Hello curious travelers, welcome back to the Cygnus Enterprises dev blog. I'm Kim, the UI lead, and I'm here to show you some of the tricks that our UX/UI team used to make your life a little easier in Cygnus.

Are you ready? Let's get started!

The main goal of a UX designer is to ensure that user interactions are as intuitive as possible. Let's take buttons as an example. When designing a button, it's important to make sure it is clear and easy to understand, by using labels that clearly explain the action the button will perform when clicked. To draw attention to the button, we use contrasting colors, sizes, and shapes, and position it in a logical spot on the page. Additionally, to make the button stand out more, we added some extra white space around it and used hover effects so users can get feedback when they hover over the button. Finally, icons are also be used to help explain the action of the button.



Now let’s move onto the viewing experience. From a visual perspective, the UX team wanted to provide an immersive gaming experience, so we designed a “HUD Mud” feature to enrich the combat experience in specific areas with specific creatures. For example, when you get attacked in certain areas, your HUD will be filled with spots of mud.



Another immersive experience that deserves to be mentioned is the UI’s overall style. To establish the direction, we brainstormed and we have decided that a Corporation/Sci-fi/Positive style would fit the best to Cygnus’ story and art style. Our GUI artists have been very skillful incorporating decorative elements like circuit boards and hologram effects into our UI patterns, which results in the UI feeling more futuristic.



I hope I've given you a clear idea of what the UX team does. We are constantly striving to improve your user experience and meet your needs by taking your feedback into account, so you can have the best gaming experience possible.

See ya next time!!

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Thanks,
Team Miaozi

I posted the full soundtrack on my channel with my notes on each song. Also there are unincluded tracks.

Frequently asked question: will I upload OST as DLC？Yes, but a little later. I want to make extended versions of some tracks.

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- added feedback/bug report capture form pulled up with F12, will send screenshots, logs, and save file.
- fixed beam radius upgrade not applying damage
- added beam FX thickness to reflect radius stat
- changed enemy self-stun abilities to be different visual than slow/freeze
- fixed hatchery missing texture (maybe, unconfirmed)
- adjusted ship rotation relative mode on the controller to take stick x-axis instead of binary on/off = left/right

• Added Elemental Sorcerer -- 5 new attack talents, 5 new ulility talents!
• Added Elemental Sorcerer Family Bonus: + Talent LV for all talents above Lv.1
• Added +8 storage chests to EVERYONE, for FREE, since were having such a great run here with the positive feedback to Quality improvements and weekly updates! Let the good times roll ~


• Changed plunderous mob spawn chance on Siege Breaker to 2%, when it was previously 1%, and adjusted the guaranteed Plunder Mob to spawn after 40 kills without getting one instead of 90.
• The Wizard talent "Mana Is Life" now gives +% Multikiller per Dmg Tier, instead of +% mana regen.


• Fixed a display issue where the "Combined Obol Shape" would be hidden behind the Quick-Trash Obol button
• Fixed an issue where Cursory Skulls in pet battles would get "stuck" on the screen in High-Performance mode, but only if the skulls were ones transformed from normal attacks via Alchemic pets
• Fixed an issue involving unintentional invisible platforms within The Roots map, which is the one with the Acorn Tower Defence.



Also on a personal note, I CRUSHED IT TODAY and got a new Benching PR of 245lbs!!! I even took a video as proof which I may post later, but I just wanted to share this W with you guys for anyone whose working on themselves -- hard work does pay off and I'm super stoked about it!! ːcrystalː

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Made sure that Pissing off your own people, Crew/Organisation and Crew/Loyalty stay at zero if you have no crew.
Made some tweaks to Dead man cares?* initial choices if you have no remaining crew.
Tweaked the frequency of Team player if you've already got a sidekick on it.

Fixed not always being able to stow a long weapon.
Fixed the image for Decent leather boots going missing.
Fixed some problems with the new fight and chase mechanics.
Fixed a few more typos.

Hey Brigadiers! We've gotten some reports about two distinct issues throughout the week:

1. Some players experience a black screen when attempting to start a new game
   
2. Another subset of players experience stuttering cutscenes throughout the game

We're still working to resolve both of these issues fully, but we wanted to make sure that the first issue in particular had a fix before the weekend. However, the fix for 1 may impact cutscene playback for others.

To get around this, if you are experiencing stuttering cutscenes in 1.0.3 (this update), we're going to make the previous version of the game, 1.0.2, available on a branch in Steam for those have better cutscene performance with that version of the build.

To change your game back to 1.0.2, please follow these instructions: https://www.technipages.com/how-to-opt-into-a-game-beta-on-steam. The beta branch name is temp_cutscene_branch, and has no password.

• Another attempted fix at solving the issue with some users experiencing a black screen when starting a new game

• Sometimes the difficulty settings sliders will display screen resolutions instead of percentages
  
• All audio except for cutscene audio will sometimes not play
  
• Mechs will not move the full distance during execution on some lower-end PCs
  
• Destroyed buildings are not being correctly reloaded when loading the precombat save
  
• Tooltips can flow off the sides of the screen in some circumstances
  
• Occasionally UI can be carried from one context to another by accident
  
• Occasionally destroyed mechs are flung around the map after viewing replay mode
  
• Screenshake on pilot cams in combat can cause the camera position to offset
  
• Game does not prevent camera movement while editing text fields
  
• On launch, it seems audio is occasionally not playing on the main menu and in gameplay except for cutscenes. If you do encounter this please relaunch your game
  
• If hit a specific angle with a melee, sometimes tanks can be pushed underground, preventing completion of the combat scenario
  
• There is a change of the province liberation event being interrupted by other post combat events, meaning the opportunity to participate in the parade is not given to the player when the province is won

Fixes to release candidate.

• UI - Plane statistics now are more balanced. Abilities also displayed.

Known Issues

• Current rendering of plane model on selection screen not ideal, change to images will simplify UI.
  
• Levels have been re-ordered but difficulty level may be inconsistent now due to campaign order.
  
• All levels require a final pass to clean up landscape, add more geometry.
  
• Some events are still not evident in game. More UI feedback to be done.
  
• Access to the P38 at the moment is only on Tulagi when you get shot down after completing the initial capture of the airfield.
  
• List of flight abilities not shown with variant at the moment in UI.
  
• Some rendering issues with Z order. Longer term graphics pipeline changes required.

Future

• More missions
  
• More ships
  
• More flight abilities

Hi everyone!
Thanks for reading my update. The main focus of this update was to create a talent tree for meta progression, and to work on the UI. The talent tree features 45 unique talents to learn. The Combat UI has been completely redone including the combo grid and all the rewards. New enemies were added, including a new 2nd World Boss!

-If you want to get the extended demo, please join the Discord and ask for the code. That will allow you to fight the 2nd boss, and see the beginning of world 3!

Download the Demo here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2054770/Combo_Card_Clashers/

• added 3 separate skill trees (Combat, Magic, and Leadership)
  
• Each tree has 15 different talents
  
• 1 talent from each tree is unlockable in the demo
  
• You earn talent points by completing the demo (if you earn enough EXP)

• World Map #3 added
  
• Warrior story for world 3 added
  
• Mage story for world 3 added

• “New World 2 Boss”: (only available in extended demo)
  
• “Champion Soldier”: An enemy who deals more dmg the more health he is missing, has single target attack, and cleave attack
  
• “Demon Monk”: Has a passive barrier, a poison spray attack, and an attack up buff

• Combat scene UI completely redone
  
• New art for: combo grid, buttons, rewards windows, health and mana bars etc.
  
• Debuffs under them are now under the health and mana bar instead of below the enemy

• Spell Shop offers 4 cards instead of 3
  
• Now sells 4 random artifacts
  
• Layout has been changed
  
• Minimum card cost is now 100
  
• Weapon Shop now sells 4 random artifacts
  
• Layout has been changed

• Added in a barrier mechanic that blocks a set amount of damage. If not 0, it continues into the next round.
  
• Some barriers refresh each round

• Added a barrier card for players (gives a barrier that blocks up to 10 damage and lasts 3 rounds)

• for debuffs that have a set duration (ex: sleeping enemies, or… certain bosses)

• rebalanced starting mage spells
  
• -”Fireball” reduced mana cost by 5
  
• -”Lightning” reduced mana cost by 5
  
• Cards that block damage have been buffed to block more damage
  
• “Immolation” now gives dmg resist
  
• “Dark prism” also adds damage for each debuff on the enemy
  
• “Hone skill” mana cost dcr by 10

• “Summoner Sword” Enemy hp increased by 75 and damage incr by 5
  
• “Imp” now has 50 less hp, and reduced status resistance
  
• “Golem” is now weaker, and comes with 2 instead of one.
  
• “Pipe of friendship” bonus decreased from 25% to 15%
  
• “Poisonous Shroom” now gives +2 poison at start instead of +1
  
• Some enemy attacks have been modified for when theyre recruited on your team. Ex: Satyr and Bear (so their damage doesn't scale out of control)

• Upper weapon range damage decreased by 2

Couldnt move gear if you tried to sell it previously

• Demo now has restricted progress. Cannot go past 75% of world 2 unless you have the Extended Demo Code found in the discord channel
  
• Cards unlocked, deckbuilding cards, and artifacts limit is restricted unless you have the Extended Demo Code found in the discord channel

GHPC Early Access has been updated to version 20230228.1.

This is a minor update, introducing small adjustments and bug fixes.

• Fixed an issue where the lower look sensitivity of binocular mode would get stuck enabled
  
• Fixed "paused" label not appearing
  
• Fixed some errors in mission descriptions
  
• Added an edge overlay to binocular mode
  
• US forces in campaigns can now experience shortages of M833 ammunition when logistics are depleted, forcing the use of M774 as a replacement
  
• Adjusted fragment ricochets slightly, reducing the ability of large fragments to experience sharp bounces, and increasing the energy penalty of a bounce

Thanks for playing!