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Some UI Improvements on the Horizon
🕑 Added 2024-08-03 16:11:20 +0000 UTCHey folks! The past few weeks have been a bit of a blur with the Steam demo release and everything that's come along with it however, I wanted to give you a brief preview of some UI improvements on the horizon. There are of course much bigger changes coming too but for now, check out the new radar system! I only added it a day ago but already it makes life a LOT easier. Just having the situational awareness to know even roughly where enemies have been spotted is very helpful. You'll also notice that ambient heat and gravity have been switched to icons. I've been taking lots of inspiration from better indie games than mine in trying to find ways to just make it easier to get info by glancing at the screen without lots of reading, so expect more of that over time.
I'm hopeful that there will be an updated play test build in the coming weeks which will roll out for the Patrons to do their thing and give me early feedback. At some point later I will likely be updating the Steam demo with these changes, though I did learn my lesson by trying to rush an update through Steam that caused game crashing. When the time comes I'll likely introduce a beta branch to the demo so folks can try any updates for a few weeks before we switch it to the main branch.
I'm getting ahead of myself though at the moment so I'll leave it all there. Just wanted to share the radar with you guys today!
