June 16, 2025

Progress Update

Act II of the Story Campaign is complete, and Act III development is underway! The demo still only covers Act I.

I am targeting an Early Access release that will include:

• a complete 3-act story campaign

• a complete 3-act roguelike campaign, with multiple difficulties

• one playable faction (for now) for both campaign types

Below are the notes for today’s patch to the demo:

Features and Content

• The Eric Lee, Scientist card has been reworked. It now draws 1 Invention, then reduces the cost of all Inventions in your hand and deck by 1 Solar Energy. I believe players will find this significantly more useful than the old version.

• A new song plays during certain boss battles.

• A new song plays on the mission select map when an urgent mission is active.

• Certain story beats in Act 1 now stop the music, for dramatic effect.

• Added a moon to one of the planets in Act II.

Bug Fixes and Improvements

• The "View Decklist" button on the reward screen now lets you see your Signature Strategies and Reserves (before these were not included, and not viewable).

• Long-ranged units like Siege Turrets will now swap to fire at nearby enemies that threaten them, rather than continuing to fire at faraway enemies.

• The minimum unit count on Full-Scale Invasion is a number, so it is now buffable by Might of the Empire.

• Added some text to the Buster Missile card to emphasize that it hits structures only.

• Added the Imperial subtype to the Imperial Titan card.

• Recolored General Verga to have purple stripes, matching his purple fleet.

• Fixed an audio issue where the charge for the Solarburst Cannon could keep playing after the laser was done firing.

• Reworded Kai's Knights and similar cards to say "if your TEAM has fewer units" rather than "if YOU have fewer units".

• Some death animations were improved.