State of the Game: Aliens of Culture
Evening all, it's monthly update time! As usual, v0.26.0 is now up for free at the public page, and v0.27.0 is now available for patrons!
This update adds in the Tier 3 Cultural ship to the game, rounding out the Tier 3 set, and wrapping up the functionality side of that task. I do have some ship art assets sitting here which need to be added in, and those will be included in the next update. I've also added in a repeatable version of the tutorial space combat encounter, so you can test out your bridge crew and your new ships.
I've also started on the very early parts of the game's pregnancy system, which is an in-game introduction to some of the options and mechanics relating to fertility and pregnancy. None of those mechanics are currently in the game however, and that will be the focus for the next update and probably the full month at that. Pregnancy will be unlocked by having a Tier 3+ ship however, and my current plans involve unlocking further features with an eventual Tier 4, so if you haven't upgraded your ship yet you may want to finish some factions and get to the dockyards.
Also a Patreon announcement tonight: this month (Nov 4th specifically, apparently) I'll be getting automatically shifted to the 'monthly subscription' payment system, rather than charging everyone on the first. My understanding is that this will have no impact on current patrons, and it won't be affecting my release schedule or anything like that.
I'll be back next time with some fertility functionality, until then, the patch notes are below and game links will be following shortly. Thanks for playing!
v0.27.0 Change Log
Game Functions:
Tier 3 Cultural ship now available once two game factions have been completed and the Admiral's debriefing has been done.
Functionality to support unlocking scenes based on whether or not certain ship stations are staffed.
Functionality to support basing scene text and portraits based off of ship station assigned crew.
Scene Content:
Tier 3 Intro scene added to the Watch Station Dockyards, unlocked after the Admiral's debriefing.
Replayable Ship Combat Encounter added to the Figura Training station. Available following the tutorial.
Reproductive Health Officer Meeting scene added to the Ship Office, unlocked by having a Reproductive Health Officer assigned (Tier 3 ships only). Note: Functionality discussed in the meeting is not yet in the game.
Art Content:
Updated background added for Specialist Medbay ship compartments.
Updated background added for Training ship compartments.
Codex Entries:
None
Bug Fixes:
None
Known Issues:
None
