This version includes our new free DLC called Project Amalthea: Campaign https://store.steampowered.com/app/1496200/Project_Amalthea_Campaign
All DLC owners get access to a new location, where there are several new bases, more than 60 quests, many new loot and bosses, as well as the Assassin class using stealth modules.



Changes:
- daily random quests
- +1 talent point with each level or when resetting talents
- reputation quests - random quests can be taken for any values of reputation
- experience for killing mobs
- reworked quest tracking system
- fixed an issue that caused single player tracked quests to apply to all players logging in from that PC
- fixed a bug due to which resistance to different types of damage was always 0
- completely replaced formulas of damage and life of NPC
- the level of opponents in raid battles corresponds to the level of the player
- fixed inability to shoot after using patches and capacitors
- fixed cooldown of artifacts
- separate highlighting the boss and elite enemy
- fixed overflow and spam in chat with too high criminal level
- clouds and chests no longer degrade reputation when killed
- added separation of items when dragging, buying, selling and through the menu with the right button
- for items in the store, the purchase / sale price is written as a percentage of the nominal
- many quests give reputation to NPCs and worsen to pirates and vice versa
- fixed a problem with laser attacks spam for some mobs
- added sign at the Station after the first visit
- items dropped from mobs can be damaged (have a lower selling value)
- fixed a bug due to which damaged items always had a value of 10% of the nominal
- fixed influence of reputation on discounts for selling items
- fixed the presence of high-level items on sale that require reputation
- hulls on sale at new Stations received +100 life and shield
- a starcoin certificate costs 500 credits and is not available for sale
- players who registered through Steam receive 10 starkoins and a third level of account from the start
- up to 25% discount on all purchases of starcoins!
- a large number of other changes

I recall enjoying lots of early computer games in my childhood with pixel graphics, blurry textures and minimal amount of graphic effects. And who doesn't? They had definitely a tint of charm and best of them tried to put the gameplay and storyline before the picture. On the contrary most of the modern-era games look like they where shot by Bay or Spielberg in real life post-apocalyptic-underwater-space-whatever environment although being terribly dull inside.

Today we're going to explore strange signal that originated from some point on Jupiter orbit in Project Amalthea: Battlegrounds world. The game is known for fast PVP battles but still have some PVE content and that new "dungeon" is among them. Meet Anomaly, 1-4 player co-op map in purple colors and in completely insane setting. And insane is not just a figure of speech.



Protagonist is here to explore the source of strange signals causing navigation interference. Also the quest tasks on the right hints that an Alien ship is involved! But wait, what that means?



I thought that something is wrong with my video card until I realized that was an intentional graphics effect. Wow! The pixels are huge on regular screen and somewhat strobe when you move, but strobing effect is much less annoying on High-DPI display. (Don't forget to click the pictures to see full size image). Anyway I got used to it in a minute. Then I found that pixelation is not the only anomaly effect - all of location dwellers are little bit cuckoo. And after flying there for a few minutes I'd bet I'll be joining them rather sooner than later. That started with guys complaining about stars in their heads. Then a drone offered me a laser sight correction and called for a few dozens fellows to perform the correction albeit my refusal. Another one was eager to show me his beautiful rocket...



And there is also a firework party that scared the sh*t out of me until I realized that they ARE just some fireworks and do neglectable amount of damage albeit looking scary. Funny thing that actual effects, names, GUI and other stuff are not pixelated applying the effect only to ships and asteroids.



There is also an enormous maze that reminded me the Alice in Wonderland. The difference that it's in space, tightly stuffed with proximity mines and not a hedge at all!



But the level of craziness is definitely somewhere near the Carrol's book. At least I though so before meeting the One-Punch Man. He has changed a bit from the manga and TV shows to the cosmic era. But one thing still intact: he kills with a single punch. Long recoil is the only thing that keeps that monster at bay. I "only" died a half a dozen times during this encounter.


And then there also was a short fused Marmot guy who sets everything on fire every 5 seconds, completely loony Brawler (well, you'll get used to all sorts of insanity there), guy named Glass shouting "Just run before I go nuts!!!" (like he wasn't nuts before) and swarm of lesser drones (crazy as well!) claiming they found the source on infection and apparently it's in my head...
The final encounter was a little bit short and not as crazy but I won't spoil it anyway. The only thing I could tell that the reward was worth it. And yes, game designers are definitely off their rocker!

P.S. Here goes short gameplay movie:
[previewyoutube=TNd3bwavDgg;full][/previewyoutube]

Tank and Power Engineer each got one more slot for weapons. Also, added new hull for Power Engineer.



Changes and improvements:
- additional performance optimizations, compressed icon texts
- conversation windows with stations are centered depending on the presence or absence of the side menu
- fixed a bug due to was impossible to enter the battles queue immediately after closing this list
- redone displaying and dragging slots with items
- when selling, you can no longer ckick "between" items
- fixed a bug due to which the missiles could "stick together" when fired at a certain angle and as a result it was easier to shoot down a rocket
- reduced Tank atack speed for 5%
- slightly weakened opponents in the Final Exam
- the Final Exam does not give Starcoins for win
- added a tutorial about the battle in the Final Exam
- other improvements and changes

Fellow gamers!
We want to congratulate you with our new major game update.

Now with version 1.2 we have all new beginning of the game - at the end of the training course player immediately gets into a real battle for 3 or 4 people called Final Exam *. Its a Deathmatch battle where you need to score the most kills to win. But dont be afraid of losing the exam - we take top 3 pilots from the each group so you will have a chance to improve your skills.



Also the process of enlisting into the new battle was completely redone. The will be no more ** incomprehensible texts and settings, but at full-fledged map graphics instead with few extra details alike estimated waiting time for the battle.

We also reduced the number of triangles in the frame by 40% which should significantly affect old and integrated GPU performance.

* The Drone Junkyard is still in the game, but it must be created manually.
** You still can access the old mode pressing Advanced button

Other important changes in version 1.2.382:
- in the FFA games the best result and the current leader are shown on the right side
- various structures have been added to raid dungeons (don't forget to update the client!)
- removed the shortcut at the beginning of the Sect map
- Sect map is available at level 4 as 2-4 player game
- if game start takes longer than expected it can be started with fewer players
- a random queue does not invites a player if one of the tasks has already been completed there (quest, flag, other score)
- replaced NPC building models
- optimized models for buildings of other factions
- optimized asteroid models
- fixed problems with opponent level display in battle table, incl. level up at the end of the game
- fixed problems with 2x (and sometimes even 0x!) damage from the mobiles in raid dungeons
- damage and kills are correctly counted in dungeons
- various changes in formulas and balance
- fixed some cases of mobs getting stuck in asteroids
- fixed issues where it was impossible to enter the battle even with a sufficient number of players
- the first game launch is now in top-down camera view, not the 3rd person camera (its still available in the settings)
- background objects have their color matched with asteroids and environmental lighting
- some compatibility changes for old ATI video cards
- lots of performance optimizations and other fixes

Fellow pilots!

In this version you no longer need to choose the number of people in the battle. This means that if the game is for 4-8 people it can start with 4 to 8 players without bots. If bots are on you can start with 1 player and they'll be added up to 4 participants.

Also, added FFA map Deathmatch for 4 to 8 people. Level 2 is required in FFA mode there is now a timer and the winner is the player with the most kills.


Other changes:
- removed the Yin-Yang map and replaced it with the New Horizons map - CTF 2 for 8-10 people with various interesting tricks, gates and clouds. Level 5 required
- slightly less brightness of the sun in high and maximum graphics settings
- the resurrection timer is locked to 5 seconds in dungeons and FFA games
- rockets in Multi-stage charge mode are rarely triggered by a machine gun or laser
- new command .online to see current game online status
- game settings have been changed and improved
- increased hit box geometry of the gate to avoid fast passage
- changed the tasks of the Drones Junkyard quest. Now you need to kill 30 small drones, 1 large one and find 1 drone part
- stealth artifact "Cloak 72" is added to vendors - it gives temporary stealth mode, hiding the player from map, sight and NPC visibility
- map Sniper Range moved to level 7
- lots of optimizations and improvements in graphics and game performance

Last versions gave us a lot of performance improvements and settings overhaul. Now game runs perfectly on devices alike GeForce 930 an Intel integrated graphics.

Changelog:

- fixed FFA mode: Battle Royale game can now be created at level 5 for 4 players
- resolved the issue with server freezes
- many changes in battle queue mechanics for high-level players
- bots have the level of the game creator
- tutorials on hot buttons and abilities for different classes
- Tank, Power Engineer and Sniper are available at begining now
- various changes by item levels and their prices
- significant changes in graphics and display of models, environment
- 3rd person mode set by default from the begining
- arrow control mode set default from the begining
- added 3d turret models
- fixed problems with turret rotation
- fixed a problem due to which the money transfer did not work with frequent restart
- fixed a problem with displaying someone else's storage
- talent reset is not available at level 1
- fixed and completed stealth mode
- the assistant button shifts the backup button to the side, and does not hide it
- redesigned Graphics settings, now there is a single setting for graphics quality (Low, Normal, High, Ultra), also avaible advanced settings
- graphics quality settings are applied without restarting the game
- added the ability to turn off the drawing of the passability barrier
- changed the formula for drawing passability barrier
- in Low quality mode added relief for asteroids
- in Low graphics mode you no longer see the side gradient on fonts
- restored option to disable background asteroids
- High and Ultra graphics modes use FXAA anti-aliasing
- in graphics modes from Normal and above, stars are displayed in the background
- in Ultra mode, nebulae are displayed in the background, overshoot illumination has been fixed
- the background color of the game matches the lighting of the location
- fixed incorrect angular size of the sun in Normal mode
- improved the situation with the delay in the appearance of background asteroids in 3rd person mode
- added .suicide chat command for death
- many other changes and improvements

Good news, everyone!

We a proud to present our new general location, that all players to chat to each other, trade, take quests, and of course participate in battles!

Make friends, chat, ask for help and just have fun!

All newbies have to complete a small tutorial before.

Fellow pilots,
build 1.0.369.3 changelog:

- added more than 100 random captain and ship names (most of credit goes to C. S. Forester and Hornblower series)
- special symbols and numbers are no longer allowed when entering ship and captain name (except for space for ship names)
- fixed Machine gun ship texture in character creation and selection screens
- fixed disappearing glowing element of bonuses
- more precise movement math
- added artificial bump maps to asteroids in Low graphics quality
- removed Lens Flare effect from Normal graphics quality
- fixed issues with OpenGL 3.0 mode
- changed and fixed some talent descriptions
- update Free District dungeon map, minor changes in Sect and Prison maps
- removed option Interact when approaching NPC station
- new experience formula
- fixed email validation error when registering a new account
- fixed a bug requiring you to select your ship when docking to station in some cases
- other changes and improvements

Build 1.0.368 changelog:

- the tutorial begins with text describing how to fly, the player appears immediately on the first circle
- significantly reduced drone damage in the Drone Junkyard, added target to kill 5 drones
- the text of the initial quest and the tutorial has been reworked, now the player is told about the arrow control and ASWD each time he enters the initial world
- in the tutorial the smoke generators are invisible, indestructible and clouds do not slow down the ships
- the yellow and green icons are swapped in CTF2 maps
- battle time left is finally written in red if there is less than 60 seconds left
- at the arrival at the station 1st level player of the 1st level to the station, the player immediately receives an invite to the game
- two new achievements - "Arrive at Jupiter orbit" and "Complete the Drones Junkyard"
- support for more than 32 achievements
- mobs don't take the artifact
- fixed mobs spells in the dungeons
- the Drones Junkyard does not give an achievement for the dungeon map, but its own achievement
- changed experience formula for battle kills and damage
- random queue would not invite players with low levels to higher level games
- turrets stop the fight if the target is too far away
- Drone Dump is not offered automatically to players of level 2 or higher
- other fixes and improvements

Build 1.0.367 changelog:

+ changed the movement of mobs, carrying flag
+ various fixes to prevent bosses flying off the map
+ restored switch for the gate in the dungeon Sect
+ fixed models of machine guns and loot in the Slums dungeon
+ redesigned FOV for super wide screens
+ added slowing clouds to the Labyrinth map
+ additional properties of items are saved when forwarding them by mail
+ reduced price of starting items
+ other changes and improvements


Also you can set a password for your account by typing .password *password* in the chat
after that, you can play the game with a Steam account, but without using Steam-client
Use the RunServer authorization with an account in the form where:
-123456789@steam is your Steam profile number
- and passord which was set by .password command
In this mode, achievements are not awarded, but you can play without Steam-client, incl. from other platforms

Build 1.0.366:

- fixed green arrow for group members
- fixed red text for battles having less than 60 seconds to completion
- fixed green artifact transparency in 2D mode
- automatically shows station menu when nearby. You can dock with Space or Joystick Start buttons
- debris models now have correct environment color and random depth
- game tries to set required resolution and refresh rate and if fails it switches to window mode
- fixed an error with laggy movement after a lot of rotations (mostly happened in dungeons)
- fixed black screen upon world entrance
- other fixes and changes

Fellow pilots!
Here goes one of the first improvements based on your feedbacks and suggestions.

First of all now arrow keys and ASWD behave differently. Arrows move the ship in their direction while ASWD is our usual control theme - acceleration and turns. You can switch the keys in settings.

Secondly we're announcing new game mode. Now you can play with 3rd Person camera! You will see the option when starting the game from Steam, or you can choose it in game settings.

Finally there is a new Co-op dungeon called The Slums. It's designed for 2-4 players and 15-20 minutes overall gameplay. Note that dungeon is still in development and have some minor issues.

Other changes Version 1.0.364 to 1.0.365:
- Sect dungeon moved to level 4
- fixed too long station docking process
- countdown timer changes to red when less than 1 minutes remains
- displaying map minimum and maximum player count in the list
- automatic resurrection for players when leaving the battleground
- better joystick support
- sound feedback when opening the gate, capturing the artifact, taking the flag
- lot of misc changes and improvements

Build 1.0.363:

- and even more changes to group enlisting
- fixed markers pointing at the bases on Arena and Labyrinth maps
- added marker to exit point at Drones Junkyard map
- fixed issues with immediate map exit upon entrance
- fixed issue when game creator could be enlisted for another team
- added small delay for Breakthrough rocket ability activation
- more precise rocket movement
- authentication is now performed in separate threads not affecting the game process
- added marker for your group members when they are near
- fixed issue with players being teleported to all black location after death
- various internal improvements and fixes

Build 1.0.362 changelog:
- more changes for group enlist formula
- map Labyrinth is now available for level 2 players. Asteroid fields moved to level 3 as well
- Drones Junkyard is now only for 1 player. Loot requirements and mob damages are reduced
- Dungeon maps now can have a travel buoy allowing fast exit from the dungeon
- fixed issues with gate activation on different maps
- fixed issues with descriptions for some maps. Clicking a description now shows battle stats table
- intermediate cloning stations now have a menu for activation
- games in active battles list show number of human players without AI bots
- other changes and improvements

Wellow pilots, today's build 1.0.361 changelog:
- server stability fixes
- changed formula for enlisting players to different teams
- buffs with infinite durations now change their tool button icon when active (EM Rounds, Artillery Mode, etc.)
- fixed issue with way too small effect cirles for huge ships
- fixed issues with dead ships (mostly dornes) still moving after death
- fixed range for laser turrets
- fixed animation for torpedo turrets
- all turrets have their attack angles slightly increased
- changed English text for Drone Junkyard quest
- starting weapons for Rocket Master class have slightly lower DPS
- Sect dungeon have new intermediate cloning station added
- other changes and improvements

Fellow pilots!
Only minutes left before release, so grab your popcorn and feel free to join to our broadcast!

Great news, everyone!

Despite all the obstacles and the fact that the game was made by a tiny Indie 5-people team, we are ready to announce Project Amalthea: Battlegrounds release on October 12, 8AM California Time!

We could tell a lot about our game and the long journey to the release but all we possess an irresistible desire to be honest and follow the best traditions of For-Gamers-By-Gamers communication style.

Attention! There will be a lot of text below and youre welcome to proceed only if you have the time and mood for it.




First of all, we want to confess that the release version is far from perfect both in technical terms and as for our original vision for this game. But rest assured that we are aimed to make the game better and better with your help and move on with your help.

Thats not only a question of minor bugs of typos and inconsistencies in the interface (which we will definitely fix!), but there is a huge list of ideas and features left behind such as more weapon types, cooperative tower defense mode, race mini-game and other features. We also had to put aside a dozen and a half level maps, several game classes, skill branches, hundreds of items, in-game crafting, etc. Although the most parts of the list are already implemented in one way or another, those were not included in the current version of the game for a number of reasons. In fact this list is our roadmap for the near future, and that is what we're definitely going to do with patches and updates.

That letter is not an awkward attempt to justify ourselves for possible bugs (they always will thrive!) and issues. We want you to know that well be extremely grateful for any kind of game feedback (positive or negative, it doesnt matter) because every opinion is of great value. We anticipate hearing back from you to understand whether our game is of interest and what should be done to improve it.


The second point - the release does not mean that were ceasing the development, of course not! Were looking forward to the next patches and updates and for you its a great opportunity to take part in shaping our project and its community. We are ready to make every effort needed for the further development of the project.

So, well see you in the vicinity of Jupiter! )



Best regards, Project Amalthea Team

Fellow pilots!

Location: Sect of Sun worshipers.
Little is known about Sect.

Matti Jrvinen - creator and spiritual leader, founded the Sect somewhere near Jupiter.
History is silent about where and how Matti recruits parishioners, but there are rumors that slavery is the basis of their flock.

The sectarians are not distinguished by friendliness and have been noticed more than once in sacrifices and other extremely dubious rituals.
In this regard, the NPC Corporation issued a perpetual DoA license.

Meet our new dungeon for 3-5 mid-level players, with strong enemies and great rewards!

Stay tuned in a next few hours for a major news.

Hey, pilots!
Last updates:


0.4.319

Now we have two completely new modes of torpedo weapons: in normal mode, torpedoes fly at the target, sometimes they miss, the radius is small, and the damage is high. In Artillery mode (enabled by the top skill in the Torpedo tree), torpedoes fly past asteroids and hit the target accurately.

Other changes:
- added new icons for different types of armor and shields, reworked existing items
- the skill "Magnetic torpedo" is replaced by the skill "Artillery mode"
- in artillery mode, the ship cannot move, but receives a bonus to attack, and torpedoes ignore obstacles
- exit from the artillery mode is possible no earlier than the recharge of the skill ends - this is 60/45 and 30 seconds for different skill levels
- changed the visual effect of "Destabilizing Explosion"
- the skill "Humanitarian aid" restores less armor than a shield
- many internal changes to cancel existing effects
- other fixes and improvements


0.4.320
Changes:
- The talent "Debris search" is now passive. Once studied, the engineer can knock debris out of the asteroids in the future with this talent there will be a chance of getting some items when the enemy dies
- engineer can shoot asteroids and collect debris that are needed to build new asteroids
- building a new asteroid requires 3 pieces of debris and you need to stay in one place for 10 seconds and do not perform any other actions, cooldown of the skill is 60 seconds and they are counted from the start of the cast
- after entering the artillery mode, an effect is applied for 30/45/60 seconds, in which the cancellation of the mode leads to a slowdown by 75% for the remaining duration of the action
- artillery mode gives a 33/66/100% bonus to torpedo damage
- reworked fx of hitting the target for plasma, lasers and torpedoes in normal mode. Possible multiple bugs and misses:)
- added message errors if you can't take an item for some reason
- new color for building skills
- fixed a problem when, due to an error when using a skill, its cooldown was not visible
- other fixes and improvements

Hey!

Version 0.4.318 changes:

In this version, significant changes have been made to the autoshot.
It should work always when the right mouse button is pressed (or left, depends from settings)

- fixed switching of ammunition types for machine guns, now it happens instantly, without interrupting shooting
- change of target or target death does not stop shooting
- - fixed an issue that caused special types machine guns of ammo to fire almost without delay
- fixed the presence of a "thorn" in the hangar model and other recently acquired bugs with models
- the button "shot all" no longer leads to a shot down the screen, but shows what weapons the player has and what cooldowns they have
- reworked AoE skills
- mine and rocket explosion now destroy nearby asteroids and rocks
- all rocket weapons are slightly slowed down
- something else)

Hey pilots!
There was a lot of changes this month, some of them:

Graphics:
- taking damage damage now leads to shaking camera and red flashing at the edges of the screen
- indication of low HP, stuns, silence now with flashing at the edges of the screen
- additional anti-aliasing FXAA at High and Ultra lighting settings
- activated OpenGL 4.3 mode (including 4.5+) to speed up client loading
- significant changes in the display of the point of explosion of missiles
- changed animation of torpedoes and their trail
- a lot of changes in weapon effects (FX)
- various graphics improvements

Skills and Gameplay:
- added second rank to "Nanorobots" skill, which lasts 15 seconds instead of 10 and requires 11 talent points.
- "Full control" skill has been removed and moved to the "Repair" branch
- added one ot the top skills for Armor branch "Oil Cloud", aura that slows down all ships within a radius of 30 meters, and consumes 5 units of shield per second.
- skill "For wear" does not work if there are no machine guns overheated (you need at least one not overheated to work)
- reworked CTF 4x4 map, now there are passages from the Clone Station to the center of the map, closed by energie barrier that open from the inside. Opening is possible only during the battle and for 10 seconds
- added checks when buying a weapons, armor, ships, etc for presence of the necessary talents
- in the case of takeoff with a hull with missing talents, a slowdown debuff is applied
- changed the rules for the appearance of random items in trade at the station
- reduction of the effect of bonuses for long cooldown weapons starts from 2 seconds
- changes in damage and attack speed of torpedo weapons (DPS remains unchanged)
- reworked formula for damage from shots that remove shield
- fixed "Multi stage charge" - one charge hits one target
- "Destabilizing Explosion" now deals 100 damage
- skill "Silence zone" now has a radius of 40 meters (was 30)
- maximum deceleration now 80%, except stun effects
- the laser skill "Blind" now 10 second cooldown
- Specialist hulls now visible for sale
- NPC reputation no longer affects purchases in the BG store
- "Portable Pulsar" now resets cooldowns of spells and items that have less than 30 seconds of cooldown
- the Repairman class is available for the test
- classes icons are dynamical now and show its hull type, primary and secondary specialization
- "Reload" skill now restores both shield and HP
- invulnerability, acceleration, etc skills leads to flag drop
- "shield neutralization" absorbs 50-75% of total volume of the target's shield and does not depend on the equipped weapon
- Friendly Fire is turned off for training games


UI:
- if there are more than 4 active quests they are shown in a reduced mode
- fixed problem with a black screen on start
- character classes are now divided into 6 categories, instead of 3
- added item filters to shop
- changes in ships classes they are: military, armored, scout, command, scientific, special
- slot for the cloaking module is only available on the scout and special hull
- slot for the drone module is only available on the scientific and command ship
- in the combat log, different types of damage are shown in different colors (yellow - explosions, blue - energy, gray - physics)
- debuff icons are red now

Build 0.4.301

- added lens flare from the sun. especially noticeable in 3rd person camera mode
- in 3rd person camera mode minimap rotation can be locked (not bount to camera direction)
- M, T, ESC, etc. keys work correctly during the game
- changed the color of asteroids on the new map
- the new map starts in 4x4 mode, not 6x6 as before
- fixed the problem with random properties of Aux modules
- Mark 3 hulls cost 30,000 each
- other changes and improvements

Build 0.4.300. Anniversary

- Fixed quests with a counter of more than 32768 (did not show correctly)
- fixed a situation where empty quest tasks were shown
- target selection has been redone - now you can press TAB to select any target that is visible on the minimap
- left-clicking on the cone of attack leads to the choice of target
- removed movement by pressing the left mouse button
- fixed problem with ESC and closing windows
- after entering text into the chat, it automatically collapses
- items that can not be dressed are shown with red dimming in the store and inventory at the station
- modules can receive random properties
- changed background color on CTF card 6x6
- rockets are visible on the minimap
- non-critical GOs are hidden on the minimap, loot size is reduced
- added random properties for modules
- other changes and improvements

Build 0.4.299. Test

- lighting quality settings and option to disable new lighting at all
- broken stations on the background
- fixed bug with invisible NPCs and players
- added another map for CTF mode
- various optimizations

Build 0.4.298. Graphics

Version with new background graphics and new maps. There are many possible bugs, especially with graphics. Also there could be different performance issues.

Build 0.4.296

- fixed problem with disappearing effect icons on characters name plates
- added visual effect for the acceleration bonus
- fixes for the correct removal of visual effects in space
- maximum zoom out by default upon entering the world
- spin effect is implemented - the target rotates and cannot control it
- talent 'Destabilizing blast' is now active, rather than passive, deals critical damage and stops the enemy
- talent 'Humanitarian aid' restores both the shield and the targets hull points, can be used on friends
- changes in texture compression and their quality - the game now takes 20 megabytes less without quality changes
- significant changes in the synchronization of the position of players and NPCs
- slightly increased the radius of artifacts to take them
- other changes and improvements

Fellow pilots!
We're scheduling a live stream of gameplay video for today. You'll see a pro player fighting in CTF battleground and may be even few Battle Royale games if there would be enough players to make them interesting.
Grab your popcorn and soda and be ready at your screens at 2PM EST!

Today we have two updates in a row. First of all we have new music from Jesse Gallagher and also all team members on CTF games now have distinctive blue and red marks!

Version 0.4.294:

- fixed bug with invisible missiles
- fixed GameObjectError when putting down the flag
- Flurry of Fire talent launches 4 missiles instead of 6
- changed and significantly accelerated the rendering of stars and the sun
- additional price balancing
- the character retains its orientation upon resurrection
- some resurrection and death tweaks
- new non-intrusive soundtrack
- sounds and music are loaded in parallel (removes jerks when the sound first appears)
- other changes and improvements

Version 0.4.295:

- fixed a problem with registration and the account log in issues
- the skill Breakthrough makes a volley of 10/20 missiles instead of 12/24 as before
- possession of an artifact gives -30% to speed (there was a bug in build 294 that gave +25% instead of -25%)
- fixed a bug in the English locale when it was stated incorrectly which team lost the flag
- changed some workings with flags in Russian locale
- torpedo talents reviewed, optimized and are now in RC state for next builds
- replaced artifact icon while carrying it
- added player team icon for all CTF battles
- the Fast and the Furious skill reduces maneuverability not by 100%, but by 80%. Ship control is now allowed during the skill effect
- added another soundtrack, music will now be repeated
- highlight the artifact when it is lying on the playing field
- different colors for effect icons at the characters life strip
- no BG bots with stun effects are created
- minor price changes
- other changes and fixes

Hey pilots!
Changelog for v. 0.4.293

• PVP rank formula is now 1 + log10 (games) with rounding. That means you'll get Rank 1 (Legionary) after first battle, rank 2 (Duplicarius) after 10 battles and so on
  
• players with the Duplicarius rank and above can enter the FFA battle
  
• reduced radius of missile detonation by 20%
  
• bots on the BG are added with 10 sec delay
  
• the Redeemer machine gun is slightly weakened
  
• additional check to avoid multiple death messages
  
• Critical Shot talent of Sniper class consumes the entire shield, requires 100 shield points to activate and guaranteed to crit
  
• Strobe talent in the Lasers tree requires a 15/30/45 shield depending on the rank
  
• carrying the Artifact slows down you ship by 25%
  
• some language changes in client
  
• other changes and improvements
  

Fellow pilots!
We're scheduling a live stream of gameplay video for today. You'll see a pro player fighting in CTF battleground and may be even few Battle Royale games if there would be enough players to make them interesting.
Grab your popcorn and soda and be ready at your screens at 2PM EST!

Fellow pilots!
We're scheduling a live stream of gameplay video for today. You'll see a pro player fighting in CTF battleground and may be even few Battle Royale games if there would be enough players to make them interesting.
Grab your popcorn and soda and be ready at your screens at 2PM EST!

Fellow Project Amalthea followers!

We are delighted to inform you of our participation in the Steam Summer Game Festival. During the festival everyone is allowed to try the Demo version of our game called Project Amalthea: Battlegrounds.


Battlegrounds is a spin-off from our main project focused on arena fights - short team battles with other players. You start on Amalthea station on Jupiter orbit with a level 10 character and a ship packed with guns and modules.

There is a quarantine declared throughout the orbit so all the pilots are grounded except for the few ones allowed to participate in training battles.
Join their ranks, play different arena battles, upgrade your weapons and buy new ships! There are 50+ supporting quests, 12 skill trees, 16 game classes (only 9 of them are available in the Demo) and much more!

Feel free to follow this link and click Download demo button:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/715810/


P.S. Work is still in progress on the Battlegrounds game and we're doing our best to provide smooth gameplay, timely bug fixing and even add more game classes and arena types during the Festival!

With The Best Regards,
Project Amalthea team

Changelog for 0.3.212:

• added version number to login screen
  
• fixed UI error with clone message
  
• new stealth mode graphics
  
• changed autoshot mechanics
  
• fixed station appearance in 3d mode
  
• messages No mail and No quests in corresponding windows
  
• reputation reward is properly displayed
  
• misc fixes
  

Build 0.3.210 changelog:

• fixed tooltips for top panel
  
• fixed issues with absent Station menus after relogin
  
• fixed buttons in trader dialog
  
• added hotkeys for game windows (b- backpack, p- paperdoll, r- reputations, etc.)
  
• fixed eperience/levelup/route server messages;
  
• other fixes
  

Version 0.2.107.2:
- now it is possible to buy or sell items in different quantities: hold Shift to sell or buy 10 items, hold Control to buy or sell 100 items, hold Ctrl+Shift to buy or sell all items in a stack;
- added support for Control key operations;
- fixed shaking screen issue introduced in 0.2.107;
- misc client fixes;

Version 0.2.107.2:
- now it is possible to buy or sell items in different quantities: hold Shift to sell or buy 10 items, hold Control to buy or sell 100 items, hold Ctrl+Shift to buy or sell all items in a stack;
- added support for Control key operations;
- fixed shaking screen issue introduced in 0.2.107;
- misc client fixes;

Version 0.2.107:
- fixed issues with final parts of Gas Station quests;
- more changes to asteroid penetrating issue;
- fixed quests that failed to consume questgiver item;
- added replacement items to loot when taking not needed quest item;
- temporary fix for rotation period issues and time synchronication;
- other changes and improvements;

Version 0.2.107:
- fixed issues with final parts of Gas Station quests;
- more changes to asteroid penetrating issue;
- fixed quests that failed to consume questgiver item;
- added replacement items to loot when taking not needed quest item;
- temporary fix for rotation period issues and time synchronication;
- other changes and improvements;

Version 0.2.106:
- fixed issues with quests that was hang after pressing 'Take' button;
- changed quest completion after EM bomb explosion for fuel station;
- when player enters stealth he disappears from radars;
- changed condenser, hulls, modules and patch descriptions to match actual values;
- minor changes to weapons characteristics;
- other changes and improvements;

Version 0.2.106:
- fixed issues with quests that was hang after pressing 'Take' button;
- changed quest completion after EM bomb explosion for fuel station;
- when player enters stealth he disappears from radars;
- changed condenser, hulls, modules and patch descriptions to match actual values;
- minor changes to weapons characteristics;
- other changes and improvements;

Version 0.2.103:
- lots of fixes for asteroid physics;
- ship speed re-balance;
- fixed issue when storage operations never affected Overload modifier and speed penalty;
- added despawn timer for loot floating in space - 60 minutes for player loot and 6 minutes for dropped out items;
- fixed issue with 'Phanom hunt' location;
- added online count information on login;
- some alterations to Player Criminal status;
- misc fixes and changes;

Version 0.2.104:
- even more asteroid changes;
- huge CPU load optimization for stations;
- fixed weapon miss issues;
- some changes in the way how mobiles handle asteroids;
- added several World Bosses with rare loot;
- added Beryllium spawn near World Bosses;
- fixed issue that prevented starting important quest chain "That's the way the cookie crumbles";
- fixed issue with goods production on Fuel Station after upgrade;
- other improvements and optimizations;

Version 0.2.105:
- removed tiny invisible obstacles in space;
- fixed issues with auto-complete quests (New Horizons, etc.);
- reduced damage for some top-level beam weapons;
- fixed issues with in-place resurrection, now you will be correctly redirected to your station or Amalthea on death in remote locations;
- world entrance scripts re-implemented to avoid quest failures (fixes missing turrets in Vivisector dungeon, key mobs in Fuel station quests, etc.);
- now you have 'Emergency teleport' item after completing all the quests for your own station. Item cooldown is 30 min;
- fixed top level Fuel station upgrade, now it correctly produces Capacitor and Patch items every 30-60 minutes;
- added icons for criminal statuses with timer;
- completing all upgrades for your station unlocks new Warehouse compartment (nothing inside yet);
- killing a player adds a value to Criminal timer instead of replacing it. NPC timers still as is - mobile kill resets the timer;
- increased drop rate for 'Drones dump' quest targets;
- changing equipment on station with filters turned on no longer cause items to disappear;
- revised speed and inertia of Alien drone;
- minor changes to station layout and compartment names;
- other changes and improvements;

Version 0.2.105.1:
- fixed issues with button textures on some screens;
- fixed issue with missing menu for fuel station;
- fuel price reduced to 10 cr;
- fuel is now spawning in the storage of the fuel station;
- fixed Basic Cargo Module for Geologist profession (used to give +10 cargo capacity weighting 500 by itself);

Version 0.2.103:
- lots of fixes for asteroid physics;
- ship speed re-balance;
- fixed issue when storage operations never affected Overload modifier and speed penalty;
- added despawn timer for loot floating in space - 60 minutes for player loot and 6 minutes for dropped out items;
- fixed issue with 'Phanom hunt' location;
- added online count information on login;
- some alterations to Player Criminal status;
- misc fixes and changes;

Version 0.2.104:
- even more asteroid changes;
- huge CPU load optimization for stations;
- fixed weapon miss issues;
- some changes in the way how mobiles handle asteroids;
- added several World Bosses with rare loot;
- added Beryllium spawn near World Bosses;
- fixed issue that prevented starting important quest chain "That's the way the cookie crumbles";
- fixed issue with goods production on Fuel Station after upgrade;
- other improvements and optimizations;

Version 0.2.105:
- removed tiny invisible obstacles in space;
- fixed issues with auto-complete quests (New Horizons, etc.);
- reduced damage for some top-level beam weapons;
- fixed issues with in-place resurrection, now you will be correctly redirected to your station or Amalthea on death in remote locations;
- world entrance scripts re-implemented to avoid quest failures (fixes missing turrets in Vivisector dungeon, key mobs in Fuel station quests, etc.);
- now you have 'Emergency teleport' item after completing all the quests for your own station. Item cooldown is 30 min;
- fixed top level Fuel station upgrade, now it correctly produces Capacitor and Patch items every 30-60 minutes;
- added icons for criminal statuses with timer;
- completing all upgrades for your station unlocks new Warehouse compartment (nothing inside yet);
- killing a player adds a value to Criminal timer instead of replacing it. NPC timers still as is - mobile kill resets the timer;
- increased drop rate for 'Drones dump' quest targets;
- changing equipment on station with filters turned on no longer cause items to disappear;
- revised speed and inertia of Alien drone;
- minor changes to station layout and compartment names;
- other changes and improvements;

Version 0.2.105.1:
- fixed issues with button textures on some screens;
- fixed issue with missing menu for fuel station;
- fuel price reduced to 10 cr;
- fuel is now spawning in the storage of the fuel station;
- fixed Basic Cargo Module for Geologist profession (used to give +10 cargo capacity weighting 500 by itself);

Fellow Gamers and Space Fans!

After 18 months of development we're finally ready for massive test of our game, not just the local dev runs as we did before.

It was a long way from the raw idea to the marvelous game we have now, but we are still nowhere near the end. At this very moment, Project Amalthea is ready for action: we're testing massive PVP, cooperative runs, night-long battleground duels, obtaining own space property, hunting for trade deals and craft recipes.

Of course, there are problems, bugs, disbalances and planning failures. For example we failed to provide manned English translation for all the texts and messages - we simply underestimated the huge amounts of work needed to re-read and localize them all. And our skill tree implementation level is far below the acceptable 50% margin.

However, we are working hard on the project and hoping to make it ready for beta testing and wide auditory later this year.

If you are interested in joining the ranks of our testers, if you are eager to traverse the Jupiter low orbit - drop us a line at amalthea@runserver.net!

Also you can add the game to wishlist to stay tuned with development news, updates and other events: http://store.steampowered.com/app/715810/Project_Amalthea/

Regards, Project Amalthea Team

Fellow Gamers and Space Fans!

After 18 months of development we're finally ready for massive test of our game, not just the local dev runs as we did before.

It was a long way from the raw idea to the marvelous game we have now, but we are still nowhere near the end. At this very moment, Project Amalthea is ready for action: we're testing massive PVP, cooperative runs, night-long battleground duels, obtaining own space property, hunting for trade deals and craft recipes.

Of course, there are problems, bugs, disbalances and planning failures. For example we failed to provide manned English translation for all the texts and messages - we simply underestimated the huge amounts of work needed to re-read and localize them all. And our skill tree implementation level is far below the acceptable 50% margin.

However, we are working hard on the project and hoping to make it ready for beta testing and wide auditory later this year.

If you are interested in joining the ranks of our testers, if you are eager to traverse the Jupiter low orbit - drop us a line at amalthea@runserver.net!

Also you can add the game to wishlist to stay tuned with development news, updates and other events: http://store.steampowered.com/app/715810/Project_Amalthea/

Regards, Project Amalthea Team