After jamming for a whole week, I’m really excited to show off v0.6.0.0! This version’s main feature is the Jobs system, but it also has plenty of other really cool stuff built into it too. On the technical side of things, it’s the fastest version of Absolute Infinity yet, and the game also now ships with a data editor you can use to create mods!

I also wanted to mention that ‘Integrity’ is now a possible name for NPC ships in honor of the recent Artemis II mission. With all that said, let’s look at the new features:

The Job Board

The Job Board is a new feature of space stations that can be accessed from the station menu. NPCs who live at the station now have a chance to put out requests for materials they require, or materials they need delivered somewhere.

Missions you can accept are shown in green. My personal favorite thing to do here is to stack a bunch of delivery quests and fly around making as much money as possible.

The Editor

The editor is something I’ve been working on for a while, as I’ve grown tired of manually editing the XML files for conversations and all that. I’ve decided to make it public since it’s an interesting utility to play with. It’s written in C# with Dear ImGUI as the frontend library.

Other Notes

I plan to release an update next week, finishing up the main quest. Then we’ll see about a possible Steam release. I also made a poster for the falcon, attached below. I’m thinking about redoing all the art to be in a two-tone vector style. I hope you enjoy the update, and please don’t hesitate to contact me on Discord with thoughts!

Full Changelog

• Add “Integrity” as a possible name for NPC ships
• Add game data editor to public game files
• Add procedural mission system
  • Add “Jobs” page to space stations
  • Add delivery missions
  • Add mining missions
• Add new codex entries
  • Added tutorials for new mission types
  • Added new lore entries & revised old ones
• Add new splash screen
• Add new win screen
• Add flash on top-right hint
• Add option to rebind quicksave and quickload
• Add button to hide tutorial hints
• Add sound effects to some UI interactions
• Add button to align ship with cursor
• Add “Sheild Down!” notification
• Add “Hull Critical!” notification
• Changed HUD layout to be more readable
• Increased asteroid friction
• Changed scanner font color to be bolder
• Changed scanner to show (You) on label for your ship
• Re-labeled the Inventory button in the station to Market & Inventory
• Switch to a zero-allocation LINQ provider (should speed up nearly everything)
• Native libraries are now embedded to reduce clutter in the install directory
• The journal now shows the map tabs above it
• The selected mission in the journal is now considered the ‘active’ mission
• Fix bug with inventory panel not updating
• Fix bug where $0 transactions appear in wallet
• Fix console getting clogged with messages even after clear was run
• Fix mouse cursor not changing when buttons are hovered (only took me a year to notice)
• Fix fading-out effect blocking pause screen if opened
• Fix quest names bleeding out of journal
• Fix messages from NPC ships appearing in the player’s message queue
• Fix typos in hints and dialogue
• Fix bug where corrupted/malformed preferences.json files would crash the game during startup
• Fix “Emergency Stopped!” message appearing during standard jaunt stops
• Fix system exploration status not being saved
• Fix being unable to jaunt with the map open
• Fix starmaps not resizing properly
• Fix dead ships respawning when reloading saves
• Fix torpedoes not getting shot down by slugs
• Potential fix for planet positions being NaN (ghost planets)
• Potential fix for linebreaks being multiplied on windows
• Remove faction display from new game menu (no longer an option)

Your settings will reset when playing this version for the first time.