- Performance! - 16 August 2026
Noticed with all the improvements we also had a slowdown in a few places. Profiled. Fixed. Mo Better!
- Aug 15th - Major upgrade - 15 August 2026
This is a BIG bug fix and play-ability update. Try it, you'll see what changed.
- Flight improvements. New secrets. - 8 August 2026
Overhauled 3D flight control. Straight-line thrust is now straight: no more mystery pull to one side when you hit reverse. Locked on target fix. Fire while target-locked and your shot will chase down and kill the locked enemy. Face self-destructs again. Controller fixes. Bumpers now fire in every mode where they used to do nothing, and slamming the fire button at game over will no longer blow you past entering your initials. Your high score is safe from your own trigger finger. Surprises. Not every portal leads where you expect.
- Full Controller Support w/ Mouse Overhaul - 6 August 2026
🎮 Now Fully Playable on Controller - Enter friend codes with your controller — D-pad character entry, just like high-score initials. This was the last thing in the game that needed a keyboard, and now it doesn't. - RETR0 is now marked Full Controller Support on Steam. 🖱️ Mouse Overhaul - Mouse-look in space finally feels right — tighter, more connected aim. The old floaty drift that made looking feel like sliding sideways is gone. Hand-tuned. - Mouse fire in top-down runs — left click fires, right click bombs (these did nothing there before). - Cleaned up leftover experimental mouse-thrust behavior — thrust belongs to your keyboard hand: one hand on keys, one on the mouse, the way PC games play.
- Controller Update - Full Gamepad Support - 6 August 2026
The big one: RETR0 now has real controller support. Plug in an Xbox-style pad and everything works — menus, every game mode, every action. 🎮 Full Controller Support - Standard Xbox-style layout across the whole game: A fires everywhere, X throws bombs, RT/LT thrust and reverse, bumpers strafe, Start pauses. No more stick-click thrust. - Every mode has its own natural controls: - Space flight — stick steers, triggers thrust, with proper spacecraft inertia - 2D arcade sections — classic rotate-and-thrust, Asteroids style: stick turns, RT thrusts, bumpers also fire - Top-down runs — direct 4-way movement on the stick - Orbit trench runs — aim, dodge on the bumpers, boost/brake on the triggers - Remap anything: the controls screen now shows keyboard and controller bindings side by side — press any pad button to rebind, and it sticks between sessions. - Utility shortcuts on the D-pad: targe…
- Multiplayer Update: Friend Codes & The Super Boss - 4 August 2026
Fly with your friendsYou can now join a friend's game directly. Pick JOIN FRIEND from the main menu, or hit ESC mid-flight and jump straight into their sector without quitting your run. Get your own code from ESC > Invite Friend, and share it however you like — read it out, paste it into chat, or copy it with a keypress. Type a friend's code by hand from the menu or in the middle of a run. Codes last 24 hours and follow you: fly somewhere else after sharing one and it still drops your friend where you actually are. The Super BossThe super boss now assembles itself in front of you as a set-piece, fires its eye beams out of its face, and stays in the fight across a level change. Its objectives are all reachable, its hull is solid, and killing it is a payoff instead of a disappearance. It can turn up from level 3 onward. New in the field Asteroid belts, with more rock and a chance of a pow…
- Steamdeck fix - 8 April 2026
Bug Fixes:• Settings menu no longer starts the game behind the options screen. Opening Video or Audio settings from the main menu now correctly shows only the starfield backdrop instead of gameplay running underneath.• Controller pause now works on Steam Deck. Pressing Start opens the full pause menu with resume, restart, and quit options. Back/Select is also mapped as a fallback in case Steam Input intercepts the Start button.
- Few fixes, new Easter eggs - 21 March 2026
Look, it's going to change over time. Won't be the same game.
- Video/Audio settings added - 20 February 2026
New FeaturesLinux support: Native Linux build now availableVideo settings: Added Apply & Restart button for resolution and display changesAdditional translations: Lore content now available in Japanese, Korean, German, and Russian Bug FixesFixed enemies occasionally flying at extreme speeds in 2D modeFixed “Armada Assembling” alert getting stuck on screenFixed missile warning text being too large and misalignedFixed HUD elements not centering correctly at different resolutionsFixed SFX volume slider not affecting sound effectsReduced “Convergence Forming” alert duration for better pacing PerformanceImproved OpenGL rendering performance
- Support for Chinese, Russian, Korean and more - 20 February 2026
DANK ARMADA now supports 9 languages: English, German (Deutsch), Spanish (Español), French (Français), Japanese (日本語), Korean (한국어), Brazilian Portuguese (Português), Russian (Русский), and Simplified Chinese (简体中文). The game automatically detects your preferred language from your Steam settings—no configuration needed. All gameplay text, menus, HUD elements, pickup notifications, level objectives, and lore entries are fully translated. Players can also manually override the language using the --locale launch option or by setting the RETR0_LOCALE environment variable in Steam launch options (e.g., RETR0_LOCALE=zh_CN %command%).
- Update notes Feb 20 - 20 February 2026
One month in and still bug fixing! And enhancing. In this patch fixed menu weirdness (I know you saw it) and notification messages that hang on the screen forever. Made the top-down scroller portion of the game a bit more interesting with better orientations and more random attacks. Update often!
- Bug fix time - 17 February 2026
Top-Down ModeFixed terrain clipping — glass pane now clears mountain peaks correctlyFixed bullet visibility during orbit entry transitionFixed ship positioning at startupOrbit ModeFixed robots/spiders rendering through planet from far side (hemisphere culling)Fixed surface creatures disappearing in terrain trenchesUI / HUDFixed Game Over screen — Enter key now functions correctlyCorrected formation alert timeout timingTutorials disabled by default (will re-enable after additional fixes)VisualsFixed crystal planet wireframe flickering (z-fighting)Fixed destroyed decorations persisting (radar dishes, etc.)
- Menu & Controller Fixes - 14 February 2026
Menu & Controller Fixes - Fixed B button accidentally quitting from main menu - Options menu now opens inline (no more jarring screen exit) - Fixed navigation when backing out of options submenus - Fixed Windows crash on restart I'm happy to fix! Let me know if you run into issues!
- I'm sorry I'm so old-school. Fixed controllers - 13 February 2026
I'm so old-school that I built this game ONLY to support keyboard/mouse play, with a minor nod to controller mapping. Obviously you are not ME and you want to use your game controllers!! So I added support in this build.
- Bugfix patch - 6 February 2026
Enhanced 2D warp speed logic with smarter enemy behavior coordination and an altitude-aware formula for determining spawn distance. Fixed an issue with starship glow effects by excluding the vector starship correctly and normalizing how starship names are checked.
- Update notes Feb 5, 2026 - 5 February 2026
Changes this build: * Fixed z-order issue * Fixing top down scroller game spawn logic * Uploaded first linux native build
- First ready-for-release build - 5 February 2026
This is really the first intentionally public build. Had one in the pipeline not quite ready to go. Install this puppy.
