- Small patch 1.2.2 - 10 June 2026
Changes:Conquest game mode: transparency of control points colors decreased to make it easier to see the player/team colors.Ship colors are now slightly darker to increase the contrast to the player/team color indicators (glow around the player, ship color tag).Intensity of the player/team color indicator increased (glow around the player).Size of the player/team color indicator increased (ship color tag).The laser sight width increased and now has the player/team color.The active shield now has the player/team color.Remote charge: after shooting, there’s a short delay before the explosion can be triggered.Rewired input handling package updated to version 1.1.63.1Note: the update apply to the Windows version. The Linux version will be updated after proper testing.
- Hotfix 1.2.1 - 1 February 2025
Changes: Loading screen added to game launch. Bug fixes: Changes: HUD position of AI players fixed.
- Major Content Update 1.2.0 - 26 January 2025
Is there a better way to celebrate the upcoming Couch Co-op Fest than with a major content update for Frayspace! This update brings a new deathmatch map, dash ability for the ships, four new weapons and a new powerup, making it the perfect time to grab your friends and jump into the action. Check out the full patch notes below and get ready for some local multiplayer action! New Content: New Deathmatch Map Inferno New Ship Ability – Dash New Weapons – Laser Beam, Remote Charge (can be remotely detonated after shooting), Cryogun (freezes enemies), Airthrower New Powerup – Directional Lasers Changes: Explosion damage at range (when not hit directly) follow now quadratic decay, instead of linear decay, w.r.t. the distance to the explosion Damage modifier (affected by the ship specs and e.g. the Attack powerup), now affects amount of damage caused by the thruster fire particles Rewired pack…
- Hotfix 1.0.4 - 19 December 2023
Changes to smoke gun: Improved performance of VFX (a related bug fixed and unnecessarily high number of particles caused FPS to drop when spamming smoke), increased reload time from 5 to 7s, the ship headlight no longer light up the smoke. Weapon readiness indicator colors changed from red&green to purple&green. Prevented changing camera zoom in the Chaos mode as all players are on the same screen.
- Content Update 1.0.3 - 5 December 2023
There are now 14 maps for both Capture the Flag and Conquest game modes - 7 new maps for the shared screen Chaos mode. New Content: 8 player Chaos mode is now available for all game modes Chaos mode for CTF has 7 new maps that are also available in the non-Chaos mode Chaos mode for Conquest has 7 new maps that are also available in the non-Chaos mode Changes: Input handling system now uses Windows.Gaming.Input API Shared screen camera in Chaos mode now follows players and zooms in when they are close to each other Mouse can be now used to navigate the menus Added weapon readiness indicator UI element showing next to the ships Tips added in the main menu Bigger ship glow light indicating the player/team color Bigger fonts in the player UI (name and score) Update note added to show for a couple of launches to highlight major changes Bug fixes: Fix for a bug that caused healing to continue…
- Hotfix 1.0.2 - 25 November 2023
Fix for a bug that seldomly prevented ship healing when landing on launch pad. Physics timestep length slightly decreased to improve collision accuracy.
- Frayspace is Out Now! - 17 November 2023
Get your friends together, put your space pants on and get ready to battle! There is a 15% launch discount that lasts until the end of the Autumn sale! I am truly grateful for all the feedback from playtesters throughout the last year. Thank you for all the great suggestions that have helped in reshaping Frayspace into its current state. Please share your thoughts and feedback, and I encourage to also post a game review. Welcome to our Discord! Best Regards, MTTHKL
- Version 1.0 Patch Notes - 17 November 2023
New Features: Last Man Standing deathmatch mode – you have only one life Default velocities of ships, projectiles, etc., decreased to 80% for Chaos mode as the maps are smaller. It can be set to 80%, 90%, or 100% in the gameplay settings Option to enable the use of buttons to toggle HUD on/off, change camera zoom, and switch time control on/off to make cool zoomed in slow motion videos without HUDs Option to disable weapon kickback completely Performance: Option to change the amount of particles Changes: Size of the fighter ships increased by 30% The default weapon kickback forces decreased The default weapon damage increased for all weapons and an option to tweak it from the gameplay settings Active shield now stays on for a slightly shorter time and takes slightly more time to recharge The healing speed (when on launch pad) increased Maps in the game mode menu are now randomly initial…
- V0.99 Patch Notes - 12 October 2023
New Features: In-game video tutorials. New Arena map with new hazard (reflection blob). New power-up that enhances the gaussgun (primary weapon). Out of three enhancements, one is randomly chosen each time a player picks up this power-up. Changes: AI: AI’s take movement of hazards into account when flying to prevent collisions. Physics/Performance/Gameplay: Resolution of the destructible terrain (not visually) slightly decreased to avoid situations where very small hard to see pieces of terrain remains. Also improves the performance in situations where a lot of explosions cause destruction at the same time. Physics: Ship bounciness increased slightly. Gameplay: Tracking projectiles have now max range – if exceeded, tracking is stopped and the projectile continue forward. UX: Input handling switched from XInput to SDL2 to allow more than 4 controllers to be used simultaneously. UX: Contr…
- Small Update on 24th of June 2023 - 24 June 2023
Changes: Changed back button of gamepad to Button East instead of Button North as in most games. Added AI difficulty setting in Gameplay Options. Slightly adjusts how much damage the AIs take. Added a global multiplier for damage. Added a small cooldown for how much the AI player shoots to reduce the chaos when playing with lots of AIs. Bug fixes: Fix for a bug which caused the AI to crash into space station in DM Asteroids. Fix for a bug which caused the AI to fly forever near a healing pad after its target enemy died.
- Frayspace Full Game Livestream - 21 June 2023
Join the livestream to see the all the game modes and most of the maps of the full version being played!
- Next Fest Update on 19th of June 2023 - 19 June 2023
The demo is now released for the Steam Next Fest June 2023! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1973100/Frayspace/ Changes: Changed the player input handling system to allow the use of more than 4 controllers simultaneously. Changed some of the explosion sprites to improve the visuals. Due to the above change, the Chaos Deathmatch mode is playable. Each player with a gamepad as input device can now change the handedness of twin-stick controls in the joining screen. Defaults to: Left Stick controls the ship, Right Stick aims. Removed the option to globally change the handedness in options menu. The player (A) who shot previously player (B) will get a point when player (B) dies, despite the cause. The AI players have now the ability to use the active shield. General improvements to all maps, more map elements etc. Lots of minor FX additions. Bug fixes: Fix for a bug which caused the main m…
- Frayspace Demo Livestream - 19 June 2023
Join the livestream to see the all the game modes and most of the maps of the full version being played!
- Beta Update on 25th of April 2023 - 25 April 2023
Changes: Added active shield mechanic that reflects incoming projectiles – The shield can be used continuously only for a short time, as it depletes much quicker than it recharges. Weapon damage of all weapons increased. Fixed positioning of some overlay in maps that indicate which areas are not part of the map. Mini-nuke weapon: speed increased by 60%. Added a separate sound effect for the new nuke powerup. Added more damage indication (white circle) when a fighter is hit with secondary weapons. Chaos mode is temporarily disabled since the input system of Unity does not support the use of more than 4 controllers. A new input system will be implemented to overcome this limitation. Bug fixes: Fix for a bug which caused rebinding gamepad buttons to dedicate the rebinded button to the device that was used to make the rebinding and erasing the binding for all other devices completely. Fix f…
- Beta Update on 19th of April 2023 - 19 April 2023
New Features: Implemented twin-stick type of way to control the fighters, as an option for the classic controls. Added an option to switch between twin-stick control (left stick for thrusting and rotating, right stick for aiming) and classic (left stick rotates, right stick thrusts) Added an option change handedness of the twin-stick controls. Added an option to enable automatic shooting of primary weapon when actively aiming (only twin-stick). Nuke power-up with a huge explosion and damage. Bug fixes: Fix for a bug that caused an error when an AI player in the player joining screen was removed and then user tried to change the color or fighter of another AI player. Fix for a bug that caused an error when rebinding “Rotate Left” action for keyboard 2 or gamepad. Fix for a bug that caused incorrect amount of damage to be dealt within the blast radius of an explosion. Fix for a bug that c…
- Frayspace Closed Beta - 15 April 2023
Join our Discord channel here and tell you'd like to participate in the beta testing! For now there are only 40 keys available, so be quick!
