A new video devlog about the main work of this week :
And a new version was released the 4th of may
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PRIVATE ALPHA - Update B0004
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Release Date: 04-05-2025
Focus: Trade AI, UI/UX revision, improved missions, better planet rendering, and essential tweaks and fixes.
Trade Line system + UI/UX
A global system generating and tracking trade lines, used by AIs and the player.
Revised Trade AI
A major change to how trade opportunities are evaluated.
Trade node improvement
Overhauled trade node system to be much more reliable and efficient.
Better UI/UX for trade node
Trade node UI has been reworked entirely, and many tooltips and context menus were implemented.
Reworked and improved passenger transport AI
Passenger transport logic has been reworked for better behavior and planning.
Improved planet rendering
3 new types of forests, 3 new types of mountains, improved forest transitions, and implemented visual assets (added outpost graphics).
Localization: around a hundred new strings
Localization has been expanded with approximately 100 new strings.
Improved save/load with better version tracking/UI
Save/load interface now includes better version tracking and usability.
Sounds effects restored
Previously missing sound effects have been restored.
UI/UX: Added the strategic view
A new strategic view has been added to support large-scale decision-making.
Fixed icon scaling causing object lack visible strategic icons + some improvements on icons and text scaling and performances
Resolved issues with icon scaling and improved performance related to icons and text.
Fixed: Replicant nest generation was not affected by game settings and tweaked generation chances.
Nest generation now respects game settings and generation chances have been adjusted.
Fixed: mushrooms were competing with surface flora reigns, causing them to sometimes take over entire planets.
Impossible to land on planet in some situations
Fixed an issue where landing on planets could become impossible under certain conditions.
Disabled Sol system
The Sol system has been temporarily disabled.
Many fixes and tweaks
A wide range of additional minor fixes and adjustments have been made.