Smugglers of Cygnus - Early Access

Devlog

• Compiling Godot 4.2.2 for large world sizes
  June 23, 2024 by Longplay Games

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  Brief technical discussion and video today about migrating Godot 4.2.2 to double in order to accomodate huge map sizes, such as you find in space games. Writeup and documentation: https://forum.longpl... Continue reading
• Alpha 1 p4
  June 12, 2024 by Longplay Games

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  ALPHA 1 Patch 4: Fixes and improvements in this patch : * Landing in the brand new Hangar Bay! This not the final process quite yet, but getting closer. * The Academy is now available to walk around i... Continue reading

  
• Next steps before the patch
  April 26, 2024 by Longplay Games

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  The next patch is coming, but there is a HUGE pile of work on my plate before I can deliver it, so I'll be dark for a little while. I need to: * Upgrade to the latest Godot (4.2) * Recompile the engin... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 1 p3
  March 12, 2024 by Longplay Games

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  ALPHA 1 Patch 3: Fixes and improvements in this patch : * Huge handling update. * Job mass check now works. * Ship shopper cargo capacity/engines now work. * Ship shopper can now reset winglet engines... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 1 p2
  December 31, 2023 by Longplay Games

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  ALPHA 1 Patch 1: Fixes and improvements in this patch : * Fixed bug with job scale causing instant completion of most jobs. * The 'menu' keyboard key no longer causes the game to hang. * No more infin... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 1
  December 25, 2023 by Longplay Games

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  ALPHA 1 Patch 0: The major milestone you've all been waiting a very long time for. The first 2 missions involving "Bad Luck" Bart are now included. The long awaited and unexpectedly complex mission sy... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 0 GD p4
  August 26, 2023 by Longplay Games

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  ALPHA 0 GD Patch 4: Asteroids, mission system WIP, and more NPC dialog. You can now start conversations with "Bad Luck" Bart himself. I'm still working on the mission system UI and the actual mission... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 0 GD p3
  July 13, 2023 by Longplay Games

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  ALPHA 0 GD Patch 3: Characters in the station! Two animated characters are now in "Bad Luck" Bart's, including "Bad Luck" Bart himself. The basic interaction is still extremely limited, just a stub to... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 0 GD p2
  June 01, 2023 by Longplay Games

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  ALPHA 0 GD Patch 2: Cockpit/Bridge interiors All three conns now have bridge interiors - just press the middle mouse button or the right special on your gamepad to switch views. Fixes and improvements... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 0 GD p1
  April 21, 2023 by Longplay Games

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  ALPHA 0 GD Patch 1: First interior of station piece. You can now land at the station, check out "Bad Luck" Bart's, pick up a job at the task board, and go back out there and do it. Fixes and improveme... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 0 GD p0.b notes
  April 06, 2023 by Longplay Games

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  ALPHA 0 GDPatch 0b: Small bugfix patch for the 0.0 release. I wasn't able to get a grip on character animation in Godot 4 in time to add the interior of the station to the gameplay yet, however this r... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 0 GD p0
  March 30, 2023 by Longplay Games

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  It's been a long road... But now we're here - the first public release of our project on Godot 4! This Alpha is the first milestone on the Godot engine for us, but we wanted to make sure it was mostly... Continue reading

  
• March update stream
  March 04, 2023 by Longplay Games

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  The March dev update stream is up on youtube, covering the move to Godot4, the backer's-only pre-alpha flight test, and the latest from Legends of Luisa Llama... Continue reading

  
• Quick Update January
  January 21, 2023 by Longplay Games

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  Just a quick update to let everyone know how everything is going: Porting to Godot is very much in progress, and one major asset (the space station) has been completed. The second major asset (the fir... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 0 p10a Patch notes
  November 11, 2022 by Longplay Games

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  ALPHA 0 Patch 10a: * Interior bridge piloting is now available for both Conns. * You can now use the view toggle (middle mouse click or the right special on the gamepad) to switch between several came... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 0 p10 Patch notes
  September 06, 2022 by Longplay Games

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  ALPHA 0 Patch 10: Interior bridge piloting for one of the two Conns is now available! * You can now use the view toggle (middle mouse click or the right special on the gamepad) to switch between sever... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 0 p9 Patch Notes
  July 30, 2022 by Longplay Games

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  This one is a *biggie* It's been incredibly hot here (well over 40c most days) and this has made development especially challenging. The big request prioritized by the Patreon was planet landings - an... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 0 p8 Patch Notes
  June 24, 2022 by Longplay Games

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  ALPHA 0 Patch 8: Huge patch, with loads of fixes, as well as new features! * Savegames now operative, as requested. * Arcade flying mode now default as requested by overwhelming majority. * Flying scr... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 0 p7b Patch Notes
  June 17, 2022 by Longplay Games

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  Smugglers of Cygnus Patch Notes ALPHA 0 Patch 7b: * Short step to get feedback from testers on the default arcade handling, as voted for on the Patreon. * Savegames now operative, as requested. * Some... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 0 p7a Patch Notes
  June 01, 2022 by Longplay Games

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  ALPHA 0 Patch 7a: * Fixed the small issues that showed up with gamepads on Patch 7. * Arrow keys now work properly in keyboard/mouse mode to change the ship attitude/orientation... Continue reading
• Alpha 0 p7 Patch Notes
  May 31, 2022 by Longplay Games

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  ALPHA 0 Patch 7: This update addresses a number of fixes for issues and feedback brought up during P6. Don't forget to go vote on the patreon - your feedback will make the ship handling either more ar... Continue reading
• Alpha 0 p6 Patch Notes
  May 17, 2022 by Longplay Games

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  ALPHA 0 Patch 6: UI work, gamepad work, game loop work. * Mouse/Cursor over to interact with objects - not required for deliveries. * You now get paid for jobs! * You can now see how much mass you're... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 0 p5 Patch Notes
  April 24, 2022 by Longplay Games

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  ALPHA 0 Patch 5: Loads of gamepad specific fixes for menus. I wasn't going to update quite yet, but ran a poll and folks wanted to play with the new interact pop-up. * Some focus issues still exist if... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 0 p4 Patch Notes
  April 08, 2022 by Longplay Games

  ALPHA 0 Patch 4: More UI and gamepad updates, graphical updates. * Changed default gamepad controls slightly, left special now changes view in flight, left face is now jump. * Everyone seems happy wit... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 0 p3 Patch Notes
  March 26, 2022 by Longplay Games

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  Smugglers of Cygnus Patch Notes ALPHA 0 Patch 3: This is a patch with a modest UI change and a big bug fix. * Fixed issue where new Ship Customizer hid the HUD. * Everyone seems happy with the size/pe... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 0 p2 Patch notes
  March 18, 2022 by Longplay Games

  ALPHA 0 Patch 2: This is a patch where we're making 2 fairly huge changes. * A complete and total revamp of the Ship Customizer (formerly Parts Browser). This is still a brand-new interface, let me kn... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 0 p1 Patch notes
  March 14, 2022 by Longplay Games

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  Smugglers of Cygnus Patch Notes ALPHA 0 Patch 1: First patch is here for the Alpha. The laser-like focus this time was on improving gamepad support. I'll be honest, the results are still mixed. A UI r... Continue reading

  
• Welcome to Alpha!
  March 01, 2022 by Longplay Games

  ALPHA 0: Hard to believe it's here, but it is! Star Chart Location - On the way to Waypoint 0, "It's not trash" * Gamepad controls now work for running around and flying. Not so much in menus. Press '... Continue reading

  
• Final Pre-Alpha!
  February 22, 2022 by Longplay Games

  Last pre-alpha build before we go to Alpha next week! PreAlpha 0.05: Ramp up to Alpha time: New Sector->System->Location implemented in jobs. Jobs board now assigns jobs, even though they don't really... Continue reading

  
• Pre-alpha 0.3 update
  February 04, 2022 by Longplay Games

  PreAlpha 0.03: Ready to hear the amazing HourADayGamer? His first intro voice line is in this build! Handling changes continue, and I think we’re getting closer. RT/LT or Q/E to rotate, WASD/dpad fo... Continue reading
• PreAlpha 0.02
  January 25, 2022 by Longplay Games

  PreAlpha 0.02: We’re now on Steam, too! Get those wishlists in so we can reach our launch goal of 1,000 wishlists. That’s our requirement to bring Smugglers to Steam. LOTS of changes in this updat... Continue reading
• Pre-Alpha Update 0.01
  January 08, 2022 by Longplay Games#Pre-Alpha

  PreAlpha 0.01: First update! Here are a few things you might notice. Handling just changed. A LOT. You now can use the Q and E keys to rotate (roll) the ship around the long axis a bit (you’ll see)... Continue reading

  
• Pre-Alpha Now up on Itch!
  January 03, 2022 by Longplay Games#Pre-Alpha

  Backer’s Exclusive Pre-Alpha now up! Basic start on the ship controller. Use the [ and ] keys to increase/decrease the engine power. Use WASD to use the thrusters (intended for docking/precision typ... Continue reading