Exoplanet Journey: Orbit update (0.99g) (Patreon)

Updated Orbit Scenes

The visuals in the orbit scenes have been updated to feel more dynamic and immersive. Planet shaders for Proxima B, Kepler-62f, and TOI-700e have been improved, featuring sharper cloud textures and more realistic cloud shadows.

Updated System: Scene transitions

The system that controls scene changes has been refactored for smoother and more natural transitions. Buttons remain clickable, but transitions now take between 2 seconds (for planetary travel) and 7 seconds (for interstellar travel). This helps prevent rapid scene switching.

While working on this, cosmetic improvements were also made to the user interface and sound effects.

Note: Due to these changes, your saved scene preference might no longer load correctly. Simply save your favorite scene again.

Updated Scene: Moon Base

Two new lighting modes — Sunrise and Eclipse — have been added to the scene. These can be selected via the scene controls and are currently a work in progress, with more polish and functionality planned in future updates.

Updated Scene: Ice Moon

Minor visual tweaks have been made for improved fidelity. A new alternate night version has also been added, featuring a fully lit planet in the sky — available as a Premium option.

Updated Scene: Ashfall Valley (Early Access)

The scene formerly known as Firestorm is now called Ashfall Valley. Firestorm is being reworked as a weather effect that will appear in the Scorched Ridges scene instead.

Ashfall Valley remains in early development, and more updates will follow.

Updated Scenes: Various

Several new celestial environments have been added:

• LHS 1140b – A fascinating “eyeball planet” with stark contrast between its hemispheres.

• Luhman 16A – A brown dwarf object now available (Early Access)

• Cosmic Web – A vast new galaxy scene also available (Early Access)

Minor Updates

• Slight performance improvements on planet surface scenes

• Reduced loading lag during scene transitions

• Fixed some incorrect scene names in UI labels

• Updated music credits

• Video playlist Updates

• Various compression optimizations