Posted April 29, 2019 by Denki
Hi! Been a while. Trust all's well in your world? We're still making Autonauts (and, perhaps most importantly, still enjoying it). And it's still on course for a proper Steam release later this year.
Here we have four mildly interesting GIFs to share, to show that we are still making progress. Perpetual special thanks to Koloxlo for his save :)
Much time recently has been spent improving all the menus and buttons and whatnot (the so-called "UI"). The gritty GIF above shows the new Hotbar, Bot Tab, Research Tab and Plans Tab (summaries of how to colonise a planet as part of the massive technology timeline tree). Oh, and bricks in storage in stacked palettes in this basic brickyard. And 600 Bots on the go! :O
The new Edit Mode: down the bottom of the screen and all tabby rather than one big lump down the side :) This is a Bot Workshop where the process of making Bot Bits and whole Bots has been automated. Most of the structures are now colour-coded like these cyan Bot Workbenches, cos it's nice variety and helps identification.
New Bot Selection Mode desaturates the background and pinks up the Bots to make it simpler to spot them and pick them. They're also shown in x-ray through obstacles and so much easier to find.
Don't think we mentioned before but these days you can build structures on platforms on the water and make jetties and piers and whatnot. Which is nice.
Later, tater!