The Fall of Aether Station — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| New Enemies and Endless mode! | 2024-12-06 | Major Changes - 3 New enemy ship types - New Enemy Stations on some levels - New Endless mode Minor Changes - Income skill removed and now medium levels give 2 energy per tick and hard levels give 3 - Small Balance changes to ship damage |
| 1.1.0.6 Hot fix | 2024-09-06 | - Fixed issue preventing players from progressing through the Tutorial - Altered some early levels difficulty - Buffed Missiles a little bit |
| 1.1.0.5 hot Fix | 2024-09-05 | Issue where Level 2 would freeze and stop responding. This should be fixed now. |
| 1.1.0.3 Patch | 2024-09-01 | Fixed Bug where the swarmer text would pop up but nothing would spawn Re-enabled loading feature |
| Major Update | 2024-08-29 | You all pointed out a lot of improvements that can be made, so this is phase one of those improvements Energy Changes: I have decided to remove the energy gained by destroying ships. This ended up giving players too much energy to work with and took away any threat of losing ships. It made the lose of a ship meaningless and I want there to be more stress around the loss of an asset. In real combat, the loss of a ship would be significant to any commander. This also allows better story telling through escalation of the fight. Difficulty Changes: The wave progression has been completely redone to be far more achievable at all stages of the game |
| Fixed Localization Issues | 2024-08-22 | Switching Localization Languages Shouldn't break anymore... But if it does... It should do it right away so you can come tell me in the discord :) |
| 1.0.3.3 Patch Note | 2024-08-18 | minor bug fixes with new shipyard |
| Moderate Sized update | 2024-08-14 | Additions: - Added Surrender Button Changes: - Wave Progression Changed - Time between waves reduced - Shipyard overhaul Bugs: - Fixed level 59 issue... (again) |
| 1.0.2.4 | 2024-08-06 | - Fixed enemies going in reverse which was causing them to stay off screen and kept players from completing the game - Significantly reduced the bonus energy received from skipping ahead |
| minor fixes | 2024-08-04 | - Fixed issue with completing wave 60 - Nerfed Nanite turret |
| Bug Fix 1.0.2.1 | 2024-08-02 | Fixes: - Fixed Crash when trying to move a fleet and spawn a ship (shouldn't be able to do this) - Fixed Crash with Tower Targeting - Fixed bug allowing some users to spawn towers in space and not on asteroids |
| Squish Squish buggies | 2024-08-01 | I have continued my hunt in bug squashing, see notes below. Have something bothering you? Head over to the Discord and let me know Bugs - Mining Tower won't give energy when the game is paused and now properly handles fast forward - Difficulty Badges unlock properly in Level Select Screen now - Zoom should work properly on larger levels again New Features - Dynamic Asteroid Storms Enabled for levels 2, 7, 11, 14. Stay vigilant commander - Shipyard shows multipliers for Damage/Range/Support - High score wave now displayed during the level and updated when a new high score is achieved |
| Big Balance Pass | 2024-07-30 | Several players were reporting the game was too easy... well we cant have that now can we :) this change focuses on encouraging more synergistic fleets as opposed to finding the one OP ship and spamming it Changes: - Enemy ships Tier 3 and above have had HP at least doubled and their DPS significantly increased - Heavy Destroyer Damage Bonus reduced by 50%, - - it is supposed to be a flexible ship with its 6 turrets and the damage was not properly scaled to reflect that - Artillery Cannon modified to focus on long range damage, so lower damage, longer range - Ship prices increased - Cruiser and Battle ship damage and HP buffed Bug Fixes - Mai |
| The First of Many Fixes | 2024-07-26 | Changes: - Small balance update for income from destroyed enemy ships - Hovering over Enemy ships will now display their health - Changed Proton Beam Tower visual effects, added "Rotation Speed" while firing Bug Fixes: - Players can no longer upgrade towers for negative cost - Turrets update correctly in the shipyard to reflect player changes |
| The Game has Been Release | 2024-07-25 | The Fall of Aether Station has been released Thank you to everyone who helped along the way! Thank you to all the play testers and fans, you have been an inspiration and we can't wait to see what you do with our game. Thank you to everyone who provided feedback, you have helped shape this game into something worth playing and developing. Now get out there and defend that station commander. |
| Release Date has been Announced! | 2024-06-26 | It's officially happening What's new New Features Tutorial Improved Black holes bombs now spawn an actual black hole Upgrade tree fully fleshed out Legendary Ships added Swarmer Enemy Type added Structures Implemented Added new fleet movement options Changes All the balance changes Revamped shipyard screen Ships better fit into specific roles on the battlefield Increased UI size Bug Fixes Crashes during tutorial Upgrade points save properly Swarmers dont insta-kill the station when in hull |
| Hello Next Fest! | 2024-02-12 | Hello Next Fest Thanks for checking out the game! This week we have several bug fixes and feature updates for our demo. In this demo you will see: Level 1, 2, and 3! 25 Waves per mission! Swarmer Ships are enabled! All weapons are unlockable All ships are unlockable If you would like to see more of the game, hope over to our discord to see how you can access an extended demo ːsteamhappyː See you on the Discord |
| Hot Fix 0.12.0.4 | 2024-02-07 | Bugs Fixed Crashes in Tutorial when Pausing Fixed issue where ghost ship would linger and block movement of player ships Quality of life features Changed options menu to make returning to main menu clear Added ship health readout to in level contextual menu Changed health bar read out to be relative to max health so that ships with differing HP don't appear to have similar HP |
| Latest Demo Updates | 2024-02-06 | Join us during nextfest for a peak at some new gameplay! |
| Next Fest Demo Update (0.11.11.1) | 2024-01-31 | Next Fest Demo Update! Check out the latest updates and balance passes as we prep for the excitement of Steam Next Fest. Here is a high level summary of the changes! Feature Additions Camera Zoom - Get a closer look at the action! Swarmers - These ships will spawn occasionally and ignore the path all together, make sure your fleet is flexible! Node Roaming - Spawn camping is harder now -> *See details farther down The Loading screen is now an actual loading screen Blackhole bomb reworked to be more like... well more like a bomb that generates a black hole Visual Improvements New Path Graphics Visual Effects on Ships with Hull damage to help s |
| Demo 0.11.3.0 - Major Update | 2024-01-02 | Hey Gamers!! The big update is complete! Rolling in almost all of the feedback from our initial demo launch back in early fall! Major Changes: - UI Overhaul - Wave Rebalancing - Tech trees re-worked for every ship and weapon - Player leveling removed in favor of more flexible upgrade tree - Ship Class features added - Better Dynamic Pathing - Level 3 redesigned Also check out the latest youtuber to make a video of our project! |
| Demo Build 0.9.6.0 is Live | 2023-09-06 | We have been hard at work implementing your feedback and some planned improvements, we hope you enjoy the updated build! Please continue to let us know as you encounter issues or think of ways to improve the game! Added Features: Added new Voice lines Added new SFX Movement Changes: Changed to 'Right Click' to confirm ship movements Added 'Shift' or 'Control' to add ships to a fleet move one by one Added 'Double Click' to select all units of the same class to fleet movement Changed Fleet move to detect when a fleet move should allow a ship to move because the blocking ship will be moving out of the way. Adjustments: Ship movement Speed Tweake |
| Hello Dream Hack Beyond! | 2023-08-18 | Join us as we battle across the demo for The Fall of Aether Station. Download the game for free now! join the discord and the community for this upcoming intense strategy game. A fellow game designer and myself (the director) are going to be checking out some of the in game levels periodically through out the Dream Hack Event! |