indev Build 17

indev Build 17

• Plasma Bubble now serves as a replacement for Electromagnet's repel, being a counterpart to Stasis and Tractor Bay
  • Plasma Bubble has increased repulsion and scales with the mass of asteroids
  • Range now matches
  • Cost has been adjusted
• Mass Driver no longer cares about resource types
  • Mass Driver now works every 20s instead of whenever the bay is filled
  • Mass Driver now sends 25% of the bay's max instead of 30 flat
  • Cost has been adjusted
• Scrapper has been replaced with Mulcher
  • Offshoots from Composter
  • Converts Ceramics into Organics
• Added Solid State Cells upgrade to On-Board Battery
  • Energy drain from time is 75% as strong (e.g. 30 energy would last 40 seconds instead of 30)
  • Energy drain scaling is 25% as strong (+0.1 drain/s -> +0.025 drain/s)
  • These effects compound
  • This upgrade has a unique requirement
• Remade Plasma Bubble and Mass Driver icons
• Fixed Inventory Audit being profoundly vague with transformations
  • I foresee some edge cases where sequences which start and end on the same resource are shortened
  • I do not care about those edge cases
• Fixed bug causing Requirement text to appear white for the Mass Driver upgrade
• Fixed Stasis Bay requiring max level of Electromagnet to be purchased (EM only has 1 level)
• I am aware of some issues stemming from load order in the Hangar. These are low priority because:
  • The system is a complex mess and about 2 years old. It will take dissecting to fix
  • So far, these have only presented as the following visual bugs:
    • Some connection arrows are greyed out when they should be white
    • Mass Driver's requirement text is present even when Borealis Station is purchased

indev Build 16

indev Build 16 - The Prodigal Son

• Fixed forward thrust being applied when any movement key was pressed if the user does not have RCS

June 2026 Return

• Fixed Needle Laser being unusable until purchasing LiDAR Auto-Targetting
• Made a crap ton of research in the Hangar cheaper
• Resources you can't afford in Hangar upgrades are now red
• Fixed bay cores not resetting when runs end
• Redid a few upgrade sprites

indev Build 15

indev Build 15 - Nameswap, Scaling Balance

• Temp Name Change: Astershift -> Aurora Transit
• Notice: old userdata is still stored under old name
  • If you would like to remove the old data, or transfer it to the new file:
    • On Windows: C:\Users\[USER]\AppData\Roaming\Godot\app_userdata\[Astershift/Aurora Transit]
• Updated to Godot 4.4
• Bay resources are now capped at 10
• Added Bigger Bay upgrade to Inventory Monitor
• Added BERTHA upgrade to Bigger Bay
• Added Compartmentalization upgrade to Bigger Bay
• Added Mass Driver upgrade to Compartmentalization
• Added Borealis Station upgrade to Core Assembler
• Removed threading in Hangar
• Further optimized Hangar:
  • I no longer know how it works, but it seems to work
• Added flare shader to Apollo (replaces inner ring)
• Reduced rotation speed of Apollo, and edges no longer fade
• Power drain now ramps at 0.1/s beginning at 30 seconds
  • Starting energy upgrades increase it by 1 second per energy
  • Calibration increases time by 15s
  • Solar Cell increases time by 3s
  • RTG increases time by 1s
• On-Board Battery cost has been slightly buffed (4's -> 3's)
• Energy is now capped to starting energy
  • Overcharge increases cap by 30
• Costs of Calibration and Overcharge have been nerfed from 32 to 48 ceramic
• Dynamo has been buffed back to total velocity
• Artemis now goes through things in the way of its target, if that obstruction is far away enough (outside a 1px range)
• Focus Fire now loses target if you manually fire and hit nothing
• Removed pulsing yellow outline to energy meter value
• Fixed no save data causing garage to show "selected" arrow on every color
  • Not 100% sure fixed, and not 100% sure from a previous version
• Fixed a data storage system not properly defaulting, most notably fixing resolution on launch if not set in settings
• Adjusted Adapt setting for resolution
• Adjusted "IsAvailable" overlay of upgrades
• Scope creep is a hell of a drug. Stay sane, kids.

indev Build 14

indev Build 14

• !IMPORTANT!: Hangar now uses a thread per upgrade to help mitigate lag on buying
  • !IMPORTANT!: PLEASE let me know if this causes ANY issues
  • Optimized upgrade's propagation function a bit to further reduce latency
• Added Plasma Bubble upgrade to Charged Shield
• Solar Cell is now a child of RTG
• Inventory Audit is once again a child of Inventory Monitor
• Added Overcharge upgrade to Overclocking
• Added Calibration upgrade to Idle Process
• Added Focus Fire setting to Artemis (does not require Artemis enabled)
• Added target priority settings to Artemis (requires Artemis be enabled)
• Optimized laser targeting:
  • Will now only run retarget code every 0.25s instead of every physics frame
  • Will additionally run if Artemis loses its target
  • Will also run if an object enters or exits the laser's range
• Added Prioritize Resources setting to Attractor Beam
• "Buffed" Stage 2 acceleration: 4 -> 8
• Nerfed Charged Shield: now uses +1 energy
• Thruster VFX acceleration length is now capped by max speed
• Added WIP title icon to main menu
• Made adjustments to available Garage colors
• Fixed Stage 2 boost VFX not working when turning around
• Fixed RCS's drag not actually ever stopping the player
  • This also fixed drag not working as well as v11, due to a fix in v12
• Fixed RCS only ever rotating you within 5 degrees of the RCS cursor
• Fixed Reset button in Hangar not resetting Upcycler's incrementor for core conversions
• Fixed resolution options
• Fixed Juniper Beam not applying any force to stationary resources when the ship is not moving

indev Build 13

indev Build Unlucky 13

• Added Basic Radar Dish and Radar back
  • They now showcase nearby things instead of allow zoom out
  • UI is in bottom left
• Added Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator upgrade to On-Board Battery
• Solar Cell now costs a core
• Ion Engine is now a child of Combustion ARCS
• Idle Process is now a child of On-Board Battery
• Inventory Monitor is now a child of Extra Spoolage
• Inventory Audit is now a child of Status Monitor
• Upcycler's core transformation is now guaranteed every 250th, instead of chance-based
• Added Production Line upgrade to Synthesizer
• Adjusted thruster VFX
• Added very basic resolution setting in options menu and options button in main menu
• Slightly adjusted font, and added the squared (²) symbol.
• Arrow keys can be used to control the ship now
• Added High-Visibility Asteroids option
• Added background to Garage
• Buffed Inventory Audit costs:
  • Metal: 5 -> 2
  • Ceramic: 5 -> 2
  • Synthetic: 5 -> 2
  • Organic: 10 -> 6

indev Build 12

indev build 12

• Added Swift Assembly upgrade to Synthesizer
• Added Hephaestus upgrade to Foundry
• Added Core Forge upgrade to Foundry
• Added Godrays upgrade to Laser Array
• Buffed Artemis modifiers from 60% to 80%
• Artemis now grants an additional unit of range regardless of discarded lasers
  • Discarded lasers still buff range by +2u
• Nerfed Artemis core cost: 1 -> 2
• Kiln is now a child of Composter
• Fixed Upcycler having a 1/200 chance to convert every resource rather than every seventh resource
• Nerfed Upcycler core chance from 1/200 to 1/250
• Dynamo now scales with speed out of max speed, instead of total speed
  • This shouldn't affect early-game much but nerfs Dynamo late-game
• Adjusted resolution of game window
• Game now starts in exclusive fullscreen
• Overhauled hangar visuals
• Temporarily removed all zoom and zoom upgrades
• Fixed RCS with very high acceleration values causing flashing thrust when stopping
  • As a result, RCS's decceleration has been slightly worsened
• Gravity Well no longer doubles thrust visuals, it still doubles everything that matters
• Added Time Spent to Run Overview
• Added Distance Covered to Run Overview
• Fixed Backup Battery charging or being damaged while the run is over
• Touched-up main menu a bit
• Implemented custom font
• Inventory Monitor no longer sorts Hangar's resources
• Buffed ARCS cost:
  • Ceramics: 6 -> 3
  • Metals: 2 -> 1
  • Synthetics: 4 -> 0
• Buffed Core Assembler costs:
  • Organics: 16 -> 6
  • Ceramics: 8 -> 4
  • Synthetics: 8 -> 4
  • Metals: 4 -> 2
• Buffed Hydroponics Pod organic cost: 12 -> 8
• Buffed Fine Wire synthetic cost: 64 -> 58
• Buffed Bigger Coils costs:
  • Metals: 24 -> 12
  • Synthetics: 48 -> 24
• Adjusted Military-Grade Laser costs:
  • Metals: 15 -> 30
  • Ceramics: 10 -> 12
  • Synthetics: 10 -> 0
• Adjusted Akimbo costs:
  • Ceramics: 4 -> 8
  • Synthetics: 16 -> 8
  • Organics: 8 -> 0
• Nerfed Spare Battery costs:
  • Metals: 4 -> 8
  • Organics: 2 -> 8
• Nerfed Shield Projector metal cost: 16 -> 32
• Nerfed Upcycler costs:
  • Metals: 0 -> 8
  • Synthetics: 0 -> 8
  • Organics: 32 -> 48

indev Build 11

indev build 11

• Precision Prospector is now a child of Rapid Winch, and costs of that path have been adjusted to be more synthetic-focused
• Adjusted Electromagnet costs:
  • Metal: 12 -> 10
  • Synthetic: 10 -> 12
• Increased opacity of Apollo when not combined with Artemis
• Added Overclocking upgrade to Stage 2
• Added Idle Process upgrade to Solar Cell
• Fixed Stage 2 increasing max speed passively
  • To compensate, the active bonus has been buffed from 8u/s to 12u/s
• Added Ion Engine upgrade to Overclocking
• Added Linear Drive upgrade to Idle Process
• Added Gimbal Drive upgrade to Linear Drive
• Added Gravity Well upgrade to Gimbal Drive
• Added Bigger Coils upgrade to Electromagnet
• Added Fine Wire upgrade to Electromagnet
• Core Assembler now directly follows Research Network
• Hydroponics is now a child of Core Assembler
• Composter is now a child of Hydroponics Pod
• Synthesizer is now a child of Composter
• Added Kiln upgrade to Synthesizer
• Added Scrapper upgrade to Kiln
• Added Foundry upgrade to Kiln
• Reworked Stasis Bay, and its now a child of Electromagnet
• Reworked Tractor Bay
• Removed Electromagnet's doubled attraction and halved repulsion to resources
• Adjusted Core Assembler costs:
  • Metal: 16 -> 4
  • Ceramics: 24 -> 8
  • Synthetics: 24 -> 8
  • Organics: 32 -> 16
• Nerfed Core generation: 4 -> 1
• Figured out and fixed the seconds issue for Core Assembler's timer
• Adjusted zoom and scaling in the hangar in hopes of making text more legible

indev Build 10

indev build 10

• Added Apollo upgrade to Akimbo
• Added Artemis upgrade to Akimbo
• Buffed Inventory Monitor to include hangar materials
• Reduced Core generation 8 -> 4
• Nerfed Stage 2 Ceramic cost: 10 -> 32
• Fixed Upcycler and Core cropping issue on pickup notifications from Inventory Audit
• Fixed overwriting of source in inventory log; Upcycler now properly displays next to conversions that it causes
• Buffed Military-Grade Laser Core cost: 1 -> 0
• Buffed Juniper Beam: now applies a 1.2x multiplier to mining speed
• In the hangar, middle mouse button no longer resets zoom
• In the hangar, the camera can now be dragged with LMB, RMB, or MMB
• Buffed Core Assembler: 5 minutes -> 3 minutes
• Adjusted Core Assembler costs:
  • Ceramics: 16 -> 24
  • Synthetics: 16 -> 24
  • Organics: 24 -> 32
  • Cores: 1 -> 0
  • Metal remains 16
• Alternating Charger now costs a core
• Tractor Bay no longer costs a core
• Upcycler costs a core now
• Combustion ARCS now changes color of RCS thrust to the same as main thrust
• Completely reworked asteroids
  • Asteroids now spawn in different sizes
  • Asteroids colliding with each other take damage
  • Killing an asteroid causes it to split if its big enough
    • If it's too small to split, it rolls a resource from its loot table
  • Mining has been reworked
    • Switched timer from per laser to per asteroid
    • Asteroids will lose size after being mined sufficiently
      • If it's too small to lose size, it will have to be killed with damage
    • Resources mined no longer cause a burst of damage to the asteroid
    • Cores can no longer be obtained from mining

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indev Build 9

indev build 9

• Adjusted/refurbished various sprites
• Fixed Dynamo not having a parent (Furnace)
• Fixed Hydroponics Pod generating organics even if it wasn't bought
• Fixed Upcycler functioning even if it wasn't bought
• Flipped a layer of Starry Night to prevent obviously identical stars from overlapping

indev Build 8

indev build 8

• Added Stasis Bay upgrade to Rapid Winch
• Added Tractor Bay upgrade to Stasis Bay
• Added 3 HUD upgrades, level 1 is always bought (like the hook)
• Added Hydroponics Pod upgrade to Research Engine
• Added Synthesizer upgrade to Hydroponics Pod
• Added Composter upgrade to Synthesizer
• Added Recycler upgrade to Composter
• Added Furnace upgrade to Hydroponics Pod
• Added Dynamo upgrade to Furnace
• Added Upcycler upgrade to Recycler
• Core Assembler is now a child of Synthesizer
• Nerfed Laser Array Core cost: 1 -> 2
• Nerfed Military-Grade Laser Core cost: 0 -> 1
• Buffed Juniper Beam attraction multiplier: 1.5 -> 2
• Buffed Core Assembler cost 32's -> 16's
  • Organics cost 24
• Fixed Core Assembler counting w/o the upgrade
• Fixed asteroids having a 100% chance to drop cores on death
• Fixed thrust showing in garage
• Thrust is now trianglular instead of a box
• Fixed cores from killing asteroids not wrapping around with player
• Fixed resources from mining asteroids not wrapping around with player
• Holding boost with Stage 2 now forces ship to move forward
• Boost from Stage 2 now has visual effect on thruster
• Fixed Core Assembler sometimes showing really weird second values in the Hangar
• Changed wrap-around to both be square, fixing overcrowing
• Quadrupled world size
• Changed weight system to be exact amount per run, and adjusted numbers:
  • Metal: 100 -> 404
  • Synthetic: 100 -> 404
  • Ceramic: 100 -> 404
  • Organic: 75 -> 300
  • Cores: 2 -> 8
  • Total Collectables: 380 -> 1520
  • Asteroids: 180 -> 720
• Updated "Starry Night" background of runs