The Relic Space Demo is now available to download from the Steam store page. The last three months have seen another big development push fixing bugs (with over 100 bugs fixed!) and adding quality of life features as well as new gameplay features, including: Custom keybindings and alternate movement controls You can now change almost all keyboard controls to custom keybindings. There's also a whole new alternative keyboard control scheme (namely, 'tank-style' WASD movement that is relative to your ship's current direction) that can be toggled on or off in the settings - and also remapped. [img width=600]https://i.imgur.com/MQaYWI5.png[/img] New ships, equipment, and status effects There are 2 new enemy ship types, each with brand new equipment, to improve early-game tactical variety. And there are also two new status effects: you generator can now become 'unstable' with potentially explosive effects, and utility items can become 'severely damaged' in a way that is very hard to repair. [img width=600]https://i.imgur.com/1fNtak9.png[/img] Improved trading mechanics Amounts and prices of trade goods are less random, and instead based on the local economy, with some goods being in surplus or shortage in each sector (plus handy icons so you can see at a glance which goods might be best for trading) [img width=600]https://i.imgur.com/qzUGwRl.gif[/img] New themed soundtracks There are now also 3 new adaptive soundtracks by talented composer Peter Gagliardi, so each of the main factions now has its own themed soundtrack, which plays when exploring a sector controlled by that faction. [img width=600]https://i.imgur.com/1cczTxZ.png[/img] Plans for 2022 2021 was a game-changing year for Relic Space, in which we went from early Alpha - little more than a tech Demo, with not much content - to a much more polished, fully playable and actually-fun-to-play Demo version. But 2022 promises to be even bigger. We'll be adding new content and features each month as we head toward Steam Early Access later this year - and where applicable the Demo will be updated to include the new content as well. The Early Access version will include

• access to 90% of the full procedurally generated solar system map
• a wider range of procedurally generated missions
• more NPC factions
• more ships, equipment, research and status effects
• a balanced way of winning the game via economic/military victory points (as opposed to via the main storyline)