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Drone Break

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James H. Van der Meulen | May 30, 2024 | game

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  • Release dateMay 30, 2024
  • DeveloperJames H. Van der Meulen
  • PublisherTrash Vomit Studios

Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie

Company pages: Developer: James H. Van der MeulenPublisher: Trash Vomit Studios

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Drone Break Steam news

Drone Break news collects recent Steam feed items, update posts, and announcements that SteamPulse can associate with this app.

Latest Steam announcements

  • Alteration Update - 10 July 2026

    drastically changed the look of the gameAdded control type selector and the appropriate prompt sprites for Steam/Xbox, Playstation and keyboard controllersoptomized the game's loading by reducing and/or eliminating many large sprites for quicker load times and toward eliminating RAM overload related crashesoptimized many individual stages by reducing the amount of things going onfixed a few boss related bugsrestructured all of the functions for most of the objects and actors within the gameresized and/or replaced some backgrounds

  • Drone Break Redemption Update Part 04 - 18 March 2026

    Game Version 1.5.3.0 includes:removed high speed updating within all stages, character, enemy and hazard behaviors to a more precise system which helps optimize the game's performancetemporarily removed all hazard rain functions from all Stage to be taken aside a looked at more closely for a better implementation in a later updatereworked the function of the hologram drone abilityreplaced the functions which trigger boss battles for every sceneOptimized the size and function of rising smoke and rising toxic smoke for better performanceadjusted how some backgrounds load inoptimized how the game is programmed by swapping, altering, changing and/or removing many various functions under the hood+Prior Update Game Version 1.5.2.0Health Drop Containers now randomly spawn to allow the player to potentially collect health more oftenRemoved player damage animationsReworked how every spawner func…

  • Drone Break Redemption Update Part 03 - 11 March 2026

    Health Drop Containers now randomly spawn to allow the player to potentially collect health more oftenRemoved player damage animationsReworked how every spawner functionsAdjusted Smoke pillars to be smaller in date size in MBadded player function to cancel jump float by pressing down ('S' on the keyboard)adjusted scaffolding platform functionalityadjusted collisions for solid blocks and semi-solid blocksaudio now completely stops when transitioning into a Stage+Prior Update Game Version 1.5.1.0adjusted Hunter Spawns for the Brutal ModeThe player's laser beams do not collide with ground terrain any longerThe player can now destroy Laser Machine Gun Rapid Fire Turretsadded parallax to many backgroundsFixed audio track overlap bug that caused the game to crash when audio overlapped too many times over transitioning many scenesadjusted "Press any Button" textremoved blood rain function from…

  • Drone Break Redemption Update Part 02 - 11 March 2026

    This Game Version 1.5.1.0 update includesadjusted Hunter Spawns for the Brutal ModeThe player's laser beams do not collide with ground terrain any longerThe player can now destroy Laser Machine Gun Rapid Fire Turretsadded parallax to many backgroundsFixed audio track overlap bug that caused the game to crash when audio overlapped too many times over transitioning many scenesadjusted "Press any Button" textremoved blood rain function from the Corrupted Depths stages because they led to a frame rate problemHealth containers are now nullified when leaving the screen boundsAdjusted layering for the Wasteland Ruins Stages+Prior Update Game Version 1.5.0.0Completely revamped the control of the Alien Drone for a more fluid, responsive controlAttacks are no longer delayed when taking damageAdded a few new player animations for the Alien DroneRefined every sprite for a more crisp graphic styleDr…

  • Drone Break Redemption Update - 11 March 2026

    Completely revamped the control of the Alien Drone for a more fluid, responsive controlAttacks are no longer delayed when taking damageAdded a few new player animations for the Alien DroneRefined every sprite for a more crisp graphic styleDrone Break now has built in DPI awareness for better more crisp display of graphics / better visualsAllows for better display performance on 4K screens and/or screens with larger resolutionscompletely replaced the space backgroundsReplaced the moon backgroundschanged how some text is displayedrefined the intro and title screenadjusted the player damage functionality fixed the prone crawling to function as intendeddarkened the background of every stage so the player can better see what is going onfixed bugged snipers that caused the frame rate to drop in levels with too many snipers. The frame rateoptimized the game's inner working and improve overall…

  • Graphic Patch for July 14th 2025 - 15 July 2025

    Removed Anti Aliasing to improve graphics

  • Resolution Patch - 19 October 2024

    -Display adjustment to fit different size monitor screens

  • Arrow Key Navigation Patch - 12 June 2024

    -Added the optional ability to use keyboard arrow key input to navigate all menu & map screens -also made a few other subtle adjustments

  • Fixed Mode Select Bug - 7 June 2024

    Fixed bug created on the Day 02 update where new players were unable to select game mode which prevented them from starting the game. New players can now select a game mode again and start the game.

  • Day 05 Patch - 5 June 2024

    -Changed the sprite design for the missile turrets -Added flicker effect to menu display sprites -Added indication flicker to certain menu selection screens when selecting an option -Adjusted enemy alien snipers shot rate -Added 2 new achievements

  • Day 04 Patch - 3 June 2024

    -fixed permadeath problems -fixed unjumpable gaps in Stage 02 -Improved overall game performance -made various sprite adjustments in certain menu screens -added to game's Stage 01 intro cutscene

  • Day 03 Patch - 2 June 2024

    -Added to the aesthetic design of Stages 07 & 08 -Changed all of the bookshelf sprites -Fixed issue where the game-time did not display in the ending finish stat screen -Added more frames of animation to the poison (green) hazard pools and the shallow blood (red) sea sprites -adjusted some SFX -Fixed bug where player may inadvertently hit the Stage 08 Boss before the Boss was activated which would crash the game. -Fixed Bug exclusive to expert mode (permadeath) when player defeats boss they will no longer get stuck on the screen following the ability choice screen.

  • Day 02 Bonus Patch - 1 June 2024

    -Added to the level design of Stage 26 -Adjusted the Stage 26 & 27 Bosses -Adjusted obliteration sound for the Weird Blood Creatures -Adjusted some SFX for a few specific sound triggers -various minor adjustments

  • Day 02 Patch - 1 June 2024

    -Evolved Stage 14 designs -Added to the Stage 03 design -Expanded Stage 13 Elevator version design -Tweaked Stage 14 Boss -Tweaked Stage 03 Boss -Adjusted Orb Mine behavior -Removed Death Sentry's ability to push the player around on contact -Adjusted parallax for Stage 26 background -Added new background for Stage 14 -Changed bookshelf sprites

  • Day O1 Patch - 1 June 2024

    -Fixed Save Display on first starting the game when switching between save files (also, will not lose save file progress) -Fixed Game Mode Description panel when first choosing game mode -Fixed Audio Bug when battling Stage 08 Boss -Changes to Stage 09 Boss & Stage 10 Boss -Changes to Stage 09 & Stage 10 Level design -Added Animations to Tech-Alt ability icons -Refined Brutal Mode Spawn Rate -Fixed Elevator found in Stage 13 -Adjusted hit boxes for Crippler Spawn Creatures -Added flying boulder projectiles -Added to various menu design elements -Other tweaks, adjustments & fixes

Patch notes and updates

S.noRelease datePatch nameGID number
111 March 2026Drone Break Redemption Update Part 031826992588591117
211 March 2026Drone Break Redemption Update Part 021826992588590677
315 July 2025Graphic Patch for July 14th 20251805065414348894
419 October 2024Resolution Patch6212244583181766292
512 June 2024Arrow Key Navigation Patch5747236506605309045
67 June 2024Fixed Mode Select Bug5746109972551055657
75 June 2024Day 05 Patch5746109972543267502
83 June 2024Day 04 Patch5742731639344871523
92 June 2024Day 03 Patch5742731639341155195
101 June 2024Day 02 Bonus Patch5742731639338746726
111 June 2024Day 02 Patch5742731639337855833
121 June 2024Day O1 Patch5742731639335525467

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