Changelogs

This is a list of Changelogs for Starblast.io, directly quoted from Starblast.io Changelog.

2017-06-15

• Pro Deathmatch Championship is live!

• Pro Deathmatch games are now played by anyone. Only ECP players will be ranked.

2017-06-09

• Making room for some new stuff
• Removed Barracuda-only rounds
• Deathmatch new scoring: target=2, win round at 12
• fixed unending team mode
• updated to THREE.js version 85
• enhanced background textures
• added new language Azeri

2017-05-31

• Deathmatch fixes:

• replace target when target disconnects
• weaker ships less likely to be selected as targets
• removed chat

• Survival mode:

• endgame: after 10 minutes survival, radiation make you lose HP
• asteroids now give more gems (+35%)
• survival now kicks in after 60 minutes

• Weekly balance update

(thanks to the community feedback and compilation/review by Oh_ and Acarii)

• Fly: tiny base speed buff
• Side-Fighter: Shield regen and energy buff
• Mercury: laser damage buff
• Shadow X-2: Shield regen nerf, energy buff
• Toscain: Buffs: shield, energy, laser damage
• Scorpion: energy and laser rate nerfs, laser speed buff
• H-Mercury: reduced mass, speed/acceleration buff, laser tweaks
• Aries: laser rate buff

2017-05-30

• Deathmatch reloaded (anti-teaming):

• each player has a (randomly) assigned target
• kill your target to earn 3 points
• kill anyone to earn 1 point
• score 15 points to win the round

2017-05-24

• Deathmatch anonymized to prevent teaming
• Fixed error trace when unloading crystals

2017-05-23

• New Mode: Deathmatch

• Rounds start with a choice of 2 maxed ships of same level
• RCS toggle is enabled (flight assist on/off)
• First player to kill 10 ships wins the round
• Asteroids map changes with new round
• Asteroids are strong and do not deliver gems
• Good luck Commander!

• Fixed video ads problems
• Bug fixes

2017-05-19

• Anti team-trolling reworked: any ship takes damage when purposely hitting team mate

2017-05-18

• Barracuda takes damage when hitting team mates
• Team mode endmatch: ships self destroy when their station is fully destroyed
• Custom Games: New asteroids map chooser and preview!

2017-05-16

• Fixed crystals going through the screen at speed of light
• Fixed ghost ships flashes
• Fixed being killed and staying in limbo forever
• New Custom Game option: global ship speed modifier!
• Now allowing smaller systems in Custom Games
• Translations update

2017-05-12

• Added Twitch badge

2017-05-11

• Improved UI textures sharpness

2017-05-09

• Fixed Barracuda double-dash
• Barracuda: damage upgrades dash speed burst ; bullet speed upgrades dash cruise speed
• Weekly balance update

• Shadow X-1: power and agility buff
• Mercury: damage buff
• U-Sniper: bullet speed nerf
• Shadow X-2: Shield and energy regen buff
• Advanced-Fighter: Bullet speed nerf
• Scorpion: Energy and bullet speed nerf
• Condor: Balance changes including buffs and nerfs
• A-Speedster: Slight overall buff
• Rock-Tower: max bullet speed nerf
• Barracuda: mass buff, energy nerf
• Odyssey/Aries/Shadow X-3 have been slightly buffed in speed and agility

2017-05-04

• Barracuda V2! Fully reworked with dash speed
• Damage rules changed to avoid Barracuda trolling in team mode

2017-05-02

• improved radar readability
• new Custom Game experimental features: RCS (Flight assist) toggle , Friction parameter

2017-04-28

• Improved team joining condition. If one team dominates, you can join either of the 2 other teams.

2017-04-27

• Added information message about players contributing gems to their team
• Added health bar to station modules when attacked
• Fixed problem with button "Join my custom game"
• Fixed: Spec upgrades interfered with fire rate, allowing shooting faster

2017-04-26

• 10 seconds invulnerability on respawn (team mode)
• auto-switch to fullscreen now strictly on mobile
• fixed some glitches when screen FPS exceed 60
• fixed shield / generator bar sometimes not updating
• ECP custom game creator now accessible from main Play button
• secret future new features put to test :)

2017-04-24

• Fixed bug: losing multiple lives when killed once
• New rule: in team mode, ship tier 7 unlocks only when station crystal tank is full
• New rule: Tier 7 ships come with 0 extra life in team mode
• Displaying messages when ship upgrades are blocked by station level
• Keyboard shortcuts are now displayed on tablets and touchscreens

2017-04-22

• Fixed asteroid strength parameter rounding in custom games

2017-04-21

• Fixed ship-station collisions and friend ships collisions
• ECP Custom Game Creator (beta)

2017-04-20

• fixed bug with ad blockers
• added new ECP badges
• balance: reduced stations shield capacity a bit
• balance: reduced station repair threshold to 25% crystal capacity
• balance: nerfed Shadow X-3 acceleration and power regen
• fixed radar plots in team mode
• fixed chat bubble color
• raised chat icons auto-close delay
• Improved station attack alerts
• prepared an awesome new feature for ECP users

2017-04-19

• improved server finder strategy (again)
• added Swedish language
• added cookie consent
• optimized loading time

2017-04-18

• Team mode improvements

• Ship upgrades are now restricted to exact depot/spawning level
• Slight improve to spawning
• fixed ship not showing in scoreboard
• raised team max capacity to 15
• Abandoned space station self-destroys
• neutralized mass impact on friendly Collisions
• module repair gauge
• raised global asteroids density (all modes)
• unloading crystals gives score points
• fixed Station under attack alert

2017-04-16

• Balance changes: reduced stations shield again, crystal drop rate x1.5 in team mode
• improved server finder conditions

2017-04-15

• Balance changes: reduced stations shield and crystal tank capacity

2017-04-14

• Identified and fixed 3 server crash cases

2017-04-14

• New game mode: the team mode!

• You start every game by choosing a team
• Each team has a space station to defend
• Each space station in game has 3 types of modules

• Structure modules
• Spawning modules, a little tougher
• Crystal deposit modules, toughter

• Each space station can be filled with crystal
• An half filled station repairs randomly a destroyed module
• A full filled station levels up your station

• A bigger level station is bigger and tougher
• A bigger level station can take crystals from bigger ships
• A bigger level station can respawn bigger ships

• When all spawning modules are destroyed, the team ships respawn randomly on the map
• When all deposit modules are destroyed, the team can repair or level up the station anymore
• When the whole station is destroyed, the team members can't respawn anymore
• When the station and all team ships are destroyed, the team is game over!

2017-03-31

• New Ship! The Barracuda, level 6. Prepare for a very special fighting style.
• Added new languages: Arabic, Danish, improved Chinese
• Ships texturing improvements
• Improved double-lasers
• Improved UI, scoreboard etc.
• A secret tremendous upcoming feature is put to test

2017-03-07

• Added Italian language
• Reduced O-defender max shield capacity
• Improved H-Mercury shield, mass, and fire regeneration
• Gamepad control! (experimental): on Chrome, open chrome://flags and enable Gamepad API

2017-03-01

• New lv6 ship, H-Mercury
• Added Dutch language
• Completed other translations
• Switched lv6 Condor & A-speedster place
• Increased Aetos generator regen speed
• Increased Shadow X-2 generator regen speed
• Decreased Pulse-Fighter agility

2017-02-17

• New lv4 ship, Mercury
• Added Indonesian language
• Completed other translations
• Decreased O-Defender agility
• Decreased O-Defender fire speed
• New ECP badges: Galactic Empire, Rebel Alliance, Soloist Defence Force

2017-02-13

• Added Turkish language
• Added Czech language
• Added Slovak language
• Raised asteroids average density and size
• Fixed bug: some crystals could not be collected
• Increased T-Warrior max generator reload speed
• Increased Aetos fire power

2017-02-09

• New delay of 5 seconds before you can respawn
• You can now chat during the 5 seconds delay
• Level 1 ship loses upgrades when killed
• New particle effects on laser collisions
• New shield visual fx
• Big explosions shake camera
• Added German localization
• ECP badge customization
• ECP ship material and lasers customization
• ECP players start will fully upgraded level 1 ship (same benefit as sharing game through Facebook and Twitter buttons)
• Increased X-Warrior damages on central lasers
• Decreased X-Warrior damages on side lasers
• Increased mass/shield of Shadow X-3
• Decreased acceleration of Shadow X-3

2017-02-01

• New level 7 Ship: Shadow X-3
• Decreased Shadow X-2 fire power
• Decreased shield capacity of lv7 ships
• Added Japanese localization
• New Australia zone to reduce ping for Australian and New Zealander players

2017-01-24

• New level 5 Ship: Shadow X-2
• Improved homepage and respawn page design
• Prepared UI for new game modes
• Shadow X-1 moved to level 3
• Increased Shadow X-1 max agility
• Decreased Shadow X-1 max generator refill
• Decreased Y-Defender laser speed
• Decreased Pioneer max speed
• Decreased Bat-Defender mass
• Decreased Advanced Fighter mass
• Increased Odyssey and Aries cannon speed and range

2017-01-19

• Added Spanish localization
• Optimised lasers display
• Heavy ships are now less affected by laser pushback
• Crystals thrown farther away from big ships when hit

2017-01-17

• Added new tier: level 7
• Type [Z] ingame to take a screenshot
• Increased shadow X-1 max agility
• Fixed visual glitch for big lasers

2017-01-10

• Added new lv4 ship: shadow X-1
• fixed glitches that can be caused by ads
• changelog now displayed in its own modal
• Added Hungarian localization

2016-12-28

• In survival mode, stellar radiation now starts harming shield regen rate. After 15 minutes, shield regen is completely down.

2016-12-23

• completed Russian localization
• fixed algorithm for finding best server to play in

2016-12-13

• Balance changes

• fly: reduced max agility
• y-defender: reduced speed and agility, increased recoil
• x-warrior: increased max damage
• u-sniper: increased min agility
• a-speedster: increased acceleration

• Improvements and fixes

• fixed respawn button display issue when killed
• Added talk vocabulary: No prob, Follow me, GG, Bye
• Fixed bug: laser sounds still playing when sound FX deactivated
• Use [C] once and talk button is no more mouse sensitive
• Ship upgrades now always pop up until you used manual toggle [U]

2016-12-07

• Added ship upgrade buttons toggle with keyboard shortcut [U]

2016-12-06

• fixed visual bug with crystals
• talk keyboard shortcuts can now be used directly
• couple server side fixes

• Balance adjustments

• fly: reduced max damage
• side-fighter: reduced max generator reload speed
• y-defender: decreased ship agility, added recoil
• x-warrior: improved ship agility
• side-interceptor: reduced max generator reload speed, improved mass, reduced ship agility
• pioneer: increased min generator reload speed
• crusader: increased max generator reload speed, increased laser speed
• u-sniper: increased recoil, decreased max laser speed
• bat-defender: added laser convergence, improved laser speed and generator capacity
• advanced fighter: decreased max generator reload speed
• scorpion: decreased max generator reload speed, decreased ship agility, decreased max laser speed
• a-speedster: increased max generator reload speed, reduced ship size, decreased max laser damage and acceleration
• condor: reduced ship size
• o-defender: improved shot rate, improved generator capacity

2016-12-05

• Added Polish localization
• Added Russian localization

2016-12-02

• Integrated chat system

2016-11-30

• Raised the minimum density of asteroids
• Destroyed asteroids now always deliver some amount of crystals
• It is now possible to use mouse controls together with keyboard spacebar and up arrow

2016-11-29

• your ship now gets 3 lives when levelling up
• second pass on improving the balance between ships / levels

2016-11-28

• fixed problem of hidden survivor
• radar in survival mode now shows all targets
• extra lives cannot be used in survival mode anymore. Dont die!

2016-11-25

• balance: Lower level ships are now always faster than higher level ships (with speed maxed).