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Ladies and gentlemen, this craft taking off today has been over eight years in the making...

Powered by a world-class 2D physics engine, a unique and modular game design on top, massive and varied content built with fully integrated editors (all included!), and extreme integration with the Steam Workshop for endless expansion, we at Data Realms are incredibly proud to present:

Planetoid Pioneers - the Physicsvania prequel to Cortex Command!

Speaking of Cortex Command, as a thank you to all owners of that previous game of ours, we are offering a 25% Loyalty Discount to them on top of the 25% Launch Discount for the special Contributor Edition of Planetoid Pioneers! This means, as an owner of Cortex Command, you end up paying 25% less than the base price for Planetoid Pioneers, and also get bonus access to the official Contributor Community Discord server, where you can easily share your content with other creatively-minded people and chat directly with the core development team. We hope you enjoy exploring the current crop of wildly different worlds that ship today in the Asteroid Belt of Planetoid Pioneers, and look forward to seeing many more automatically pop up on that map from the Steam Workshop as the community grows and continues to create!

Changelog:

Completely filled the main story 'Primoid' Planetoid with ten distinct areas and many hours of content to play
Added an exploration metagame to the Asteroid Belt in which you can unlock Planetoids by completing their different goals
Shiny new asteroid belt UI
Intro story sequence for first-time players
Added proper settings menu
Entire game and all game menus can be navigated via gamepad
Voice over for Bob, Lily, and robot players
Much more robust and seamless saving; no more closed doors you opened before, and your exploration progress of cave systems is preserved
AI players to battle in the official PvP planetoids Carnageoid and Racetoid when you're alone on the couch
Objective system for Primoid using the zoomed-out Planetoid as a minimap
Gigantic performance improvements in game, and also the edit mode
Faster loading times (these will still be improved soon)
Overhauled control schemes for both Keyboard+mouse and gamepads
Improved Pioneer locomotion and climbing onto and over ledges
New audio all over, by the great Joonas Turner
Updated soundtrack and new ambient audioscape
New and updated weapons
Added lots of new Reactors to make complex scene logic easy to build without touching code
Lots of other new and updated Blueprints: tools, structures, vehicles, creatures, robots, loot, etc...
Updated Lua script editor ZeroBrane Studio that comes with the game to the latest version
The full game runs in 64 bit now. No need to switch between versions anymore, and can load gigantic Planetoids (like the Primoid!)
A METRIC CRAP TON of polish, balancing, and bug fixes

See the full changelog here and see some of what's next here.

[ 2018-02-08 17:24:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

Planetoid Pioneers

Data Realms Developer

Data Realms, LLC Publisher

2018-02-08 Release

Indie Singleplayer Coop Tags

Game News Posts: 33

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🎮 Full Controller Support

Mixed (349 reviews)

http://www.planetoidpioneers.com

Steam Store

The Game includes VR Support

Public Linux Depots:

Planetoid Pioneers Linux [398.91 M]

DISCLAIMER: Do NOT buy this special edition UNLESS you want to get your hands dirty in the ongoing development of Planetoid Pioneers, which is inspired by classics such as Blaster Master (‘88), Metroid (‘86), and Exile (‘88). At this point, we are looking for those with a genuine interest in creating and remixing content within the unique Crush2D engine and the modular game structure we have already established.

If you simply want to experience a polished physics-driven game (nothing wrong with that!), feel free to add Planetoid Pioneers to your wishlist and wait until it exits its Early Access period. By that point, it will contain a complete yet expanding action-exploration adventure, hand-built by not only us on the official development team, but also in collaboration with the Contributor Community.

However, if you do choose to purchase the Contributor Edition today, you will:

Become part of the emerging Contributor Community, where you can collaborate and directly share content with the development team and your fellow contributors.
Be able to submit your creations for consideration to be integrated into the official shipping game, with your name then appearing in the credits.
With a single button press, have the ability to publish whatever you make to the free Steam Workshop, for anyone to rate, comment, and subscribe to.
Be among the first to have your very best Blueprints and Scenes considered for the Curated Item Workshop on Steam - where you would earn money on them!

About the first ‘Primoid’ Planetoid that will initially ship with Planetoid Pioneers:

After your space yacht undergoes an irksome Rapid Unplanned Disassembly, you find yourself marooned on a large Planetoid outside the orbit of Mars. To overcome this interplanetary Robinson Crusoe scenario, you need to use your Atomizer and Assembler tools to gather local resources and turn them into various vehicles, contraptions, and even organic life forms.

Explore, survive, and ultimately build a resource-intensive spacecraft to escape the dangers and mysterious caves of this circular world. Onto the next uncharted Planetoid for a completely different adventure - built by us or anyone in the Contributor Community!

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