Hey Space Cowboys!

After listening to lots of your feedback and toiling away for a month, we're ready to present to you the next update!

This one has been a long time coming, and we're very happy to finally bring it, as it's adding lots of oft-requested features. To start with, lots of you have requested we move on from our old-school heritage of mainly using the arrow keys and instead "get with the times" and add WASD controls. Alrighty then, your calls have been heard, and you can now play 3030 on the same keys you play Counterstrike Go, Overwatch, or whatever it is you kids play these days.

While we were at it, we've gone ahead and added three distinct modes of control to the game. You can now play either with "Keyboard only", that's as it was before, with "Keys & Mouse", that's using the mouse to aim and keys to move, or with "Mouse only", which uses toggle buttons to turn on and off thrust, split and turning. It's actually super handy, as you can use your other hand to eat a Hot Dog, drink a beer, or finish that auto-biography you've been working on!

As a logical continuation of the added new control styles, we've also added some super-silky-smooth Gamepad Controller support. It actually plays a lot better than we at first expected, with most of the controls coming very naturally. It was also actually a lot harder to implement than we at first expected, with each and every button prompt having to be rewritten to dynamically check your current control style, each input having to dynamically change depending on where you currently are and which screen is open and who you're talking to an..GLRAAAARBAAARWWR… Phew! Thank gosh that's now over with! In the end it was all worth it, of course, and the game plays really well with a controller. Wherever we couldn't make all the buttons work, we've made it as easy as possible to use the Right Stick as a virtual Mouse, with the RB button making the cursor move more quickly across the screen.

Besides all these new fangled controls, we've added and fixed a long list of other things. Starting with added support for 4k resolution. We went ahead and added 8k too because why not. Lots of stations have been improved, by adding expanded Foreground areas with special animations. The tutorial was tweaked a bit more and some menu functions were moved around to be easier to use. Some crashes and bugs were fixed as well, as always you can check out the full list below:

Features / Gameplay

• Added WASD Controls
• Added Mouse & Keys Controls (Aim with the Mouse)
• Added "Mouse Only" Controls with Toggle Buttons
• Added Controller Support (XBox Controller strongly recommended)
• Added 4k and 8k resolution support
• Added new Visuals on Derelicts
• Made onscreen Controls switch dynamically depending on control type

Fixes / Improvements

• Added Clicking an object near Falcon on Station to activate
• Added Right Click to close terminals
• Rebound menu and other keys for easier WASD controls
• Made Help Screen information depend on player location
• Expanded Station Foreground on Ysa Station
• Added Birds inside station on Ysa and some others
• Added Animated Algea Tanks on Ysa
• Expanded Station Foreground on Rub Ba 3
• Added Watering Drones on Rub Ba 3
• Expanded Station Foreground on Jelnu Station
• Improved Jelnu Station Exterior
• Fixed Crash from missing Character on Stations
• Fixed Mouse Position in some spots not using Virtual Resolution
• Fixed HUD marker jitter bug
• Fixed Bug with Visual Assist Font in Fullscreen
• Fixed Bug where you accidentally cancel missions
• Added Flash Effect for information popups
• Improved Derelict Tutorial
• Made Elesw 4th station instead of 1st in Andinti
• Reorganized and resized buttons on map screen. Removed "Show Stations"
• Made Mission Screen always available. Added "Back to ship" button
• Made Button hints permanent on New Game, until a couple docks
• Fixed Tractor Beam activation on keyboard
• Added message if tractor target out of range

Thanks to ksyh05, vitowns, Omicron Lyare, SuperSchokoKeks, Infirito, IanMcMill, agentmith, Sundalo261, kukumisu, GA01, jonhuggs, lucascoppio, hondsgemein and Kaox for your and feedback and support!

To keep in our tradition about being transparent about pricing and future plans, we also want to announce that the final price raise will be coming in the next couple weeks. We don't plan on running a promotion before then, so if you've been holding out for a good deal, this will be the cheapest you can get the game until full release, which is planned for early next year. Even with the launch discount, the game will be about the same price it is right now, so you better grab it while it's hot! :)

Enjoy the new update, and please let us know which of the new controls you prefer! Safe flying!