Barring any fatal bugs, this will be the last patch before Early Access. The playtest will be turned off to public access at that point, likely this weekend.

This patch finishes the Steam integration - all your resources and unlocks now sync with Steam. This does mean you'll be starting again from scratch, however, so apologies for that.

You'll notice also that the ships now have a cost to unlock, and the missions also now need to be unlocked in order (kill a medium or above boss on a level to unlock the next).

Thanks once again to all our wonderful testers. Click the copyright text on the main screen to see who they were :P

The new city level has been added in this patch. The volcanic cave level that was previously the final level has been temporarily removed, and will make a reappearance as an unlockable level during early access.

This gives a better spread of mission difficulties and wider range of environments for the base levels.

Also in this patch, sound effects have been added to the user interface for a more tactile feel, and some animations on upgrade display for a bit of extra pop (and also so you can't auto-click by accident if it appears when you're spamming the space bar...).

A few of the utility upgrades have been buffed to make them more appealing choices - notably the "Phase Shift Cost" upgrade is now the "Phase Shift Duration" upgrade, extending both the movement speed and invulnerability noticeably.

There's about one more week left before we move to early access, barring any massive bugs. Current intention for the next patch is a rework of the current HUD.

Thanks again for playing!