Release 0.8.0 is a visual identity refresh paired with real gameplay loosening — fewer redundant gates, a rebuilt tech tree, and a live tactical view when dispatching fleets.
Refreshed visual identity
- Pirate planets — The skull glyph becomes a glowing red circle that reads cleaner on the galaxy map.
- Galaxy in Send Fleet — The dispatch tactical view is a live interactive map with distance and ETA.
Gameplay
- Colonizer is tier-1 — Only Shipyard is required, opening expansion as a first-day path.
- Ship gating is research-only — No more redundant shipyard-level lockouts when research is unlocked.
- Tech tree rebuilt — Proper branching layout, no more tangled edges, status driven by your actual unlocks.
- Mining flow — Full-cargo fleets stay attached and only recall when the asteroid is depleted.