ANOMALY CORE UPDATES
Expanded the Anomaly Core reward pool with several new possible rewards.
Added Health and Shield restoration as an Anomaly reward.
Added Temporary Weapon Evolution rewards.
Added a permanent 5% All Stats reward.
Added a one-use Nuke Charge, allowing one Nuke use before permanently unlocking the ability.
Added a one-use Immunity reward that automatically activates at critical health and is followed by an Emergency Shield.
Added new HUD indicators and gameplay notices for Anomaly rewards.
Improved the Global XP Vacuum so it only becomes available when enough XP is nearby.
METEOR UPDATES
Reduced the Medium Meteor chance to drop a Temporary Weapon Evolution by 35%.
Reduced the Large Meteor chance to drop a 5% All Stats bonus by 35%.
Decreased Medium and Large Meteor Health by approximately 25%.
Changed the Meteor Fragments icon.
PLAYER HEALTH UPDATES
Increased player Health based on difficulty.
Easy: 2800 to 3150, an increase of 350 Health
Medium: 2400 to 2800, an increase of 400 Health
Hard: 1800 to 2050, an increase of 250 Health
DIFFICULTY UPDATES
Decreased Alien swarm rates based on difficulty.
Easy: approximately 14% decrease
Medium: approximately 10% decrease
Hard: approximately 8% decrease
MUSIC AND SFX
Added a new music track titled One Last Chase.
SHIP AND MOVEMENT UPDATES
Added Reverse movement using S or Down Arrow by default.
Reverse movement is now integrated with the control system and supports custom keybindings.
Improved reverse thruster effects across unlockable ships and ship skins.
SPACE EVENT IMPROVEMENTS
Improved spawning rules for Anomaly Cores, Meteors, Shrines, and other objectives.
Space Events now maintain safer distances from one another.
Fixed cases where Meteors or Shrines could spawn directly on top of an existing Anomaly Core.
UI AND FEEDBACK
Added clearer reward notifications for Anomaly Core effects.
Added a dedicated one-use Nuke indicator to the Nuke HUD slot.
Added a one-use Immunity indicator to the player status bars.
ACCESSIBILITY AND CONTROLS
Added customizable keybindings for in-game actions.
Added Primary and Secondary binding slots for supported controls.
Keybinding changes are saved and carried between the Main Menu and in-game Settings.