Hello everyone!
I’ve just released a new update for the game. It includes many fixes and improvements suggested in your feedback and reports. Below you’ll find an overview of the most important changes and new features.
New Features
Ship Levels and Stat Progression
Ships now have new statistics that can be improved by:
leveling up the ship,
upgrading the ship,
installing modules.
Each ship has 5 upgrade levels, which increase its combat and utility capabilities.
Modules
I’ve added dozens of modules that can be obtained from crates and defeated enemies.
The stronger the enemy, the higher the chance of obtaining a better module.
Each module has 5 progression levels that increase its effectiveness.
Escorts
You can now have up to 8 escort ships.
The escort system is based on command points – the larger the ship, the more points are required to control it.
Command points are developed individually for each ship.
The escort panel allows you to define ship behavior during combat:
Passive – ships only follow your unit
Attack my target – they attack the enemy you are shooting at
Attack nearest target – they select and attack the nearest enemy
Recycler
A new ship type has been added – Recycler.
You can send it to debris fields, where it will automatically collect drifting wreckage and transport it back to the base.
Research Center
Added a new building that allows you to research discovered technologies.
Technical Dock
Added a new building that allows you to upgrade the levels of collected modules.
New Base Raid Mechanics
I introduced a new base raid system.
When the red bar in the bottom-left corner fills up, the global threat level increases by 30%.
After the time defined in the difficulty settings (minimum time between attacks) passes, an attack on the main base occurs, during which a mini-boss appears.
The system includes 10 raid levels, with each subsequent one becoming more difficult.
New Red Signal Mechanics
I changed how red signals appear.
Previously, red signals appeared only after building a combat ship or a defense turret.
Now they appear when the sector threat level exceeds 20%.
Additionally, besides occasional raids, squadrons of enemy fighters now appear and fly toward pirate bases.
If they encounter your units along the way, they will attack them.
Colored Signals
A colored signal system has been introduced that determines difficulty level and rewards.
Available levels:
Green
Blue
Purple
Gold
The higher the signal level, the greater the challenge and the better the rewards.
Various Changes and Fixes
Changed the resource generation system on asteroids – a single asteroid can now contain multiple resources (e.g., nickel and silicon).
Updated the tutorial to match the new structures and mechanics.
Ammunition from destroyed enemies is now automatically transferred to your inventory.
If escort ships participated in destroying an enemy, the ammunition is shared between them.
Ammunition and fuel are automatically replenished when:
you enter a ship,
you build a ship,
you issue a return-to-base command.
Each ship can now have a set amount of fuel and ammunition for automatic resupply.
Combat ships with pilots automatically launch to defend the base during an attack.
Materials added to the construction planner can now be transferred to the ship container with one click.
Added the ability to construct prefabricated buildings that can be transported by ship to colonies and built there.
The character now has a Mechanic skill, which determines the repair speed of structures.
You no longer need to clear the production queue to start producing something else.
Fixed a camera issue in the ship cockpit view.
Updated some of the sound effects in the game.
Added the ability to delete old save files.
Scanned Asteroids Panel
The asteroid panel has been expanded with several new features:
Showing and hiding asteroids with disabled markers.
A list of destroyed pirate bases.
A list of unexplored asteroids where items were left behind.
A list of sectors without asteroids where wreckage is drifting.
The ability to send a Recycler ship to clean the sector.
Clicking an asteroid name opens the colony panel and allows remote structure upgrades.
Fleet Panel
Clicking a ship name in the fleet panel now opens the panel of that specific ship.
If you made it this far, let me know in the comments how the game feels after the update and what works best, and what could still be improved. Every piece of feedback helps me keep improving the game. Thanks for your support and see you in space!