SPL is now rogue-like

Hi,

the time-management mechanic didn't survive the test of time (haha), most importantly - it wasn't fun.
It took away meaning from dying and put unnecessary pressure on the player.



From now on SPL won't rush you. The perma-death is always on.
So is the game just harder now ? What about other time related gameplay?
Read below.

[h2]Last Stand[/h2]

• New ship ability, used via Left Ctrl or gamepad Y. Will heal you to maximum, knockback enemies and incoming projectiles - effectively saving your life
  
• Tied to new resource - Energy. It consumes 100% energy and requires 100% energy to use
  

[h2]Energy[/h2]

• Can be recover by flying through Irides
  
• Overheal decay recharges energy - if you are healed to 100% and you are overcharged, the disappearing extra health replenishes energy
  
• Purging tech progress recovers energy - 1 ship/terran/native/starborne point converts into 1% of energy
  

[h2]Perma death[/h2]

• Yep -it's always on. If you die - you die, game over
  
• You no longer can die instantly from a collision with a static objects (even when using jump drive), figured that dying from mistakes in combat is fun, crashing into asteroids ending in game-over is not
  

[h2]Exposure[/h2]

• This mechanic is disabled for now, as the timer is gone, looking for a new place for it
  

[h2]Balance[/h2]

• Removed Expansion weapon mod, weapons still have 4 mod slots, however each slot can have unlimited quantity of mods of same type - so you can have 'Accuracy x5', 'Efficient x10', 'Anti-Armour x3' etc.
  
• Less enemy waves per encounter
  
• Less enemies per wave, this means that silver and gold enemies will be much more common above 100% threat
  
• Starborne will jump very close to the player, becoming a close-combat, almost melee opponent
  
• Nexus Zero spawns minions more often
  
• Overcharge decays more much more quickly (and converts into energy), if you are fully healed
  

[h2]Performance[/h2]

• GPU related framerate has gone massively up. If your graphics card wasn't enough, it should work much better now
  

[h2]What's next?[/h2]
There are two major priorities ahead:

1. New player experience - the game should be much easier to pick up and more fun from the start
   
2. Breaking the routine - add more game elements that will push the player to make a mistakes and die, but still holding the principle tough but fair