Stardust Vanguards just got a whole lot better with a ton of new features, effects, UI enhancements, event balances, and fixes in our v1.1 Prettiness Update!
The coolest feature: the new bounty target system! If a player suddenly gains a strong lead during the battle, we'll issue a bounty awarding 50 reinforcement points for that player's head instead of the normal 10. This new feature has been a blast during our tests and we know you'll just love it.
We also added a lot of really cool UI additions. You guys and gals asked for quicker menus and rematch options so we delivered on that. We also wanted to give you more info without forcing you to look away from your character, so we unified the player arrow labels to include both your earned RP as well as how much shield time you have remaining.
There's also a ton of new explosion effects, UI enhancements (better win screens and windows), fun extras (like dry firing your gun when it's empty), and a bunch of balances and fixes. Check out the entire changelist below to get the full picture on every change we made.
We really loved hearing your feedback and working on this new definitive version of Stardust Vanguards, so drop us a line and let us know what you think!
STARDUST VANGUARDS 1.1 - "THE PRETTINESS UPDATE" - CHANGELIST:
- New "BOUNTY TARGET" feature added
- Added post-game and pause rematch options
- New UI enhancements across the board
- New in-game player-arrows now display RP and remaining shield duration
- Added visual cues when a player charges reinforcements or has max RP
- All win screens have been overhauled
- Empty guns can now be dry fired
- New visuals for battle start and end
- The title screen has been enhanced
- Returning to the title and transitioning through menus is quicker and more polished
- Character select now has a confirmation launch screen
- Players now join different teams sequentially when joining in at the character select
- Mecha eyes now glow on the character select
- A random music track will now play for each new battle
- Post-battle kill screen now counts up player kills
- Added a scoreboard for all game modes
- Overhauled all +RP notifications
- Players will gloriously explode when eliminated
- VIP ships will gloriously explode when assassinated
- Players have a new 2D lens-flare glimmer animation when spawning or dying
- NPC capital ships now have a large glimmer animation when exploding
- Unlocks are granted when quitting the game now
- In CO-OP MODE, players may continue fighting until all players are killed off
- In CO-OP and CONQUEST MODE, announcer will count down lives/time remaining
- SPACE BALL announcer audio has been tweaked to be more versatile
- SPACE BALL MODE dynamically balances base positions based on number of teams
- Engine burnout cooldown has been significantly decreased
- The shield has been made much more responsive and quicker to activate
- Pirates have been removed completely from FAST MODE
- The PIRATE VIP ASSASSINATION event has been made significantly easier
- Removed two incompatible stages from SPACE BALL mode
- Fixed a few bugs with the shield timer remaining on screen
- Fixed reported resolution overdraw issues
- Numerous minor fixes
[ 2015-03-26 21:32:28 CET ] [ Original post ]
Stardust Vanguards just got a whole lot better with a ton of new features, effects, UI enhancements, event balances, and fixes in our v1.1 Prettiness Update!
The coolest feature: the new bounty target system! If a player suddenly gains a strong lead during the battle, we'll issue a bounty awarding 50 reinforcement points for that player's head instead of the normal 10. This new feature has been a blast during our tests and we know you'll just love it.
We also added a lot of really cool UI additions. You guys and gals asked for quicker menus and rematch options so we delivered on that. We also wanted to give you more info without forcing you to look away from your character, so we unified the player arrow labels to include both your earned RP as well as how much shield time you have remaining.
There's also a ton of new explosion effects, UI enhancements (better win screens and windows), fun extras (like dry firing your gun when it's empty), and a bunch of balances and fixes. Check out the entire changelist below to get the full picture on every change we made.
We really loved hearing your feedback and working on this new definitive version of Stardust Vanguards, so drop us a line and let us know what you think!
STARDUST VANGUARDS 1.1 - "THE PRETTINESS UPDATE" - CHANGELIST:
- New "BOUNTY TARGET" feature added
- Added post-game and pause rematch options
- New UI enhancements across the board
- New in-game player-arrows now display RP and remaining shield duration
- Added visual cues when a player charges reinforcements or has max RP
- All win screens have been overhauled
- Empty guns can now be dry fired
- New visuals for battle start and end
- The title screen has been enhanced
- Returning to the title and transitioning through menus is quicker and more polished
- Character select now has a confirmation launch screen
- Players now join different teams sequentially when joining in at the character select
- Mecha eyes now glow on the character select
- A random music track will now play for each new battle
- Post-battle kill screen now counts up player kills
- Added a scoreboard for all game modes
- Overhauled all +RP notifications
- Players will gloriously explode when eliminated
- VIP ships will gloriously explode when assassinated
- Players have a new 2D lens-flare glimmer animation when spawning or dying
- NPC capital ships now have a large glimmer animation when exploding
- Unlocks are granted when quitting the game now
- In CO-OP MODE, players may continue fighting until all players are killed off
- In CO-OP and CONQUEST MODE, announcer will count down lives/time remaining
- SPACE BALL announcer audio has been tweaked to be more versatile
- SPACE BALL MODE dynamically balances base positions based on number of teams
- Engine burnout cooldown has been significantly decreased
- The shield has been made much more responsive and quicker to activate
- Pirates have been removed completely from FAST MODE
- The PIRATE VIP ASSASSINATION event has been made significantly easier
- Removed two incompatible stages from SPACE BALL mode
- Fixed a few bugs with the shield timer remaining on screen
- Fixed reported resolution overdraw issues
- Numerous minor fixes
[ 2015-03-26 21:32:28 CET ] [ Original post ]
🎮 Full Controller Support
- Stardust Vanguards Linux Depot [253.98 M]
Each battle is unique with the game's random event system, forcing players to respond to dozens of potential surprise attacks by computer-controlled space pirates. The pirates can even win the whole battle themselves so perhaps a temporary truce is in order? STARDUST VANGUARDS brings fast-paced dueling, a dash of strategy, and plenty of bullets to competitive couch-multiplayer fans.
Features
- Lightning-fast local (shared screen) multiplayer dueling that rewards precision
- Summon reinforcements as you earn reinforcement points (RP) by taking out enemies
- Random event system with dozens of NPC space pirate scenarios. Trivial line attacks, pincer tactics, transport convoys, mercenary squads, fleet blitzkriegs, and more!
- Space pirates are gunning to win the battle themselves. Will you team up with your rivals to stop them or use the moment to your advantage?
- Unlock 13 different battlefields each offering unique offensive and defensive strategies
- Deathmatch, Team Battles, Conquest (King of the Hill), and Space Ball Mode (soccer style capture the flag)
- Cooperative Mode for 1 to 4 players with shared lives across three different difficulties and an endurance mode through all three
- Custom Deathmatch options let you build your perfect battle. Infinite ammo, swords only, reinforcement variables, pirate event regularity, and more!
- Rocking in-game soundtrack
Note:
STARDUST VANGUARDS is a local multiplayer game (with no online functionality) and is recommended to be played with 4 Microsoft Xbox 360 controllers. The keyboard can alternatively be used as an input for one player.- OS: Ubuntu 10.10 or higher. SteamOS+
- Processor: 1.5 GhZ (w/ SSE2 instruction set support)Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Graphics: Shader Model 2.0 Support (generally anything newer than 2004)
- Storage: 200 MB available spaceAdditional Notes: K/B can be used as an input for one player. At least one additional Microsoft Xbox 360 controller required (or direct input device equivalent). Looks best in 1080P (1920x1080) or 720P (1280x720).
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