Hi everyone, Hope December and the end of 2021 is finding everyone well. Space Impossible is making progress at our typical "never quite fast enough" rate. BETA 8 has been in the works for a long time, and incase you aren't on the Discord or keeping an otherwise close eye, nearing completion. We are being a bit more cautious with BETA 8 release, since it is the biggest change to the game since probably ALPHA 4->5. The universe is changing, how you move around the universe is changing, the pacing and progress for how you advance through the universe is changing, nearly every region and object templates have been updated/changed, weapons and other components all rebalanced, trade items introduced and emphasis added (for those so inclined). It is huge. And with huge comes bugs. As usual, we try not to release until we are confident in little-to-none significant bugs. To meet that standard, we have been releasing Experimental builds. You won't see news posts about these, but they are there (can find more info on Discord or the Steam Forums). We had a few at the start of BETA 8 development as we tested out specific system changes, but now we are also using them as we find and fix bugs found by us and some devoted players. We expect one Experimental build a week, give or take, through January, with the Pre-Release and full Release around the end of January or start of February. Once BETA 8 is finally done and released, we will talk in 2022 about what's coming for BETA 9 and BETA 10. We do not expect these to take as long as BETA 8. That's it for now, feast your eyes on some screenshots from BETA 8 if you haven't seen them yet. Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and see you (and BETA 8) in 2022. RexSpaceman and Stuffie [table noborder=1 equalcells=1] [tr] [td]
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