New / Changes

• Added a new "Breadcrumb Trail" to the holo display (GPS & Long Range), which will update every time FTL is disengaged.
• Added an "Account" section to the game settings.
• Built a new framework for connecting the game to the Starship Simulator online portal.
• The (very early wip) Caravella is now available for Admiral level backers with connected portal accounts.
• Renamed "Start New Mission" to "Launch New Vessel" on the main menu. We're doubling down on the ship being the hero of the story.
• Added a new Ship Configuration page to the Launch New Vessel menu sequence.
• Added a new Select Character page to the Launch New Vessel menu sequence. (Not much on it yet)
• Added a new Crew Roster page to the Launch New Vessel menu sequence. (Not much on it yet)
• Added a new Online Fleet Registry Submission page to the Launch New Vessel menu sequence.
• We now have multi-savegame support! The number of save games is limited only by your HDD space.
• Each new vessel launched creates a new savegame, and if you opt-in, will also create a profile on the online portal.
• Added the ability to delete save games, which also deletes the associated vessel from the online portal.
• Added the first data output for the online portal. The ship will update its last known location every time FTL is disengaged.

Notes

• The new Starship Simulator Account system is purely optional and is not required to play the game. The only caveat is that you will need an account to access in-game backer rewards such as mission patches and the Admiral Cluck plush (both of which still need to be made).
• Aside from gating access to backer rewards, the main purpose of the online portal is to serve as a Fleet Registry, allowing players to share their progress with one another by way of info cards for their vessels. It will also feature some league tables with data points such as "Farthest distance from Earth" and "Number of star systems fully explored". In the future we'll look at storing "First Discovered By" data, along with a galactic heatmap to show community exploration progress.
• The new savegame system is undoubtedly going to have a few bugs, so if you notice something not loading or saving properly (that was working previously), please let us know.