Release Alpha V0.8.0

A new version of Stellaria is now available. Here is the list of changes:

Added

Spaceships

• Complete change of spaceships behavior
• Player can now control spaceships directly on planets and take-off using full speed and Jump key

• Changed technical characteristics of all spaceships (speed, acceleration, shield)
• Reduced spaceships size by /2 in space
• Changed ammunition and movement sounds
• Destructing a spaceship in space now yield iron

• All crafting recipes of spaceships has been changed. Many new components have been added, like:
• Turbolaser cannon, the standard weapon system

• Two different variants of hulls, used to craft the main structure

• Three variants of control stations, used as controller to improve spaceships movements

• Added a spaceship indicator that shows with arrow where are the other spaceships. Brighter are the arrows, closer are the spaceships

• Added hyperspace travel, allowing to quickly move through universe using hyperspace fuel

Asteroids

• Changed asteroids fields
• Reduced asteroids size by /2
•  Asteroids now drop between 5 and 30 stones when they are destructed 
•  Now asteroids are constantly moving in asteroid fields 
•  They can now damage spaceships

Vehicles

• Added vehicles. They can be used to safely explore the world without consuming energy and without being seen by hostile entities
• Minecart, small car used for terrain exploration

• Skiff, small boat used for seas exploration

• New vehicles can be crafted using many new elements such as motors, anchors, wheels, barre, etc

• Added a new crafting table to craft these vehicles components which is the vehicle station

• Added wrench, that is used to repair damaged vehicles

• Added repair shop where the player can find vehicles components

• Added mechanic job who sells vehicles components

Components

• Added compass that points the planet spawn. It needs to be used in one of the quick player bar slots to show where the spawn is

• Added clock indicates in-game time. It is particularly useful when leaving a cave.

Explosives

• Added dynamite sticks. They can be thrown on a specific location, and provoque a terrible blast that damages all elements at proximity

• Added explosive crates. They randomly appear in various buildings, and can contain dynamite sticks, magma powder, and even fireworks

Halloween

• Added halloween bicuits, delicious food to eat during halloween

• Added pumpkins. They are vetetables that can be farmed as usual. However, when they a placed on the ground, the player can carve a scary face by doing a right click with a sharp tool

• Added cobwebs that appear in caves and in modest buildings like huts or small wooden houses

Kamka

• Added Kamka, an in-game mini game that allows the player to earn stellarcoins and reputation
• It is a dice game played with a croupier 
• The player can chose an initial bet that defines the game difficulty

Kamka

• Added particles when player eats
• Added street pattern. It appears in hangars, and can be crafted using a pottery wheel

Changed

Buildings

• Improved furnitures and room arrangements in workshops

• Improved furnitures and room arrangements in hangars

Beacons

• Beacons can now be traded with engineers
• Reduced price from 230 to 140 stellarcoins 
• Updated crafting recipe that now requires electronic components instead of marble
• Changed crafting table, now requires to be crafted using an engineering lab instead of an industrial assembler

Other

• Empty bowls can now randomly appear on tables
• Capture pods can now be traded with engineers
• Changed crafting recipe and price of electronic components. Now costing 30 stellarcoins instead of 150!
• Changed universe generation. Now planets are easier to find, distance between them is reduced. 
• Building plans can be aquired by destructing buildings that have never been visited before

Fixed

• Fixed a bug on water bottle, distance to fill it was very low.