Expansion Core

Devlog

• Expansion Core Beta Demo 0.19
  July 31, 2022 by CandleBird

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  Long time no post on Itch! The game is out as a Demo now on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1891010/Expansion_Core/ Other than that, there have been so... so many updates from the last versi... Continue reading

  
• Expansion Core Beta Candidate 0.15 Patch Notes
  July 19, 2022 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Beta Candidate 0.15 Patch Notes: Wishlist now on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1891010/Expansion_Core Back again with a slew of bug fixes! I've mostly just been working on some... Continue reading

  
• Expansion Core Beta Candidate 0.14 Patch Notes
  July 13, 2022 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Beta Candidate 0.14 Patch Notes: Wishlist now on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1891010/Expansion_Core I finally got the game build onto Steam! Still working through the process... Continue reading

  
• Expansion Core Beta Candidate 0.13 Patch Notes
  July 04, 2022 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Beta Candidate 0.13 Patch Notes: Wishlist now on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1891010/Expansion_Core There were even more fixes in this patch. The deadline for the Steam Surviv... Continue reading

  
• Expansion Core Beta Candidate 0.12 Patch Notes
  June 10, 2022 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Beta Candidate 0.11 Patch Notes: The game is on Steam!!! Wishlist it now if you haven't: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1891010/Expansion_Core/ Lots of fixes and more QOL stuff in this... Continue reading

  
• Expansion Core Beta Candidate 0.11 Patch Notes
  June 02, 2022 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Beta Candidate 0.11 Patch Notes: The game is on Steam!!! Wishlist it now if you haven't: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1891010/Expansion_Core/ Oops! I broke everything! This is a quick... Continue reading

  
• Expansion Core Beta Candidate 0.10 Patch Notes
  May 31, 2022 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Beta Candidate 0.10 Patch Notes: The game is on Steam!!! Wishlist it now if you haven't: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1891010/Expansion_Core/ This build has a buuuunch of bug fixes an... Continue reading

  
• Expansion Core Beta Candidate 0.9 Patch Notes
  May 20, 2022 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Beta Candidate 0.9 Patch Notes: The game is on Steam!!! Wishlist it now if you haven't: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1891010/Expansion_Core/ This build has a bunch of new core feature... Continue reading

  
• Expansion Core Beta Candidate 0.8 Patch Notes
  May 13, 2022 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Beta Candidate 0.8 Patch Notes: The game is on Steam!!! Wishlist it now if you haven't: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1891010/Expansion_Core/ Other than that, this build focuses mainly... Continue reading

  
• Expansion Core Beta Candidate 0.7 Patch Notes
  May 06, 2022 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Beta Candidate 0.7 Patch Notes: Quick patch to the last build. There were some issues that needed to be addressed and a new feature that I really wanted people to try out! I'm calling the f... Continue reading

  
• Expansion Core Beta Candidate 0.6 Patch Notes
  May 02, 2022 by CandleBird

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  NEW BUILD! Beta Candidate 0.6 Patch Notes: Fourth week in a row that I've put out a patch! I'm on a roll! This one has a bunch of changes to how allies can be commanded! You can hold 'F' to see the ne... Continue reading

  
• Expansion Core Beta Candidate 0.5 Patch Notes
  April 24, 2022 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Beta Candidate 0.5 Patch Notes: Three updates three weeks in a row. I honestly don't know how I keep logging enough changes to make builds, but I have for almost a month now. So here it is,... Continue reading

  
• Expansion Core Beta Candidate 0.4 Patch Notes
  April 18, 2022 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Beta Candidate 0.4 Patch Notes: Two updates within a week of each other? Yep! As it turns out, rushing out a build without testing it much breaks things... So basically I needed to fix some... Continue reading

  
• Expansion Core Beta Candidate 0.3 Patch Notes
  April 13, 2022 by CandleBird#Update, #Expansion Core, #Automation, #Upgrade, #Resource Gathering

  NEW BUILD! Beta Candidate 0.3 Patch Notes: Mooooorrreee updates and a sneaky new feature. This build is centered around quality of life features and some better performance (hopefully). Major New Feat... Continue reading

  
• Expansion Core Alpha Beta Candidate 0.2 Patch Notes
  March 12, 2022 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Beta Candidate 0.2 Patch Notes: A small update bringing plenty of bug fixes as well as a couple new features. There's still more on the to-do list, but I wanted a more stable version for pe... Continue reading

  
• Expansion Core Beta Candidate 0.1 Patch Notes
  February 19, 2022 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Beta Candidate 0.1 Patch Notes: With this build moving forward, I'm seriously looking towards releasing a true Beta for the game. What I consider as a "Beta" is a full experience. This mean... Continue reading

  
• Expansion Core Alpha 0.11.0 Patch Notes
  February 05, 2022 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Alpha 0.11.0 Patch Notes: After a wonderful round of Alpha testing, there's plenty of changes and bug fixes to chew through. I've solved almost all of the bug reports and started tackling n... Continue reading
• Expansion Core Alpha 0.10.1 Patch Notes
  January 19, 2022 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Alpha 0.10.0 Patch Notes: Lots of new features since the last patch notes, so I'll try to keep it as brief as possible. Major Features: - Tier 2 Mobile base: Added in the T2 Mobile Base and... Continue reading
• Expansion Core Alpha 0.9.0 Patch Notes
  October 07, 2021 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Alpha 0.9.0 Patch Notes: Major Features: - Small Axe Bot: A whole new bot! This bot is capable of chopping down and picking up trees automatically! Just go up to it and secondary interact w... Continue reading

  
• Expansion Core Alpha 0.8.0 Patch Notes
  September 08, 2021 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Alpha 0.8.0 Patch Notes: Major Features: - A Whole New World (Don't you dare close your eyes): I've taken the old world and threw it straight into the trash. It was poorly optimized, World... Continue reading
• Expansion Core Alpha 0.7.1 Patch Notes
  August 29, 2021 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Alpha 0.7.1 Patch Notes: New Features: - Better AI Aggroing: Before, allies would chase down whatever enemy they were fighting infinitely, which before wasn't a problem. Now that there are... Continue reading
• Expansion Core Alpha 0.7.0 Patch Notes
  August 27, 2021 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Alpha 0.7.0 Patch Notes: Major Features: - Player Upgrades: You can now use the same upgrade modules that are used to upgrade allies on yourself! More inventory space, faster move speed, mo... Continue reading
• Expansion Core Alpha 0.6.0 Patch Notes
  August 13, 2021 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Alpha 0.6.0 Patch Notes: Major Features: - Upgrading Mobile Bases: You can now set up the Mobile Base and upgrade it (with the big upgrade button). It costs quite a bit, but allows you to b... Continue reading
• Expansion Core Alpha 0.5.7 Patch Notes
  July 28, 2021 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Alpha 0.5.7 Patch Notes: New Features: - Sounds! There's been a lot of sounds missing in game for a loooong time. I took a couple weeks before focusing on getting 0.6.0 done to first get a... Continue reading
• Expansion Core Alpha 0.5.6 Patch Notes
  July 22, 2021 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Alpha 0.5.6 Patch Notes: New Features: - More Resources! After doing a second pass and adding more resource nodes, specifically near HUBs, it should be easier to find what you're looking fo... Continue reading
• Expansion Core Alpha 0.5.5 Patch Notes
  July 19, 2021 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Alpha 0.5.5 Patch Notes: New Features: - Mobile Base Upgrade Tier 3: Added another [temporary] tier of mobile base. I had a model from an earlier version of the game, so I decided to tempor... Continue reading
• Expansion Core Alpha 0.5.4 Patch Notes
  July 16, 2021 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Alpha 0.5.4 Patch Notes: New Features: - Inventory Sorting! I finally added a sort button to most inventories. It sorts by Weapons, Consumables, Armor and Resources. Then it sorts based on... Continue reading
• Expansion Core Alpha 0.5.3 Patch Notes
  July 14, 2021 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Alpha 0.5.3 Patch Notes: Bug Fixes: - Added in some missing images for some items - Made the events much more difficult to make up for the fact that there aren't too many HUBs in the game y... Continue reading
• Expansion Core Alpha 0.5.2 Patch Notes
  July 11, 2021 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Alpha 0.5.2 Patch Notes: Bug Fixes: - Did some quick balancing for skills, primarily debuffed inventory expanding stats. The value was actually way higher than intended - After looking thro... Continue reading
• Expansion Core Alpha 0.5.1 Patch Notes
  July 11, 2021 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Alpha 0.5.1 Patch Notes: New Features: - Made it so that when you click Save Game, it returns with "Game Saved" when successful. (Thanks to my friend Phil for the suggestion) Bug Fixes: - D... Continue reading
• Expansion Core Alpha 0.5.0 Patch Notes
  July 08, 2021 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Alpha 0.5.0 Patch Notes: Major Features: - Cores! Much like the first Core that is used to power up your first ally, it's now possible to obtain more! For every HUB you successfully call do... Continue reading
• Expansion Core Alpha 0.4.2 Patch Notes
  May 14, 2021 by CandleBird

  Bug Fixes: - Fixed a major bug that made default enemy spawns not spawn anything, so now the scorched biome should have many more enemies - Fixed a bug causing many events to not spawn as many enemies... Continue reading
• Expansion Core Alpha 0.4.1 Patch Notes
  May 13, 2021 by CandleBird

  Major Features: - Changed large rock collisions to make it easier to get around the world/less face-in-rock situations New Features: - Updated a lot of the new items from 0.4.0 to have the correct mes... Continue reading

  
• Expansion Core Alpha 0.4.0 Patch Notes
  May 13, 2021 by CandleBird

  NEW BUILD! Alpha 0.3.0 Patch Notes: Major Features: - HUBS! HUBs are locations scattered around the world that act as safe-zones for the player. Each HUB starts as a beacon that the player can activat... Continue reading

  
• Expansion Core Alpha 0.3.1 Patch Notes
  April 15, 2021 by CandleBird#Patch Notes

  **NEW BUILD! Alpha 0.3.1 Patch Notes:** Note: The last build was the last time I'll be making debug builds. As such, the location of the saves has changed. If you wish to transfer your save file: 1. L... Continue reading
• Expansion Core Alpha 0.3.0 Patch Notes
  April 09, 2021 by CandleBird

  This build is mainly focused around adding in the new Mobile Base upgrade system. Major Features: - Mobile Base Upgrading! (It was technically in the last build, but it's much more stable now!) This a... Continue reading

  
• Expansion Core Alpha 0.2.4 Patch Notes
  April 02, 2021 by CandleBird

  New Features: - Added the start of upgrading Mobile Bases. It's just a single button at the bottom of the module window for now. Bug Fixes: - Fixed issues with double click transferring deleting/dupli... Continue reading
• Expansion Core Alpha 0.2.1 Patch Notes
  March 31, 2021 by CandleBird#Patch Notes

  Major Features: - The Mobile Base has gotten a pretty big rework. If the Mobile Base dies now, it will automatically repair itself in 30 seconds. This makes it so that the player can't get soft-locked... Continue reading

  
• Expansion Core Alpha 0.1.4 Patch Notes
  March 27, 2021 by CandleBird#Patchnotes

  To get ready for a 0.2.0 release, I've switched over to using Butler to push my builds (so we'll see how that goes). In terms of updates, this one was heavily influenced by the first round of playtest... Continue reading