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v0.3.0 - In Progress

Hello. Thanks for being patient with me. I wanted to make sure I get a lot of things done and concrete before I talk about the progress I've been making on v0.3.0.

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Hello. Thanks for being patient with me. I wanted to make sure I get a lot of things done and concrete before I talk about the progress I've been making on v0.3.0. There have already been a lot of fixes on things like UI scroll affecting the camera and decal visibility range being too short. I also managed to add in nameplates and flags for ships in the Tactical Scene, to make the ships feel like they actually belong to a faction.

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  • UI and audio
  • Events
  • Balance
  • Gameplay
addedHello. Thanks for being patient with me. I wanted to make sure I get a lot of things done and concrete before I talk about the progress I've been making on v0.3.0. There have already been a lot of fixes on things like UI scroll affecting the camera and decal visibility range being too short. I also managed to add in nameplates and flags for ships in the Tactical Scene, to make the ships feel like they actually belong to a faction.
changedA faction's representatives will vote on spending, policies, diplomacy, and how the faction would react in certain events
changedDiplomatic events are a bit dynamic. For example, one of the representatives in the Xin Republic may propose sending a spy against the faction they have the lowest negative relationship with, which means they will never send a spy to a friendly faction. I found that this gave factions a lot more character and makes the world a little bit more "lived-in" instead of randomized.
changedI'm currently working on factions voting against other faction decisions. If Xin sends a spy to Shenzhen, there is a small chance that Shenzhen discovers it. If they do, they can vote on whether they should feed the spy false information or accuse Xin publicly.
addedThis is a system I'd love to expand upon in Sol, but for now, I'm going to keep it simple. Even then, the Factions Update is going to take longer than I originally expected due to all the features I want to add in. I dont have a date pinned for the next update but rest assured I'm working on it every day.

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addedHello. Thanks for being patient with me. I wanted to make sure I get a lot of things done and concrete before I talk about the progress I've been making on v0.3.0. There have already been a lot of fixes on things like UI scroll affecting the camera and decal visibility range being too short. I also managed to add in nameplates and flags for ships in the Tactical Scene, to make the ships feel like they actually belong to a faction.
changedA faction's representatives will vote on spending, policies, diplomacy, and how the faction would react in certain events
changedDiplomatic events are a bit dynamic. For example, one of the representatives in the Xin Republic may propose sending a spy against the faction they have the lowest negative relationship with, which means they will never send a spy to a friendly faction. I found that this gave factions a lot more character and makes the world a little bit more "lived-in" instead of randomized.
changedI'm currently working on factions voting against other faction decisions. If Xin sends a spy to Shenzhen, there is a small chance that Shenzhen discovers it. If they do, they can vote on whether they should feed the spy false information or accuse Xin publicly.
addedThis is a system I'd love to expand upon in Sol, but for now, I'm going to keep it simple. Even then, the Factions Update is going to take longer than I originally expected due to all the features I want to add in. I dont have a date pinned for the next update but rest assured I'm working on it every day.

Just a bit of info about what the factions update will look like:

  • Factions have a system of government with representatives and demographics

  • The three government types are: dictatorship, oligarchy, and republic

  • A faction's representatives will vote on spending, policies, diplomacy, and how the faction would react in certain events

  • The player will be a representative at the start and can pay for an election campaign at the end of their term to become a representative again

  • Aside from voting, the player can make their own proposals and bribe other representatives to force a certain vote.

  • Diplomatic events are a bit dynamic. For example, one of the representatives in the Xin Republic may propose sending a spy against the faction they have the lowest negative relationship with, which means they will never send a spy to a friendly faction. I found that this gave factions a lot more character and makes the world a little bit more "lived-in" instead of randomized.

  • I'm currently working on factions voting against other faction decisions. If Xin sends a spy to Shenzhen, there is a small chance that Shenzhen discovers it. If they do, they can vote on whether they should feed the spy false information or accuse Xin publicly.

  • Demographics also play a big role with how a faction acts. For example, if a faction has more "Interventionist" representatives than "Isolationist" ones, they are more likely to declare war. Each government type has a rep/election cycle that replaces all representatives after a few months.

  • To keep things simple, there are only three options in a vote: yea, nay, and abstain. If there are more yea votes than nays at the end of the voting period, the yea decision wins, and vice versa.

  • This is a system I'd love to expand upon in Sol, but for now, I'm going to keep it simple. Even then, the Factions Update is going to take longer than I originally expected due to all the features I want to add in. I dont have a date pinned for the next update but rest assured I'm working on it every day.

Thank you for taking the time to read this. I appreciate your patience and understanding. Happy hunting!

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Steam News / 6 May 2026

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