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Fixed Tyrcorp Cruisers stat-related issue that caused them to have less HP than their Novatech counterparts
Fixed S3 Autocannon sometimes colliding with itself, preventing correct aiming
LAS-MK1 beam laser damage boosted by additional 15%
Hello Pilots & Commanders, Update 1.1 is now out with some promised and some unexpected content to arrive for Space Reign!
As promised, all Tyrcorp Cruisers are now unlockable and playable! Let us recap:
Even though the official Roadmap for Space Reign has been fully completed, we have decided to implement some new Contracts for more mission variation. Enjoy!
Locate and destroy enemy Cargo Ship before it leaves the sector.
Use the provided Salvage Ships to salvage wrecks, then deliver the spoils to the sector station.
Escort the provided VIP ship to the designated control point, defend it and then escort it back to the station.
Fixed wrong Koi Damage Model VFX sometimes triggering when damaged
Fixed issues with Exit Sequence not supporting a higher ship count
Fixed Sector Map Contract Objective status getting stuck at 41/60
Fixed Cargo Container special objective not completing even when all conditions are met
Fixed screen Flickering occuring while scrolling in the Fleet Roster window
Good Hunting! Adam & Daniel
Fixed a bug related to max ship limit in Fleet Roster window
Added a Mouse Sensitivity setting for Fighter Controls and Large Ship Camera
Added a setting to adjust the screen shaking amount in the Fighter Cockpit
Reduced light intensity of some weapon projectiles
Fixed some Ultrawide-related UI elements
Fixed Outpost Assault contract not completing properly if the player alread has the outposts captured before accepting it
Fixed Flak sometimes causing a console error
Fixed SAD Contracts sometimes not spawning their waypoint indicator
Fixed rogue Missiles triggering ship mass lock
Fixed buildable defenses sometimes getting stuck in building queue
Fixed a console error sometimes triggering on sector enter
Fixed figher-based torpedo launchers firing at ships below medium size
Fixed some sound sources not being terminated properly on ship destruction
Fixed Bullfrog and Bowhead having the same ship description
Fixed Gryphon incorrect ship description in shipyard and tech tree
Fixed Claymore and Culverine not displaying the Tyrcorp logo in shipyard and tech tree
Fixed Arcturus incorrect ship description in shipyard and tech tree
Fixed S2/S3 turrets displaying incorrect HP values in Tech Tree and Loadout windows
Added a scroll option in the Fleet Roster to support unlimited number of ships
Fixed console errors sometimes triggering when editing a loadout
Fixed errors related to weapon preview in the loadout editing mode
Fixed camera-related errors when entering a sector
Fixed mining fleet events sometimes triggering errors
Fixed defensive squadrons sometimes not displaying their squadron icons properly
Time between waves in Station Defense contract increased to 30 seconds
Fixed S3 Beam Laser weapon description
Fixed S3 Beam Laser and S2 Flak providing no XP for ships
Fixed S3 Artillery Cannon floating above its hardpoint
Fixed S3 Weapons appearing to be larger in hangar than in-sector
Fixed clicking on "Weapon installed" button causing to lose all player credits (heh)
Fixed some UI texts not showing some symbols properly
S3 Beam Laser damage increased by 85%
Fixed Claymore and Culverine weapons spawning inside of the hull
Fixed fighter collision avoidance strafing force being too strong, causing them to "bounce"
Fixed Kirin being able to resupply while in combat
Fixed a console error connected to in-sector resupplying
Fixed a console error when fighters try to engage the enemy without any weapons in their loadout
Fixed a console error when pressing direct control bind while having multiple ships selected
Fixed UI overlapping when controlling a ship with 8 weapons
Fixed Bullfrog's afterburner not triggering properly in the tutorial
Fixed the tutorial waypoint indicator sometimes not dissapearing after reaching it
Fixed the tutorial arrow indicator position during the weapon buying stage
Fixed Log notifications not taking into account a custom corporation name
Possible fix for main menu settings error
Fixed an error connected to turret detection in-sector
Hello Pilots & Commanders, We are very excited to announce that Space Reign is now Officially out of Early Access!
Let's take a look at what's new, what's changed, and what the future holds for us. 🚀
With all major milestones reached, the EA Roadmap is now complete. ✅
Strongest ships with focus on S3 Hardpoints now ready to be researched, purchased and deployed!
A fast and cost-effective solution for in-sector fleet resupply, the Koi is the smallest combat resupply ship available. Its light frame demands careful positioning away from enemy heavy weapons fire.
The Hestia strikes a solid balance between fleet resupply, agility, and defensive capability, making it a reliable support vessel for Novatech fleets.
The largest support ship available, capable of resupplying a significant portion of the fleet during prolonged engagements. Its solid armor and five weapon hardpoints—including one S2—allow it to contribute defensively while performing its logistics role.
Following the approach from S1 and S2, we’re introducing the standard autocannon in the S3 category as well — giving players a reliable mid- to close-range option with solid damage output.
This is the longest-range weapon in the projectile lineup, ideal for providing fire support and picking off enemy modules from a safe distance.
An experimental weapon designed for pinpoint accuracy and reliable sustained DPS — trading away explosive burst damage for consistency.
Inspired by the Endless Mode, you will now be able to upgrade every ship in your fleet directly through the Fleet Roster window using credits. These upgrades provide an additional way to fine-tune ship performance and maximize their combat efficiency.
Chapter III introduces a brand-new Quadrant, along with new sectors where you’ll deploy your fleet and engage in combat. These locations feature new backgrounds and include the core of Tyrcorp’s operations, which you’ll be tasked with destroying.
Sector map just got a fresh 3D look!
Ready for some "clever" puns? We are excited to introduce a set of 34 Steam Achievements for you to complete and get that 100% completion rate on yet another Steam game!
Custom Corporation Name
Unit Box Selection
AI Fighter Module Targeting
Fast Travel Speed Increase
Sector map camera updated with smoother controls
Increased experience gains to reduce Corporation rank grind
Improved Collision Avoidance for all Ships
Better Overall Performance through VFX and Weapon System rework
Player settings should now save properly
Borderless fullscreen, Fullscreen and Windowed options fixed
Station Defense enemies now jump in, minimizing the waiting time between individual waves
Endless Mode enemies should not get stuck anymore
As indie devs often do, we started working on Space Reign after quitting our in-between jobs because we wanted to go full time. With no previous game development or software development experience and no outside funding besides our savings, the logical step would have been to start with a small project and slowly grow in scope as our first games released and (hopefully) earned something, right?
Well… that didn’t happen.
Our primary focus when first prototyping the game was simply to make something we ourselves would love to play. In our case, that turned out to be a Space Sim/RTS hybrid inspired by Homeworld, Battlestar Galactica, and The Expanse — not something I’d advise doing when you’re just starting out. Especially with only one programmer who had just started coding! (Thanks Adam.)
Funnily enough, what we wanted to make wasn’t decided overnight. During the first pre-Early Access years, we switched between several sci-fi settings and genres. There were times when Space Reign was supposed to be a space sim and survival game, combining fighter controls with a first-person character controller. Hard to imagine now, right?
Or just a fighter-based space sim inspired by Freespace.
Or… a station-building and defense game.
As we experimented with different ideas, we agreed on one thing in particular: being able to control any unit in your fleet and give orders to the rest is really cool.
That’s when we decided to design the whole game around this feature while trying to minimize complexity in other areas. It sounded like a good idea on paper — but perhaps not so much when dealing with complex, physics-based ships moving in three dimensions and two different player perspectives. Eh.
Over time we slowly put the fundamental mechanics together, implemented basic ship AI, and focused more and more on combat and fleet battles — the part we were the most passionate about.
Realizing that ship combat involving two different perspectives and control schemes was quite difficult to execute properly, we decided to focus on just one at first, saving larger ships and the third-person perspective for later during Early Access.
This turned out to be one of the better decisions during development, because even with just one perspective and control scheme, many things still went wrong with the initial Early Access launch. There were issues with controls, player onboarding, several major and game-breaking bugs, and plenty of other problems.
Looking back, Adam and I both agree that most of these issues came from our lack of experience with actually launching a game.
But there was something that made us feel good and kept us motivated: many players actually liked the feel and look of the ship combat itself.
That meant a lot to us — especially since fleet combat is the main focus of Space Reign.
After gathering a crazy amount of feedback and bug reports during the first weeks of Early Access, we tried to keep the content updates coming. However, our technical inexperience eventually caught up with us. Many systems had to be redesigned or reworked entirely in order to make the rest of the roadmap milestones possible.
This caused updates to be slower and more irregular than we would have liked — which isn’t ideal in today’s world of Early Access games. For that, we once again sincerely apologize and thank you for your patience. ❤️
After surviving the reworks and implementing new features (thanks again, Adam), we were eventually able to hit all the roadmap goals — which has led us to this moment.
Is the game still rough around the edges? Yes. Could there be more of… well, everything? Also yes.
But do we believe Space Reign is worth playing and experiencing?
Absolutely.
Especially if you enjoy what we enjoy: juicy space fleet combat that’s easy to get into without the complexity and hassle of many other games in this genre.
With the Early Access roadmap now completed, we will shift our focus to fixing bugs, resolving issues, and doing a bit of balancing here and there.
As always, please keep the feedback and bug reports coming on the Steam Community Hub and our Discord!
One thing we confirmed while working on Space Reign is that making a game we ourselves would love to play is exactly what we want to continue doing — while reducing the overall scope and complexity and focusing more on the overall quality of the content. Well, at least now while there's still just the two of us.
We are currently exploring many ideas on paper, so there is nothing concrete to share just yet. But we would love to take you on another journey — this time hopefully with fewer bumps along the way.
Stay tuned, and in the meantime feel free to come chat with us on our Discord!
Thanks again for your continued support — none of this would have been possible without you, the players.
Good hunting, Commanders! 🫡
Adam & Daniel
Hello Pilots & Commanders!
Space Reign version 1.0 featuring Chapter III now has an official release date:
This decision was made primarily because of more time needed for some of the bugs we have found out while testing the most recent development build, especially when transferring from EA to 1.0 with all the backlog issues being addressed as well at the same time.
We are sorry for the wait, but we believe it is worth it for the release state of the game.
Due to Space Reign being our first game ever (or any product for that matter), we have decided NOT to increase the price, leaving it as it is for the Early Access version at the moment.
See you on the Launch Day!
Adam & Daniel
Hello Pilots & Commanders,
Let's take final look at what's coming for the Update 1.0, which will bring the third and final Chapter to Space Reign.
With more time needed than previously expected, we are now aiming to release Chapter 3 and the 1.0 Update between end of January and first half of February. We apologize for the delay and thank you for your patience as we continue working hard towards the release. Once the launch date is locked in, we'll let you guys know.
As fleet sizes grow, so does the demand for supplies. To address this, a new ship class is being introduced: support ships. These vessels can resupply and repair your fleet in the field, reducing the need to constantly return to stations. While extremely valuable, their lighter armor and limited firepower mean they rely on stronger combat ships for protection.
A fast and cost-effective solution for in-sector fleet resupply, the Koi is the smallest combat resupply ship available. Its light frame demands careful positioning away from enemy heavy weapons fire.
The Hestia strikes a solid balance between fleet resupply, agility, and defensive capability, making it a reliable support vessel for Novatech fleets.
The largest support ship available, capable of resupplying a significant portion of the fleet during prolonged engagements. Its solid armor and five weapon hardpoints—including one S2—allow it to contribute defensively while performing its logistics role.
Inspired by the Endless Mode, you will now be able to upgrade every ship in your fleet directly through the Fleet Roster window using credits. These upgrades provide an additional way to fine-tune ship performance and maximize their combat efficiency.
Chapter III introduces a brand-new Quadrant, along with new sectors where you’ll deploy your fleet and engage in combat. These locations feature new backgrounds and include the core of Tyrcorp’s operations, which you’ll be tasked with destroying.
Finally, it's here! The option to give the player corporation a custom name. Choose wisely.
Fighters have been updated to target ship modules instead of only attacking the hull. During combat, fighters can now damage or destroy individual systems, including weapon modules.
Target selection is randomized, which means fighters may engage different modules across encounters. This should make fighters more useful against destroyers and cruisers.
Fast travel speed has been increased by three times following user feedback. With the higher speed, ships were able to reach destinations much faster, but this also introduced cases where ships would overshoot their target.
To address this, we added anti-overshoot logic that reduces ship speed as it approaches its destination. This allows ships to decelerate smoothly and stop at the correct location while maintaining the increased travel speed.
In addition to the features showcased above, we’re continuing to work on fixes, balance tweaks, and overall polish. As a two-person team, we’re doing our best to refine every aspect of the game, with many of these changes to be detailed in the update’s patch notes at launch. Stay tuned.
Can't wait for all of you play Chapter III!
Adam & Daniel
Hello Pilots & Commanders,
Let's take a look at some things we have been working on for the Update 1.0, which will bring the third and final Chapter to Space Reign.
As you may have noticed from the ship polls, we have been quite busy adding the largest ships to the game - Cruisers. (besides the Mothership).
Ranging from light to heavy, both Novatech and Tyrcorp will be getting new ships in this class which features a lot of firepower with main focus on more S3 hardpoints.
While being the most durable and capable of dealing some serious damage, it will be a wise idea to accompany them with smaller ships able to deal with fighters equipped with anti-capital ship loadouts.
We are looking forward to your feedback, it is very exciting to see these beasts in some epic battles.
Following the approach from S1 and S2, we’re introducing the standard autocannon in the S3 category as well — giving players a reliable mid- to close-range option with solid damage output.
This is the longest-range weapon in the projectile lineup, ideal for providing fire support and picking off enemy modules from a safe distance.
An experimental weapon designed for pinpoint accuracy and reliable sustained DPS — trading away explosive burst damage for consistency.
We have finally found the time to implement a classic box-selection tool, which will allow you to select and give orders to multiple ships with ease. Yay!
Ships are now equipped with a new predictive collision-avoidance layer that runs on top of the existing system. Instead of reacting only when something is already close, ships now forecast future collisions by analyzing the relative velocity and projected positions of nearby vessels.
If a possible impact is detected, the ship calculates a dedicated avoidance vector and smoothly adjusts its course to steer away before a collision can happen.
In practice, this means fewer accidental bumps in big formations and ships that feel more aware of their surroundings when moving through busy space.
If you’ve had enough of the BenCo, Inc. label on your fleet and in the Corporation Panel, you’re in luck. It’s time to brand your corporation with a name of your own. ːsteamhappyː
Based on the feedback received since the last Major Update, we will be speeding up the in-sector travel time by increasing the fast travel speed of all ships.
We have also decided to lessen the overall grind in the core progression loop by increasing the experience gains from contracts and other objectives - making it faster to level up the Corporation Rank.
Space Reign now supports Steam Cloud saves and your progress should be available across all devices with Steam and Space Reign installed.
While we're pleased with Space Reign's overall performance, we've identified plenty of room for optimization — especially useful with the larger battles and increased total ship limit arriving in Chapter 3. This was done in two areas bescribed below.
One of the bigger issues we ran into with Unity 2020 URP is that VFX Graph effects can’t be batched together. In busy scenes this was putting a lot of extra work on the CPU, especially during large battles where dozens of impacts and explosions can fire at once.
To deal with this, we went through and reworked most of the visual effects (bullet hits, missile impacts, explosions, damage sparks, etc.) using Unity’s older Shuriken particle system. Shuriken can batch properly and spreads its work across multiple threads, so it ends up being far more efficient for the kind of action Space Reign has.
In big fights, this change alone can improve performance by up to around 50%, depending on how much is happening on screen.
Previously, every weapon system on a ship had its own rigidbody so it could handle bullet damage independently. Because these systems were parented to the ship, this was the only reliable way to keep everything working correctly.
This has now been reworked. Weapon systems are no longer physical children of the ship — they follow the ship’s movement instead, which means they no longer need their own rigidbodies.
With this change, the overall number of rigidbodies in a typical battle drops by roughly 80%, since each ship was carrying an extra 3 to 8 of them.
In practice, this gives an additional 8–15% performance boost, depending on how many ships are on screen.
Our current goal is to release this update by the end of the year, but we want it to be as complete and polished as possible. We’ll share one more post before launch with final details — including another look at more features and changes coming in version 1.0.
See you in a bit! Adam & Daniel
Hello Pilots & Commanders, let's choose a name for a another gunship coming to Space Reign!
Corporation: NovaTech
Ship class: Gunship
Name Theme: Animals/Mythology
VOTE AND PROPOSE NAMES HERE => https://strawpoll.com/Q0Zp7evbwgM
Hello Pilots & Commanders, let's choose a name for a another cruiser coming to Space Reign!
Corporation: Tyrcorp Ship class: Light Cruiser Name Theme: Historical Weapons
VOTE AND PROPOSE NAMES HERE => https://strawpoll.com/2ayLQO0Mbn4
Hello Pilots & Commanders, let's choose a name for a another cruiser coming to Space Reign!
Corporation: Tyrcorp Ship class: Medium Cruiser Name Theme: Animals/Mythology
VOTE AND PROPOSE NAMES HERE => https://strawpoll.com/BDyNzRVQ4yR
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