Cloudbase Prime RC 1 is out now!

It's been a busy few days for me. I'm very happy to say that RC1 is out now! That means this could be a build I actually ship as Cloudbase Prime 1.0! I'll wait and see how it performs in the wild, and I'll continue slapping it with vigorous tests on my end.

I'm pretty excited about this, though!

Things that will still change are Steam Achievement icons and Steam Cards, because those are separate from the actual game software.

Mac and Linux both support the Steam controller now, but there was a bit of a trade-off for that. Support for other controllers is still good on those platforms, but yeah, it's a little worse.

I've also made some pretty nice Steam Controller mappings for the game. I'll probably make one of those the default "recommended" layout for Steam Controller users in the near future.

As always, your feedback is welcome!

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I've released a couple betas since 0.15.1 while ironing out those controller issues, so I've actually got a few versions worth of changes here.

Full Change List Since July 11:

Improved in RC1:

• Hex fighters can now drop fuel.
  
• Lil' Chomper enemies now die en-masse more efficiently.
  
• Enemy damage sounds are generally more efficient now.
  
• New voice lines added for 4-2:score attack
  
• Level picker: zone stats now have black backgrounds to improve readability.
  

Fixed in RC1:

• Overly-generic gamepad button labels on mac/linux
  
• Using ammo types while another ammo type was still active left the old hand/charge effects instead of replacing them
  
• You could "lose" boost by landing on missiles and launched enemies in midair. Don't worry, you can still jump off them if you believe in yourself.
  
• Boost audio didn't respect the "sounds" volume setting
  
• Boost audio kept playing while paused
  
• Mouse cursor interfered with gamepad movement through the options menus
  
• Graphics options could not be applied with a gamepad
  
• Fuel drops and homing missiles chased the player while the win screen was displayed
  
• EMPing missiles achievement could be triggered without an EMP
  
• Fuel gauge wouldn't show itself if the first upgrade you found was special ammo
  
• In-game hint text could stay visible while paused
  
• Other various UI fixes
  

Fixed in beta 0.15.3

• SteamOS: game exited when USB devices were unplugged. (introduced in beta 0.15)
  
• SteamOS: no controllers worked. (introduced in beta 0.15)
  
• Mac: Steam controllers didn't work.
  

Fixed in beta 0.15.2

• "LB" buttons could just get the "L" icon
  
• Shield power-lines were being drawn before shields were activated.
  
• Key bindings text could possibly fail to display the correct key.
  
• Options menu: mouse cursor could stay visible and highlight buttons while the controller was using the same UI.