Dear Drone Engineers, It's that time of the year again: Steam Awards! There are all kinds of different categories and if Nimbatus was your top game this year in any of them, we would greatly appcreiate your vote :) Thank you for taking the time and happy thanksgiving! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2020-11-26 20:58:44 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just launched the Kickstarter campaign for our next game: The Wandering Village! The Wandering Village is a brand-new city-building simulation game where you build a settlement on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Have a look at our trailer to get a feeling what the game is about: [previewyoutube=1VsBOgA7RZk;full][/previewyoutube]

About the game

Mysterious plants are spreading all over the earth, emitting toxic spores as they grow. A group of people seeks shelter on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Becoming their leader, players build both their settlement and a symbiotic relationship with the gentle beast to survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world that now surrounds them. For more information about the game please visit the Steam page and don't forget to wishlist it <3 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1121640/The_Wandering_Village/

Kickstarter

Like we did with our other games Niche and Nimbatus we are launching a Kickstarter campaign for The Wandering Village where you can support us and get some awesome rewards in return! The campaign will be live for the next 30 days, please make sure to check it out :) We also set up a new Discord server for the game. Come and join us to share your ideas about the game, chat with us and meet other fans! Cheers & Thanks Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2020-10-13 14:11:20 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, To celebrate the ongoing Space Sale we are doing a developer stream today from 5PM to 6PM CEST. Make sure to check in and win one of the 4 Steam keys we will be giving away in the chat of the livestream on our Steam page! In other news, we are currently super busy preparing the Kickstarter launch of our new game: The Wandering Village! It's a city-building simulation game where you build up a settlement on the back of a giant, wandering creature. If thats sounds like something you're interested in, make sure to head over to Kickstarter and click on the Notify button!
Cheers & Thanks, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2020-10-01 08:46:29 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just uploaded a hotfix for Nimbatus to fix a critical bug:

Patchnotes 1.1.3

• Fixed that missions on asteroid fields could not be completed anymore.

If you notice any other bugs, please let us know on discord or in our forums. Thanks for testing! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2020-08-31 13:42:14 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just released a new update! We looked through all the features that you suggested and upvoted in our forumsand picked the ones that we liked most and were within our time limit. The two most notable changes are the new multiselection feature that let's you select and edit multiple drone parts at once by pressing CTRL. And the dronepart template system where you can create templates and use them accross your drones. Here is a video showcasing the new features: [previewyoutube=sFcOWchv2pY;full][/previewyoutube]

Discount and Drone Building Contest

To celebrate the update, Nimbatus is 25% off for the next two weeks! Also we are running a drone building contest in our Discord, where you can win Steam keys for Nimbatus. Head over to our Discord to participate! Alternatively, we are doing a giveaway on Twitter where you can win Steam Keys for the game too!

Patchnotes 1.1.2

New Features

• Drone Part Multiselection:Press Ctrl and click on multiple drone parts or press CTRL and drag a rectangle to select multiple parts.If the parts are of the same type you can edit them all at once.
• Drone Part Templates: You can create templates of drone parts, store them and use them when building different drones.
• New Racing drone skin awarded for the Speed Demon achievement
• New Tutorials to learn magnets and tags
• Free camera option for the programmer captain
• Exit without save button for the drone workshop

New Drone Parts

• Wheels
• Grappling Hook
• Ballast Tank

Improvements

• Improved Brawl mode: When getting a draw in brawl the winner is now determined by the amount of damage each drone has dealt.
• Removed sensor upgrade for programmer, minimap is always fully visible
• Made resource container transparent when droneparts drop into it
• Added effect for dropping items into container
• Added linear option for springs, this allows for better suspension for wheels
• Added condition to competitive modes that limits drone part stacking

Bugfixes

• Fixed threat level not updating when starting a new game
• Fixed bridge upgrade not working correctly in sandbox mode
• Added fail state to bio barrel mission when too many bio barrels were destroyed
• Fixed drones in versus races spawning at weird angles
• Fixed bug where undo/redo did not workafter changing drone skins

Because we fixed the fuel and part stacking exploits, we had to reset the racing leaderboards. Please keep on requesting and voting for new features for future updates! And we hope you enjoy all the new things we added in this one :) Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2020-08-25 17:12:14 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just released a patch on the preview branch. Please help us test the fixes and improvements :)

Patchnotes 1.1.2

Improvements

• Added confirmation dialog for exit without saving
• Made collision detection of hook continuous to avoid clipping through other parts
• Grappling hook does not attach to parts with frictionless coating anymore
• Reworked grappling hook visuals
• Banned ballast tank from sumo and brawl

Bugfixes

• Fixed wireless fuel and energy exploit by destroying a decoupler

Happy testing! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio Here is how you can get the preview build on steam: Open your Steam library Right click on Nimbatus in the Steam library Select Properties / Beta Select the Beta tab Select preview from the drop down Restart steam in case the game does not update automatically or you can't see the preview branch

[ 2020-08-18 14:00:57 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just released a patch on the preview branch. Thanks for testing! Let us know on the Discord or in the Forums when you find new bugs!

Patchnotes 1.1.1

New Features

• Added Exit without save button

Improvements

• Realigned the drone part configuration window
• Improved sticky wheel interaction with rigidbodies
• Improved visuals clarity for grappling hooks

Bugfixes

• Fixed grappling hook alignment issues when set to fixed rotation
• Fixed grappling hook winch speed affecting firing distance
• Fixed grappling hook range being infinitely extendable
• Fixed ballast tanks ignoring certain physics properties
• Fixed duplicate ballast tank description
• Fixed skin toggle not working correctly on ballast tank
• Fixed drones in versus races spawning at weird angles
• Fixed bug where undo/redo did not work after changing drone skins

Happy testing! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio Here is how you can get the preview build on steam: Open your Steam library Right click on Nimbatus in the Steam library Select Properties / Beta Select the Beta tab Selectpreviewfrom the drop down Restart steam in case the game does not update automatically or you can't see the preview branch

[ 2020-08-06 15:39:47 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just released a preview build of the 1.1.0 update for Nimbatus. It would be awesome if you could test this build and report any bugs you can find! We looked over all suggestions posted here https://strayfawnstudio.com/community/index.php?/forum/96-11-update-feature-requests/ and picked the features that have the most upvotes and match the time scope and theme of this update the best. The two new drone parts: wheels and grappling hook, need to be tested in the brawl / race and sumo mode so we can decide if we can allow those parts or if we have to ban them for the competitive modes. For that we've created a separate drone pool for this preview version. So please play the competitive modes using the new parts and give us your feedback!

Patchnotes 1.1.0

New Features

• Drone Part Multiselection: Press Ctrl and click on multiple drone parts or press CTRL and drag a rectangle to select multiple parts. If the parts are of the same type you can edit them all at once.
• Drone Part Templates: You can create templates of drone parts, store them and use them when building different drones.
• New Racing drone skin awarded for the Speed Demon achievement
• New Tutorials to learn magnets and tags
• Free camera option for the programmer captain

New Drone Parts

• Wheels
• Grappling Hook
• Ballast Tank
• Added linear option for springs, this allows for better suspension for wheels

Improvements

• Improved Brawl mode: When getting a draw in brawl the winner is now determined by the amount of damage each drone has dealt.
• Removed sensor upgrade for programmer, minimap is always fully visible
• Made resource container transparent when droneparts drop into it
• Added effect for dropping items into container
• Added linear option for springs

Bugfixes

• Fixed threat level not updating when starting a new game
• Fixed bridge upgrade not working correctly in sandbox mode
• Added fail state to bio barrel mission when too many bio barrels were destroyed

Happy testing! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio Here is how you can get the preview build on steam: Open your Steam library Right click on Nimbatus in the Steam library Select Properties / Beta Select the Beta tab Select preview from the drop down Restart steam in case the game does not update automatically or you can't see the preview branch

[ 2020-07-14 14:47:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just released the 1.0.9 patch to fix some of the newly reported bugs.

Fixes

• Fixed bug where survival tutorial prompts you to build a drone even though youve already built one
• Fixed bug where survival tutorial tells you your drone uses too many parts when youve deleted it
• Fixed audio bug with resource tank that caused lag
• Fixed timezone related crashes
• Fixed that the Launch Button for downloaded drones was not aligned with the screen height
• Fixed increased battery recharge effect breaking
• Fixed printing of motorized hinges and flippers
• Fixed sound of motorized hinges and pistons
• Fixed death wall in versus races breaking when waiting after race has ended
• Fixed UI when browsing steam drones and nothing is selected
• Fixed download screen when downloading a drone from steam
• Fixed bug where sensors targeting next waypoint would stop working after a while when going in reverse on a race track
• Fixed bug where Reset Galaxy after dying in sandbox didnt work

We already have over 100 new ideas and suggestions for the next update! Please keep upvoting and adding new suggestions in our forum for the next update: https://strayfawnstudio.com/community/index.php?/forum/96-11-update-feature-requests/ Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2020-05-27 17:21:15 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, Launch week is now almost over. Since the launch is going well, we're happy to announce that we will be able to release a major free update for Nimbatus soon! A big thank you to everyone who bought the game and helped us to spread the news. We want to hear your feature suggestions and ideas :) Head over to our forums where you can post and upvote your favorite ideas/suggestions for the 1.1 Nimbatus update! This can be new drone parts, game modes, locations, enemies, editor improvements or anything else that comes to mind. Please read the rules before posting. https://strayfawnstudio.com/community/index.php?/forum/96-11-update-feature-requests/ We will look at the top-voted suggestions in the forums mid-June and decide which ones we'll add to the game! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2020-05-20 13:40:08 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, Thanks alot for reporting all the Bugs! We just released the 1.0.8 hotfix to fix the main bugs you've reported over the weekend.

Improvements

• Added the possibility to import drones from files for the programmer captain
• Programmer captain doesnt receive useless mother ship upgrades as rewards anymore
• Updated Credits

Fixes

• Fixed bug where no save files where shown, even after starting a new game
• Fixed crash when flying on planets, was related to minimap memory usage
• Fixed hull repair cost not updating correctly in sandbox mode
• Fixed mothership upgrade rewards of lower level downgrading your upgrade level
• Fixed hammerhead not spawning in destroy hammerhead at core mission
• Fixed cryotank mission where the mission target would be the broken container instead of the tank. Also removed colliders of broken container.
• Fixed being able to use more weapons than you actually have at weapon casino
• Made boom-bug queens return to the planet if they fly too far away from the planet, so they don't get lost in space.

If your game crashes or runs slow, please check out this thread: https://steamcommunity.com/app/383840/discussions/0/3606765810640924497/ Cheers & Thanks, Stray Fawn Studio Edit: Small fix: The downloaded drones from the workshop should now be visible again, sorry!

[ 2020-05-19 16:17:46 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, The day has come, we just released Nimbatus on Steam and it's 25% off during launch week! :D After 1.5 years and 5 major updates during Early Access, Nimbatus has now reached its 1.0 version and it was an awesome journey! Thank you for supporting us, giving us feedback and reporting all the bugs. https://store.steampowered.com/app/383840/Nimbatus__The_Space_Drone_Constructor/ We also just released the trading cards and the official soundtrack for Nimbatus! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1252890/Nimbatus__The_Space_Drone_Constructor_Soundtrack/ To give new and recurring players an overview of the game, check out this new gameplay intro video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXWlxelXCrg We put together a guide if you want to help us spread the word: https://www.nimbatus.ch/support-nimbatus/ Once again, thanks to everyone who gave us feedback and supported us while in Early Access, we wouldn't have made it here without you! And don't worry we will start working on a new update soon :) Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2020-05-14 16:07:40 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just uploaded a patch (1.0.7) addressing the following things:

Changes

• Made Nimbatus warp drive invincible to lower programmer captain difficulty
• Changed warp drive container collision layer to "Enemy Structure"
• Fix drag and drop of drone parts
• Fixed bug where opponent drones could unlock achievements for you
• Improved sound effects of ice planets
• Added music to the survival mode outro

Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2020-05-12 14:03:42 CET ] [ Original post ]

We just uploaded a patch (1.0.6) addressing the following things: Thanks for reporting the bugs! Keep on testing!

New Features

• New Keybind Settings in the Main Menu
• Small visual changes in the Tournament Screen

Improvements

• Resource Tank now more accurately displays how full it is
• Improved visuals of fossil
• Added sound effect for deploying resources into container
• Fixed background color of gameover screen to use the correct shade of black

Balancing

• Initial resource amounts now differ depending on the selected difficulty / mode
• Balanced frostbomb and jumpfish missions on higher difficulties
• Improved final mission. Added shortcut after you found warp drive
• Balanced blackbox mission: Less wreckage and no large bees on low difficulty
• Rebalanced corp outpost mission
• Buffed starter weapons slightly, added some weapon upgrades
• Balanced prices of mothership upgrades
• Balanced rate at which the repair cost increases, now depending on difficulty

Bugfixes

• Fixed Garbageman achievement, the required amount of barrels was 9 instead of 5
• Fixed exploit where travel events could be skipped by quitting the game
• Fixed save file ui in main menu not updating when language is changed
• Fixed splashscreens, they should now show correctly again
• Fixed localization of edit drone UI for workshop drones
• Fixed jungle chest sound effects
• Fixed wrong materials on pirate enemies
• Fixed not playing sfx at survival tutorial end when you get rewards
• Fixed cryo tank not spawning
• Fixed amount of tortoice dens to destroy
• Fixed bug where you got a mission in the competitive modes after game-over in survival mode
• Made altimeter usable on test planet

Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2020-05-07 15:07:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just released the Nimbatus Drone Creator! steamhappy The Drone Creator is the free standalone drone editor from Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor. You can build and test drones using all the drone parts from the full game. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1243130/Nimbatus__Drone_Creator/ Please note: The Drone Creator does not include any planets, missions, story elements or competitive challenges. Drones can be exported and used in Nimbatus. [previewyoutube=bBNPk3wZ7UE;full][/previewyoutube] To celebrate the release, we host a drone building competition! The deadline to enter a drone is May 7th. Winners will be announced shortly after and will receive 1 of 3 Steam keys for the full game!

Here is how you can enter the building competition:

-Build the smartest, coolest looking or most creative droneusing the Nimbatus Drone Creator. - Create a GIF of the drone (press F9 to create a GIF of the last 10 seconds in the game) or record one otherwise. - Post your creationin this thread in our forums, on our discord, or share them on Twitter with #DroneCreator to enter the competition We hope you enjoy the Drone Creator and build many awesome things with it! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2020-04-30 16:02:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just uploaded a patch (1.0.5) addressing the following things:

New Features

• New Keybind-Settings in the main menu
• Small visual changes in the Tournament Screen

Bugfixes

• Fixed stretched fire and frozen effects in final corp mission
• Made the Weapon Workshop UI larger so the text fits better for the different languages
• Fixed Bug where downloaded drones had no deploy cost
• The Preview in the Weapon Workshop now shows locked upgrade effects again
• Fixed bug where amount of certain weapons was not saved correctly
• Fixed bug where Freely unlockable weapon upgrades sandbox setting didnt work unless Drone part unlocking was also active
• Fixed bug where resolution changed after entering main menu. The resolution now only changes when you press the apply button.
• Fixed Bug where the Drone Description Input Field could not be deselected and scrolled out of view.
• Fixed translation of starting weapons
• Fixed Going Green Achievement. It was accidentally triggered when using thrusters.

Thanks for reporting all the Bugs! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2020-04-29 14:19:40 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just uploaded a patch (1.0.4) addressing the following things:

• Adjusted spawn location of fossils to be further away from the core
• Adjusted terrain strength of all planets to make digging easier with upgraded weapons
• Balanced difficulty of destroy pirates mines missions
• UI: new icon for enable / disable borders
• Added fail-safe to corp fracking mission, towers destroy themselves when they fly too far away
• Balanced firefly mission, gave fireflies better swarming behavior
• New visuals for test drive enemy spawners
• Added small objects you can pickup to the test planet
• Fixed bug where galaxy map could load endlessly if you had any upgrade maxed out
• Changes corp mines radius indicator color and adjusted particle effect size to match damage area. Added health-bar indicator to small corp mine.
• Fixed particle collisions with Nimbatus Container
• Balancing: Made shortcut in final corp mission slightly harder

Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2020-04-22 15:31:54 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, After 1.5 years in Early Access, Nimbatus now has a release date: Full Launch on May 14th! We want to thank you once again for helping us to get to this point. We wouldn't be here without your support. We made a new trailer for the game to celebrate the occassion: [previewyoutube=wIVwXtsBeZQ;full][/previewyoutube] It would be amazing if you could help us to get the word out! Here is how:

• Wishlist the game or if you already own it tell friends and fellow gamers to wishlist the game on Steam (there will be a nice launch discount)
• Tell your favourite Youtuber, Streamer, Newssite about the upcoming launch
• Retweet our launch date announcement
• Share our launch date announcement on Facebook
• Review the game on Steam
• Play the game on launch day (May 14th)

Cheers & Thanks, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2020-04-17 13:58:09 CET ] [ Original post ]

Thanks for the quick bug reports and feedback on the discord! We just uploaded another patch (1.0.3) addressing the following things:

• New Drone is now also correctly localized
• Added better localization for random weapon names
• Fixed resource gathering tutorial counting as completed when you died
• Added gravity and air resistance indicators when on planets
• Fixed bug where the game crashed when exiting the test simulation
• Fix label size for gamemode description
• Fix particle collision with the Nimbatus Container
• Fixed that the pirate mine mission did not load anymore
• Fixed wrong MissionTarget for the pirate mine mission
• Improved placement of lava fountains
• Tortoice icicles now deal 100 damage, dont freeze tortoices anymore
• Reduced amount of tortoice dens / jumpfish nests / pirate mines to destroy
• Improved spawning behaviour for pirate mines, especially for ice cave planets

Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2020-04-16 17:32:23 CET ] [ Original post ]

We just uploaded a hotfix that fixes the following bugs:

• Fixed broken Tutorials and missing droneparts.
• Fixed that Enemies could spawn in the Nimbatus Container
• Fixed bug that Tutorial Drones ended up in the global drone list

Thanks for reporting the bugs! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2020-04-16 10:39:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just released a new Nimbatus Update containing new Ice Planets, a new Introduction for the Survival Mode, Steam Achievements and much more! Check out the Patchnotes for a full list of changes. We have translated the game into more languages with the help of our players!French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Turkishare almost completely translated.Czech, Dutch and Finnish are not ready yet and will be added in a future update depending on the translation progress. If you find text errors or spelling mistakes, please head over to our Crowdin page and suggest a better translation! If you want to help translate Nimbatus into another language please write us a message or post in our forum! We plan to release the full version of Nimbatus in about a month! For this we'd like to fix as many bugs as possible. If you have any crashes or find bugs, please report them in our forumor on our discord.

Patchnotes 1.0.2

New Features

• Ice planets with new missions and enemies
• Tutorial / Introduction for survival mode
• New Introfor the survival mode (Outro coming soon)
• New final corp planet for the survival mode
• New corp enemies
• New pirate enemies
• New missions for jungle and lava planets
• New drone effects, obtainable as rewards at the end of galaxies
• New sandbox mode options
• Mothership upgrades and drone effects can now be activated in sandbox mode
• Sandbox mode options can now be changed in already existing saves
• Added 34 Steam Achievements
• Added unlockable Corp Drone skin
• Added options to in-game pause menu
• Added customizable background and grid colors to the drone workshop
• Added planet and racetrack testing scenes (accessible from the test simulation)

New Drone Parts

• Added sniper weapon
• Added spark thrower weapon

Improvements

• Changed fonts to support more languages
• You now damage the terrain if you collide with enough speed. This was added to address the problem of single pixels of terrain blocking you.
• Added area indicator in which boombugs and lavabombers deal splash damage
• Toned down the heat area indicator for heat bubbles
• Functionally identical weapons now stack, except for researcher, as you might want to equip different upgrades
• Added option to disable the border in the test simulation
• Added velocity and angular velocity display to the test simulation
• Added sandbox-option to toggle free mothership upgrades
• Reduced tooltip font size
• Improved and balance final corp mission
• You can zoom in more while in the test simulation.
• Default language when playing for the first time is now the device language
• Sandbox settings can now be changed directly on the mothership upgrade screen
• Adjusted behavior for Hammerhead, Lava Stonemanta, Icemanta: They return to the planet if they stray too far into space
• Added possibility to rename savefiles after they are created
• Added translators to credits
• Added the Nimbatus Containerto a separate sensor detection layer

Balancing

• Bio Barrels difficulty scales withhow far you traveled
• Stonemanta Caves have 1200HP instead of 2000HP
• Lava Bomber Caves have 2000HP instead of 3000HP
• Small Magnet now has a radius of 15 instead of 10 meters
• Lava Bomber deals 250 damage instead of 600, in 23mradius instead of 30m
• Lava Cores heat drone parts up by 40C instead of 50C per second
• Heat capacitor has more health and heats by 5Cinstead of 10Cper second
• Cryo Pod has more health
• Lowered the amount of Lava Bomber hives to destroy on easy difficulty
• Cost of hull repairs now increases each time up to a certain limit
• Threat increase scales now scales with your progress
• Amount of resources obtained through rewards now scales with the difficulty level
• Improved distribution of upgrades on randomly generated weapons

Bugfixes

• Fixed bug where the rotation mode of the weapon gets reset
• Fixed angle offset of multiple beam laser
• Fixed bug where corp battery tower spawned inside the shield of the corp laboratory
• Fixed translation for air resistance downgrade
• Stonemantas now show Healthbar when damaged
• Lava Bombers now show Healthbar when damaged
• Fixed bad performance of proximity sensor
• Fixed bug where mission failed popup wouldnt show up when mission was previously completed
• Fixed bug where lava fountains didnt register certain collisions
• Mines are now detectable as enemies
• Fixed weapons being able to shoot through terrain
• Fixed tooltip flickering when displaying weapon details
• Fixed bug when exporting drones on linux (they ended up without file ending)
• Not unlocked weapon upgrades now stay installed but display an "?" icon and wont work
• Threat increase scales now scales with your progress
• Fixed projectile detection of proximity and distance sensors. Due to the new quicker method it can happen that some projectiles are still undetected.
• Added second larger Grid to drone workshop for better orientation
• Changed min / max ranges for certain weapon attributes so that they are upgradeable
• Fixed Hammerhead Collision, they should no longer glitch into the terrain
• Fixed ice spikey dens and jumpfish nests not working on certain planets
• Fixed bug where manual race had fully autonomous precondition
• Fixed bug where manual race button was not clickable
• Fixed a crash when entering the test area

Happy testing! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2020-04-15 16:55:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

We just released another patch on the preview branch, containing the newest localization.

Patchnotes 1.0.1

New Features

• Added options to in-game pause menu
• Added customizable background and grid colors to the drone workshop
• Added planet and racetrack testing scenes (accessible from the test simulation)
• Added sandbox-option to toggle free mothership upgrades

Improvements

• Reduced tooltip font size
• Improved and balance final corp mission
• You can zoom in more while in the test simulation.
• Default language when playing for the first time is now the device language
• Sandbox settings can now be changed directly on the mothership upgrade screen
• Adjusted behavior for Hammerhead, Lava Stonemanta, Icemanta: They return to the planet if they stray too far into space

Balancing

• Cost of hull repairs now increases each time up to a certain limit
• Threat increase scales now scales with your progress
• Amount of resources obtained through rewards now scales with the difficulty level
• Improved distribution of upgrades on randomly generated weapons

Bugfixes

• Not unlocked weapon upgrades now stay installed but display an "?" icon and wont work
• Threat increase scales now scales with your progress
• Fixed projectile detection of proximity and distance sensors. Due to the new quicker method it can happen that some projectiles are still undetected.
• Fixed size of achievement icons
• Added second larger Grid to drone workshop for better orientation
• Fixed velocity display so itll display 0 instead of nothing
• Changed min / max ranges for certain weapon attributes so that they are upgradable

Happy testing! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio Here is how you can get the preview build on steam: Open your Steam library Right click on Nimbatus in the Steam library Select Properties / Beta Select the Beta tab Select preview from the drop down Restart steam in case the game does not update automatically or you can't see the preview branch

[ 2020-04-08 13:40:38 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just released a preview build of the release version of Nimbatus. It would be awesome if you could test this build and report any bugs you can find! The full release of Nimbatus is getting closer!For this we are translating the game into more languages. It's not yet finished, but you can already change the language and see what has been translated so far. If you find text errors or spelling mistakes, please head over to our Crowdin page and suggest a better translation! https://crowdin.com/project/nimbatus. We still plan to continue updatingNimbatus after the release, but the full release is an importantstep for usand we hope to get many new players on board Please note: the new achievements are not yet working for the default game version, only for the preview version!

Patchnotes

New Features

• Ice planets with new missions and enemies
• Tutorial / Introduction for survival mode
• New Intro for the survival mode (Outro coming soon)
• New final corp planet for the survival mode
• New corp enemies
• New pirate enemies
• New missions for jungle and lava planets
• New drone effects, obtainable as rewards at the end of galaxies
• New sandbox mode options
• Mothership upgrades and drone effects can now be activated in sandbox mode
• Sandbox mode options can now be changed in already existing saves
• Added 34 new Steam Achievements
• Added unlockable Corp Drone skin

New Drone Parts

• Added sniper weapon
• Added spark thrower weapon

Improvements

• Changed fonts to support more languages
• You now damage the terrain if you collide with enough speed. This was added to address the problem of single pixels of terrain blocking you.
• Added area indicator in which boombugs and lavabombers deal splash damage
• Toned down the heat area indicator for heat bubbles
• Functionally identical weapons now stack, except for researcher, as you might want to equip different upgrades
• Added option to disable the border in the test simulation
• Added velocity and angular velocity display to the test simulation

Balancing

• Bio Barrels difficulty scales withhow far you traveled
• Stonemanta Caves have 1200HP instead of 2000HP
• Lava Bomber Caves have 2000HP instead of 3000HP
• Small Magnet now has a radius of 15 instead of 10 meters
• Lava Bomber deals 250 damage instead of 600, in 23mradius instead of 30m
• Lava Cores heat drone parts up by 40C instead of 50C per second
• Heat capacitor has more health and heats by 5Cinstead of 10Cper second
• Cryo Pod has more health
• Lowered the amount of Lava Bomber hives to destroy on easy difficulty

Bugfixes

• Fixed bug where the rotation mode of the weapon gets reset
• Fixed angle offset of multiple beam laser
• Fixed bug where corp battery tower spawned inside the shield of the corp laboratory
• Fixed translation for air resistance downgrade
• Stronemantas now show Healthbar when damaged
• Lava Bombers now show Healthbar when damaged
• Fixed bad performance of proximity sensor
• Fixed bug where mission failed popup wouldnt show up when mission was previously completed
• Fixed bug where lava fountains didnt register certain collisions
• Mines are now detectable as enemies
• Fixed weapons being able to shoot through terrain
• Fixed tooltip flickering when displaying weapon details
• Fixed bug when exporting drones on linux (they ended up without file ending)

Happy testing! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio Here is how you can get the preview build on steam: Open your Steam library Right click on Nimbatus in the Steam library Select Properties / Beta Select the Beta tab Selectpreviewfrom the drop down Restart steam in case the game does not update automatically or you can't see the preview branch

[ 2020-03-24 17:26:47 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just uploaded a hotfix for the Battery Tower bug. The Battery Tower accidentallyspawned inside the shield and was therefore pretty tricky to destroy. This is now fixed. Thank you for reporting! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2020-01-29 10:10:10 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We are super happy how the community translations are progressing. This is how the current progress looks like:
We just opened a new Beta branch on Steam called "translation". We will update it weekly and you can use it to check if the translations are correct. This build is the current development build, so there could be some bugs or unfinished features inside. We are also testing a new font that can support more languages than the current one. If you want to help with translating the game or suggest some better translations, please join our Crowdin project for your language here: https://crowdin.com/project/nimbatus You might have to wait a few hours before the join request gets accepted, as we do them manually :) Cheers and Thanks, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2020-01-22 09:59:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just uploaded a hotfix for the tutorial bugs. It was not possible to do the tutorials without restarting the game inbetween. This is now fixed. Thank you for reporting this quickly! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2020-01-16 12:19:28 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just released the new Mothership Updateon Steam! Enhance the Nimbatus in the campaign mode with many different upgrades and perks and try to survive with the new Programmer captain! To celebrate the update we are running a giveaway on Twitter :) https://twitter.com/NimbatusGame/status/1217448631248281600 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5xdpjHc-WE

Help needed to translate Nimbatus

We are looking for people to help us localize Nimbatus into other languages during the next 2 months! If you are interested to help, please visit our forum for more information: https://strayfawnstudio.com/community/index.php?/topic/8559-nimbatus-localization-help-needed/

Patchnotes 0.9.4

Important Information:

• This update resets the save files, however your drones should be safe. We extract them from your old save files and place them into the global drone list. You can find your drones inside a new Sandbox save or in the competitive modes.
• We had to reset the Brawl drone pool, because we changed how this mode works. Please play the brawl mode again and upload your drones so we have enough opponents available

New Features

• Nimbatus mother ship upgrades
• Added first Steam Achievements and unlockable drone skins. We will add more achievements in the next update. Please note that the corp skin is not yet unlockable
• New captain: Programmer
• New save file management (freely create / name / delete save files instead of having fixed slots)
• Added difficulty settings to the survival mode
• New Jungle Ruin location
• New Garage and Weapon-casino locations
• Added new rewards when advancing to the next galaxy.

New Drone Parts

• Temperature probe
• Audio part
• Small Hollow Block
• Programmable LED

Improvements

• Adjusted spawn rates for missions, planet themes and planet events
• Reworked the brawl-mode
• Added new travel events
• Added Ambient soundscapes on planets
• New music for the galaxy map
• Options are now also accessible from the galaxy map
• Snakes are now detectable with sensors as danger zone
• Added detection layer for enemy projectiles
• Added mission target as detection layer to detect mission relevant objects
• Added container as directional sensor target
• Added nearest enemy as directional sensor target
• Added mission target as directional sensor target
• Added fallback target to directional sensor and vtol thruster in case no direction could be calculated
• Reworked drone skin selection
• Drone skins can now be applied to all drone parts
• Added ability to flip and offset skins
• Added time slider to test area
• Added ability to rotate the drone core and made the visuals symmetrical
• Added option to hide sensor visualization
• Nimbatus now supports wider than 21:9 aspect ratios
• Added radius indicator for heat bubbles

Balancing

• Increased inventory for shops
• Decreased prices for shop items
• Heat bubble radius increased by 50%
• Default radius of TnT is now 10
• Improved effectiveness of heat-seeking and laser-guided rockets
• Adjusted captain starting parts
• Rebalanced weapon upgrade prices and tech tree
• Jungle chests now give 80 rare resources instead of 200
• Made grenades heavier, less bouncy
• Made meteors stay hot for longer
• Increased radius of small magnet from 5 to 10
• Lowered boombug hive HP from 3000 to 2500

Bugfixes

• Fixed bug where timer on ore planet would not work
• Fixed bug where the travel screen would break while in creative mode
• Fixed bug where Heavyweight perk effects werent applied correctly
• Used tag list is now correctly updated when deleting parts or switching the drone
• Several UI fixes where descriptions sometimes got cut off
• Fixed collider size of "select drone", sometimes blocked the mouseover for rewards
• Lava Heat Capacitor doesnt radiate heat anymore when frozen
• Fixed bug where you could use wireless fuel / energy by decoupling a subdrone using a factory part that has fuel tanks behind a decoupler
• Fixed bug where sawblades would erroneously trigger overlap detection
• Fixed bug where decouplers and factory parts stopped working correctly
• Fixed bug where you could still access fuel and energy after destroying a parent decoupler
• Fixed looping player container sound effect during loading screen
• Fixed bug where you could assign the same upgrades multiple times to a weapon

Other

• Added support for Metal graphics API for Mac
• Upgraded Steam API to fix compatibility issues
• Added link to help us with the translation of the game

Thanks a lot for testing the update on the preview branch and reporting all the bugs! By the way, Nimbatus is currently participating in the Builder Games Sale on Steam and is 20% off until Friday:https://store.steampowered.com/curator/4/sale/buildersale Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2020-01-15 14:10:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just released another smallpatchon the preview branch that fixes some critical bugs. We also added support for the Metal graphics API on Mac. Please report if anything does not look correctly anymore.

Patchnotes 0.9.3

Bugfixes

• Drone skins should no longer be locked again if you have the steam achievement.
• Homing missiles no longer work as programmer captain
• Upgraded Steam API to fix compatibility issues
• Fixed bug where Hull did not take damage
• Fixed bug where beating the bossfight wouldnt unlock neighboring systems
• Fixed upgrade slots display in captain select screen
• Fixed bug where no drone parts were available in the tutorial

Improvements

• Added support for Metal graphics API for Mac
• Added bossfight navigation arrow
• Added tooltips for drone launch window
• Improved End of Galaxy UI
• Added threat decrease visualization
• Made torches detectable by temperature probes
• Adjusted spawn rates for missions, planet themes and planet events

Happy testing! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio Here is how you can get the preview build on steam: Open your Steam library Right click on Nimbatus in the Steam library Select Properties / Beta Selectpreviewfrom the drop down Restart steam in case the game does not update automatically or you can't see the preview branch

[ 2020-01-07 16:39:40 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just released another smallpatchon the preview branch that fixes some critical bugs. Thanks alot for the quick feedback!

Patchnotes

Bugfixes

• Fixed crash when exiting the game
• Fixed bug where batteries and fueltanks would not recharge after the factory part that created them was destroyed
• Fixed drone editor bug where you could attach a part to its child and make them independent of the drone core

Happy testing! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio Here is how you can get the preview build on steam: Open your Steam library Right click on Nimbatus in the Steam library Select Properties / Beta Select the Beta tab Selectpreviewfrom the drop down Restart steam in case the game does not update automatically or you can't see the preview branch

[ 2019-12-20 14:23:56 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just released a smallpatchon the preview branch that fixes some critical bugs. Thanks a lot for the quick feedback!

Patchnotes

Improvements

• Added Small hollow block, audio part and programmable LED to mission reward pools
• Added Sound Effects to Nimbatus Landing Animation
• Added Sound Effects to End of Galaxy Reward Scene
• Removed purely defensive AI brawl drones.

Bugfixes

• Fixed bug where sawblades would erroneously trigger overlap detection
• Fixed Sumo Skins width and height settings
• Fixed bug where decouplers and factory parts stopped working correctly
• Fixed bug where you could still access fuel and energy after destroying a parent decoupler
• Fixed bug where an endless amount of pirates spawned
• Fixed looping player container sound effect during loading screen
• Fixed bug where you could assign the same upgrades multiple times to a weapon
• Fixed endless loading screen when starting with a programmer or engineer captain
• Fixed bug, where the connection between parts was not updated anymore

Balancing

• Lowered boombug hive HP from 3000 to 2500
• Happy testing!

Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio Here is how you can get the preview build on steam: Open your Steam library Right click on Nimbatus in the Steam library Select Properties / Beta Select the Beta tab Selectpreviewfrom the drop down Restart steam in case the game does not update automatically or you can't see the preview branch

[ 2019-12-19 16:56:40 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just released a preview version of our next big update on the preview branch. < This new update adds Nimbatus upgrades, a snake boss and many more features. Please report all bugs you find and tell us what you like and what you don't like about the new features. Discord To give us feedback, talk with the developers or show off cool drones, please join our Discord Server :) https://discord.gg/6wu92F6
Please note: This update resets the save files, however your drones should be safe. We extract them from your old save files and place them into the global drone list.

Patchnotes

New Features

• Nimbatus mother ship upgrades
• Added first Steam Achievements and unlockable drone skins. We will add more achievements in the next update. Please note that the corp skin is not yet unlockable.
• New captain: Programmer
• New save file management (freely create / name / delete save files instead of having fixed slots)
• Added difficulty settings to the survival mode
• New Jungle Ruin location
• New Garage and Weapon-casino locations
• Added new rewards when advancing to the next galaxy

New Drone Parts

• Temperature probe
• Audio part
• Small Hollow Block
• Programmable LED

Improvements

• Reworked the brawl-mode
• Added new travel events
• Added Ambient soundscapes on planets
• New music for the galaxy map
• Options are now also accessible from the galaxy map
• Snakes are now detectable with sensors as danger zone
• Added detection layer for enemy projectiles
• Added mission target as detection layer to detect mission relevant objects
• Added container as directional sensor target
• Added nearest enemy as directional sensor target
• Added mission target as directional sensor target
• Added fallback target to directional sensor and vtol thruster in case no direction could be calculated
• Reworked drone skin selection
• Drone skins can now be applied to all drone parts
• Added ability to flip and offset skins
• Added time slider to test area
• Added ability to rotate the drone core and made the visuals symmetrical
• Added option to hide sensor visualization
• Nimbatus now supports wider than 21:9 aspect ratios
• Added radius indicator for heat bubbles

Balancing

• Increased inventory for shops
• Decreased prices for shop items
• Heat bubble radius increased by 50%
• Default radius of TnT is now 10
• Improved effectiveness of heat-seeking and laser-guided rockets
• Adjusted captain starting parts
• Rebalanced weapon upgrade prices and tech tree
• Jungle chests now give 80 rare resources instead of 200
• Made grenades heavier, less bouncy
• Made meteors stay hot for longer
• Increased radius of small magnet from 5 to 10

Bugfixes

• Fixed bug where timer on ore planet would not work
• Fixed bug where the travel screen would break while in creative mode
• Fixed bug where Heavyweight perk effects werent applied correctly
• Used tag list is now correctly updated when deleting parts or switching the drone
• Several UI fixes where descriptions sometimes got cut off
• Fixed collider size of "select drone", sometimes blocked the mouseover for rewards
• Lava Heat Capacitor doesnt radiate heat anymore when frozen
• Fixed bug where you could use wireless fuel / energy by decoupling a subdrone using a factory part that has fuel tanks behind a decoupler.

Happy testing! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio Here is how you can get the preview build on steam: Open your Steam library Right click on Nimbatus in the Steam library Select Properties / Beta Select the Beta tab Select preview from the drop down Restart steam in case the game does not update automatically or you can't see the preview branch

[ 2019-12-18 15:59:26 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineer, The holidays are coming closer and closer :D And with them a give away for Retimed, a game that we help to publish! Retimed is a 2D multiplayer arena shooter with nerve wracking slow motion moments. You can challenge up to 4 players, alone or in teams, online or offline on 8 different maps. https://store.steampowered.com/app/760810/Retimed/ To celebrate the occasion, we are currently running a give away on Retimed's Steam page. A Steam key will be given away in the live-stream chat every 15 minutes! Come join us :) We are also working hard on the next Nimbatus update! Which will come soon to the preview branch for you to test! Cheers & Happy holidays, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2019-12-05 20:44:09 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just released the 0.8.4 hotfix to resolve a critical bug in the fuel / energy management:

Fixes

• The fuel and energy management was not working as intended since the last update. It was possible to use an unlimited amount of thrusters with just one small fuel tank. This is fixed now.

Unfortunately we also have to reset the racing leaderboards, as some of the top entries used this bug to get the fast times. On other news: we are working hard on our new big content update, which should come to the preview branch later this month! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2019-12-03 11:03:20 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just released the 0.8.3 patch to fix some bugs.

Fixes

• Enemies are no longer super fast when unfrozen
• Fixed a bug where the race would not end when a drone got destroyed

Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2019-10-07 09:08:06 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just released the Brawl Tournament Update! Enter the Brawl Arena and fight other players drones using close combat weapons like saw blades, spikes and drills. We also added a couple new drone parts to the game. To celebrate this update, Nimbatus is 20% off on Steam for the next two weeks! We are also running a giveaway on Twitter

Patchnotes 0.8.2

New Features:

• New Brawl Tournament
• Added German localization
• Added different camera modes to the tournaments
• Added sound effects to all travel events

New Drone Parts:

• New mechanical part: Flipper
• New melee weapon: Bumper

Reworks:

• Changed the look of the Tournament UI
• Reworked all the UI labels to be able to scale dynamically in size
• Added torque and option to reverse rotation for saw blades
• Balanced the damage of all melee weapons
• Added timescale-slider for Autonomous Racing
• Added Music for Asteroid fields
• Updated melee weapon sound effects
• Updated melee weapon particle effects

Bugfixes:

• Fixed sorting issues with Drone and Container on Space Missions
• Fixed rare case in which cryo container would not spawn on lava planets
• Fixed bugs where the game still ran in the background after exiting

Misc:

• Upgraded our engine to Unity 2018.4.6f1

We are also preparing for the full release and working on the localization of Nimbatus. This update adds a first version of German translation. More languages will be added in the following months. Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2019-10-02 14:02:57 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just released a small patch on the preview branch for the brawl update. Thanks a lot for playing the update and providing us with some opponents.

Patchnotes

New Features

• Added free camera to versus mode camera options
• Added sound effects to all travel events
• Added first version of brawl sound

Bugfixes

• Fixed Shield status translation
• Fixed corp attack travel event translation
• Fixed workshop browser UI
• Fixed sorting issues with Drone and Container on Space Missions
• Fixed rare case in which cryo container would not spawn on lava planets
• Fixed text displayed in timer on timed missions
• Fixed bug where your drone won, but it counted as a loss

Balancing

• Broken bumpers now apply only 10% of the impact force

Happy testing! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2019-09-30 09:07:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just released an update on the preview branch to test the new Brawl Tournament! Please play the new Brawl Tournament and upload your drone as opponents, so we have many drones to test the balance. This update also adds German localization. If you speak German, please switch the language and report any grammatical or UI layout errors you find :) Here is how you can get the preview build on steam: Open your Steam library Right click on Nimbatus in the Steam library Select Properties / Beta Select the Beta tab Enter imadeabackup as password to unlock the preview branch Select brawl_preview from the drop down Restart steam in case the game does not update automatically or you can't see the preview branch

Patchnotes 0.8.0

New Features

• New Brawl Tournament
• Prepared the game to be ready for localization and added German localization as a test

New Drone Parts:

• New mechanical part: Flipper
• New melee weapon: Bumper

Reworks:

• Changed the look of the Tournament UI
• Reworked all the UI labels to be able to scale dynamically in size
• Added torque and option to reverse rotation for saw blades
• Added options to better control the camera in competitive modes
• Added timescale-slider for Autonomous Racing
• Balanced the damage of all melee weapons

Misc:

• Upgraded our engine to Unity 2018.4.6f1

Happy testing! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio Keep in mind that this preview build is still a work in progress, therefore I strongly recommend to back up your savefiles before downloading the preview branch. Here is where you can find the savefiles and logfiles: Savefile Location

[ 2019-09-17 11:12:47 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just released the 0.7.4 patch to fix some bugs.

Fixes

• Researcher doesnt get fuel tanks as rewards in asteroid fields and travel events anymore
• You can no longer bribe pirates if you dont have enough resources
• Fixed that collecting bio barrells or meteors gave no resources anymore and corrupted the savefile so the resource amount was reset to default.
• Dynamic thrusters no longer work when frozen

Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2019-08-13 09:15:34 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, After a month of testing and improving, we finallyreleased the newCampaign Updateon Steam! At its core this update is all about the new campaign mode. It features different captains, progression through unlocking drone parts, travel events, asteroid fields, drone skins and much more :)
The old savefiles are no longer compatible with this version. However, all drones from older savefiles will be imported automatically and should be available to use in the competitive and creative mode. Thanks again to all testers of the preview version for all the great feedback and bug reports! Here are the patchnotes of the new update:

New Features

• Split the game into 3 different modes: Competitive, Campaign and Creative
• New Campaign Mode withnew progression system, different captains, travel events,new locations and rewards
• New Creative Mode with different settings to changethe gameplay
• New shared drone list for creative and competitive mode
• Added in-place replace functionality for drone parts (hold alt when dragging item over another)
• Added multiple gravity and air resistance modes to the test drive
• Added Kickstarter backers to the credits
• Added planet names from Kickstarter backers to the game
• The minimap now has a dynamic planet display
• Added live weapon previews to tooltips
• Added drone skins as setting for basic parts

New Drone Parts:

• Piston that can be extended and retracted
• Small magnet, small and easyto use but not as configurable as the big magnet

Drone Part Changes:

• Changed the look of the Magnet, so it matched itscollider
• Added the option to choose a Drone Skin for the basic parts
• Spikes now cause damage on impact rather than continuous damage on contact
• There is now only one resource tank which can hold all resources
• We increased the rate plasma and cryo ammunition change the temperature of enemies
• Drills now only cause damage whilethey are activated
• Particle weapons now heat up or cool down enemies faster than other weapon types

Reworks:

• You can now access the drone hangar directly from the map without having to travel to a location
• Most missions now have different difficulty levels
• We balanced the health of the enemies to match the difficulty level of the new campaign mode
• Enemies now target you if you attack them, even if you are out of range
• Snake damage changed from 100 to 180. Aggro speed increased by 20%
• Balanced all weapon-stats
• A lot of small UI changes, especially for the campaign mode
• A lot ofsound effect changes and new sound effects
• Changed the drone import file dialog to use nativedialogues
• You now only can mine a finite amount of resources from oneplanet, even if you launch multiple drones
• Lowered health of shipwreck-parts
• Slightly increased durability of Energy Shield
• Reduced the burning damage scaling
• Objects now stop burning after 5 seconds, unless they get heated up again.
• Increased rate at which fire and cryo ammunition changetemperature
• Plasma and cryo weapons now increase / lower temperature at the same rate

Bugfixes:

• Race finish line isno longer detected as obstacle
• Fixed afterburner collider
• Proximity and distance sensor overlays no longer stretch the drone image
• Fixed that some objects did not heat up neighboring objects
• Fixed small spawning bugs in different missions
• Fixed bug where hammerheads that havent targeted the player before were faster
• Stonemantas don't spawn fireflies anymore when they are frozen
• Fixed placement of resources on lava planet corridor
• Fixed bug in corp laboratory mission where no laboratory would spawn
• Fixed drone workshop max diameter not being displayed correctly in racing modes
• Fixed Continue button collider so it does not overlap with the upload drone checkbox after a Tournament
• Fixed a bug in the main menu UI that occurred when deleting saves
• You should no longer be able to print sub dronesinside the terrain and fly underground. The parts break if they spawn inside the terrain.

Engine:

• Upgraded our engine to Unity 2018.4.3f1

We recorded a video showing the new features of the campaign update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M2qtc0RaaM To celebrate the update we are running a 25% discount for the next two weeks! Cheers&Have fun! Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2019-08-07 13:57:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just released the 0.7.2 patch for the new Campaign Update on the preview branch.You can find the patchnotes and instructions on how to access this branch here: Patchnotes & Instruction Happy testing and thank you for your help! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2019-07-31 14:32:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just released the 0.7.1 patch for the new Campaign Update on the preview branch.You can find the patchnotes and instructions on how to access this branch here: Patchnotes & Instructions Happy testing and thank you for your help! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2019-07-23 14:06:46 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers, We just released a first version of the the new Campaign Update on the preview branch and we need your help to test the game, report bugs and give us feedback about the new gameplay mode. The preview branch is password protected, so please read and follow the instructions in this forum post carefully if you want to join the Test: Patchnotes and access to preview branch Happy testing and thank you for your help! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2019-07-10 15:44:50 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear crew, Here is a short overview on what we are working on and what new features and improvements you can expect in the future.

Next Update: New Campaign Mode

For the next update we are splitting the game into three different modes: Campaign, Sandbox and Competitive Mode. The campaign mode will feature a whole new set of rules and an improved progression system. We are experimenting with part unlocking, deployment costs and travel events for the campaign. However in the sandbox mode you will still be able to build huge drones with all parts unlocked from the start. This is a big update which requires time to develop. As soon as we have something to test, we will open up a preview branch so you can help us find bugs and give us early feedback before the update goes live.

Planned Features and Improvements

There are some features we already promised during our Kickstarter campaign and things we'd like to improve. Those will be added at some point during the Early Access:

• Ice planets
• Drone vs. drone combat arena
• Terrain rovers (wheels, ...)
• More environmental events & weather
• Bossfights
• More Settings for the sandbox mode
• Localization

Suggest and vote for new features

We give our best to listen to your feedback and include suggested features or improvements in every update. Visit our forums and upvote the suggestions that you want to see in the game and/or post your own ideas. The current plan is to fully release Nimbatus on Steam in spring 2020. We are happy to have you on board and we are excited to keep improving Nimbatus together with you! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2019-04-16 10:13:09 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Drone Engineers We just released a brand new update for Nimbatus: Drone Racing! Lots of things have been added and improved. Most importantly: You can now build racing drones and compete in new modes.
Compete in time based racing and compare your times on the leaderboard, challenge other players drones on autonomous racing tracks and test your skills in the hardcore "Catch" tournament.
Along with these new modes comes a variety of new drone parts, such as the Afterburner, the VTOL Thruster and the Proximity Sensor. Check out the complete patchnotes and a video showing the new features and improvements in our forums. Patchnotes & Video of new features If that all sounds up your ally and you don't own Nimbatus yet, now is your chance! The game is currently 20% off. This offer ends on March 13th. In order to celebrate the release of the new update, we also run a give away for everyone who can't afford the game. If you want to win a Steam key, head over to our forums and join the Raffle. Cheers & Have fun! Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2019-03-06 18:01:00 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear space traveller Nimbatus is currently 25% off during the Steam winter sale. To celebrate the occasion, we are now running a live stream! Head over to our Steam page now, watch the stream hosted by Frazzz (19:00 - 22:00 CET) and try to win a Nimbatus key by answering questions about the game and our studio :) https://store.steampowered.com/app/383840/Nimbatus__The_Space_Drone_Constructor/
Happy holidays! Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2018-12-28 18:13:07 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear space traveller If you don't own Nimbatus yet, this is your chance! The game is 20% off during the Steam autumn sale, starting now. We are also running a 24 hour long Nimbatus live stream on our Steam page to celebrate the occasion! So make sure to stop by and say hi :)
Cheers & Thanks, Stray Fawn Studio PS: Our other game, Niche - a genetics survival game is having its highest discount so far! You can get it 40% off during the Steam autumn sale.

[ 2018-11-21 19:09:03 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey crew, We just released theupdate 0.5.10 for Nimbatus.Itcontains fixes for two small but annoying bugs.

Bugfixes:

• Camera Trackers are now disabledinside the sumo arena.
• We reduced the default camera recoil shake because it the effect was too strong on higher zoom levels.

We are still busy working on the drone races! For work in in-progress updates and some sneak peaks of the newDrone Racing Update, please check out this thread in our forums: Forum Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2018-11-20 15:04:33 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear crew, Here is a short overview on what we are working on and what new features and improvements you can expect in the future:

Next Update: Drone Racing

Our next big update will be all about drone racing! We want to add drone vs. drone racing for fully autonomous drones and also races against the clock with multiple tracks and leaderboards. This is a big update which requires time to develop. As soon as we have something to test, we will open up a preview branch so you can help us find bugs and give us early feedback before the update goes live.

Planned Features and Improvements

There are some features we already promised during our Kickstarter campaign and things we'd like to improve. Those will be added at some point during the Early Access:

• Drone vs. drone combat arena
• Terrain rovers (wheels, ...)
• Environmental events & weather
• Ice planets
• Bossfights
• Improved progression for single player campaign
• Sandbox planets with lots of settings

We also want to conduct some experiments on how to improve the physic stability for our drones. This could be in form of adding the possibility to interconnect parts with struts or other internal stability improvements.

Suggest and vote for new features

In addition to the features we have already planned, we give our best to listen to your feedback and include features or improvements you suggested in every update! Here is how you can participate:

• Visit our Forum and go through all the drone part and feature suggestions to upvote the ones that you want to see in the game!
• Post your own suggestions and ideas, so other players can upvote them :)
• We look through all suggestions and decide which ones we are going to add for each update. The upvotes help us to see which suggestions are popular.

We plan to keep Nimbatus in Early Access for at least a year. We are happy to have you on board and we are excited to keep improving Nimbatus together with you! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2018-10-30 12:52:29 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey crew, We just released theupdate 0.5.9 for Nimbatus. We have read through all the reviews and feedback since the release and addressed some of the problems with this patch.Thank you very much for reporting bugs and posting feedback!

New Features:

• Added 2 new jungle missions to have some more alternatives to the bio barrell mission (you will have the choice to reset the map or continue with the previous one)
• Added a popup to draw attention to our tutorial (can be skipped)
• Added zoom using the mouse wheel to the test area and the planets
• Added new Delay gate
• Added speed setting for motorized hinges
• Added full andempty events to resource tanks
• Added asetting for thestart state of thefactory part (Printed / Not Printed)

Reworks:

• If the loading of a savegame does not work, we now show the error on screen instead of automatically resetting the progress. If you encounter any errors, please post us a screenshot, restart the game and try again.
• Changed the galaxy map, so you will encounter lava planets earlier.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed that Camera Trackers still were displayed on the minimap after being destroyed
• Fixed that Sumo drones were not correctly added to the opponent pool anymore
• Fixed that Batteries or Fuel Tanks still provided energy after being decoupled.
• Fixed that Resource tanks could not be filled-up after being printed by a factory part.
• Fixed Issue where Impulse Givers were always on after destroyed
• Fixed that decoupled parts get destroyed if the previous parent of the decoupler was destroyed

Balancing:

• Increased the difficulty of Sumo Tournament opponents by increasing the number of required wins to be added.
• Lowered the difficulty of the Bio Barrell mission by improving the spawn rate and decreasing the amount of deadly cannons.

The new start state setting of the factory part was the most upvoted suggestion in our forum, this is why we have added it to the game! Please keep upvoting ideas for new droneparts and features in our forum here: https://strayfawnstudio.com/community/index.php?/forum/4-nimbatus-the-space-drone-constructor/ The difficulty of the planetary missions was not really well balanced, it was too hard for beginners and too easy for advanced players. The starting galaxy should now be a bit easier. We will improve this in the future to make it more challenging and fun to play :) We will now start working on our first big update which will be all about Drone Racing. More information will follow soon! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio Edit: Seems like the false positives with the distance sensor is not yet working correctly. We will fix it next time. We pushed a small Hotfix today with two fixes: - You could break the relic mission by freezing the torches. - Exploding parts with TnT did leave some buggy parts behind

[ 2018-10-24 17:00:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey crew, We just released theupdate 0.5.8 for Nimbatus. This patch fixes some of the critical bugs we discovered since the launch.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed that the game did not save on windows withEstonian, Lithuanian and Latvian language settings.
• Fixed that drone name / description was not applied correctly
• Fixed fuel and energy full events on game start
• Fixed overlap of pause menu and game over menu in Sumo arena
• Fixed that the requirements for thetravel to a wormhole was not displayed
• Fxed a small border issueson ultrawide screens
• Improved loading times between different UI screens

Thanks for reportingbugs and posting suggestions, keep it up! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2018-10-09 11:29:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear crew Nimbatus has been released on Steam Early Access last week and it's going well so far! Thank you all very much for your support :) If you own Nimbatus already:

• Head over to the Discord and chat with other players and the devs!
• Come join our Forums and tell us what we should add next!

If you don't own Nimbatus yet:

• In case you are planning to buy the game on Steam, please note that we currently offer a 10% launch discount.
• We also teamed up with our friends from Avorion. If you own Avorion or buy it now, you'll get another 10% off Nimbatus during launch week!

Please note: Both these offers end October 10th, 18:00 CEST
https://store.steampowered.com/app/445220/Avorion/ Or if you'd like a chance to win a key, we are currently running a give away in our Forums and on Twitter Cheers & Thanks again, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2018-10-08 21:29:58 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey crew, We just released the update 0.5.7 for Nimbatus. It fixes some problems you found and adds two new logic parts.

New Features:

• Added NOR Gate
• Added Triggered Impulse part that acts similar to an impulse giver, but can be triggered by an input key.

Reworks:

• Added Tooltips for Impulse Givers
• Editor Settings (Center of Gravity, Tags, etc. ) are now persistent

Balancing:

• Slowed down the turning speed of the Snake

Bugfixes:

• Fixed overlapping music while inside Sumo Testarena
• Fixed floating point input fields on systems that use comma as decimal seperator
• First launch on Linux systems will now be windowed mode to avoid resolution problems
• Fixed a display bug for the page control in the drone browser

Thanks for reporting bugs and posting suggestions, keep it up!  Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio Remark:  Its advisable to update your game before you go into a sumo tournament, as drones using the new parts won't be downloaded until you update.

[ 2018-10-04 16:44:10 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey crew, We just pushed a hotfix (0.5.6) that fixes a problem on linux where the game starts with a grey screen and only background music. If you had this problem previously, please test it again and tell us if everything works now :) Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2018-10-03 21:18:00 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear crew, The day has finally come! Nimbatus is now available on Steam Early Access! The game costs $19.99 with a 10% discount during launch week. Owners of our first game Niche - a genetics survival game will get an additional 10% discount. And Owners of Avorion should have received a 10% coupon :D
We wish you tons of fun playing the game! We are super excited to work on the game together with you and to add lots of cool features during Early Access! If you encounter any bugs or crashes, please report them in our forums . Please help us to spread the word about the launch! We put together a list of things you can do to support Nimbatus <3 Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2018-10-03 16:06:56 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear crew, We just released the update 0.5.5 for the closed alpha of Nimbatus with some last minute bugfixes and polishing. Here are the detailed Patchnotes Nimbatus will release tomorrow at 18:00 CEST. We're excited to finally show the game to you guys :) Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2018-10-02 15:16:35 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear crew, We just released the update 0.5.4 for the closed alpha of Nimbatus with some UI polish, bugfixes and a new resource gathering tutorial. Here are the detailed Patchnotes Nimbatus will release on Steam next Wednesday (3rd October) at 18:00 CEST. We are really excited to show the game to all the people :) Thank you for testing and reporting all the bugs! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2018-09-27 14:59:18 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear crew, We just released the update 0.5.3 for the closed Alpha of Nimbatus. Here are the Patchnotes If you encounter any problems please report them in our Forums :) Thank you! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2018-09-19 16:07:50 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear crew We have chosen a release date for the Nimbatus Early Access launch

Nimbatus will be released on October 3rd!

Please help us to spread the news! On Twitter On Facebook And if you haven't done so already, please add the game to your Steam wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/383840/Nimbatus__The_Space_Drone_Constructor/ We can't wait for the game to be released and to keep working on it with you. Hope you are as excited as we are ❤️ Cheers & Thanks, The Stray Fawn Team

[ 2018-09-13 15:05:03 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear crew, We just released the update 0.5.2 for the closed Alpha of Nimbatus containing bugfixes and some polish in preparation for the early access release. Here are the Patchnotes If you encounter any problems please report them in Our Forums Thank you! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2018-09-11 16:11:23 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Crew, We just released a new update for the Closed Alpha of Nimbatus! Here are the patch notes: New Features

• New drone selection screen
• Drone browser to share drones using Steam Workshop
• New Tutorial
• Added On/ Off Switch (Like a flipflop)
• Added  XNor Gate
• Added Factory part that can print and decouple drone parts
• Batteries and fueltanks now trigger events when they are full / empty
• Added overlap detection and other warnings to the drone workshop
• Added keyboard shortcuts to the drone workshop

Reworks

• Reworked the galaxy map
• Reworked all savefiles
• The resource container now has sliding doors to make it less deadly!
• The snake now reacts to you when you destroy eggs

Bugfixes

• Fixed the attack of the hammerhead and made it more readable
• Fixed minor UI bugs
• Bio barrels, meteors and chests gives resources when collected
• Increased impact resistance of bio barrels and jungle chests
• Camera can now also be moved around by mouse cursor when a tracker part is focused.

We are closing in on the Early Access release on Steam. We need your help to test the game to prepare it for the release! Please share your thoughts and feedback in our forum and report all bugs you encounter. Especially keep an eye out for bugs with the new Steam Workshop drone sharing! In case we detect major bugs with the new savefiles or with the drone workshop in this update, we might have to reset the Steam Workshop again for the Early Access release, so we don't have broken or buggy drones online. Happy testing! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio Warning: This update does not support older drones or savefiles. If you want to continue playing with the old savefiles please switch to the previous branch on steam. Here is how:  – Open your Steam library – Right click on Nimbatus in the Steam library – Select Properties / Beta – Select the Beta tab – Select the branch from the drop down and restart Steam if the game does not update

[ 2018-09-05 09:20:00 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear crew We just released a patch that fixes some bugs of the new lava update. Here are the Patch Notes For those without closed alpha access, we just started a new GIF contests you can participate in with the demo version to win a closed alpha key, check out our forums for more information :) Thank you! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2018-07-12 14:58:50 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear crew We just released a new update for the Closed Alpha of Nimbatus! Here are the patch notes. Please keep posting your ideas for new droneparts or features in our forum and upvote the ones you like! We will continue to pick popular requests and add them to the game. For those without closed alpha access, we run weekly GIF contests you can participate in with the demo version to win alpha keys, check out our forums for more information :) Thank you! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2018-07-11 17:23:12 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear crew, We just released the update 0.3.2 for the closed Alpha of Nimbatus containing popular requested features and bugfixes. We also upgraded our engine, so please report any crashes or other issues! Here are the patchnotes Please keep posting your ideas for new droneparts or features in our forum and upvote the ones you like! We will continue to pick the popular requests and add them to the game. For those without closed alpha access, we run weekly GIF contests you can participate with the demo version to win alpha keys, check out our forum for more information! Thank you! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2018-05-15 15:24:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear crew, We just released the update 0.3.1 for the closed Alpha of Nimbatus containing some bugfixes and the new flame thrower weapon and upgrades. Here are the Patchnotes If you encounter any problems please report them in Our Forums Thank you! Cheers, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2018-05-03 11:41:05 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear space traveler, We just launched the Nimbatus Closed Alpha! The main goal of the Closed Alpha is to gather feedback and improve the core gameplay. As soon as we are happy with how the game plays, we'll release it on Steam Early Access, where everyone will be able to purchase it. There is no set release date for the Early Access launch yet. We are currently aiming for September 2018, but this is just an estimate. It could eventually take a couple months longer. Access There is currently no way to purchase Closed Alpha access. It is only available for Kickstarter backers, Youtubers/Streamers and the winners of our gif competitions. We plan to run more gif competitions and some give aways in our forums in the near future. Youtubers/Twitch Streamers It is ok to stream/create videos of the Closed Alpha.  However please note that this is a work in progress. Save games might become incompatible and there will be lots of bugs. We set up a Steam branch (called 0.2.4) with the Pre-Alpha version of Nimbatus in case you want to continue playing with your existing save files. All infos about the Closed Alpha Patch notes Cheers and Thanks, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2018-04-25 16:04:48 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear space traveler,

The Nimbatus Kickstarter ends in a few hours!

If you want to join the closed alpha of Nimbatus, starting in Q1 2018, this is your call! The Engine Mechanic Reward tier on Kickstarter grants closed alpha access. As soon as the Kickstarter is over, there is no more option to join. kickstarter.com/projects/strayfawnstudio/nimbatus-the-space-drone-constructor

We reached the Terrain Rovers stretch goal:

We are super close to reaching the final stretch goal: Environmental Events! 

We need help on Thunderclap

Please consider joining our Thunderclap to spread the word of the Kickstarter's final day! https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/64408-nimbatus-kickstarter-last-day

Roadmap

We will upload a small update this week, that should fix save game problems and fix the energy shields. After that we start with the preparations for the alpha which will start Q1 2018. Thank you all very much for your ongoing support and your feedback! We can't wait to start working on the alpha and testing new features with you :D Cheers and Thanks,  Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2017-12-04 16:08:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear space traveler, Two new drone parts made their way into the game: Springs & magnets This allows you to build even crazier drones than before! You can download the demo here: http://www.nimbatus.ch/demo Detailed patch notes: http://steamcommunity.com/app/383840/discussions/0/3183345000078892120/

Please keep supporting us on Kickstarter!

kickstarter.com/projects/strayfawnstudio/nimbatus-the-space-drone-constructor The Kickstarter will end in a few days and we just announced the final stretch goal: Environmental events! Events like meteor showers, thunderstorms and acid rain will provide an extra challenge on your missions.
Also, we are very close to reaching the Terrain Rover stretch goal!
Cheers and Thanks, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2017-11-29 17:32:38 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear crew,

New demo update

You can now share drones with others. Fight your friend's creations in the sumo arena or share your awesome designs with others by saving the drone into a file. We plan to run a sumo tournament where you can win Steam keys soon. Stay tuned! The new demo also features new drone parts: Dynamite and a Dynamic Thruster. Plus you can now flip selected parts. You can download the demo here: http://www.nimbatus.ch/demo You can find the detailed patchnotes here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/383840/discussions/0/3183345000078892120/

Please keep supporting us on Kickstarter!

kickstarter.com/projects/strayfawnstudio/nimbatus-the-space-drone-constructor We are super close to reaching the second stretch goal: Drone VS Drone Combat.
We also announced the next stretch goal: Drone Sharing The sharing feature we implemented now is just a taste of what it could be! We think it would be awesome to have Steam workshop integration and the option to share and load drones directly inside the game.
Cheers and Thanks, Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2017-11-16 13:30:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear space traveler, We are super happy to tell you that Nimbatus has reached its funding goal on Kickstarter :D! And not just that, the first stretch goal, drone races, has also been unlocked already!
There is still plenty of time left for the Kickstarter so let's hope we will reach lots of stretchgoals to make this game cooler than we've ever imagined! Currently we are trying to unlock: Drone VS Drone Combat
In case you want to give Nimbatus a go, we have a demo available on our website: http://www.nimbatus.ch/demo/ Please consider to support us on Kickstarter and spread the word <3 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/strayfawnstudio/nimbatus-the-space-drone-constructor Best wishes, the Nimbatus Construction Team also known as Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2017-11-10 14:21:08 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear space traveler, Nimbatus has successfully launched on Kickstarter! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/strayfawnstudio/nimbatus-the-space-drone-constructor Join our crew and go on a journey with us! This is your chance to be one of the first crew members of the Nimbatus! We also have a playable Demo version of the game for you to download at http://www.nimbatus.ch/demo/ and train your drone building skills! Help us to spread the news all over the galaxy! Best wishes, the Nimbatus Construction Team also known as Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2017-11-03 09:29:15 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear space traveler, It seems that our transmission has reached you! After countless hours of construction work, our team has built up a ship. The Nimbatus can’t wait to start its engines and burst off into the vastness of space and into adventure. But what is a ship without a crew? In order to find crew members who want to go on a journey with us, we are launching a Kickstarter campaign next week, on Thursday, 2nd of November! (Or Bluar 456, 3T in case you live in the Ulgar System) We will send out another transmission on launch day. Please boot up your communication systems and help us to spread the news all over the galaxy! Best wishes, the Nimbatus Construction Team also known as Stray Fawn Studio

[ 2017-10-28 17:06:49 CET ] [ Original post ]