drones, enemies, projectiles, and other objects will teleport through these wormholes as well
• New unlockable equipment added:
  • Bastion Module drone subsystem
    • Generates a 4-section bubble shield around Beryl similar to the Aegis Drone’s shield
    • Relevant project is unlocked by analyzing an Aegis Drone scan
  • S-1 Injector drone subsystem
    • Greatly increases the thrust of a Beryl when equipped
    • Unlocked by Thermofluid Energy, replaces previous automatic thrust upgrade
  • Reactive Armor drone subsystem
    • Increases the durability of a Beryl when equipped
    • Relevant project is unlocked by analyzing a Leviathan scan
  • Janus Mobile Transporter deployable system
    • Generates a wormhole when deployed outside the shuttle on stable ground
    • The exit of the wormhole is always above the shuttle
    • Relevant project is unlocked by analyzing a Blink Drone scan
• Deployable Paladin Turret now requires analysis of a Sentinel Drone scan to unlock
• Particle Projection Gun now requires analysis of a Pulse Turret scan to unlock
• Analyzing the Tunnel Worm scan will lead to a second upgrade for the welding laser
• Project tree overhauled to accommodate scan analysis projects and new unlockable equipment
  • New ultimate end-game technology now available
• Overall difficulty should ramp up properly throughout a session now
  • Base global hazard level should start higher at each successive new planet
  • Hostile vessel timer has been halved
• Several unimplemented planet mutators have been implemented
  • Heavy Garrison
  • Light Garrison
  • Orbital Salvage
• Fully implemented Exotic Resources (they existed in Alpha 7 but did nothing)
  • Manifolds drop from some defeated Relic enemies, more often from more powerful ones
  • Nuclei drop from some defeated Xenocyte enemies, more often from more powerful ones
  • Many Laboratory projects and fabrication blueprints now require a Manifold and/or a Nucleus
• Resource crates of the same type in underground boss rooms now consolidate into larger crates to help avoid overwhelming piles of crates on high hazard and large missions
  • A “super crate” has been added to further help consolidate loot and make boss rooms more attractive
• Made changes to help avoid enemies and cargo reacting strangely to the shuttle while it is landing
  • Enemies that touch the shuttle during landing are now killed instantly
  • Collision has been removed from the shuttle’s landing legs
• Fixed an issue that prevented movement of deployable equipment in the shuttle bay
• Fixed several issues with the behavior of crawling enemies
  • Crawling enemies should stop getting stuck on corners (in theory)
  • Support Drones should stop magically floating into the open sky

Alpha 7 – 10/4/2021

• Overhauled terrain generator room connection code to be more consistent and work better with prefabs
• Added trigger system for prefabs, where switches can toggle doors and whatnot
• Added a proper menu button to the Orbitscape scene
• Implemented a proper status effect system
  • Added Burning status effect, used with Flare Gun and Viper Raygun
  • Added Shocked status effect, used with PPG
• Implemented Xeno hostile vessel missions
  • Added Behemoth Heart objective for Xeno vessel missions
• Spruced up the visuals for hostile vessel events on the Orbitscape
• Player mothership now has a proper damage counter
• Implemented game over scene when player mothership is destroyed
• Overhauled enemy NPC code for maintenance (lots of work, very little to show!)
• Implemented new shading system for tilesets for more versatile coloring, added two new terrain tilesets
  • Crystalline terrain tileset
  • Rocky terrain tileset
• Added TELI-7 assistant character with helpful popup messages (and now we know who’s doing all the work in the laboratory)
• Shuttle bay received a visual makeover
• Added Manifold and Nucleus loot drops for some boss enemies, but they have no use yet
• Resources, research points, and faction signatures do not show up in the player stock and show as a ??? in mission information until the player discovers them
• Enemies added:
  • Aegis Drone (with new bubble shield mechanic)
  • Tunnel Worm

Alpha 6 – 7/10/2021

• Implemented Prefab system, hand-crafted structures that can appear on mission sites
• Added two new tilesets, one Xeno themed and one Relic themed
• Added special mission type, Hostile Vessel Assault
• Implemented support for special mission obejctives
  • Added Singularity Core objective for Relic vessel missions
• Added gravity shift anomaly to use with Hostile Vessel Assault missions
• Created new music track for Hostile Vessel Assault missions “We Make Our Stand”
• Added hostile vessel system to Orbitscape
• Added better damage effects

Alpha 5 – 5/12/2021

• Migrated to Godot 3.3
• Overhauled cargo intake screen to present information better
• Introduced Starscape scene and the ability to choose your next planet
  • Implemented planet mutator system
• Implemented water on surface missions
• Implemented mission site anomaly system
• Added Brimstone rocket launcher weapon

Alpha 4 (Demo 4) – 1/9/2021

• Implemented knockback for some weapons
• Implemented persistent save system
• Overhauled the mission loading screen
• Added title scene with short introductory exposition
  • Created music track for title scene “The Big Drift”
• Stylized the UI, added simple audio options
• Drones no longer re-fuel and re-arm at the shuttle on missions
  • This should eliminate the compulsion to clear every mission
  • Balanced fuel and ammo amounts to reflect this
• Added deployable equipment for player
  • Sherpa fuel depot
  • Paladin sentry turret
• Added a safety net mechanic that will give the player a drone and put them in ore debt if they run out of drones and cannot afford a new one

Alpha 3 (Demo 3) – 12/22/2020

• Implemented audio
  • Sound effects
  • Created music track for Orbitscape “Strange Low Orbit”
  • Created music track for surface missions “One Giant Leap”
• Reworked loot spawn to prioritize rooms and deeper areas
• Enemies added:
  • Leviathan
  • Battlecrawler
  • Myeloblast
• Implemented knockback for some weapons

Alpha 2 (Demo 2) – 12/11/2020

• Added Orbitscape, Fabricator, and Laboratory scenes
• Added resource and loot system
• Added project tree
• Randomized surface mission spawn system
• Added Hazard system
• Added equipment weight
• Added ability to swap drones during mission
• Implemented proper loading screen for missions
• Enemies added:
  • Pulse Turret
  • Antibody
  • Sentinel Drone
  • Support Drone
  • Skitter (replaced Crawler)
• Added diggable debris system
• Various graphical upgrades, including pseudo-3D terrain and parallax background

Alpha 1 (Demo 1) – 10/10/2020

• Initial playable build
• Planetscape, Shuttle Bay, Drone Workshop scenes added
• Playable Beryl drone
• Grapple, Welding Laser, Flare Gun, Bolter, PPG, Viper Raygun weapons added
• Random cave system generator developed and added
• Minimap added
• Shuttle mechanic which transports the contents of the shuttle between Planetscape and Shuttle Bay/Workshop
• Crawler and Walleye enemies added