Alpha 112 posted

Get the latest version on itch.io:

https://reefpirate.itch.io/terminal-dominions

(side note about itch.io: I plan to figure out how their command line thing works)

This ended up being more of a presentation update than I had planned. Several mechanics were tweaked behind the scenes, but I also do hope the look of the thing has improved somewhat.

Alpha 112 Notes:

General


  • Pretty major changes to the Minerals economy considering the existence of a bug that caused depleted asteroids to spawn new asteroids. Minerals feel more scarce. I'm OK with this for now, but more tweaks to come for sure.
Pirates! Well, one pirate...

  • Pirates now feel more present on the map earlier in the game. Less carebear time, even on level one. Pirates have structures that camp and hold asteroid belts with their new Pirate Goons.
  • Made some serious progress in straightening out the steering system in the game. Things fly smoother than ever. Still edge case problems, of course.

Slightly newish sun graphics seen here.

Research

  • Research contracts will now self-destruct just like other resources contracts did when there are no valid targets in range.
  • Research is generally easier to come by. More research gained per research site, per level and per explored asteroid belt. Several tweaks to research costs, hierarchy, etc.
  • New researches added: Engineering I and II, structures re-added: Power Gen I and II. Ships added: Pirate Goon.

UI

  • Several dozen changes to the UI colors, transparencies, layout, etc. Things keep changing and I think eventually most everything will be on the left edge of the screen.
  • Made several fixes to the save game system. I still wouldn't fully endorse you counting on your save games working though. It can be handy to save at the start of a system just in case you totally screw up and want to start over at system start.

Several other tiny undocumented things changed as well. If anyone has any feedback please let me know either in comments here or on Twitter. Cheers!

Reef


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