Happy New Year! I took a few days off from development enjoying winter in the mountains and still managed to work on a few long overdue improvements. I just pushed build 0.6.0 to Steam that includes the following updates:

• [AI] AI players learned how to upgrade structures around their locations.
• [AI] AI players became aware of asteroid fields and research stations and can build tunnels and attack them.
• [AI] AI players learned how to transport populations and minerals between their locations. This is huge! Now AI can actually execute more meaningful strategies and adapt to changes on the battlefield.
• [GAMEPLAY] Event probability now depends on when the last event occurred: first turn after an event has the probability of a new event happening at 0% and seventh turn at 100%. Turns in between have a linearly increasing probability.
• [GAMEPLAY] Players can now set the initial proximity to other players in the battle settings panel.
• [GAMEPLAY] Stars go supernovae faster that before.
• [GAMEPLAY] Maximum mass of blue giants was increased, which affects incoming action costs.
• [UI] Location details panel now includes the combat strength value.

Next Week

• Adding more actions like fortifying and bombing locations without involving populations.
• More gameplay balancing and general improvements.