Development has started on the 'Solace' update. It is aims to consolidate the single-player gameplay towards an early-access standard by mostly focusing on bug fixes and refining the core gameplay, along with bringing lots of general improvements.
New Black Holes
No more black spheres. Black holes are now animated and distort light.
Old black holes:
New black holes:
New Avatars
No more cute ai-generated creatures. Species avatars have been improved, and should now be more suitable for the sci-fi genre and are also human created. This format of avatars should replace any planned 'animated avatars' (for now at least) due to development constraints, and larger priorities.
Other News
UI Changes
The UI has changed to a cyan colour as 'Cobalt' did not match the gameplay very well. Also, outlines are now more thin. Additionally, new holographic SFX is replacing old sounds to maintain a more consistent and futuristic theme.
There has also been feedback about the icons being too basic, which is mostly true. This was a 'UI art-direction' taken from last year, although I am experimenting with a new style of icons.
Public Playtesting
Public playtesting is underway, and as of writing, 50 players currently have access. If you would like to request access, you can do so on the Steam page. Public-playtesting should continue for the near future, because it's better than no public playtesting, although closed-beta will also continue to provide another much-needed layer of potential feedback.
Stay tuned for more updates...
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