Out of Space update for 24 January 2020

So this is the last time we are having an offline-focused update since the game is finally going to the porting team. Most of what we’ll do from now on will be affecting the online multiplayer aspect of Out of Space and we are glad to have some time to polish that up too! As you might already know, we are getting closer to a full release and now, more than ever, we could really use your feedbacks and bug reports to make sure the game is rock solid when it comes out of Early Access!

In case you are interested, you can watch us talking about our plans in our latest stream:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KLrxiuLz9Q

Improvements

• [COM] The doors on the porch will no longer have their levers hidden by an external decoration;
• [COM] The Shaft now starts dripping goo when it is completely dirty to show the players how it works;
• [COM] The Shaft also starts to shake 5 seconds before its major goo spit, as an anticipation to avoid getting hit by the spit without a proper warning;
• [COM] Dirty doors now have the “water here” balloon on them, to help new players learn how to open them;
• The decoration Nightstand had its size reduced to better fit the rest of the appliances in terms of proportion;
• [COM] Now the controlling player can leave a local lobby and one of the other players will take its place;
• We rolled back on the individual ready for local lobbies and now once the controlling player hits the “ready” button, every player sharing the same computer will be ready too (that did not work as well as we thought);
• AFK players in online matches are now disconnected after 5 minutes of inactivity (and the game will be rebalanced to the new number of players);
• AFK players in local matches leave the game after 1 minute of inactivity, but can come back at any time with the same character chosen before;
• [COM] Buckets filled in the Shower are pushed forward to avoid accidentally activating the Shower instead of picking the Bucket up;
• [COM] The interface for arrived items now disappears after 30 seconds, regardless if the item was picked up or not (to avoid too many of them from stacking up);
• Players now drop the items on their hands when they get cocooned (I have no idea how we did not notice this before lol);
• Mixer’s liquid color now changes according to the last input;

Rebalance

• [COM] Cleaner Bot will no longer work if the charging base is out of power, regardless if the bot itself has energy or not;
• [COM] Having all players dead, but at least one of them getting respawned at a shower no longer causes a game over;
• The Secret Santa challenge now have only one price for all items when you buy them in the shop ($25);
• [COM] The ratio in which trash bags are generated have been rebalanced to favor early game and avoid useless trash (literally) in the late game;
• [COM] The anticipation for the Flying Alien attack was reduced a little and a cooldown to its attack was added;

Sound

• Added multiple sound effects for things that were missing, such as:
• Phone ringing sound for the tutorial;
• Momma Beaver’s voice;
• Character selection feedback;
• Interacting with the menu interface in general;
• The volume settings’ scrolling feedback;
• Friend list’s scrolling feedback;
• Disassembling an appliance;
• Spawning of items bought through the shop;
• Using the Exercise Bicycle;
• Every action the Cleaning Bot does;
• Using the Refrigerator’s interface;
• The new effect for opening the item info tooltip (and removed the sound played when it closed);

Bug Fixes

• Some achievement rewards descriptions were fixed;
• [COM] The Secret Santa challenge no longer prevents some items to arrive after you buy them;
• [COM] The Secret Santa challenge now allows players to sell items at the recycler normally;
• [COM] Pumpkin Garden no longer keeps on growing fruits even when it dried out;
• [COM] All the doors clean themselves right before closing to, once again, so no one gets soft-locked anymore (please, work this time);
• Enemies’ colliders ware reduced to prevent them from getting locked on corners;
• Fixed issue causing the Flying Aliens to spit twice at the same time;
• There is now a proper animation that plays when Aliens try to get an appliance dirty or to eat a Battery;
• Fixed issue causing some Flying Alien’s eggs to hatch instantly;

If you want to know more or participate testing features before release, please join us on our official [ Discord Server ](discord.gg/beholdstudios).

Crazy update cover by にゃんでぃ〜 from our Discord.