📢 Space Scum Updated Playtest Live

🛠️Experimental Playtest Updated V.0.9.0.12

✨ Thank you everyone for providing feedback on the experimental branch for Space Scum. We've made a few changes since our latest closed playtest.

🎮 How To Join The Playtest

1. Right click your First Blood demo app

2. Select "Properties"

3. Click "Game Versions & Betas"

4. Select "Experimental"

5. Let the game branch download and hit play

Changes since V0.9.0.4 Playtest

Battle Start Screen

• Flee and Tactical Withdrawal options replace the old retreat system

• Configure Crew button lets you swap gear before committing to a fight

Tactical Map

• Character highlight added on mouseover

• Movement and abilities have new visual edge to better see ranges

• Icons combined into a single display, shown in toast notifications

• Pounce ability added to Varanus

• Bilehusks now leave a poison effect on the ground after attacking

• Smoke Grenades added to some enemies

AI

• Multiple improvement passes

• Pathfinding performance improvements

World Map

• Wandering behavior reworked

• Animals now avoid roads

• More clearly shows which resources are being consumed and warns when running low

Recruit & Crew Menus

• Significant UI rework across both menus. Menu should now give indication of how good a character is at a glance

Economy & Balance

• Wages increased with compound scaling on level-ups

• Provisions prices increased (food, medical, repair, thermal regulator)

• Trade good prices capped; quantity in settlements reduced

• Mission rewards reduced

• Max 1 active mission at a time. 2 max with vehicle unlock

• XP progression made less severe

Misc

• New crew symbols with colour swatches on the personalize screen

• Minor skill tree rearranging

• Many new sounds added

• New female voices added

✍️ We want to hear from you! Give us feedback on the new build.

If you’re available between now and Thursday, June 4th, we would love for you to join the discord, playtest the latest build and give us feedback. At the moment, we’re looking for feedback on combat balancing, and the new builds possible with the talents. Simon & Ed will be present as well, so you can give feedback to them directly and on the survey. 👉 Link to the feedback form

⚠️ We ask that playtesters not share any footage, screenshots or discuss the playtest outside of the designated playtest channel. Thank you and we hope to see many of you in our playtest.

Space Scum Demo First Blood

— The Space Scum Team

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