Hey, First off, let me say thank you for over 200 reviews on Steam! Maybe it's a little compared to bigger games, but for us, it's actually a lot and we are happy with it! While EarthX Boca Chica Update was pretty successful, it has a lot of things that can be improved. This is the reason I'm working on 0.3.2.5 now, which will improve both Boca Chica and Mars update. It should release in early 2021. Does this mean that 0.3.2.5 will get no real features? Pff, you would be surprised :D [Please note that everything I will show and say you know is Work in Progress :D]

Milestones

Milestones will allow you to set your own predictions and see if your timelines are correct. EarthX will show you by how many years you were wrong, or if you predicted Mars landing perfectly. Milestones are also great for new players, as they will know what EarthX is capable of right from the beginning.

Game End Screen

Don't get mislead by the name, as you will be able to turn on the end screen at any time. YouTubers who will record series from EarthX may use this feature as a nice video outro/intro. This end screen will show you your current stats, will display your account balance from 2002 and will show you your timeline of achieving milestones.

Sorting Features

It will help you search for your own or commercial payloads to launch. The sorting system was generally improved for payloads, so the payloads which are about to expire will now always display at the top. Sorting for vehicle menus will allow you to hide currently used vehicles, for example, Spaceships flying to Mars. You probably don't need to see them in the list during their entire adventure :D

Navigation Tools

You will be able to search for the payloads and auto-fill them into the fairing. It might be very helpful for fast filling the Spaceships with LinkLinks and Materials!
In addition to that, you will be able to start a refurbish/static fire action right from the Launch Setup window. I saw a lot of players being confused about no rockets on that menu, maybe this will help!

Mars Improvements

There will be a lot of Mars improvements, like sandstorms, 3 new buildings, and Martian LinkLink.
The first landing on Mars won't require a landing zone. Until now you "magically" had 15 Materials from the start of your save. From now you will need to get the first Materials to Mars by yourself.
Long requested feature is also finally being added to EarthX. Fueling on Mars. It will be relatively slow without any available fuel on Mars. I think with this new little feature, fuel on Mars will get some more purpose :D

New Upgrade

I heard that Spaceship is being extremely OP and needs to be nerfed. My answer to that is that new little Upgrade, which will allow your Spaceship to take payloads to all 3 Earth orbits: LEO, MEO, and GEO. It will be even more OP! :D

Conclusion

This update will bring much more ofc, a lot of QoL issues like this:
(^ added a real-time production timer bottom-right.) EarthX is the first commercial project I have been working on and it's doing great. My best project, would do it again 10/10
Also, remember in 2019 when I said that I will for 99% not add any planets to EarthX? Well, I guess this didn't work out, just like the old explosion system, where rockets exploded even if they had 99% reliability :D Have a really great day, Denis

[ 2020-11-30 13:55:04 CET ] [ Original post ]