• Secondary enemy faction can appear in Stronghold and Mini Boss map nodes
  
• Binding to control, shift, command and alt is now easier (previously had to hold the key for 3s)
  
• It's now more clear when a control binding is not editable
  
• Confirm and alert modals now stand out more from the backgrounds
  
• Machine translations are only available on itch and won't appear as options on Steam and GOG
  

• Change character keyboard shortcut changed to Left Shift from N
  
• Items currently equipped to a character could be sold at a merchant. Now an alert will pop up letting you know that the item is equipped and you won’t be able to sell it.
  
• Removed extra items that are not unlockable from equipment counts and database
  
• Fixed an issue where the percentage complete displayed on the save file was incorrect and it was not possible to get it to 100%
  
• Frag grenade was only showing a single action use on the HUD when if used on the first action it would consume both
  
• Itchy Trigger and Sentry were granted with an “out of class” weapon. Now a Deadeye equipped with an SMG (for instance) will no longer get Sentry on their turn start.
  
• The menu buttons in the top right will always display on the HUD. We had some soft locks happen on enemy turn and the buttons were hidden so the menu and bug report UI’s could not be opened
  
• If the character had return fire and a revive skill/item, the revive was not being triggered when they die
  
• There were reports that saving into a new slot would reset the play time. I haven’t been able to reproduce the exact sequence that caused this issue but i made a change that I think should keep it from happening.
  

• Added a camera zoom keyboard shortcut and listed it in the help
  
• Several "unable to click" on enemy targets issues resolved
  
• Grenade launcher hit chance was lower in some cases than what was displayed in the HUD
  
• Merchant inventories in some cases were too repetitive
  
• Hidden UI buttons could respond to mouse clicks
  
• Soft lock on the map if a save was triggered on an exit or entrance node
  
• Several encounter typos fixed
  
• Several encounter outcomes that made no sense were re-written
  
• Softlock when setting the follow mode leader to the character who entered the sub on a sub recovery mission
  
• Character skills that disabled after moving were broken and always being granted
  

New Features

• Updated Nanite item descriptions to make it more clear that they only affect the equipped character. These are like auto injectors your character would place on their arms so they can't really be used on another character.
  
• Blitz Nanites now will add "Quick Draw" (firing doesn't end turn) for two turns and decrease hit chance. An upgraded version is available later in the game that also adds an extra action. I was never happy with the Blitz nanites as they seemed like a throwaway item and I finally had an idea how to make them more valuable by adding Quick Draw. If your character has Quick Draw from upgrading Speed all the way, then you won't get anything from the base level nanites except the hit chance debuff.
  
• Added Health Nanites as a tier 1 item that heals 5 HP and has 50% regen chance. The current Health Nanites are now a "mark II" and I also added a "mark III" version with more health for later in the game.
  
• Added an option to pause the game when in the background on your PC. Both ways have been requested a few times so adding a setting seemed like the easiest thing to do. It's called "Run In Background" and if you don't want the game to continue when you alt tab off then make sure it is unchecked.
  
• Clicking an enemy or cover with the mouse (or joystick cursor) will no longer move the camera. this was causing a lot of miss clicks and is a long time issue that i should have addressed long ago.
  

Balancing Changes

• Updated the Cultist skills to improve their difficulty a bit. Each Cultist skill is now a "Blessing" which I think fits their faction a bit better. The big changes are that Mend (Blessing of Life) and Combined Arms (Blessing of Attack) are added on higher level Cultists. Hopefully this should make the battles a bit more tense.
  
• Lowered the "hit" experience for characters with a multi shot weapon to balance down the Wildcat and Wrecker advantage (especially in early game)
  
• Shortened the objective length (number of maps) by 1 everywhere except the final area.
  
• Raised level up thresholds slightly for higher levels
  

Bug Fixes

• Removed the manual camera option because it was causing major lag during the turns. This will potentially be added back in a future update.
  
• Camera movements reduced and slowed down just slightly
  
• Enemies were not taking overwatch shots if they were not visible and also not firing on turrets if they were not visible
  
• Center Camera shortcut (C key) was not working
  
• Encounter options sometimes displaying as locked when you had the class on your team
  
• When retrying a hostage mission after adding the hostage to your team, they could only be targeted as an enemy
  
• Grenade launcher and any weapon with Piercing Ammo could fire through walls
  
• It was possible to interrupt an encounter when you were out of fuel by triggering the out of fuel beacon with the controller shortcut
  
• if aborting during a "final" mission in an objective it was always marking it failed on subsequent attempts so it was not possible to complete the objective
  
• Sometimes the game would soft lock during an enemy turn (you would see the movement arrow but enemy would never finish the movement). Its a fairly rare bug but i think this is the fix.
  
• Clicking the close button on game mode selector while creating a new game would create a broken save
  
• Selection circles on loot were not animating
  
• Poison Grenade not applying Poisoned status effect
  
• Some issues with animated enemy selection
  
• Enemies tab on menu was not changing if you loaded a new save after viewing it
  
• Updated Double Barrel skill description to better fit the in game behavior.
  
• Changed filled health dots to orange in color blind mode
  
• Changes to better handle corrupted saves (still not clear on what may be causing save corruption)
  
• Sub damage that occurs on a merchant encounter will now happen after you close the merchant
  

• The player team can now spawn on the south side of the "over sea platforms" missions
  
• State now saves at the encounter display and the mission loadout
  
• A bug that was keeping the sub and experimental weapon achievements from popping is resolved (should repair when you load the save)
  
• Updated the icons on the encounters to better represent the kind of encounter to help you plan your route
  
• Sometimes the Plasma Weapon objectives didn't grant the weapon.
  
• Cultist objective difficulty was raised
  
• Fixed some bugs with enemy visibility that caused pods in other rooms to sometimes alert when they should not
  
• Auto equip was not equipping the best weapon in some cases
  
• Followers sometimes not going after loot or going after loot that alerted an enemy pod
  
• "Two square" cover was still granting the cover bonus when both characters were on the corners
  
• Overwatch was not checking Line of Sight properly resulting in firing through walls
  
• Escape key opens the main menu and Backspace key cancels an action (used to be Escape)
  
• The cell room on the platform missions was spawning too much cover
  
• If two characters could overwatch an enemy and the first one killed him, the second player lost their overwatch without firing
  
• Added an overwatch sound effect
  
• Follow mode paused when spotting enemies but didn’t resume when they went invisible
  
• Improve encounter UI layout
  
• Update selection circles so only the active character's circle is animated
  
• If character has a "Boost" status like War Cry or Cutter, that is displayed on the large HUD elements
  
• Reduce size of tactical maps, especially the "activate/deactivate node" missions. Final objective missions are still a bit larger
  
• Bug with Class Unlock objectives not ending properly and unlocking the class. You can just load the save to resolve this one.
  
• Overwatch firing during an ambush was ignoring cover
  
• Fixed grenade misses. if you have missed with a grenade then you probably know what I am talking about here haha.
  
• Edited down some class options in encounters that seem to show up way too often.
  
• Added some Saboteur class options.
  
• Nerfed the Wrecker scrap blast slightly (destroyed cover does 2 damage instead of 3)
  
• Nerfed the credits dropped by higher level enemies. May not fix the in game economy but i think it will help.
  

Key Features

Other Changes

What's Next?

• Added a Stealth mechanic to the game . Enemies have a lower visible range to allow for positioning your troops before waking up a pod. Any characters on overwatch should take shots at dispersing enemies.
  
• Added the Saboteur class. Their primary skill is Sneak Attack which does extra damage if alert level is low. They are fun to play with if stealth is interesting to you.
  
• You can freely switch between characters and in most cases, the character should have their turns together.
  
• The encounters on the map now show more details about what type of encounter it may be so you can better plan your route through the area. We also added many new encounter scripts.
  
• When in Follow Mode, the followers will by default teleport to their location rather than having to walk
  
• Completely rebuilt the tutorial to better reflect the actual game. It's no longer on rails but you have to finish each room to unlock the next one.
  
• Very large overhaul to balancing and difficulty. I'll be making a few more changes before i make it live to everyone.
  
• The game is much shorter. I thinking you could easily finish the 5 main story objectives in around 10 hrs. This used to be more like 20. The maps are linear (so you have less choices) and a lot smaller (especially in late game) so it takes less time to get to the objective destinations.
  
• Stop movement and refund actions if an enemy spotted even if on first ("green") action (previously only on second "orange" action)
  
• Many other small details and polish have been added
  

• Soft lock if choosing a dead team member to be the point
  
• Save slot edge cases resulting in objectives not loading when you try to save an unsaved game in a new slot
  
• Sometimes an inventory item would disappear when you clicked on it
  
• Enemies wouldn't always use doors
  
• Enemies occasionally would try to move to the same space as a player character and just walk in place for a few seconds
  
• Last player was not saying their lines in a cutscene if you had more than 3 characters on the team
  
• multiple wall tilesets would display on "final" mission for objective
  
• Bypass module is using up ammo but not doubling damage
  
• Could get extra characters on a sub by choosing a transport sub, adding characters and then changing to a lower capacity sub
  
• Weird "bonus actions" you would sometimes get when walking have been fixed
  
• Health dots on character display in map UI not lit at beginning in standard/casual mode
  
• Could not defend if using a sniper rifle out of class and had moved
  
• Boost Aim (or other no action skills) were counting as moves for sniper rifle out of class
  
• Sometimes smoke or stun grenades would not throw but would be marked as used
  

Build 51.5.1 patch notes

• Black screen appearing on mission retry
  
• Blind characters couldn't reload or fire at all in spite of the hit details saying they had a small chance to hit
  
• Character switching UI element appearing on enemy turn if before a player character
  
• Characters constantly popping up and down when in cover
  
• Could not pass through door into hostage room
  
• Other possible door issues resolved
  
• Put Out Fire button enabled when on "extra" action (like Hit and Run, etc)
  
• When sub moves, map node flags should disappear
  
• Only display the item filters on a merchant if you have more than 8 items
  
• On mission loadout, while the confirm box is open if the next character (shoulder) button is pressed, the box stays open but loses focus