The Spring 2021 Update

New Major Features:

• Bounties
• Boss Rush mode
• Battle Haptics
• New leaderboards
• Join the community Discord right from the main menu
• iCloud Save Syncing between devices is now supported
• UI Improvements
• Quality of life improvements
• Performance and bug fixes

Bounties:

• Bounties are a new way to take on side-quests and earn extra rewards. Each sector has a bounty associated with it and you must fulfill the requirements before the end of the sector to earn the rewards. A large pool of bounties are available from day 1, and more will be added in the summer 2021 update.

Improved Haptics:

• Feel the action more intensely than ever before.
• Bullets and explosions now vibrate iPhone devices in a highly precise way.
• (This option is customizable from the Pause screen and the Options screen)

Boss Rush Mode:

• Battle bosses from the campaign one after another. How long can you survive?
• A new GameCenter leaderboard has been added to complement this.

UI Improvements:

• New multi-language support for the danger message when encountering a boss.
• It should no longer be possible to tap through parts of the UI into others.
• Added bounty display to the level intro.

Quality of Life Improvements:

• It is now possible to skip the intro cutscene and load into the game faster.
• A new Icons view is available from the Galactic Map and describes the icons in a new, easy to read way.
• It is now possible to join the community Discord server from the main menu. You can also join it earlier by clicking here.
• The odds of events and random drops happening have been improved.
• Now possible to play the game on your device upside down.

Bug Fixes and Performance:

• Switched to the latest version of the GameMaker engine which improves memory management.
• Improved the management of resources entering and leaving memory to reduce overall consumption and keep the game running for longer in the background.
• Significantly reduced CPU utilization should reduce heat and power consumption.