- Cobalt Core!!! - 29 November 2023
Hello again, builders! Our new game, Cobalt Core, is out!!! If you liked Sunshine Heavy Industries' characters, music, aesthetic, or general vibe, we think Cobalt Core will be right up your alley. Plus, a few SHI characters may make a return appearance. :) (Yes, this announcement IS a little late- the game came out a few weeks ago. We've been very busy post-launch! Forgive us!!!)
- 1.3.1 hotfix - 27 August 2022
v1.3.1 is a quick hotfix- only 2 of the 5 changes to the daily actually went live last update. (Whoops!) The rest are now live as well!
- Anniversary Edition! 1.3.0! And our biggest sale ever! - 17 August 2022
Hello, builders! It's been ONE WHOLE YEAR since the launch of version 1.0, so we're celebrating with an update and our biggest sale ever- 40% off all week, starting 9 AM PST! Added anniversary party mission! Added part: Scaffold 5x5 Added part: Cone 3x2 Hyper Pump cost 700k -> 660k Added new level requirement: "Import Taxes", which adds a flat 50k fee per part used Post-game missions have a better variety of background visuals Post-game missions have more requirements based on the client; for example, the lava guy requires extreme heat sinks Daily changes: Lowered chance of cloaked missions from 20% to 15% Added 3% chance of Extreme Heat requirement Added 5% chance of Import Taxes requirement Added 7% chance of Tractor Beam requirement Added 10% chance of Crew Connected requirement A few small bugfixes Fixed a single missing sprite that, somehow, nobody ever noticed
- 1.2.2 - 29 October 2021
# 1.2.2 - Removed planets from gif export - Fixed main menu ships being offscreen sometimes - Fixed Wren's missing snoot in one sprite
- Spooky version 1.2.0 - 27 October 2021
Happy Halloween! Dracula is already a character in the game, so we can't get much spookier than that, but we tried anyway with a silly pumpkin mission. Achievements! Halloween mission! Tons of new background art! Planets! Space! Performance improvements Reduced texture memory usage Fixed Hyper Pump hover visual bug
- Version 1.1.3 - 8 October 2021
A guest star appears! Red Crewmate, from Innersloth's game Among Us, has a custom mission! Additionally, the Dirty Engine has been made more expensive, from 320k (40k / square) to 360k (45k / square). We hope this encourages more variety in the daily missions. Thanks for your continued support!
- Patch 1.1.2 - 5 September 2021
Visibility improvements and bug fixes! # 1.1.1 - Added settings menu option to enable dailies without finishing story - Fixed tractor beam edge case # 1.1.2 - Made some level backgrounds darker - Unfinished ships no longer pass in the background - Made warnings blink slower and fade in/out - Made part hover overlays more opaque
- Version 1.1: Tractor Beams and Trash Engines - 1 September 2021
Our first content patch after full launch! # 1.1.0 - 6 new parts: - Panel Concave 2x2 - Panel Concave 4x4 - Panel Corner 2x2 - Incinerator 8x5 - Golden Engine 4x2 - Tractor Beam - Hovering over "Loose Parts" requirement now highlights separated ship sections - Parts with fractional prices per cell for more control over balance - 2 New missions! - Balance changes: - Hyperpump cost 800k -> 700k - Tank Hull 4x1 cost 160k -> 140k - Solar Panel cost 450k -> 375k - Solar Panel power radius decreased 4 -> 3 - Solar Panel power supply increased 15 -> 18 - Lead Bunk 4x2 cost 400k -> 320k - Cloak 3x3 energy requirement 360 -> 270 - Hull Round 2x2 cost 21k -> 20k - Hull Round 4x4 cost 49k -> 50k - Added new "rat emotion" - Various other tweaks and improvements
- Solve the puzzle of adorable spaceship engineering in Sunshine Heavy Industries - 22 August 2021
Ever want to make a spaceship for a frog? In Sunshine Heavy Industries, you're a spaceship design engineer fulfilling client requests by putting together spaceships that do just precisely what was requested, keeping the cost as low as possible to maximize profit. The indie puzzle and design game released on Steam this month from creator Daisyowl Games... Read more.
- Version 1.0 Launch! - 17 August 2021
Version 1.0 is here! Thanks so much to our community for all the support and feedback! The actual 1.0 patch is mostly bugfixes and performance tweaks- we wanted to ensure a nice, smooth launch day. 🚀 See you in space!
- Content Bundle #2: Art and Tricky Bits - 16 July 2021
Hello, space builders! The second content bundle is here! Characters are all animated! Characters now have additional foreground art in every mission! New missions! A total of 101 parts! Lots of new requirements: Compact / Compact X / Compact Y: Make your ship as small as possible through various restrictions! Connected Crew: Make all crew living spaces touch! Extreme Temperatures: Heat management is more important than ever! Go take a look! And as always, feedback is welcome on our Discord!
- Content Bundle #1: Weapons and Dailies - 1 June 2021
Hello, space builders! The first content bundle is here! Daily missions! 6 new missions! 11 new parts! Several parts have been buffed or made cheaper Plus, we've still been putting out smaller patches for extra visual flair and bug fixes. Go take a look! And as always, feedback is welcome on our Discord!
- Roadmap to 1.0! - 25 May 2021
Hello space builders! Here's our roadmap for the changes we're planning by version 1.0: For the first few weeks, we focused on smaller patches for bugs and UI tweaks. Our first big content patch is scheduled for Tuesday 6/1, and among other things, you can expect around a dozen new ship parts. See you then!
- Small patches- 0.9.2 through 0.9.13 - 19 May 2021
Hello, builders! This last week since launch, we've been focused on bugfixes and some visual tweaks based on player feedback. We've been posting regular patchnotes on the Discord, if you'd like slightly more up-to-date updates. Now that the dust is settling from launch, our next focuses are a small content update and a public-facing roadmap for upcoming features. Keep an eye out! # 2021/5/11 # 0.9.1 - Early access launch! # 0.9.2 - Fixed pixel perfect rendering on scaled displays - Render nebula on extremely wide aspect ratios - Fixed selection bug # 0.9.3 - Fixed some typos - Reduced exported gif filesize # 0.9.4 - Fixed icons - Fixed part costs - Fixed cursor pixel # 2021/5/12 # 0.9.5 - Alphabetized parts and folders - Renamed long part name - Ships with irradiated parts can no longer pass # 0.9.6 - Reworked reactor, lab, and ftl sprites - Optimized savegame write speed # 2021/5/13 #…
- 3... 2... 1... Launch!!! - 11 May 2021
YEEHAW, COWBOYS- wait, wrong genre. Hello, ship builders!!! We're very excited to launch Sunshine Heavy Industries today. We've still got some systems and features we'd like to add, but the core story mode is complete. Steam achievements, more ship parts, more missions, and a few more gameplay systems have been pushed back to later patches. We'll talk more about our roadmap after the launch dust settles. We'll be most active in our feedback Discord, but we'll try to keep an eye on the Steam forums too. Thanks so much for your support!
