Public Beta Patch Notes 0.2.1 - Ramps, UI and Achievements

Public Beta Patch Notes 0.2.1

☀️ Fixes & Improvements Based on Community Feedback

Improvements:

• Added notification dot to Rewards button in main menu, ingame menu and on victory screen that is enabled when there are unspent Perk points and Perks that haven't been purchased.

• **☀️ **The Resource Supply tooltip now also displays the required rate to maintain 3 stars once 3 stars have been reached.

• Improved transition in tentacle animation.

• **☀️ **The Plateau Ramp now displays its actual size while being previewed.

• **☀️ **Improved Plateau Ramp width calculation to be more consistent on different plateau setups.

• Added VFX for Volt Shrooms connected to an energy network.

• **☀️ **All locally (offline) achieved Steam achievements are now unlocked when starting the game.

• Added animations for plants and other new buildings.

• Adding fertilizer to Yumberry Bush, Dew Shroom and Wire Vine now increases their production speed by x4 instead of x2.

• Hovering over Wiggler now displays its info in the bottom-right corner.

Bugfixes:

• **☀️ **Fixed a bug causing the Rover to get stuck at the Plant Pot building.

• Fixed seedling and plant colors sometimes not being initialized correctly.

• **☀️ **Removed the solar panel upgrade perk from the perk shop, as Solar Panels can no longer be upgraded.

• **☀️ **Fixed errors in asteroid generation that could leave asteroids stuck in an “Out of Reach” state, preventing them from being claimed.

• **☀️ **Fixed Plateau Ramps sometimes not being deletable despite having no pipes or paths placed on them.

• **☀️ **Fixed the Level Generator considering crafting recipes that had not yet been unlocked, which could result in generated levels containing goal resources without a way to craft them.

• ☀️ Sector 08: Fixed the Bakery being stuck in a “Not Researchable” state before the Bio Lab is researched.

Thank you to everyone who has already taken part in the Beta Test for the “Flora & Fauna” Update. If you haven't: You can still jump in and share your feedback with us. Just go to your Steam Library, right click on Star Birds and in the Properties > Betas Menu, select the beta branch from the drop-down options.

The best place to give feedback is our Discord server. There, we are running a Smart Ticketing System: Leave feedback, vote up change requests and bug reports from other users, and help us to prioritize tasks in the further development of Star Birds.