Project X: Light Years news & patch notes

- The camera no longer jumps when Player 1 or Player 2 dies. - Fixed an issue where the Continue screen would sometimes fail to appear after all players had died. - Fixed an issue where Player 2 could not continue because no enemies spawned. - revive after death is now quicker. - player 2 now after revive blinks.

- useLaod texture rare error fixed

- Removed the screen transition in the hangar during 2-player mode. - The Continue screen is now displayed correctly when only Player 2 remains alive and then loses all lives.

- Player 2 now has an extra life, just like Player 1. Even if the life counter shows **0** lives remaining, Player 2 can continue playing until the final life is lost. - Player 2 can continue playing even after Player 1 has lost all of their lives. - Using credits now restores Player 2's lives as well.

- fixed wrong kills displayed in story mode high score table

- Story Mode: Game progress is automatically synced between your PC and Steam Deck via Game Cloud. - Reloaded Mode: Use Options → System → Save Manager to upload your save to the server or restore it on another device.

- story Impossible scores save fixed - when enemies are destroyed by shield explosions kills are now counted as player kills - guns and plasma has bigger dmg boost if upgraded to max (not gold one) - some enemies hp has been decreased on level 7 - level 5 final boss angle shoot bullet speed has been decreased - added information about 1st place on game over screen - perk screen is wider to display descriptions properly

- busrt now above 30% charge reset chain timer - Magma power has been increase by 30% on Impossible Story mode

- additional weapon information is now removed from top part of the screen after death or in the hole. - If the distance between the player and the enemy is greater than 900 units when firing, burst shots deal 30% increased damage to that enemy. - season 3 top score during game is now displaye properly. - season 3 ha snow less enemy hp in last 3 waves.

- 2players mode now load correctly

- fixed an issue with additional weapon which block normal shoot

- All explosions have been replaced with new, more impressive effects. - Rail Gun and Fusion Missiles are now controlled by the Burst Trigger, similar to the Plasma Shotgun and Plasma Minigun. - Larger enemies now always guarantee a larger Green Orb reward. - Removed the "Next Life" information from the pause screen in Reloaded Mode. - Warp Holes now spawn slightly later, giving players more time to prepare. - Increased the font size on the end-of-level Pot Risk screen. - Fixed an issue with score saving in Story Mode. - End-of-level kill counts are now displayed correctly. - Fixed the overlay on the end-of-level difficulty screen. - Fixed the Level 9 end screen offset. - Story Mode now correctly displays "1 day" instead of "1 days". - Level bosses no longer drop Armoury Letters. - firerater boost is not properly displayed in bottom right corner - all additional wepaons like plasma shotgun, fusion missiles now display proper information about left ammo on top of the screen for - many smaller graphic glitches fixed

- Fixed an issue where selecting the Tiny Wings difficulty would persist its settings even after switching to a higher difficulty, causing boss encounters to remain disabled and shorter level lengths to continue being applied.

- saving kills amount on score board for story mode fixed

- in Reloaded version Story Mode will be unlocked from level 2 once level 1 is beaten.

- Added a safeguard to prevent the game from getting stuck in a wave loop. When the wave timer reaches 0, an additional validation check is triggered to force progression to the next wave if needed. This issue is extremely rare, but the safeguard helps prevent a potential infinite loop if it occurs.

- Fixed support for multiple connected gamepads. They now work correctly. - Fixed external gamepad support on Steam Deck. - Arena scores are now displayed correctly. - Added the missing Arena completion percentage to the scoreboard. - Removed top difficulty navigation from the Reloaded grand score board, as it is not relevant there.

- now also collected orbs on current level are used in armoury portals not only hangar orbs.

- fixed broken upgrade bar when starting story mode

Critical fix (13/06/2026); ;**few things that couldn't wait for more regular update**; - kb accept button is now works also under custom fire button not only spacebar. - collected orbs to get stars are now calculated properly. - fixed an issue in level 4 underwater where game may stuck in endless loop. - fixed bottom upgrade bar glitch on story mode. ;big thanks to sylph, dizzy and Paul A Kitching for tracking down above issues.

- Reduced the star requirements for all perks. - Perks have been redesigned to make them even more appealing. - Adjusted the volume levels of several audio samples. - Improved the high-score saving system and much faster score board. - Fixed an issue that could occur when Reloaded was launched for the first time for new players. - main menu glitch filter will not be active anymore if filter settings in graphic options is off - end level hangar issue on KB will be fixed. Ship cannot be selected using kb. - fixed issue when unlocked ship become locked again - fixed issue when 0 was covering player ship live sin story mode This is final Hotfix

- Overload and Overheat description on Weapon Diagram Screen has been adjusted

As requested, I have added the upgrade descriptions to the Weapon Diagram screen.

- fixed some issues with KB after run and hangar

- small text adjust

Reloaded Mode: Added in-game hint screens for improved clarity Reloaded Mode: Added Risk Pot functionality (explained in-game)

- Added 500 orbs as starting funds - Perks are now always highlighted on CONTINUE WITHOUT PERK, even when some are already unlocked - Added a new Global Kills leaderboard dedicated to Reloaded mode only - Improved gamepad detection logic to better identify the active controller when multiple pads are connected - Updated missing kill counts for all players on the Grand Total board Steam Bullet Fest begins June 8th — no further updates will be released during this period to keep things stable 🎯

- Fixed collected Orbs not being saved after a successful run. - Fixed kills not being recorded after a successful run.