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0.6b Update is live with a lot of quality of life improvements.

Hello everyone in this Cruel Galaxy!

0.6b Update is live with a lot of quality of life improvements.
If you have tested our latest-test build, dont forget to discard it and swap to default build.

Freebies

  • New Virgin Silver paint style available for all players who have launched game after release.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug allowing ally ship to move in enemy occupied tile.
  • Fixed a bug when some of Spaceship or Modules bars was not scrolling the way they must.
  • Fixed bug when main menu Parallax effect goes on a vacation.
  • Fixed bug when yo ustill see pop-ups, hovers and ship UI above overlay (Victory or Journal)
  • Fixed a bug hiding HP bar in turn order bar.

Animations

  • Added on-hit animations for shooting action (different for each ship model).
  • Added ship destruction animation
  • Added ship warp-retreat animation (only for Black Knights)

Gameplay Changes

  • Easy mode! Black Knights faction now have ability to restore their ships even after they lose a battle. The ship must not be destroyed completely, of course.
  • Chance to completely lose allied ship reduced by 50%.
  • Restored trophy ships now got Virgin Silver painting by default.

Quality Improvements

  • Each module type now have 3 different pictures instead of one (one for each size). 12 images added in total.
  • All ingame graphics sized up to 1920x1080.
  • All ingame UI size reduced by about 25%.
  • All spaceships now auto-sort by power rating.
  • All modules now auto-sort by type, and after that, by power rating.
  • Now you can see damaged and destroyed modules by yellow and red overlay in combat, respectively.
  • Un-selected and active module borders have been redrawed accordingly.
  • In Fleet management screen, you now see if there more modules or spaceships to scroll.
  • Hovering messages now only contains grey and white colors for text.
  • Some buttons have been moved to more appropriate places.
  • Skip button in dialogs now placed after Next.