As many of you may know, I have postponed releasing any new updates in favour of releasing one massive update.
This update is coming along swimmingly, and will be released at some point later in the year.

At some point the video game industry decided it was okay to release games with bugs, and I hopped on that wagon when I made Electron. I created the game without fully polishing it and there were many bugs that required me to stop and take a look at how I was doing things.

This new update which I have been working on since November of 2022, will replace all content currently in the game.

Everything has been rebuilt.
From the HUD to the menus, to the characters. Not one thing has not been rebuilt.

A New Name
Upon the release of the new update, we will re-brand the game as Space One (dropping the Electron from the end).

Completeness
As a new indie developer, there were a lot of assumptions made when making my first published game.
One of which was that I could improve the game as I went along.
Whilst not entirely inaccurate, the content needs to be there first. It needs to already be fully fun and playable and this is an area I failed you all on.
I wont be making this mistake again.

When this new update is released, it is my intent to ensure the highest level of craftsmanship possible. This means as bug free as I can possibly make it, as complete as I can possibly make it (Content excluded, that will be added with time, for example more equipment, more buildings, more ship parts, more mobs, more skills, more resources), filled with tutorials, a strong save system that can withstand the growth of the game, and maximized customization.

The Current State of the Game
Currently, I am adding the new game menu.
Here, you will customize your character which will allow you to select Gender, facial features, hair and eye colour, background, stats and skills.

I have developed planets, and the player now starts on the planet and has to work their way into space.
The main menu now contains a fully customizable keyboard layout.
You now will have the ability to change the textures, as I have also designed a texture modding system to accompany this update.

Setting and Goals
You will find you have crashed on a strange planet, and need establish a thriving colony before you can return to space. Here, you will gather resources and build buildings. This part of the game is like its own game. It will take you several weeks of gameplay to make it back to space.

Here, you will need to grow the colony, and there are a few ways you can do it. One way is to open up a shop and tend to it every day. This will help you develop friends with the colonists as they arrive and also earn you the $$$ you need to get back into space.

During this time you will improve your colony, research various components needed to build your spaceship, as well as farm the land in order to feed yourself and your colony.

As you advance, you will be able to employ your the colonist friends you have made to do work for you. They will plant and harvest for you, they will run your shops, they will mine for you etc.

Eventually, you build your space ship and return to space! Once in space, you can travel to infinite planets, making colonies anywhere you like, find rare minerals, develop your ship, hire crew to fight on your ship, upgrade your ship from a small shuttle to a massive battleship, command drones and so much more!

The Main Storyline
I will be introducing short animated videos to the game to help deliver a narrative.

Someone or something attacked you (the same someone or something that destroyed earth), and sent you crashing to the ground on this strange planet!!! It is your job to find out who or what attacked you, and rid the galaxy of them once and for all, so that humanity can once again be safe among the stars!


Thank you all for your continued support! Things are going well for the game and I hope to have this new update to you as soon as possible!

It is with a heavy heart that I have had to let go of electron development for mac.
Those of you who bought the game for mac (only 3 of you) can reach out to me and I can find a solution for you. Steam may not offer a refund but I may be able to.

We do not have the resources nor the manpower to take on this huge change! Hopefully later down the road we can.

Kindly,

Your Dev - Andy.