A big thank you to everyone who participated in our most recent playtest. We have received a lot of great feedback, more than we can action in the next major update. To help us focus on development we will be shutting down the public playtest servers and disabling the Steam playtest feature. At this point in time we don't know when the next major update or playtest will be. When we figure it all out we'll let you know; please keep an eye out for future announcements.

In the interest of testing some PvP action, we have just released our first attempt at an Arena mod for Deepfield. You can hop into the Arena via the "Join" menu; just like the standard playtest servers, there is an Arena server for each of the 3 major regions (AU, EU, USA). Changes from the standard game: - Single sector (no jump mechanic) - Sector size increased to 384x384 (up from 128x128) - You now start with 1000 Lipid and Amino (up from 20 Lipid, 800 Amino) - Tutorial has been disabled - Resources now respawn in a random location when consumed - All Amino resources have a starting value of 500 - All Lipid resources have a starting value of 200 - There are 2 neutral capital baddies floating around, they will respawn in a random location when killed - Various AI tweaks - No spawn safety! You might spawn close to another player or some neutral units, be prepared - You get an extra phage when you spawn in - Arrangement of newly spawned units is more tightly clustered If you die or want to restart, hit "Surrender" in the universe screen (default hotkey "P").

Tutorial

Facelift

• New background items with added parallax effect.
• The substance which the units move around in is now affected by movement.
• Fog of war reveals smoothly and colours have been changed to make it obvious what can be seen, what has been revealed and what is unknown.

Other Improvements

• Universe button has been replaced with a sector minimap. This allows players to view adjacent sectors by clicking on the corresponding square. Universe panel can still be opened via hotkey.
• Co-ordinates of the current sector are shown above the minimap.
• Feedback button moved to the top of the screen.
• Painful sound effects (like clicking buttons) have been made less painful.

Bug Fixes

• Picking a start location on the edge would cause the game to timeout.
• The "range" stat in the unit stat panel was broken for some units.
• Custom keybinds are now saved correctly.
• Selecting small units when they are under larger ones is now possible (e.g. Phages under the Amoeba).

Onboarding

Other Improvements

• Slowed down middle mouse scrolling.
• Removed exclamation mark tile from universe screen.
• Surrender confirmation dialog now prevents players from clicking "yes" more than once.
• Engine version no longer shown on the server list.
• Improvements to connection and sector change event for high ping connections (over 100ms).

Bug Fixes

• Shroud and fog of war would occasionally not show on screen.
• Crash when changing/jumping sectors.
• Feedback screenshot now includes UI elements.

New Neutrals

A Better Universe

Feedback Menu (F8)