Star Survivor — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Help us shape a new video game genre! | 2025-12-04 | Welcome, Survivor!Let's shape a new video game genre! There's a real problem with this genre: it has no name and no official Steam tag. Let's change it! For years, many bullet heaven devs have watched their games disappear under mismatched tags. Overshadowed by action roguelikes and drowning in bullet hell categories. Together with many other developers of the games in the same genre, we're launching a survey campaign, in which we ask you - our players - what would you like for these kind of games to be named. 👉 https://forms.gle/8SNkDWi9GrJ37ARdAPlease help us shape the history of video games by filling out this survey. In the near future, |
| Star Survivor Has Reached Full Release! | 2024-09-20 | 🛠️Commander's attention, please! I'm happy to bring you the official content update! New Features Added 2 new ships: RX91 and PMT34, featuring active skills that can be used by accumulating energy. Added 4 new basic weapon cards and 2 new weapon combo cards. Added ship skins: Christmas skin from the mobile version (although it's three months early, Merry Christmas!). Added complete German localization. Other Notable Changes In Campaign mode, if there are Asteroids-related tasks, the refresh rate of Asteroids will increase, and the first appearance time of meteor showers is modified to 3 minutes, followed by every 3 minutes. Fixed the lag iss |
| Star Survivor will be full released on September 20 PST | 2024-09-19 | Greetings, Commanders! We have some exciting news to share with you! Star Survivors is about to end its Early Access status on September 20th, 00:00 PST, and will transition to full release. The game's price will not increase, and we will be launching a new historical low discount of -30% off for 14 days. The reason for ending the EA is that the game's content and gameplay have reached the scale we originally planned, which is also Ken's wish. But we are well aware that there are still bugs with the game. Going fully released does not mean that our work is done; we will continue to focus on fixing bugs and optimizing the gaming experience. Th |
| Testers Wanted | Star Survivor New Ship Preview | 2024-09-03 | Hello, Captains! We've got some exciting news to share! Star Survivor will be part of the upcoming Steam Space Exploration Fest on September 2nd at 10:00 AM Pacific Time, bringing with it a fresh content update! Since Erabit officially took over the development of Star Survivor two weeks ago, we've already released the first bug fix of the year. Now, we're thrilled to showcase our recent work—two brand-new ships! While many of us are fans of classic "Star Trek" space odysseys, we know that giant robots like "Gundam" hold a special place in the hearts of our players too. So, we're excited to introduce our latest mecha ships: RX91 PMT43 If you' |
| Bug fixes 2024/8/10 | 2024-08-10 | 🛠️ Hello commanders! As we promised two days ago, the first wave of bug fixes is here! Erabit will be carrying on Producer Ken's philosophy and roadmap of providing stable issue fixes and producing brand new content. Fixing existing issues We fixed these issues in this new version: Memory leak: the mobile porting team has fixed this issue, and now we're porting it back to the PC version, so everyone will soon be able to say goodbye to the annoying reboot every 30 minutes. Fixed a bug that caused beam weapons to fail to hit any enemy while the ship was rotating. Fixed the bug where AI enemies were stuck and had a small probability of not movi |
| Erabit takes over content updates and bug fixes | 2024-08-08 | 👋Hello everyone! This is Liya from Erabit. We assist the solo developer Ken with publishing Star Survivor. It's been a while since our last official announcement in December 2023. First, I apologize for the long silence. Here's an update on what we've been working on over the past six months. Erabit is now taking over the maintenance and updates for Star Survivor Due to Ken's busy schedule and personal challenges, he has found it difficult to maintain the game. After discussing it, Ken entrusted Star Survivor to Erabit. Following his design ideas and roadmap, we will continue to fix the game's issues and add new content. Actually, we already |
| Deckbuiler Fest Discount + Mobile Sale event | 2024-03-25 | -21% for Deckbuilder Fest on Steam * I turned off the controller support for now. The plugin was commissioned and the code caused the lag for some players. 33% OFF for the mobile version 📅 March 31st -> April 7th 💵 $2.99 -> $1.99 AppStore + Google Play ~Best Liya |
| Spring Sale Notice | 2024-03-15 | Star Survivor is 21% OFF! Ken is still alive. He has just returned from the prolonged trip overseas and will do gamedev after the irl things are settled. Erabit mini self promo -Liya |
| The Holiday Season is HERE! Discounts & Specials! | 2023-12-20 | DISCOUNTS!!! ⏰Dec 21 - Jan 5 Steam 💻-20% --->>> $3.99 Mobile 📱 -33% --->>> $1.99 (Both Google Play & AppStore) Psst! The mobile version might be having some extra surprises! |
| Announcement for China players! | 2023-12-15 | Because some of you cannot play the mobile version OR participate in Giveaway We got you special Giveaway events!!! More info: 1) https://www.taptap.cn/moment/483579001080644767 2)https://xiaoheihe.cn/community/54539/list/113526140 |
| Star Survivor on mobile MOW! Giveaways info 👀‼️ | 2023-12-08 | Star Survivor is available on Mobile devices! ▶️ Google Play Store & 🍎 AppStore Upcoming Giveaways - Mobile only 📅 Time: Dec 12th - 26th 🎁 Results: Dec 29 Prizes: Post video of Star Survivor: Premium (mobile version) 🌌on Youtube / TikTok / Twitter 20 Winners will get a $5 Erabit Voucher to spend on Erabit mobile games. 10 Winners who get 5k views/post & record it in Google Form will get a $25 Amazon gift card 5 top videos based on views and engagement will get a $25 - $100 Amazon gift card Event Rules: Post a video on Youtube / TikTok / Twitter Register your video on Google Form Join Erabit to be updated on the latest news! |
| Small Update 12/5/23 | 2023-12-05 | - added shield display wrapping to show more icons - increased end screen stats space for larger number displays - elites and bosses HP scale changed from +25% per hate to +15%. - fixed issue with mind control enemies not showing hit fx when colliding with other enemies - added extra check for tractor beam to avoid picking up hidden objects |
| Get that Game Awards Badge | 2023-11-23 | Hello, captains! Participate in the Steam Awards - you get free badges! Nominate Star Survivor Open & close it Leave/update a review I do hope you leave a positive review. But what matters more is that you get a Steam Badge! 》Make it till Nov 28th《 And, yeah, there is a sale. Obviously. Yours, Liya |
| Particle Performance + Minor Fixes | 2023-11-20 | - fixed damage number settings not turning on/off - fixed exp curve not tapering off as you level up - moved stationary particles to a singleton spawner for batch rendering performance |
| Bundle w/ Ocelot Sunrise | 2023-11-11 | https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/36457/Star_Sunrise/ Ocelot Sunrise is a comic-style survivors-like game set on alien planets in distant galaxies. As always, owners of Star Survivor will get an extra 10% off via the bundle. This is the final collab bundle to celebrate the Bullet Heave Fest. Stay safe! |
| 3 months of game polishing - Update for the main branch | 2023-11-07 | A little backstory... The Unity pro developer dived into my source code and said the general structure of the game was illogical and it would take months to fix the whole thing. Good news, I know what are the next steps to polish the game ASAP. The next stop - fixing the Object Pool and Particles. Meanwhile, there is a major Steam event for the games like Star Survivor. Visit Bullet Heaven Fest for more discounts, demos, and new games announcements. The full list of the last 3 months' fixes migrating to the main branch: The latest thingies - New game icons published - Increased chicken highlight - Fixed combo notice for already comboed weapon |
| Happy Mid-Autmn Festival! | 2023-09-27 | Mid-Autumn Festival to our players from Asia! Psst. As it happens, the game participates in SHMUP event & is 20% off till October 2nd. Check the SHMUP page for more games like Star Survivor ːsteamhappyː Thank you everyone for supporting us all the way till today! Hope your mooncakes always taste amazing! Liya |
| Backstory of the recent developments | 2023-09-26 | Hello! It is Liya from Erabit, the publishing support for solo dev Ken on "Star Survivor" I am sorry for the recent lack of communication and want to explain what is happening now. Memory leak issue First, it happened after the update of the enemy models, but it got really bad after the combo upgrade. We hired a professional team of QA with the specific purpose of finding the source of the issue, and while there was an improvement in performance, their suggestions did not fix the issue entirely. Ken is an indie dev who worked on this game solo. Meaning, that his full-time job is not in the gaming industry, and he has no teammates to ask for a |
| Star Survivor is coming to mobile! | 2023-09-15 | Pre-register for Star Survivor on Mobile! In about 3 months, the Star Survivor will come be ported to the mobile. Click on pre-register to be notified of the exact timing. Meanwhile, the porting team and the dev are working separately, so it will no affect the PC version's updates and polishing. Pre-register on AppStore Pre-register at Google Play |
| Progress: what is done and what is being developed #5 | 2023-08-28 | Possible memory leak found 🥳 QA found a few possible reasons that could affect performance and will dive into fixing them soon. Not to speak the TOTAL tech jibberish: Damage numbers are popping up too much. Too many physical bodies that could be substituted by 2D for the collision. Game constantly recording and reporting data. Enemy model processed separately and not in batches. Background stars were way too detailed. Yes, there are stars you could not even see Background asteroids were actually ... 3D models. Another funny finding was that Chinese players could not input any text in the game 😰 Because the possible options were not shown 💀 |
| DreamHack Beyond Discount | 2023-08-18 | Hello~ Star Survivor will be 20% off for the DreamHack Beyond event! There are many superb games on sale! Meanwhile, the QA team is still looking for the memory leak issue. They helped to find many small bugs already. Hope you could wait a little bit longer for the bugfix ❤️ Join Discord to Give Feedback I want to hear your feedback in a Steam Review but also love to discuss more details via Discord |
| Progress: what is done and what is being developed #4 | 2023-07-26 | Hi! It is Commander Ken, solo dev behind the Star Survivor and BattleGroupVR. Star Survivor doing a QA check-up You may have noticed recently that there have not been many updates. The reason is that the game was given to QA specialists for the check-up, and they need 3–4 weeks with no major changes in the game. And, sight, there were so many small things only QA people notice. Like if you click Add card >> Choose a Card >> Return >> Add Card, then the card is still shown as "chosen". Long story short, the least fun part of game development. Bundle Collab with Space Cats Tactics It is a turn-based strategy with cats in space. You could get th |
| Summer Sale & New Features & Giveaway | 2023-06-30 | Greetings! Solo dev Ken is speaking :) Apart from regular bugfixes, performance & controller optimization, I was working on New Features and Quality of Life improvements that you can ⚡check out in the beta branch⚡ TESTING - Health bar instead of armor plates Player HP bar where 1 armor = 25 health points. Everything has been scaled up accordingly. While less clear, it allows more flexibility when getting damaged. ❗Please try out this aspect and let me know if it feels better! ❗ TESTING - Level ups in campaign mode So I was finally "bullied" into changing the level ups screen to present you with 3 categories narrowing card drop randomness. Wea |
| Erabit Games at Summer Sale! | 2023-06-30 | https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images/42254172/6354e3ad07223e41e25286327fcee90309aad511.png GET ERABIT GAMES AT HISTORY'S LOWEST PRICE! https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images/42254172/b156f667cc13d7c8cc2bee5d25e53ff72b687a0d.png https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images/42254172/38f01d89c3dd3b81d811392e5be56a74654de056.gif Apart from regular bugfixes, performance & controller optimization, there are New Features and Quality of Life improvements that you can ⚡check out in the beta branch⚡ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2060750/Star_Survivor/ https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images/42254172/b156f667cc13d7c8cc2be |
| Bug Fixes and Better Controller Support | 2023-06-22 | Better Controller Support: - reworked controller selection for campaign map menu and quadrant hardpoints - use the controller left stick to select quadrant and dpad to select specific slots - map location selection will accurately select from the direction of the left stick - scrolling through cards will keep the card in view - keyboard and controller key tooltips over each button Bug Fixes: - fixed library not selecting card by default - fixed hotkeys triggering when typing into input fields - fixed combining and replacing equipment being placed in the center - fixed duplication bug when combining - fixed charger bug tracking player while ch |
| Bug Fixes 6/11/23 | 2023-06-12 | DEVEREVIEW - beta branch update: New controller support expansion added button/key tooltips reworked controller selection for maps and quadrant hardpoints use the controller left stick to select quadrant and dpad to select specific slots map location selection will accurately select from the direction of the left stick scrolling through cards will keep the card in view The game should be entirely playable via the keyboard or controller, please take a look and let me know if I missed some interaction. Other changes changed quad upgrades to apply when new equipment of that type is added retroactively fixed combining and replacing equip in cente |
| Recent Update Feedback & Good news | 2023-06-02 | Hello friends! It is Ken, a single person behind the Star Survivor. Last 2 weeks I was occupied with moving to a new place, and now I am back to the game :) Negative Reviews A few days ago I returned to see so many bad reviews. The situation made me sad, it got my guts full of spite and sorrow — I am just one person. And I wronged so many people. Yet, it is people who were disappointed by my product that are to be sympathized with. And I am the only person who could make it right. Performance After taking some thinking, here is the plan for further action: I asked the porting coder, and he told me how to fix garbage collection, code strings, |
| Quick Fixes 6/1/23 | 2023-06-02 | - fixed ballistic launcher firepoints - fixed orbital mines damage - fixed sniper beam upgrades showing after lancer beam equip - black hole no longer pulls player - fixed steam save music setting not saving - fixed rewards not giving all cards - added safety code to make sure asteroids are on the zero plane - changed particle collider weapon to use double fire and firepoint variation - changed feared enemies color to override slow/freeze color - reduced textures for better memory usage Join Discord and Give Me Feedback I want to hear your feedback in a Steam Review but also love to discuss more details via Discord |
| Bug Fixes 5/27/23 | 2023-05-27 | - fixed projectile split - fixed beams not getting tag stat - moved persistent campaign hate to hardcore mode - add tooltips for fear and combo weapons - fixed fear all upgrade not applying to other weapons - fixed Falcon repulsor not firing when picking up exp - fixed point defense not accepting ion upgrades - changed ion cannon fire pattern to spread - changed sniper beam to avoid double targeting - point defense beam no longer accepts beam duration upgrades Join Discord and Give Me Feedback I want to hear your feedback in a Steam Review but also love to discuss more details via Discord |
| Official Update - COMBO party! | 2023-05-24 | Greetings everyone! Today we are launching the second update to the main branch. If you have not checked the devreview recently, here is something new for you: NEW STARSHIPS Small, fast fighter, 1hp, 3 front weapon slots, increased boost capacity & overcharge bonus, overcharge immunity. The converted space station has heavy armor, is slow, has many weapon slots, cannot rotate, and booster aligns with ship movement. COMBO PARTY Now there are 11 combos🥳 And there are QoL asked before: New equipment upgrades now apply to combos Combo weapons inherit previous upgrades from combined parts Size limit on VFX "glow" Card cover color to show the card |