Hi everyone! Here are the patch notes for this update along with a very important message to all of you: SLOWING THINGS DOWN When we released this game in early access, we werent really sure for how long we would be able to maintain it there. We just knew it had a lot of potential in it and that getting community feedback would definitely guide us to the right direction. Thanks to your support, we had exactly 10 months of early access before finally releasing the game and, even after the release, we still managed to keep updating the game and improving it based on all the insights the community sent. It was a total of 27 patches so far, 12 of them bringing major additions and changes to the game. From online multiplayer to house decorations, weekly challenges to robot companions, all this time made Out of Space way bigger and better than what was originally planned. Not to mention the numerous hotfixes released whenever something serious came up lol. Anyway, my point is that it has been a hell of a ride! Thank you for that. Now we are aiming for another huge goal that requires our attention: taking the game to consoles. This is no easy task, especially with everything that is happening in the world this year, so it is very hard to have any level of certainty regarding this process. Regardless of that, to reduce the chances of delaying the porting any longer than necessary, we will need to slow down our work on the PC/Mac/Linux versions of Out of Space. From now on, we will keep up bug reports and suggestions, but updates will be more spaced out than before and will become more focused on fixes too. We are very grateful for the support youve given us and we hope to bring you some exciting news soon! Until then, here are all the fixes and improvements from patch v1.1.2. BETA WITH EXCLUSIVE CONTENT While we work and wait for the porting process to end, everyone is welcome to play the game with new types of aliens! All you have to do is to go to Out of Spaces properties on Steam, then click on Betas and opt into the beta (no password required). This will grant you access to new alien mutations that will take part on a future update beforehand. Hope you all enjoy them :D
IMPROVEMENTS

• [COM] The Watering Bot:
  • Will no longer try to clean unreachable players;
  • Now avoids going to sinks too far away unless they need to;
  • Also gives up on getting buckets that are inside of showers;
  • Grabs the closest bucket, regardless if it is full or not;
• [COM] Added an option to choose between US and EU servers for matchmaking (it used to always connect to the one with the lowest ping);
• Now the animation of falling asleep is canceled it another players wakes you up right when you fall;
• [COM] Eggs spawn on doors will now pause for a while if any player has thrown water into that specific door recently;
• Aliens will now stop their getting things dirty animation if they are pushed away from the original targets;
• The Chef/Watering Bots will no longer show the out of energy balloon when they are not going back to base;
• Players can no longer be pushed around by others when using appliances like the Recycler;
• The Mixers animation is now better synced with the behaviour time;

• [COM] The games difficulty now has a hard cap regarding how much harder it gets if the players take too long to finish a match. This was preventing the difficulty system to work in an impactful way in long matches;
• [COM] The option to buy a battery at the shop was added on Secret Santa to avoid locking progression due to RNG;

• [COM] It is now *very unlikely* that items will get stuck on players during online matches;
• [COM] Items will no longer get stuck on Recyclers or Mixers;
• [COM] Fixed a bug that caused players to instantly fall asleep when using the Exercise Bicycle while playing with Accessibility Mode on;
• [COM] The ventilation shaft no longer spits dirt when they are clean;
• [COM] Fixed the loading issue that caused the tutorial level to use weekly challenge rules and prevented the instructions to work;
• Fixed issue that caused players to exit the Exercise Bicycle immediately after using them;
• [COM] Aliens will no longer be deactivated as if they were in another room (making them disappear);
• Fixed negative values popping from the money interface on online matches;
• Food prices are now correctly calculated when selling them in a fridge;
• [COM] Pizza can now be recycled;
• Dog beds and robot bases can now be properly washed once they get dirty;
• [COM] Fixed an issue that causes the dog to freeze completely for no apparent reason;
• [COM] The Pumpkin Garden no longer occasionally spawns nothing while transgenic garden challenge is active;
• Aliens will no longer get out of stun even with the stars effect over their heads;
• Agents other than the player will now pause when a match ends (they used to keep on moving and making sounds);
• [COM] The alien stun sound effect is now better synced with the hit itself and can be played multiple times to improve the hit feedback;
• [COM] Players will no longer rest while the game is paused on single player matches;
• Fixed an issue that allowed the first room of every ship to deactivate (it is not supposed to);
• [COM] All the players sleeping on the floor during the uncomfortable floor challenge now results in game over;
• The 3D audio now works properly on online matches (it used to follow only the host);
• Fixed the "Flying Aliens without wings" issue;
• Players leaving a lobby no longer sets other players ready;