Well, this is it folks. I am calling this game (almost) finished. It will go to full release in May, and I will spend the remainder of my time in fixing any remaining bugs and refining some of the existing game elements.
Report Bugs
So if you have experienced anything strange, crashes, bugs or simply confusing aspects of gameplay, now is the time to let me know. You can write it in the discussion forum, or shoot be an email, or a private message, or simply ignore this request, the choice is yours.
The Manual
Have a look at the manual I uploaded yesterday. See if it makes sense or is missing anything important. I do plan to add a section on inventory and upgrading your space suit. Otherwise I think it covers all the bases.
In the remaining improvements, I am including things like balancing item costs and availability. In the beta version, I have made some subtle changes to what kinds of items appear at the mothership. I have tweaked the costs of items and amounts of things like fuel crystals.
Achievements can be added. Are there any things you'd like to see added to the achievements?
New Features Suspended
I don't think I will be overhauling the spaceship as I may have suggested. Not at this time anyway. In the future, if my 3D art skills improve, I may consider returning to this game and updating things, but for now the graphics are pretty much set.
Inventory Bug
I have reason to believe that the recent inventory bug I experienced was due to it being from an old saved game. There was an issue when building items from blueprints, but that was resolved. When testing the game, I loaded an old file, and noticed the same problem, forgetting that it was something I had fixed in the mean time. However, if anyone experiences an inventory slot getting "disabled" please let me know about it.