Space Rescue: Code Pink news & patch notes

• New Location: Keens school, containing 4 different parts that you can explore.

• New Location: Ron's Room, front and back.

• New scene: Get the magazines from Ron (part of Lune's story)

• New scene: Ron makes a device (which slowely develops over several chapters)

• New scene: Pari awakes.

• New scene: The test flight.

• New scene: The timewarp.

• New scene: Marzpop girls moving on the beat in front of the changeroom (Lorza's story)

• New characters (!): Ron, Ben, Ruben, Jeff, Sarah, Logan, Jessica & Pari!

• XXX scene: Tonda in the gym (part of the Wrestlers story)

• Other additions:  several new items, dozens of dialogs, and a few thousand lines of code!

• And I also fixed the spelling errors & bugs you found; thanks again for the help!

Good to know (for returning players)

• If you just want to see the new content,  you can best start playing from Pari's Story.

• Generally, when someone tells you to come back later; pass through keens room.

And please don't forget ... (for returning players)

• Old save games cannot be re-used after an update & will get you stuck if you do; because if code changes, saves break.

• You can instead use the chapter select screen to get back to where you were (and hold down ctrl to speed up text).

Walkthrough Are you stuck, then maybe the walkthrough can help! You can also find it again in the sidebar of the store-page, by clicking on the ‘ manual ’. Behind the scenes Now for this chapter I had to imagine quite a few new characters. And this is something I love to do! So let me share a bit more about how I approach that. Now each character has a unique role to play in the game. Some characters will help you, others will hinder you- and quite a few will eh... want you. And so the challenge for me, is to imagine how I can best show these intentions through my character designs. And I discovered that that these intensions can best be show through a characters pose & their facial expressions. Below you can see a few examples of this. For example, the girl on the left is a bit distant to others - which I tried to show by turning her face away from the MC while talking.

And the old man below on the left, is intended to be sincere and a good listener, and so I drew him standing up straight and gave him a friendly look. The old man to his right however, is more lost in his own thoughts, and so he doesn't really look at the MC, but more past him. And the guy on the right..., eh, he's just very concernd with himself :) Well, and that's just one of the things I try to keep in mind while making characters designs. Their clothing, locations and way of talking are for example other things to consider. But, more on that next time!

Next? Well, Space Rescue is shaping up nicely! Most of the stories are already complete, and the few that remain are already partially done. It will of course still take a while before everything will be done, but the end is definitly in sight now :) Meanwhile I've already started working on the next part , and I hope to release again in few months (You'll find the new release dates in FAQ).

Well, have fun with the update & all the best!

Robin

Hey everyone!

I’d like to share that I just updated the game to the latest version (12.5).

In this version I added the complete story of Neeva! She's part of a cute wrestleteam who've been training for months- hoping to win the upcoming championship. But when the team discovers keens poor physical condition, they can't look away- and offer to get him back in shape. ...And soon one thing will lead to the next!

For this update I tried to add a bit of extra comedy to the story - and made a dozen small animations to bring keens trainings sessions to life. I hope you will enjoy it!

Well have fun playing!

This has been added (in more detail)

• New Location: HOLO VR Hallway (3 variations)

• New scene: Turn on the Radio!

• New scene: Training with Neeva (3 parts )

• New scene: Finding the right motivation

• New scene: The oil

• New scene: The fangirl

• Updated scenes: Tonda in the Hallway & Choose your wrestler.

• New minigame: The treadmill run (This was fun to make!)

• XXX scene: an extra long scene for Neeva, with different endings (3 parts).

• Other additions:  I added lots of new poses & animations for Keen and the wrestlers.

• I also fixed the spelling errors & bugs you found, thanks!

Good to know...

• If you just want to see the new content,  you can best start playing from Wrestle story.

• Generally, when someone tells you to come back later; pass through keens room.

And please don't forget ...(for returning players)

• Old save games cannot be re-used after an update & will get you stuck if you do; because if code changes, saves break.

• You can instead use the chapter select screen to get back to where you were (also, hold down ctrl to speed up text).

Walkthrough Are you stuck, then maybe the walkthrough can help? You can also find it again in the sidebar of the store-page, by clicking on the ‘ manual ’.

Behind the scenes

And like always, I also love to show you a bit of how I actually make Space Rescue.

Now one of the things I worked on, was a treadmill-mini-game. The idea here is that you simply 'step', whenever a footprint gets beneath your shoe. And if you do it without tripping too much, you'll win the game. Now visually I really wanted to use this perspective for the mini-game.

I liked this because it would show some depth in the holographic screen. But the fact that you as the player are not aligned with the screen, just felt too weird. So in the end I went again with the simpler, frontal perspecivive. And this actually works great for the gameplay :) These are just sketches of course, but I hope you'll enjoy the final mini-game! Next?

And that's all the news I have for now. But meanwhile I already started working on the next update, which I hope to release again in few months (You'll find the new release dates in FAQ).

Well, please enjoy this update & all the best!

Robin

• New Location: Bike in Repairbay
• Updated Location: Bridge with a view on ships
• Updated Location: Shuttlelbay
• New scene: Bikers Arrival
• New scenes: Biker getting items
• New scene: The Tattoo
• New scene: The Arcade challenge, 3 rounds against Riyuka.
• New challenges: Find the tube, Find the cart ( it's been moved out of the maze).
• Updated Minigame: The Arcade -Solar Queen
• Other additions: Various items, a huge amount of additional story art & several small animations.
• I also fixed the spelling errors & bugs you found, thanks!

• If you just want to see the new story-content, you can best start playing from the Bikers story.
• Generally, when someone tells you to come back later; pass through keens room.

• Old save games cannot be re-used after an update & will get you stuck if you do; because if code changes, saves break.
• You can instead use the chapter select screen to get back to where you were (also, hold down ctrl to speed up text).

• New Location: The meeting room
• New Location: Leon's room
• Updated Location: Ready Room ( refined- new desk to match other bridge furniture)
• New scene: Taking down the stuff
• New scene: Discuss the findings at meeting table
• New challenges: Find the code, Find the ladder
• New XXX scene: 1 scene for the Doctor (added to the existing scene)
• Updated XXX scene: 1 scene for Lune in zero G (refined & trippeled no. animation frames.)
• New Minigame: Rosa's rope (Rosa's story)
• New Minigame: Cut the Roots (Sophie's story)
• New Minigame: Wrestle game (Tonda her story)
• Other additions: Various items and additional story art & lots of small animations, like bouncing animations for Rosa's and the Capain!
• I also fixed the spelling errors & bugs you found, thanks!

• If you just want to see the new story-content, you can best start playing from the Captains story.
• Generally, when someone tells you to come back later; pass through keens room.

• Old save games cannot be re-used after an update & will get you stuck if you do; because if code changes, saves break.
• You can us the chapter select screen to get back to where you were (hold ctrl to speed up text).

• New Location: The Brig ( 1 screen )
• New Location: The Cellar ; top, stairs, middle, left & right ( 5 screens ).
• New Location: The Maintenance tunnels ; straight, left, right, gate, doors, dead ends ( 6 unique tunnel parts + variations together making 120 screens )
• New character: Watt-ii
• New scenes: Mysterious encounters
• New scene: Keen falls
• New scene: Watt-ii's snack
• New music: Cellar & Maze
• New XXX scene: 1 scene for Watt-ii (containing 2 animation sequences)
• New challenge: Repair the Helping Hands
• Other additions: Various items and additional story art & lots of small animations, such as moving doors, screens, character & effects animation.
• And I also fixed the spelling errors you found, thanks!

• If you just want to see the new content, you can best start playing from Watt-ii's story.
• Generally, when someone tells you to come back later; pass through keens room.

• Old save games cannot be re-used after an update & will get you stuck if you do; because if code changes, saves break.
• Please use the chapter select screen instead, to get back to where you were.

• New Map Art: (largely) updated the art, to match the more recently designed rooms again.
• New challenge: Pink shuttle repairs
• New scene: Opening the shuttle
• New Location: Pink shuttle interior
• New scene: Keens massage
• New XXX scene for Lorza (containing 5 new animation sequences)
• Story update: many dialogs were updated, to get a consistent story around the pink shuttle.
• Other additions: Many new character poses, various new items, and some additional story art.
• I fixed the bug around 'Hank's screwdriver' (and build in a safty to get around it just in case...).
• I also fixed the spelling errors you found, thanks!

• If you just want to see the new content, you can best start playing from the Doctors story.
• Generally, when someone tells you to come back later; pass through keens room.

• Old save games cannot be re-used after an update & will get you stuck if you do; because if code changes, saves break.
• Instead, use the chapter select screen to get back to where you were.

• New Location: Rosa's Guestroom
• New Minigame: Neon sign (in wrestlers story)
• New Minigame: Solar Queen (for future story)
• New Minigame art: Rosa's ****
• New scene: Hank & Rosa at the bar
• New scene: Calling Lorza
• New challenge: Finding the necklace
• New challenge: Telescope repairs
• 1 XXX scene for Rosa
• Many new character poses, several changed backgrounds, various items and additional story art.
• I also fixed the spelling errors you found, thanks for that!

• Old save games cannot be re-used ( because if code changes, saves break).
• Instead, use the chapter select screen, to skip ahead in the story.
• Generally, when someone tells you to come back later; pass through keens room.
• Hank&Rosa's story is more of a side-story, which starts of as part of Mindy & Sandy their storyline- and ends a few chapters later during the Wrestlers storyline (when making gym equipment).
• The Solar Queen mini-game is added as a bonus; and appears next to Lune's room when you start at the Wrestlers story (or when you end finish the story, while playing the game from a-z.)

• New Location: H VR Room Entrance
• New Location: H VR Room Playfield
• New Location: H VR Room Arena
• New Location: H VR Room Changeroom
• New Location: H VR Room Grandstand
• New Minigame: Wrestle Chess
• New challenge: Building Equipment
• New challenge: Poster Placement
• Scene: 'Timing Tonda 1'
• Scene: 'Timing Tonda 2'
• Scene: 'The Match' ( with 2 random outcomes, 4 random takedowns).
• 1 XXX scene for Sandy (starts halfway her previous scene)
• Many new character poses, several changed backgrounds (to add items) , one music track, various items and additional story art.
• I also fixed the spelling errors you found, thanks!

• Old save games cannot be re-used ( because if code changes, saves break).
• Instead, use the chapter select screen, to skip ahead in the story.
• When someone tells you to come back later; pass through keens room.
• Be ware: last time I added some 'hallway'-screens to the game, but they don't correspond with the map yet.
• Be ware: The battery you need for Sophie's story is now hidden somewhere (and not a standard item in your inventory anymore).

• New Location: Hallway for Guest Rooms
• New Location: Hallway for BioGarden
• New Location: The Bridge
• New Location: The Bridge S.O.S. Screen
• New Location: Guestroom 1
• New Location: Guestroom 3 (Wrestlers)
• New Location: Storage Room -left side
• New Location: Gym left side
• New Location: Gym right side
• Added 'moving space' to the Guest Lounge.
• Scene 'Keen builds a room!'
• 1 new character: Bosra
• 1 new character: Tonda
• 1 new character: Neeva
• 2 XXX scenes for Mindy (it's a continuation from the previous scene).
• Many new character poses, two music tracks, various items and additional story art.
• I fixed the spelling errors you found, thanks!

• Old save games can't be re-used. ( If code changes, saves break. Re-using them will cause bugs). Instead go to -> main menu -> start -> and just start again where you left off.
• When someone tells you to come back later; pass through Keens room.
• Be ware: I added some 'hallway'-screens to the game, but they don't correspond with the map yet.
• Be ware: The battery that you always had in your inventory, is hidden elswhere now (For Sophie her story).
• Press 'L' to show the game logo.
• Press 'S' to make a screenshot!

• New gameplay, quests & dialogs.
• New Location: 'New ship' Observatory.
• New Location: 'New ship' Computer.
• New Location: 'New ship' Corridor left.
• New Location: 'New ship' Corridor right.
• New Location: 'New ship' Research lab.
• New Minigame: Keypad puzzle.
• 1 new character: Plork.
• 1 XXX scenes for the Doctor her storyline.
• Many new character poses, some sounds, items and various additional story art.
• I updated the Game Guide in the Main Menu a bit (for new players).
• I fixed the spelling errors you found, thanks!

• Old save games can't be re-used. ( If code changes, saves break. Re-using them will cause bugs).
• Instead go to -> main menu -> start -> and just start again where you left off.
• When someone tells you to come back later; pass through Keens room.
• Press Ctrl if you want to skip through the text.
• Press 'H' to hide the HUD.
• Press 'L' to show the game logo.
• Press 'S' to make a screenshot!

• New gameplay, quests & dialogs.
• New Minigame: Scanner game
• New menu: 'Chapter Select Screen' (This replaces the previous 'skip buttons' menu)
• New location: Crew Hallway Junction
• New location: Crew Hallway, doors for Keen & Lune
• New Location: Security Room
• New Location: Recovery Room
• New Location: 'New ship' Entrance
• New Location: 'New ship' Hall right
• New Location: 'New ship' Hall left
• New Location: 'New ship' Device
• New items available at the printer
• 2 XXX scenes for Lorza her storyline!
• Various new character poses, some sounds, items and additional story art.

• Old save games cannot be re-used ( if code changes, saves break).
• Instead, go to: main menu -> start -> to start again where you left off. (Press Ctrl if you want to skip the text.).
• When someone tells you to come back later; pass through Keens room.
• Press 'H' to hide the HUD.
• Press 'L' to show the game logo.
• Press 'S' to make a screenshot!

• New gameplay, quests & dialogs. A total of 204 new images were added to the game, which are part of:
• New location: 2 Crew Hallways
• New Location: Crew Lounge
• New Location: Telecope Lounge
• New Location: Medbay Entrance
• New Location: Medbay Office
• New character: The doctor
• 2 XXX scenes for Yi-jie
• Various new character poses, items and additional story art. Also:
• I fixed many spelling errors you found, thanks!

• Old save games cannot be re-used ( if code changes, saves break).
• Instead, go to: main menu -> start -> skip ahead, to start again where you left off. (Choose the bottom skip button 'Junkers' to get closest to all new content & here the Medbay is also open).
• When someone tells you to come back later; pass through Keens room.
• Press 'H' to hide the HUD.
• Press 'L' to show the game logo.
• Press 'S' to make a screenshot!

• New location: Plasma Forge
• New Location: Pumping Station
• New mini-game: The Plasma Anvil
• An XXX scene for Mindy
• An XXX scene for Valerie
• An XXX scene for Yi-jie
• Various new character poses & items
• Keen meets a new friend!

• Each interactive object is now named in the HUD (on mouse-over).
• Locked locations are now grey on the map (to make navigation easier).
• There is now an icon on the map, showing where keen came from (for better orientation).
• The logo-button has been expanded; Press 'L' up to 4 times to show the Space-Rescue logo in various corners of the screen.
• The 'rounded edges' have been refined (to emulate old TV screen/ part of a feature that's work in progress. Later on this can be turned on/off.)
• The inventory system has been optimized for development purposes; which also enabled me to add SFX to the item pickups.
• And I fixed the bugs & spelling errors you found as well, thank you!

• Old save games cannot be re-used (even though they might show up in the load menu). This is because the game-code keeps changing during development, but the save-games 'don't know this'. So starting from a save, will cause problems.
• Instead, please use the 'skip-buttons' to start the game near the chapter/girl where you left off. There is also a text-skip-button at the bottom of the screen, in case you want to speed things up (just be sure to enable it in the settings-menu).

• The story of Mindy & Sandy now has an ending. Or actually, two endings! You can revisit the Jacuzzi, to trigger the alternative ending.
• Keen will be send off to a new spaceship called 'The Junkyard'. Here you will meet Valerie & and have to puzzle your way through a new mini-game. (this story starts after you completed Sophie her story)
• This time, Lorza will be giving various massages to her many clients. And Keen will discover more about how alien Lorza really is!

• I added ‘Skip’ -buttons to the game ( Main menu → start → skip ahead). With these buttons you can now start at any chapter you like!
• You can now press 'L' to show the Space-Rescue logo on screen; which will be included in screenshots, when pressing ‘S’.
• The screen got rounded edges, to emulate an old TV screen ( this is part of a feature that's work in progress).

• New gameplay, quests & dialogs.
• Many new poses for Mindy & Sandy.
• 2 separate end scenes for Mindy and Sandy.
• An XXX-scene for Sandy.
• The option to revisit Spa scenes after completing the main storyline.
• 4 new backgrounds; Junkyard Hull, Junkyard Repairbay, SodaMachine & Kitchen.
• Changing backgrounds for the massage room (charts).
• Valerie, a new character.
• The Junkyard-ship, a new ship on the map.
• A new mini-game; the Power Crane.
• Return to the changeroom during Lorza her story, to see the Marz-Pop girls undress.
• Lorza will preform 4 unique massages.
• An XXX illustration for Lorza
• An XXX scene for Lorza
• Many more items for the inventory

• Old save games cannot be re-used (even though they might show up in the load menu). This is because the game-code keeps changing during development, but the save-games 'don't know this'. So starting from a save, will cause problems.
• Instead, please use the newly added 'skip-buttons' to start the game near the chapter/girl where you left off. There is also a text-skip-button at the bottom of the screen, in case you want to speed things up (just be sure to enable it in the settings-menu).