Thank you all for your continued interest and support for Lost Flotilla - nearly 3000 of you have now played the demo!
To help me develop the game further, could you fill out this short questionnaire on weapon balance?
I also have another small bugfix / user experience update today:
One thing that's been confusing to people is what the S key actually does in the controls. It doesn't make your ship move backwards - it's a toggle for the engines so you don't have to hold down W the whole time you want to move. I've updated the little informational graphic at the start of the game and the name of the keys in the settings to hopefully better communicate that:
And since several people have requested it, I've also added a captain with no special abilities so you can continue playing the baseline game after unlocking captains.
Finally there's two bug fixes: the game no longer crashes if you have zero escort slots, and the kraken's attack areas are now shown correctly.