Worbital news & patch notes

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Worbital 1.10.6650 - October 18th, 2019

• Fixes
  • Additional fixes to combat possible destroyed-but-not-really planets

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Worbital 1.10.6642 - October 17th, 2019

• Fixes
  • Fixed an issue when a player joins a game room at the same time an AI is added to the remaining slot
  • Fixed an issue when trying to join a full room
  • Fixed stuttering issues with the camera when tracking your home planet
  • Added an extra error check for planet destruction

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33169128/55d9409864096760b463576e1ed13997ea183e33.png Here comes the much anticipated fourth Worbital content update! And boy, do we have some stuff for you. First and foremost, we did our best to fix the most essential bugs and issues that have been reported over the last months. Network issues, weapon bugs, visuals, balance - we fixed a whole bunch. Hopefully, this will make matches a lot smoother for many players. Second - and most exciting, we added new weapons! Each of the factions gets one: Partycle Ball (Celestials), Bouncer (Lucid) and Waste Missile (Terrene). {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33169128/b0a8be17180876af64609649c811d822d1adc575.gif See the full changelog for today’s update enclosed at the end of this announcement.

Consoles & Free Steam Weekend

As we’ve announced earlier, this Friday we are launching Worbital on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. At launch, cross-platform multiplayer will be functional for PC and Switch players. We’re also continuing work to connect players from the other platforms as well. The more the merrier! In order to add yet more action for the coming days, Worbital has been approved for a free weekend on Steam! This will undoubtedly bring about a swarm of new players, in addition to the console folk. Gather your friends for some planet-busting action, starting Oct. 17th at 10:00am, lasting until Oct. 20th 1:00pm (PT). That’s about it. What do you think of the new weapons? Let us know in the comments, on Twitter, Facebook or on our official Discord server. Happy blasting!

Worbital 1.10.6638 - October 16th, 2019

• Features
  • New Weapons
    • Waste Missile (Terrene): Chuck your hazardous waste into space! Causes a toxic cloud on impact and temporarily prevents building on the damaged sector.
    • Bouncer (Lucid): Generates a thick cloud of concentrated toxic sludge that bounces back projectiles that hit it.
    • Partycle Ball (Celestials): A very cool, celebratory laser show!
• Fixes
  • Mist Dispersion should no longer occasionally trigger its smokescreen or flash freeze multiple times
  • Sub-Zero Drone and Solaronite Gun flares shot through the ice sun in Fire & Ice no longer award the achievement "The Ice Age!"
  • Solaronite gun now uses proper fragments when shooting through the normal sun
  • Fixed an edge case where game would freeze when match rules disabled planet derailment and planets with a moon get destroyed, which would cause the moons to derail
  • Fixed multiple issues related to controller disconnecting
  • Fixed issues with AI’s usage of Gun Gun, Lasers and other timing-critical weapons
  • Fixed the AI to better take the planet movement into account when targeting Wave Cannon
  • Fixed controller disconnect not returning to the correct state if dialogue screen was open
  • Fixed controller navigation issues in the main menu
  • Fixed issues caused by two players joining a match at the same time
  • Fixed issues caused by players disconnecting during loading screen
  • Fixed autosizing of various input fields and popups
  • Fixes to cosmetics menu functionality
  • Minor fixes to local play input handling
  • Major AI performance optimizations
  • Gravity calculation optimizations
  • Major performance improvements
  • Various minor bug fixes
  • Minor text fixes
• Adjustments
  • Added additional particle effects to planet damage
  • Added a new highlight to planet selection UI when new planets are colonized
  • World Rammer now applies a short planet speed boost when hitting a planet that's already derailed
  • Adjusted and disabled many controller vibration triggers for better compatibility
  • Adjusted camera speeds to be snappier on controller
• Balance
  • Easy AI is now easier
  • Impossible AI is now slightly more impossible
  • Increased Chaos Engine chance to derail and rerail, while decreasing boost chance
  • Decreased player planet soil endurance
  • Increased Spreadcannon charge time
  • Increased Shotcannon charge time
  • Increased Celestials Orbit Boost charge time
  • Decreased Nuclear Plant cooldown multiplier
  • Decreased level 3 Coilgun fragment damage
  • Decreased Celestials Spike HP
  • Increased Celestials Spike core damage
  • Decreased Burst Missiles build limit
  • Plasma Cannon targeting can now be angled
  • Decreased Plasma Cannon soil damage
  • Increased Shield Defense charge time
  • Increased Gravimetric Shield charge time
  • Increased Fragmenter fragment soil damage
  • Decreased Fragmenter HP
  • Increased Glacier charge time
  • Increased Glacier freeze aoe
  • Increased Glacier structure damage
  • Increased Glacier core damage
  • Increased Celestial Solaronite Gun build duration
  • Increased Celestial Solaronite Gun cooldown
  • Increased Celestial Solaronite Gun structure damage
  • Increased Celestial Solaronite Gun flare amount
  • Decreased Celestial Solaronite Gun flare structure damage
  • Decreased Celestial Solaronite Gun flare soil damage
  • Decreased Celestial Solaronite Gun flare lifespan
  • Increased Gatling Cannon soil damage
  • Decreased Gun Gun build duration
  • Increased Gun Gun's range
  • Increased Flamethrower range
  • Decreased Sub-Zero Drone charge time
  • Decreased Sub-Zero Drone structure aoe
  • Decreased Sub-Zero Drone lifespan, so that they now consistently hit 4 times
  • Decreased Sub-Zero Drone fund generation
  • Increased Sub-Zero Drone projectile's freeze aoe
  • Increased Short Circuit Beam charge time
  • Decreased Short Circuit Beam HP
  • Decreased Missile Scrambler effect radius
  • Increased Missile Control Ship build duration
  • Increased Missile Control Ship damage
  • Increased Missile Control Ship default missile damage
  • Decreased Missile Control Ship effect radius
  • Increased Sentry Capsule HP
  • Increased World Rammer structure damage
  • Increased World Rammer ramming power
  • Increased World Rammer core damage
  • Increased Colonizer colonizing speed at levels 1 & 2
  • Increased Colonizer colonizing bonus from firing a second one
  • Decreased Cataclysm volcano projectile damage
  • Decreased Cataclysm volcano projectile soil damage
  • Decreased Cataclysm volcano projectile structure aoe
  • Decreased Dreadnought machinegun structure damage
  • Decreased Dreadnought machinegun soil damage
  • Decreased Fusion Cannon fragment damage
  • Decreased Fusion Cannon fragment aoe
  • Decreased Fusion Cannon structure aoe
  • Decreased Fusion Cannon soil damage
  • Decreased Fusion Cannon core damage
  • Decreased Solar Laser charge time
  • Decreased Rocket Barrage structure damage
  • Decreased Rocket Barrage soil damage
  • Decreased Photon Missile soil damage
  • Decreased Photon Missile structure aoe
  • Decreased Photon Missile core damage
  • Increased Solar Plant’s Charge Multiplier
  • Decreased Celestial Solar Plant Cost
  • Increased Celestials Orbit Boost build cost
  • Decreased Hurt Amplifier build cost
  • Decreased Orbital Destabilizer build cost
  • Decreased Overcharger build cost
  • Decreased Cryogenesis build cost
  • Decreased Chaos Engine build cost
  • Increased Cataclysm build duration
  • Increased Star Drive build duration
  • Decreased Moonburst build duration
  • Decreased Mist Dispersion build duration
  • Decreased Chaos Engine build duration
  • Increased Orbit Boost tier cost
  • Increased Solaronite Gun tier cost
  • Increased Asteroid Diversion tier cost
  • Increased Star Drive tier cost
  • Decreased Fragmenter tier cost
  • Decreased Sentry Capsule tier cost
  • Decreased Nuclear Missile tier cost
  • Decreased World Rammer tier cost

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33169128/5b05ec94441e19f504427539eb45bedfc1d469dd.png Citizens! Be prepared for the collapse. Of prices! Starting today, Worbital’s full Steam price is dropped to $12.99/€12.99. Now that it’s been over half a year, it seems fitting to try a lower price, so here we are. Hopefully, this brings Worbital to the hands of more players! The same reduced price will also apply to the PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch versions of the game. Oh yes, by the way, we are launching Worbital on PS4, Xbox One and Switch on October 18th. At launch, cross-platform multiplayer will be functional for PC and Switch players. You can check our blog announcement for more details. We might be reaching out to the new players on other platforms, but we’re not leaving the PC players without some juicy new stuff! Next week, we’ll be putting out a fresh content update, bringing a couple of completely new weapons, and a few fixes. Stay tuned! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33169128/ad26bcdd8d4a92a1f1e2d78af5c04d18c086ab87.gif Have a guess on what the other new weapon might be? Share it with us in the comments! Or come to chat about it on our official Discord server.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/08cbe546f1ce4aa07bef09e28f74cca7c21baa62.jpg Citizens! The time has come for the annual Steam Summer Sale. If you’ve been holding off on getting Worbital, to get it at a bargain price—here’s your chance. For the following two weeks, Worbital is half-price on Steam. Don’t miss out 😉 If you already have Worbital, join us on Discord! Everybody welcome: https://discord.gg/kYYcrQu

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/daef6d44a0432617fdf8735f90f27ef6c308796f.jpg It’s a great day for a patch, isn’t it? Today’s is just a small addition to the Worbital customization menu. It’s now possible to redeem special customization items through activating codes. Hm… Has anyone seen something resembling a code around here?

Worbital 1.08.6280 - April 11th, 2019

• Features
  • Code Unlockable Cosmetics
    • Added a button in Cosmetics-menu that allows you to input a code to unlock special cosmetics.

In other news: we have selected a winner of the Geppo Product idea competition we’d hosted on Discord. It was a tight race with a number of impressive entries—we had to take a special council to make the decision... And so, congratulations to CessnaSkyhawk for GEPPOPLANETARY! You receive two Worbital Steam keys and eternal glory. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/f4ff0e65fdc263c9a656db32a5b9b4fee0205f7d.png (additional image design by TJR) “Designed for those fans of Geppo who love fighting interplanetary artillery wars the old-fashioned way, this creation is sure to please!” The Grandmaster would approve, if all attention wasn’t directed at Geppo only. If you would like to take a look at this Interplanetary mod with your own eyes, use this save file in Interplanetary: Enhanced Edition. Lastly, tomorrow we host our usual Worbital play session. Join us at 2pm UTC, April 12th, to play Worbital with the devs. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/58fb14b6100ccf0616505acf97663e831fc8caef.jpg If you’d like to take part in future Worbital competitions or arrange online matches with us, join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/kYYcrQu Blast you later!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/25e0827b0ca92850693d2bdee14584bd79185ec0.jpg Say hello to the fresh patch!

Worbital 1.07.6206 - March 25th, 2019

• Fixes
  • Fixed shot damage to work as intended, having been broken in the last update. You can now actually destroy projectiles with lasers again.
  • Fixed Local Multiplayer, also broken in the last update
  • Fixed some mysterious problems that could happen when purchasing new weapons. The culprit: the last update
  • Various small fixes and optimization, relating to some under-the-hood changes (that seems to have been causing the previous bugs…)

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/b1f062221c6de76edf0d1b1d8593b699fd557b37.jpg Update #3, here we go! Let’s get busy. We noted comments about the campaign being too difficult and we took them seriously. It is now even more difficult! Okay, now stay with us! The main campaign has been made significantly easier since the launch. However, for those players who like a special challenge, we are now adding a special, Extreme Campaign mode—go nuts! It contains all the same missions, except more difficult and with new endings and rewards. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/46c130287a2df9eee0c2553dfa87899d0648adf7.png For those of you who enjoy playing with a gamepad: this other new feature will rock your world. We added controller vibration! Now every shot, hit or explosion will bring a real, tactile feel. If you see a barrage coming your way—make sure you’re buckled in. Last but not least, we are expanding our intercultural reach. Worbital is now available in German language. Willkommen!

Worbital 1.07.6157 - March 21st, 2019

• Features
  • Extreme Campaign!
    • A more difficult version of the campaign, unlocked for each faction after you finish their timeline. Includes new cosmetic rewards and ending images.
  • New Language: German
  • Controller Vibration
• Fixes
  • Fixed a bug that may have caused the game to freeze after being paused
  • Starting an AI only match from the Alliance queue now properly starts a team match with 3 AIs
  • Fire/Ice moons are now assigned with the correct ratio in Fire & Ice
  • Ice solar flares caused by the Solaronite Gun now properly have their damage slightly reduced compared to their fire counterparts
  • AI is now better at defending against asteroids
  • Removed “Replace” button when highlighting empty planet sectors
  • Minor bug fixes
  • Minor text fixes
• Adjustments
  • Added Vacuum Bomb to player loadout in Lucid Mission 03, for added asteroid fun
  • Changed the priorities of fund consumption in situations where you’re low and multiple structures are under construction. Instead of funds being distributed evenly, the first chosen structure is prioritised, making it less likely to accidentally slow down progress too much.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/8937aa991a0d0c420346c8bd0337c203736007cc.jpg We are also coming to play Worbital online tomorrow, March 22nd, at 3pm UTC. Come play with us! If you already own Worbital, you can support us by leaving a review on Steam or on Metacritic. This really helps getting some more eyes on Worbital! You can also follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/ad28af8fd5d157b27d7cea31434cbbae151a8b20.jpg Time for the second content update. This week, we introduce a much needed feature to add more convenience to playing—keybindings. Previously, you could navigate the solar system either with the default WASD or the arrow keys. Now it’s possible to rebind any keys in any way you like. This should make Worbital more accessible for different kinds of players, for example, left-handed players. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/890bd9fe121c4b86594ad5441c1cb577f9047780.png We’ve also made some changes to the demo, to help demo-players get into matches. It is now possible to start an match against AIs only in the quickplay Chaos queue. Now, lack of players online shouldn’t stop you from getting a taste of cosmic chaos. No new weapons this week, but we do have something tasty in store for you. Stay tuned!

Worbital 1.06.5986 - March 4th, 2019

• Features
  • Keybindings for Keyboard & Mouse
• Fixes
  • Fixed some issues that could cause derailed suns to be out of sync in online play
  • Merged lasers caused by AI no longer stick around after the weapons stop firing
  • Improved AIs defensive capabilities
  • Dreadnought can no longer warp through the sun
  • Fixed a bug with AIs Solar Laser that was caused when the satellite was destroyed
  • More fixes to the Match Timer position on various aspect ratios
• Adjustments
  • Added the option to start a match in quickplay with AIs only, if no players have joined after a certain time period (this allows for AI only matches in the Demo as well)
  • Pressing on the right stick on controller still moves you to overview of the solar system, but no longer zooms in

As usual, please remember to leave us a Steam review! To support Worbital, you can also follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/25e0827b0ca92850693d2bdee14584bd79185ec0.jpg There’s a who-o-ole lot of things in today’s patch. Some weapon balance changes, bug fixes. Most notably: we adjusted the campaign difficulty by tweaking the campaign AI and mixing up the weapon loadouts. Hopefully, this will make the experience more smooth.

Worbital 1.05.5874 - February 21st, 2019

• Fixes
  • AI now tries to shoot down Sentry Capsules
  • AI now uses Laser Blades more accurately
  • Fixed controller navigation for the Sandbox-button
  • Fixed bug where players would have always unlocked tiers after terrene 2nd campaign mission
  • Structures now properly change to ruins when destroyed over the network
  • Structure repairing is now properly synced over the network
  • Added mouse input prompts on ship control UI
  • Tweaked some menu buttons to better fit French text
• Adjustments
  • Due to popular demand, various changes were made to the campaign to make it less difficult and, for some missions, less of a chore to get through, if you’re inexperienced. These changes include AI difficulty adjustments, loadout changes and buffing up the damage values on the weapons.
  • Added asteroids to most campaign missions (relatively small amounts, still, except for THAT mission)
  • Adjusted some animations and texts in Campaign
  • Attack Ship fire button changed on controller
  • Attack Ship now fires in a constant stream when the fire-button is held down
  • Dreadnought now fires automatically when holding a direction with the right stick (controller)
• Balance
  • Gatling now has a full charge when built
  • Attack Ships are now easier to control, and use slightly less fuel for their thrusters
  • Increased Grand Blaster structure damage
  • Increased Flamethrower soil damage
  • Increased Cryogenesis area of effect
  • Increased Minefield soil damage
  • Decreased Rocket Barrage structure damage
  • Gatling Cannon's soil damage now increases with each level
  • Decreased Nuclear Plant HP
  • Increased Gravimetric Shield charge time
  • Mist Dispersion mist no longer gets destroyed by an active Shield Defense.
  • Most Asteroids diverted by Asteroid Diversion now fly faster and deal more damage
  • The Asteroid Diversion projectile should no longer take any damage from any sources when it's attached to an asteroid or the asteroid field.
  • Broken Utopia ships now move slower when diverted by Asteroid Diversion.
  • Broken Utopia ships now shoot significantly faster when diverted by Asteroid Diversion.
  • Player soils are now slightly less durable
  • Moons are now more durable

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/f390df2baa2bbb403f6cbe075256e5ae6deed215.jpg Worbital now has Steam trading cards. Yippee! To arrange trades, please, use our Trading sub-forum. Now, who’ll get that Geppo card first?

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/25e0827b0ca92850693d2bdee14584bd79185ec0.jpg Here's a new patch with a few fixes.

Worbital 1.04.5719 - February 14th, 2019

• Fixes
  • Fixed a cosmetics menu bug that allowed equipping outfits you didn’t own
  • Fixed the Sudden Death Timer position for all screen resolutions
  • Added Dark Matter limits to Upgrade Unlock Speed-match rules

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/a2c94c4f9be3bd4530aa3202d880796ddb466053.jpg After a few patches, the time has come for a proper update. Today we bring you our special, sweet Valentine’s update. You’ve probably got familiar with all the weapons in the Worbital arsenal by now, so we are adding a new one—Sentry Capsule. Once it hits an uninhabited planet, the capsule transforms into a stationed automatic turret gun which fires at the nearby enemies. Sentry Capsule is available to all factions. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/ba86148c77546ba1c812d44b337ee6a5b433c677.png We also have several new outfits for the advisor characters. Each a perfect fit for a dreamy Valentine’s date! You can unlock the new items with Dark Matter and experiment to your taste. See the full update changelog below.

Worbital 1.04.5709 - February 13th, 2019

• Features
  • A New Weapon
    • Sentry Capsule (All Factions): unpacks into an AI-controlled turret when hitting an uninhabited planet
  • New Outfits: Happy Valentine’s Day!
    • Suit, Suit Arms
    • Layered Dress
    • Warm Collar, Warm Shoulders, Animal Ears
  • A little extra Valentine’s Day something...
• Fixes
  • Added extra checks to avoid network disconnects
  • AI’s aiming of non-gravity based weapon made a bit more sensible
• Adjustments
  • Added “Worbital News” popup for Main Menu. It works as a simplified summary of new content added to the game.
• Balance
  • Short Circuit Beam now affects tier 2 structures less, and tier 3 structures far less.
  • Chaos Engine can now be shot at a greater velocity.
  • Chaos Engine now does its actions more often.
  • Star Drive now drains its charge faster.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/cc50b1be0ff462e0948434d693c705c346f6d98f.jpg Speaking of dreamy dates. It’s almost Valentine’s Day, and guess who likes you! We’re dying to know: will you be our Valentines? If the answer is yes, join us for a date tomorrow—February 14th, at 5pm EEST / 10am ET. Several people from our team will be online playing Worbital, so come to play with us. See you there! Lastly, if you’ve played Worbital, make sure to leave us a Steam review!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/25e0827b0ca92850693d2bdee14584bd79185ec0.jpg Here's a new patch with network fixes for the disconnect issue some players have been having. And some neat new visual effects, just for fun!

Worbital 1.03.5618 - February 8th, 2019

• Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where quick play matches would often disconnect during late game
• Adjustments
  • Added new visuals for Fireworks

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/25e0827b0ca92850693d2bdee14584bd79185ec0.jpg Here comes a new patch with some fixes. See the full changelog below. Also, note that Worbital launch discount and the beta-tester discount coupons are expiring in about 3,5 hours. Use them while you still can!

Worbital 1.03.5611 - February 7th, 2019

• Fixes
  • Various network queue stability improvements
• Adjustments
  • Made the solar system name visible along with the level description, when loading into a match
  • Laser merge improvements
  • Minor UI tweaks to Match Queue Screen
  • Various projectile visual tweaks

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/046e10169bd31867103863c2db556f63f13b56cc.png It’s almost a week since Worbital launched and, after some thinking, we decided to do a demo. We now have a free online demo available on Steam, to help get more new players into the Worbital groove and to get more people into the online queues! The demo includes the tutorial and online quickplay matches with default loadouts only. This means that demo players get to take part in online matches along with all the other players. The big difference is that demo-players get only a very limited selection of weapons. We hope that this prompts more people to go for the full Worbital experience. Hopefully, this will also bring a surge of new players to the quickplay queues. If you’ve been considering buying Worbital, but still unsure—this is your perfect opportunity to make up your mind. The demo should give you a good picture of just the kind of fun Worbital offers. It’s free, so why not take it for a spin? If you’ve already played Worbital, and would like to recommend it to some friends—please, direct them to the demo! We’ve also released a patch to the full Worbital, containing some fixes. See the full changelog on our Steam forum. Lastly, if you’ve played Worbital, consider leaving us a review on Steam. Enjoy Worbital!

Here comes a new patch for Worbital with some more fixes. We did some requested nerfing to the Sub-Zero Drone. We’ve also included more key options for the keyboard controls. We are working on a proper key rebinding system and will update the game with it as soon as it is finished. Also, some clarifications have been added to our EULA. See the full changelog for the update:

Worbital 1.02.5532 - February 2nd, 2019

• Fixes
  • Smoothened Solar Laser satellite movement, removing twitching
  • Added missing colors to Lume’s Magnet Hawk hair and Sane’s Neat beard.
  • Removed the ability to sell and replace structures in Terrene 02, using the hot bar and planet clicking.
  • Fixed the “Match Rules”-text being squashed and turned into a vertical texts, on a non-widescreen aspect ratio
  • Minor bug fixes
  • Minor text fixes

• Adjustments
  • Added language selection popup at the start of the game
  • Moved the GDPR-privacy popup right after the language selection, clarified the text and added the opt-out-link on the popup itself, instead of just the Options menu
  • Added the ability to move the camera with arrow keys in addition to WASD
  • Made it possible to use numpad keys for hotbar actions

• Balance
  • Limited Sub-Zero Drone's build limit to 2
  • Reduced Sub-Zero Drone's lifetime when orbiting a planet
  • Increased Flamethrower structure damage

Here comes Worbital’s first patch. Among other things, game invites should now be working properly. Thank you for reporting all the issues to us. Please, keep the feedback coming! We'll do our best to fix any problems as soon as possible. You can post anything you find on our Steam forum or in our Discord server chats. We have some more meaty, content updates coming up ahead, so stay tuned. See the full patch changelog below.

Worbital 1.01.5478 - February 1st, 2019

• Fixes
  • A mysterious ghost planet has been busted
  • Cosmetic preview planet is now correctly hidden when closing cosmetics screen
  • Fixed gameplay music not starting properly on some game modes
  • Fixed match invites
  • Fixed player tags so that they’re not forced on even if the player toggles them off
  • Minor bug fixes
  • Minor text fixes
• Balance
  • Increased Lucid Minefield lifespan
  • Increased Lucid Minefield soil damage
  • Increased Celestials Minefield lifespan
  • Increased Celestials Minefield soil damage
  • Increased Laser Blade soil damage
  • Increased Laser Blade structure damage
  • Reduced Laser Blade ability to steer their derailed planet
  • Reduced Missile Scrambler and Missile Interceptor effect radius
  • Swapped Terrene and Celestials Flamethrower values

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/98aa075aa858290cb6752e7bfa7c1e0081deb88b.png The magical moment is finally here—Worbital is released on Steam. We couldn’t be happier to present the full game to you! The full Worbital has a range of new features, compared to the beta many of you have played. See the brief list:

• New solar systems
  • A new feature, allowing you to change between the regular solar system and a couple of extra ones, affecting anything from Sun type to asteroid mechanics A whole arsenal of new weapons (i.e. Solar Laser, Shockwave Bomb, Irradiator, Fusion Cannon, Minefield, Grand Blaster, Orbit Swap and even more!)
• Single player campaign mode
• Local Play mode
• Customizable visuals for characters and planets
• Plenty of smaller pleasant additions

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/2b21d9b7fe7b9a01d0515aa09f7b2c426264d1f0.png https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/39cc553df9a1265ed94512d67cbf8a26adb48656.png You can get the game now for €19.99/$19.99 or for half of that if you tested Worbital beta. All beta-testers: 50% discount coupons will be delivered to your Steam inventories shortly. Delays are possible, please be patient. We hope you’ll enjoy the full Worbital! The game itself is ready, but the most difficult thing is still ahead of us: getting more attention to Worbital. To keep the online lobby crowded and the server chats active, we need your help. Here are some things you can do:

• Visit Worbital Steam page (all activity there helps)
• Tell your friends (at least, those you think might enjoy Worbital)
• Spread the word on social media (Facebook, Reddit, Youtube, etc—any place!)
• Follow TJR and/or Worbital on social media, share our stuff (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)
• Wishlist Worbital on Steam, if you’re not buying it yet
• Leave a review on Steam—this may be the most important step!

Any help is appreciated! Worbital game updates with new goodies will start rolling out in the close future, so keep an eye on our announcements. To find others to play Worbital with, drop by our Discord server (if you’re not already there): https://discord.gg/kYYcrQu Now, the wild ride begins. Welcome to Worbital, everybody!

We've just made a quick patch for the beta, to open the registration for a beta-tester tag! If you register, your username in-game will be displayed with a special icon to show that you're special. To register, all you have to do is start the updated Worbital Beta and follow the instructions that pop up on the screen. Note: If you've played Beta 2 or Beta 3, this registration shouldn't be necessary, but you can check it just in case.

Worbital Beta Patch, 0.103.5113_Beta3 - January 23rd, 2019

• Adjustments
  • After starting the beta you can apply/register for the Beta Tester tag in the full game (available until January 30th)

We've just put out a small patch, fixing the Beta Ending-notification to actually appear when trying to start the beta. Nothing much! You can go about your business.

Worbital Beta Patch, 0.102.5112 - January 22nd, 2019

• Fixes
  • Fixed beta ending message
  • Removed splash screen logos from the beginning

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/4a42e7f5e987e876a2c38a2b3dfa8d59d8851bae.jpg After a long and adventurous run, Worbital beta has now crossed the finish line. What’s next? First of all, we want to thank all of our wonderful beta testers for helping us build Worbital into the beautiful game it is now. Thank you for playing, for suggesting, for encouraging and criticising—you’ve been the driving force behind our work every day. Now that the beta is finished, the only thing ahead is full release. Worbital 1.0 will launch on Steam on January 31st. The price for the full version of the game will be 19.99€/19.99$. However, all beta testers will get a 50% discount. The discount coupons should arrive to your Steam accounts around the launch time. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/0234d19d589cc8b0ca0a2d2792d49d5d3f0e15e4.png In the full version, you can expect a lot of new stuff, compared to the beta:

• New solar systems
  • A new feature, allowing you to change between the regular solar system and a couple of extra ones, affecting anything from Sun type to asteroid mechanics
• A whole arsenal of new weapons
• Single player campaign mode
• Customizable visuals for characters and planets
• Plenty of smaller pleasant additions

You’ll love it! We’ll be teasing some of the new stuff on Discord and on our Twitter and Facebook in the upcoming days until launch. Last but not least: a huge thanks to our mods! Those who’ve been with us through the rough seas of endless key requests and those who kept the order of the server—you’ve been an incredible help. Cor, Jyrgenhaizer, Kirstu, Miko, Sakemanni, SolarSupremacy, Venzenzerz—you guys are the best! On this note, let’s wrap up. Please, spread the word about Worbital to help us get more attention before the release. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or just tell your friends—we appreciate any help. Wishlisting the game on Steam also helps us directly. Let’s make this a spectacular launch. See you there!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/51f3fefd84e39cab213d7ad232f5cda977e63adc.jpg Hey, Worbitalists! You’ve probably had a bombastic weekend of planet destruction, but does it have to stop? After some deliberation we’ve decided that, in fact, it doesn’t. We announced last Friday that beta will be open 11th-14th of January. Now we have some pleasant news for you: we decided to extend the beta by another couple of days, until Wednesday, January 16th. Enjoy! During the weekend, we found some network issues with the game—that’s exactly what we were hunting for. Now we have some fixes ready for those issues, and hence we’re putting out a patch. You can find the full changelog below.

Worbital Beta Patch, 0.102.1493_Beta3 - January 14th, 2019

• Fixes
  • Improved queue stability
  • Fixes to Discord invites
  • Lobby Invite button now opens steam invite overlay

Keep on blasting!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/7e06d684d2e50bb255b46581c70e8a73af913fb9.jpg Welcome to the Worbital Beta 3! It is now officially open for the weekend. As we explained in our previous post, in this beta we’d like to focus on testing servers and network. This means the more people we can get to play the better, so bring your neighbor and your dog! Aside from some polish and fixes, we don’t have much new things to show off—all the juicy stuff is saved up for the launch. As usual, please, report all bugs and issues you encounter to the #wrb_bug-reports chat. Because we focus on servers and network stability in this beta, pay special attention to issues related to matchmaking queues. The beta will be open during January 11th-14th. If you had the older beta version, the new update should be available to you automatically. Just launch the game on Steam and have fun. If you didn’t—go the the #wrb_request-beta-key chat on our Discord server and simply ask for a key. Our mods will get back to you as soon as possible. Please, post only one request. Get your lasers charged and blast you soon!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/6696d772866dbff5a9f82561cf08607ec84ed50f.png Hi, everybody! It’s great to see you again in 2019. As promised in our December status update, we come with news: Worbital beta returns this weekend! Beta’s final round will take place January 11th-14th. We’ll start giving out keys on Friday the 11th, slightly in advance before the beta opens. As before, if you had a key for the previous Worbital betas, you should have access to this one as well—just update and launch the game and Steam. If you haven’t had a chance to try the beta yet, then here’s your chance! All you need to do is ask for a key once in the #wrb_request-beta-key chat on our official Discord server. Our mods will get back to you as soon as possible. The main focus of this beta is testing servers and network, so it won’t include any major new additions. We are saving some awesome new stuff for the release instead. Free up some time for planetary destruction this weekend. See you on Friday!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/03d3ca3792024d891fe79d04c351a0edf3793a45.png The year is coming to an end, and what a year it’s been! Before it’s over, here’s a quick summary of Worbital’s 2018.

Early 2018

We’ve been sharing our development progress since about October 2017 (if you’re interested, see our 2017 wrap-up post from a year ago), but 2018 was truly the year Worbital broke out into the world. By March, the alpha version was complete with all the key features of the game functional. After that, we focused on expanding the weapons’ arsenal and developing multiplayer modes. Some wild days were waiting ahead...

Public Beta

By mid-summer, Worbital was ready for a public debut. We launched the public beta in July, and that’s when the magic began. From the very first days, the amount of people wanting to try the game exceeded our most optimistic expectations and, before we knew it, there was a real community building around Worbital. A big difference from our previous game releases was getting to speak to all of you directly through Discord (which, to be honest, sometimes was even too much fun for work days—still totally worth it). Discord also helped arrange community online matches during our Devs Play-events, where we often had our butts handed to us. In the process of it all, you gave us invaluable feedback that helped take Worbital to a whole new level. With some breaks in-between, Worbital beta lasted all the way until the end of October. Some 8,000 beta keys have been given out!

Post Beta 2

For the past month and a half, we’ve been gearing up for the full launch in early 2019—polishing the game, as well as adding some new features. While we’re at it, we hope that all of our beta-testers are still with us and looking forward to the launch as much as we do. Be prepared for some major news in January! It might even involve something about a new beta run... Until then, all of us at TJR want to wish you happy holidays. Whether you’re with your family, loved ones or by your awesome self—may this holiday season be filled with joy and peace. Of course, we couldn’t let you go without a little present! Here’s a teaser for one of the newer Worbital weapons: https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/1846c0be74dfe710e17c34658bf13d786e897995.gif If you’d like to support Worbital before its full launch, do follow us on Twitter or Facebook. You can also wishlist the game on Steam. Blast you later!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/72a8f95c0636e87d378f0c4635676874c068715a.png Hey, Worbitalists! It’s been about three weeks since Worbital beta 2 closed and since we announced the delay of the game’s full release. What have we been up to so far and how is Worbital doing? Let’s take a look together. First things first: check out our new trailer above. This should be a worthy replacement for the currently outdated trailer on our Steam page and website. The new trailer was inspired by the awesome feedback we got from you during the beta run. Some of you might spot themselves in it… https://youtu.be/_MjGaEdBtKs Now, to the serious business. There are several things we’ve been focusing on over the past weeks. Here are some of the things we’ve been working on:

Network Functionality Improved We’ve fixed the bug that caused matches to be stuck in loading screen. Good to finally have that one out of the way.

Improving AI The AI is learning day by day and becoming more fun to play with. It is now better at defending against super weapons, and it’s learned to steer itself when derailed. Soon it’ll outsmart all of us, just you wait.

Updated UI/UXI Some UI tweaks have been done across the board, making the playing experience more smooth. We’ve made some changes to the Main Menu, the Loadout menu and gameplay UI, making them overall more intuitive.

Unlocking Weapons, Character and Planet CustomizationI We’ve been working on customization for the looks of advisor characters and player planets. Over the last weeks we’ve expanded the variety of outfits and planet skins. Space fashion show coming up? Customization items and many of the weapons will be unlockable with the new unlock system. Basically, you earn points after every match and you can use those points to unlock extra weapons for your Battle Kit and other items.

More Weapons Of course, we’ve added MORE WEAPONS. Can there ever be enough? The new weapons include Cryogenesis, Dragon Missile, Flamethrower, Minefield, Burst Missiles and many others. See some of those newest weapons demonstrated in the GIFs below. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/690aa2656708b9f63ca1c0241daaa509902a0e2d.gif https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/214684e9df4a9649550c7ee68947107244856430.gif

Bug Fixing, Testing and Polish Above everything else, for the past weeks we’ve been occupied with bug fixing, polishing and testing the game. Polish is essential now that we are adding new features and weapons, to make sure they all work together well. Polish and test-test-test. You might’ve spotted “Playing Worbital”-tag on some of the devs’ profiles. No need to feel jealous, we’re only testing the new stuff for you! And having tons of fun while doing it…

New Features Because our release had been delayed, parts of the team got time to work on a couple of completely new features which weren’t included in the original release plan. We don’t want to give away much yet, but let’s just say that there’s more than one star in the Worbital universe… In other news: last week, some of us have been showcasing Worbital to gamedev peers from all over the world at the Montreal International Game Summit in Canada. That was probably the last public event we attended with Worbital this year, not that there’s much left of this year anymore. These are all the news so far. Thank you for continuing to support Worbital during this break. We’ll be back with more news before the holidays. Until then, keep on worbing. Blast you later!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33169128/ca674d104cf97225d28f9cec62322ad7fdc26ede.jpg “A delayed game is eventually good, a bad game is bad forever.” - Shigeru Miyamoto Thank you so much for participating in Worbital Beta 2! Unfortunately, issues came up during the Beta 2 run that forced a difficult choice upon us—as a result, we have decided to postpone the launch of Worbital from its predicted launch date of late 2018 to early 2019. While we hadn’t formally announced a release date, the implication had been that it was just around the corner, which it was, but is no longer. We sincerely apologize for the disappointment, but you can be absolutely sure, Worbital will be much better for it. The rescheduling has given us some new challenges, but primarily, new opportunities. The extra time will allow parts of the team to focus on new features and weapons, in addition to the planned necessary fixes and polish. You can consider these new features as a big bonus to reward you for your patience. We’ll be hanging around the Team Jolly Roger Discord as always, chatting and answering questions. However, we’ll do fewer teasers than before, as constant reminders certainly wouldn’t make the wait any easier. A status update every few weeks should keep you nicely up to speed. So, do stick around and let’s make this delay more bearable for us all. Once again, sorry for making you wait. We wouldn’t do this if we weren’t absolutely sure that it will be worth it.

We've released a patch for the beta with some fixes. Among other things, our Discord rich presence got richer.

Worbital Beta 2-12, 0.100.3975_Beta2-12 - October 30th, 2018

• Features
  • Custom Match Rules are now retained for subsequent matches during the same session
  • Discord Invitations
    • You can now create a Discord match invitation, by using Discord while in Custom Game Lobby
• Fixes
  • Fixed a possible bug with navigating Match Rules buttons with a gamepad
  • Improved AI Remote Missile logic slightly
  • Railgun no longer destroys Dreadnought in one hit occasionally
  • There should no longer be references to mysterious “Dark Matter”
  • Fixed some issues with Custom Match Rules preview
  • Defeat and Victory music should no longer play at the same time in some cases when the match ends
  • The Planet Anchor audio should on longer get stuck occasionally when the affected planet is destroyed
  • It should no longer be possible to join a Custom Match room if the room is already full
• Adjustments
  • Visual tweaks to logo animations during the loading screen
  • Visual tweaks to some elements in the loading screen when loading into a match
  • Visual tweaks to some Advisor animations
• Balance
  • Homing Missile build limit reduced to 3
  • Remote Missile now has a targeting line indicating where it hits if its launched while controlling it
  • Two Dreadnoughts with shields colliding will now destroy both shields immediately