Version 0.8 Highlights
The latest 0.8 update for the Astro Protocol Demo brings several improvements:
Saving and Loading - You can now pause your conquest of the stars and continue your game later.
More sound effects and music - Start turn, colonization and unit selection sound effects and one new music track
AI Improvements - We’ve made significant AI upgrades and bug fixes to improve how the AI opponents play.
Quality of life improvement - Clearer map colors, more tooltips, etc.
Countless bug fixes
What’s Next: Victory System Overhaul
We’re now focusing on redesigning the victory conditions to make endgame goals more dynamic and competitive:
The current "accumulate points every turn" system will be replaced with objective-based victory points.
You’ll gain points by meeting key conditions like: "Control 6 planets" or "Control 14 stations".
These victory points are not permanent, they’re granted only while you meet the conditions and can be lost if your control slips.
The first player to reach the required victory point total wins the game.
These victory conditions and the amount of victory points they give will be randomized for each game.
We believe this will create more tension, strategic battles over critical systems, and fewer passive "wait and win" scenarios.
Play Now and Join Development
Want to play the newest updates before they hit the main demo? Join the beta branch on Steam to access the beta builds. Every beta release posts its changelog automatically to our Discord, so you can track new updates in real-time.
As always, your feedback is invaluable! Let us know your thoughts on the new save system, AI behavior, and the upcoming victory condition changes.
Thanks for your support, see you among the stars!