Starground v0.8 was released on August 19, 2024 as a stable Early Access launch in the Early Access v0.8 update series.

Languages

• Introduced support for Danish (massive thanks to Doublado!)
• Introduced Turkish language support (massive thanks toYiğit!)

Additions

• Introduced full controller support
• Introduced particles and a purchase sound to shop menus
• Introduced rain
• Introduced percentages to translation buttons to see how much is translated
• Introduced a new slam attack to Dreadcap
• Introduced new animations to Dreadcap
• Introduced Doublado and liberodark to the translator credits
• Introduced infinite Research
• Introduced mining-laser power research
• Introduced categories for research type in the research menu
• Introduced a fountain to the Space Hub
• Introduced a tooltip that appears when you first pickup food
• Introduced an Ok button to the Tool Bench (doesn't actually do anything, but is only psychological)
• Introduced slime enemies
• Introduced poison capsule decorations
• Introduced spike traps
• Introduced the Collector efficiency infinite research
• Introduced a vending machine to the space hub
• Introduced an option to mine the first hit resource instead of where your mouse is

Changes

• Changed the game so Bissala and the Snail have different greetings and goodbyes
• Took out the satisfactory language
• Changed the game so Dreadcap drops coins
• Took out Dreadcap's crescent projectile attack
• Changed the game so Dreadcap is smarter about how and when he attacks players
• Changed the game so Dreadcap's minions will die when he dies
• Raised Dreadcap's attack range
• Raised the power output of Solar Panel to 10
• Changed the game so some enemies can move through doors
• Adjusted infinite research to show the percentage increased
• Enhanced the appearance of the space hub
• Changed the game so Mover behavior is more defined and reliable with all types of buildings
• Took out the guide from the pause menu
• Changed the game so movers will take items out of Researcher more intelligently to allow for better research automation

Fixes

• Corrected a problem where you could pick buildings while in a menu
• Corrected a problem where planet descriptions and names were not translated
• Corrected multiple translation issues in the building menu
• Corrected a problem where power indicators were incorrect sometimes
• Corrected a problem where disconnected batteries would not display a no connection icon on load
• Corrected a problem where placing or destroying an underground Conveyor did not cause nearby conveyors to recalculate their curve
• Corrected a problem where weapon reach had too many decimals
• Corrected a problem where the snail trader had the same hitbox as Bissala (the weapons trader)
• Corrected a problem where music delay was not loaded
• Corrected a crash in multiplayer that happened whenever a client entered another room
• Corrected a problem where thumpers were not visible on clients
• Corrected a problem where underground conveyors did not insert into other underground conveyors
• Corrected a problem where placing underground conveyors sometimes linked to the wrong conveyor
• Corrected a crash related to a mover taking an item directly from an underground conveyor
• Corrected a problem where another tooltip activating while the initial tutorial was still active would break everything
• Corrected a problem where you could try and activate an item in your hotbar that did not have any function
• Corrected a problem where rain did not sync for clients
• Corrected a problem where attack boxes were not big enough
• Corrected a problem where the player death animation would not play
• Corrected an issue related to hovering over a chest and the label not becoming visible

Optimizations

• Raised the performance of all resource nodes
• Raised performance of rocks

Official announcement

https://steamcommunity.com/games/2793380/announcements/detail/6618688836646128183