This changelog is for the Playdate version of Suborbital Salvage.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

1.2.0 (02/11/26)

Added

• Added 15 achievements.
• Added an assist mode that allows you to tune difficulty. However when enabled, achievement unlocks and leaderboard submissions are disabled.
• Added assist mode notification popup.
• Added a more persistent dialog for teaching spin boosts.
• Added warning about starting a run without a tutorial.
• Added explicit back button to settings menu.

Changed

• Boosts from rings and spins are not as strongly affected by gravity anymore.
• Game settings and save data are now saved to two separate files.
• Improved settings menu layout.
• Game now defaults crank offset setting to "forward".
• Double points (10 instead of 5) are awarded for flying thru a ring backwards.
• Down-mixed all audio to mono to save ~50% disk space (was ~16mb, now ~8mb).

Fixed

• Fixed oversized colliders on some asteroids.
• Fixed being unable to escape fish's maw.
• Fixed various typos in dialog.
• Fixed music not playing if set below 5 when starting a run.

1.1.1 (03/14/25)

Added

• Added settings menu with the following options:
  • Adjust music volume.
  • Adjust SFX volume.
  • Enable/disable cat dialog.
  • Choose the crank angle which is considered forward for your ship.
  • Invert crank rotation.
• Added icon on game over to indicate score upload status.
• Added game update popup with QR code to this changelog page.
• Added system menu option to quit to menu during run.

Changed

• Made tip dialogs more likely to appear for new players.
• Allow use of the DOWN+B abandon run shortcut to work in game over cat dialog.

Removed

• Removed the music toggle from the system menu.

1.0.2 (02/24/25)

Fixed

• Fixed a bug that could be exploited allow for easier runs.

1.0.1 (02/12/25)

Fixed

• Fixed e0 startup crash on devices that have less available storage space.

1.0.0 (02/11/25)

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