1.8 is Coming Soon
I've been working on it for almost 3 months now, it's been in beta for weeks, and soon it will be available for everyone. If you look at Starmap 1.8 , you'll see that I've already hit most of the major points:
- Space weapon and defense rewrite
- Armor, shield, and ship stat balance
- Supply overhaul
- Commodity size / value remodel
- Officer pay by time
- Space activated skills!
I feel great about these! But there's a catch to all this innovation...
Your saves won't be compatible ːsteamfacepalmː There are just too many fundamental changes.
That's why I created the...
New "Legacy17" Branch
If you can't bear to let go of your current game, you can switch to the Legacy17 branch *right now*. It is the exact same version you're already playing, and it won't change when I finally roll out the new features.
Go to Approaching Infinity on Steam > Manage > Properties > Betas > Legacy17
But seriously, finish up and then come back to main, because all the new space weapons and skills are pretty amazing ;)
Achievement Changes Pending
Approaching Infinity has 143 in-game achievements right now, and 70 official Steam Achievements. Most of these were created almost 10 years ago now, and include things like "kill 10,000 monsters", which is a grind and not a fun motivation to try something new.
So I'm going to scrap a lot of existing achievements, and put in new ones that are more interesting. This is discussed in the Starmap, with some hints about what's coming.
Steam users may see your achievement count go *down*, as I remove the overly grindy stuff. This will affect all players, and no version-switching can stop it.
See you space captain...