It's been a while, but we've got three games we've been developing and I wanted to give you all an update :) Here's a video talking about what we've got cooking. Excited to share more soon!

-Tim (Duskers creator guy)

Got interviewed for a book on horror games and it was way bigger and prettier than I expected! Bitmap Books sent a copy and it’s really cool seeing Duskers in there - just thought I'd share :)





-Tim (Duskers creator guy)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2628063986

Hey Duskers,

As part of Steam’s Screamfest, celebrating all things spooky and horror, Duskers is 50% off until November 1st!

Don’t forget to celebrate the season with our in-game Halloween Skin. Enjoy the haunted derelicts and hunting for candy corn! You can access the skin through [O]ptions -> [S]kin...

If you’re just picking up Duskers for the first time as part of Screamfest, don’t forget to head over to our Discord server for some extra Halloween shenanigans.

We’ll also be giving away some other spooky games!

To enter the contest… All you need to do is share a Halloween themed Duskers image! This can be anything from a drawing, to an in-game screenshot (edited or otherwise), to a Duskers themed pumpkin carving, or whatever else you can come up with. To qualify, the only requirements are that the image be…
- Related to Duskers
- Halloween themed

You can post the image here, on Discord in our images channel, or share to your social media platform of choice, just be sure to tag us/use the hashtag #DuskersHalloween to make sure we can find the post.

The winner will be chosen at random on November 1st and contacted to receive their prize.

Happy Halloween!

Hey all,

The UI scales correctly above 1080 resolutions, and you can now scale it independently. Plus: transporting into small rooms, not repeating logs, not granting a pacifist achievement despite venting poor creatures into the dark void of space :) ...and many more!

The update should be automatic. You'll know you've gotten it when you see v1.205 in the bottom right corner of the Main Menu (Duskers Boot Utility).

If you do find bugs that you believe might be specific to this version please post them in the Support/Issues/Bugs Sub-forum with "[v1.205]" at the beginning of the title (please include your OS in the post).

(WARNING: Some changes could act oddly if you're in the middle of a run. This doesn't seem extremely likely, but if you are in the middle of a run and aren't willing to risk starting a new one, you may want to switch to the "Past" branch till your run is ended, or see THIS post)

Please let us know your thoughts/feedback on any of these things below (possible spoilers)!

V1.205

Additions:

• Add "UI Scaling mode" graphics option to scale UI independently of resolution
  
  • Settings:
    
  • - Disabled
    
  • - 720p
    
  • - 1080p
    
  • - 1440p

Fixes:

• Fix randomness issues in daily challenge mode (Force "Clutter" graphics option = Normal)
  
• Crash when HUD Static is disabled
  
• Log Collection Bug (Caused logs received to reset/duplicate)
  
• Schematic no longer scrolls on arrow presses during a swap from that view
  
• Fix UI scaling on big resolutions (1080p and above)
  
• typo: quarentine
  
• typo in 1.102 (GOG and Steam): The help text for "Show D[e]bug Messages" contains the word "resove", needs to be "resolve".
  
• Linux: S no longer written into alias file when saving
  
• Can now transport into small rooms
  
• Reroute can no longer unpower r1
  
• Prevent resetting all graphical settings when switching between game modes.
  
• Prevent Motion Sensor reading where mothership used to be (when re-docked)
  
• Pacifist Achievement no longer unlocked despite venting enemies

-Tim (Duskers Creator Guy)

<update v1.205: fixing inconsistencies across daily challenges, and adding UI Scaling options>
<update v1.204: fixing resolution issues that were introduced>

Hey all,

So many fixes: transporting into small rooms, not repeating logs, not granting a pacifist achievement despite venting poor creatures into the dark void of space :)
Hoping to push this version to the default branch next week if we don't get any new issues!

As usual, please opt into the "Future" branch if you're brave enough to test out what we're working on (see HERE for how to opt-in). You'll know you've done it right when you see v1.203 in the bottom right corner of the Main Menu (Duskers Boot Utility).

If you do find bugs that you believe might be specific to this version please post them in the Support/Issues/Bugs Sub-forum with "[v1.203]" somewhere in the title (please include your OS in the post).

(WARNING: Some changes may act odd if you're in the middle of a run. If you are in the middle of a run and aren't willing to start a new one you may want to wait till your run is ended, or see THIS post)

Please let us know your thoughts/feedback on any of these things below!

V1.203

Fixes:

• Crash when HUD Static is disabled
  
• Log Collection Bug (Caused logs received to reset/duplicate)
  
• Schematic no longer scrolls on arrow presses during a swap from that view
  
• Fix UI scaling on big resolutions (1080p and above)
  
• typo: quarentine
  
• typo in 1.102 (GOG and Steam): The help text for "Show D[e]bug Messages" contains the word "resove", needs to be "resolve".
  
• Linux: S no longer written into alias file when saving
  
• Can now transport into small rooms
  
• Reroute can no longer unpower r1
  
• Prevent resetting all graphical settings when switching between game modes.
  
• Prevent Motion Sensor reading where mothership used to be (when re-docked)
  
• Pacifist Achievement no longer unlocked despite venting enemies

-Tim (Duskers Creator Guy)

Hey all,

Achievements are here for all OS's (Win/Mac/Linux) :)
Hopefully the narrative ones (and other UI adjustments) give players a better sense when storylines are complete, and the gameplay ones give players some fun goals and new ways to play.

So many thanks to:

• All who submitted the 600+ achievement ideas! Especially T3cube, NoDontDoThat101, and biohazard001380 - who had their ideas chosen :)
  
• All those that suggested names, many of which we chose!
  
• Finally, thanks to Jude for 16 really amazing achievement icons (I wish they were displayed at full rez so players could see the scanlines better!)

The update should be automatic. You'll know you've gotten it when you see v1.202 in the bottom right corner of the Main Menu (Duskers Boot Utility).

If you do find bugs that you believe might be specific to this version please post them in the Support/Issues/Bugs Sub-forum with "[v1.202]" at the beginning of the title (please include your OS in the post).

(WARNING: Some changes could act oddly if you're in the middle of a run. This doesn't seem extremely likely, but if you are in the middle of a run and aren't willing to risk starting a new one, you may want to switch to the "Past" branch till your run is ended, or see THIS post)

Please let us know your thoughts/feedback on any of these things below (possible spoilers)!

V1.202

Additions:

• 16 Achievements!
  
• All objective categories now dim when complete

Fixes:

• v1.102 Daily Challenge salvage drone upgrades were different between operating systems
  
• Crash when alias.txt contains duplicate keys
  
• Super-Predator Objective 5 now correctly gets marked as complete
  
• Cosmic Event Storyline no longer disappears from Objectives UI

Wishing you all a safe and happy holiday season!

-Tim (Duskers Creator Guy)

<update: v1.202 fixes bug where Cosmic Event Storyline disappeared from Objectives UI>
<update: v1.201 fixes bug where pacifist achievement was awarded after tutorial>

Hey all,

Achievements are here for all OS's (Win/Mac/Linux) :)
Note: all achievement icons are temp
Hoping to push this version to the default branch (with shiny new achievement icons) next week if we don't get any new issues!

Thanks to all who submitted the 600+ achievement ideas! Especially T3cube, NoDontDoThat101, and biohazard001380 - who had their ideas chosen :)
Also to all those that suggested names, many of which we chose as well!

As usual, please opt into the "Future" branch if you're brave enough to test out what we're working on (see HERE for how to opt-in). You'll know you've done it right when you see v1.200 in the bottom right corner of the Main Menu (Duskers Boot Utility).

If you do find bugs that you believe might be specific to this version please post them in the Support/Issues/Bugs Sub-forum with "[v1.200]" at the beginning of the title (please include your OS in the post).

(WARNING: Some changes may act odd if you're in the middle of a run. If you are in the middle of a run and aren't willing to start a new one you may want to wait till your run is ended, or see THIS post)

Please let us know your thoughts/feedback on any of these things below!

V1.200

Additions:

• Achievements
  
• All objective categories now dim when complete

Fixes:

• v1.102 Daily Challenge salvage drone upgrades were different between operating systems
  
• Crash when alias.txt contains duplicate keys
  
• Super-Predator Objective 5 now correctly gets marked as complete

-Tim (Duskers Creator Guy)

Hey all,

New settings to nerf your favorite enemy (Slime), more detailed scores listed on the Dailey & Weekly Challenges, more consistent Daily Challenges across players, better handling of game freezing/crashing, and a boatload of fixes :)

It's been a while, but a Duskers update is finally here for all OS's! This update contains all of the goodies of Decavoid's unofficial patch, with a few more things added in. In fact, Decavoid's the one that integrated them into the base game :)

The update should be automatic. You'll know you've gotten it when you see v1.102 in the bottom right corner of the Main Menu (Duskers Boot Utility).

If you do find bugs that you believe might be specific to this version please post them in the Support/Issues/Bugs Sub-forum with "[v1.102]" at the beginning of the title (please include your OS in the post).

(WARNING: Some changes could act oddly if you're in the middle of a run. This doesn't seem extremely likely, but if you are in the middle of a run and aren't willing to risk starting a new one, you may want to switch to the "Past" branch till your run is ended, or see THIS post)

Please let us know your thoughts/feedback on any of these things below (possible spoilers)!

V1.102

Additions:

• "Options-Difficulty ->Slime:
  
  • Disabled = no damage, slowest, generator rooms safe
    
  • Easy = half damage, slower, generator rooms safe
    
  • Normal
• Daily & Weekly challenge Leaderboards: view other players' mission time, and component scores: Scrap, Drones, Upgrades, & Fuel.
  
• Press Shift+Left, Shift+Right, N or P key to view all leaderboard results.
  
• Update Weekly challenge point values Scrap = 2 Drone HP = 1 Drone Upgrade = 6
  
• Show crash dialog when reading or writing a save file fails.
  
• Show a descriptive error message when a crash happens. Add a button to open log folder.
  
• Updated Crash Dialog with “Retry” option if error writing save file
  
• Swap command can transfer one upgrade from drone to drone in addition to swapping two upgrades between drones.
  
• Updated credits

Fixes:

• - losing drone upgrades
  
• - losing ship upgrades
  
• - made daily challenges more consistent across players
  
• - trading post no longer repairs broken sold items when loading a save.
  
• - trading post no longer repairs ship upgrades when loading a save.
  
• - black screen when starting daily challenge
  
• - can't install ship upgrades in some cases
  
• - vented scrap bug
  
• - bugs related to vented lures
  
• - can't teleport to a vented room
  
• - shield upgrade no longer breaks when placed on a disabled drone.
  
• - a bug that prevented a mission from starting when executing "open r1" command
  
• - missions where terminals do not work
  
• - custom dronenames.txt file no longer affects drone health in challenges
  
• - noise and color blind mode no longer reset when playing challenge mode
  
• - stutter when killing a lot of slime at once
  
• - ghost slime damage after using sonic
  
• - random terminal commands in dailies
  
• - random sentry scrap drop in dailies
  
• - fuel access has 100 HP instead of 0 HP
  
• - tow error in a vented room
  
• - an exploit that allowed used upgrades to not take damage at the end of a mission if placed on a disabled drone that was not a player starting drone.
  
• - Save upgrade: transfer ship upgrades in autotraders inventory to UniverseSaveFile
  
• - Save upgrade: fix broken last drone upgrade ID, last ship upgrade ID
  
• - "Challenge" menu item is not being shown in the main menu on slow Internet connection.
  
• - Fix stale galaxy data message when reinstalling the game.
  
• Truncate Steam IDs on leaderboards
  
• Issue swapping Upgrades from drones to storage
  
• Crash on viewing star maps in Weekly challenge
  Note: This will make Weekly Challenge on this version different seed than previous versions
  
• Command line version of Swap (with arguments) will now work on a drone that dies in a doorway
  
• Fix DataStore folder location for Mac. Move DataStore folder to StreamingAssets folder.
  
• Fix "[V]iew logs" crash dialog action on Mac.

-Tim (Duskers Creator Guy)

Hey all,

Just some final minor fixes, but now available on all OS's (Win/Mac/Linux) :)
Hoping to push this version to the default branch next week if we don't get any new issues! Thanks to all who hopped Future branch :)

As usual, please opt into the "Future" branch if you're brave enough to test out what we're working on (see HERE for how to opt-in). You'll know you've done it right when you see v1.102 in the bottom right corner of the Main Menu (Duskers Boot Utility).

If you do find bugs that you believe might be specific to this version please post them in the Support/Issues/Bugs Sub-forum with "[v1.102]" at the beginning of the title (please include your OS in the post).

(WARNING: Some changes may act odd if you're in the middle of a run. If you are in the middle of a run and aren't willing to start a new one you may want to wait till your run is ended, or see THIS post)

Please let us know your thoughts/feedback on any of these things below!

V1.102

Fixes:

• Fix DataStore folder location for Mac. Move DataStore folder to StreamingAssets folder.
  
• Fix "[V]iew logs" crash dialog action on Mac.

-Tim (Duskers Creator Guy)

Hey all,
[update - 11/11/21: just pushed v1.102 to Windows/Mac/Linux Future branches. If reporting issues or that it's working fine, please let us know which OS you are playing on, thx!]

[update - 11/10/21: just pushed v1.101 to Linux Future branches as well (Mac had an issue, will update tomorrow). If reporting issues or that it's working fine, please let us know that you're playing on Mac/Linux, thx!]

Just some minor fixes based on the feedback we got from those wonderful enough to hop in the Future branch :)

As usual, please opt into the "Future" branch if you're brave enough to test out what we're working on (see HERE for how to opt-in). You'll know you've done it right when you see v1.101 in the bottom right corner of the Main Menu (Duskers Boot Utility).

If you do find bugs that you believe might be specific to this version please post them in the Support/Issues/Bugs Sub-forum with "[v1.101]" at the beginning of the title.

(WARNING: Some changes may act odd if you're in the middle of a run. If you are in the middle of a run and aren't willing to start a new one you may want to wait till your run is ended, or see THIS post)

Please let us know your thoughts/feedback on any of these things below!

V1.101

Additions:

• Updated Crash Dialog with “Retry” option if error writing save file
  
• Swap command can transfer one upgrade from drone to drone in addition to swapping two upgrades between drones.

Fixes:

• Truncate Steam IDs on leaderboards
  
• Issue swapping Upgrades from drones to storage
  
• Crash on viewing star maps in Weekly challenge Note: This will make Weekly Challenge on this version different seed than previous versions
  
• Command line version of Swap (with arguments) will now work on a drone that dies in a doorway

-Tim (Duskers Creator Guy)