🚀 Space Scum Playtest Day 15 Update

[p][/p][p]Thanks again to everyone jumping into the Space Scum Playtest and sharing your feedback. Your reports keep helping us squash bugs quickly and polish the experience.[/p][p]We’ve just deployed Version 0.6.5.6, featuring more crash fixes, smarter AI behavior, improvements to Hacking, and even a brand-new robot system in shops. Jump back in and let us know how it feels!
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[/p][h2]🔧 Latest Patch Notes[/h2][p][/p][h3]💥 Crash Fixes and Stability[/h3]

• [p]Fixed a crash when selling equipment[/p]
• [p]Fixed a crash that could occur when loading into a tactical battle[/p]

[p][/p][h3]🛠️ Gameplay Fixes[/h3]

• [p]Fixed power level of initial enemies not resetting between playthroughs[/p]
• [p]Players chosen Origin and Ambition are now saved. New save files will display this correctly[/p]
• [p]Fixed character recruitment cost sometimes being extremely low as their equipment cost was not taken into account[/p]

[p][/p][h3]🤖 AI Improvements[/h3]

• [p]Slightly increased a characters AI speed when that character is not visible to the player[/p]
• [p]AI will now stop hanging back so much once engaged into combat[/p]

[p][/p][h3]🛒 Economy and Shops[/h3]

• [p]New Teleporter robot system added to shops[/p]
• [p]Grenades and Robot ability systems are slightly more common in shops[/p]

[p][/p][h3]🎯 Combat & Abilities[/h3]

• [p]Improved which cells are selected when using some AOE abilities[/p]

[p][/p][h3]🖊️ Miscellaneous[/h3]

• [p]Fixed various typos[/p]

[p][/p][h3]🧠 Hacking Improvements[/h3]

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  New Hacking ability: Teleport Mechanical – Teleport a friendly or enemy Robot, Automated Sentry or Barrier[/p]
• [p]New Hacking ability: Overclock – Increase a friendly Robot or Automated Sentries Ranged Attack, Ranged Defence, Melee Attack and Melee Defence[/p]
• [p]Hacking Attack stat now increases the effectiveness of most Hacking abilities[/p]
• [p]Automated Sentries now scale their Ranged Attack, Damage and Health by the creators Hacking Attack stat[/p]
• [p]Barriers now scale their Cover Value and Health by the creators Hacking Attack stat[/p]
• [p]Teleport Mechanical scales its range by the users Hacking Attack stat[/p]
• [p]Overclock scales its Ranged Attack, Ranged Defence, Melee Attack and Melee Defence by the users Hacking Attack stat[/p]
• [p]Added new starting origin called Neural Syndicate to enable players to easily test the new hacking changes. Start with a Hacker and two Robots[/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][hr][/hr][p][/p][h2]📡 That's All For Now[/h2][p]
As always, keep sending us your thoughts through the Feedback Form (you can also find it in the Main Menu). Every report helps us improve Space Scum during the Playtest.[/p][p]And if you want to keep up with development, chat with the community, and talk directly to us, join us on Discord![/p][p][/p][p]Until next time, keep on survivin’![/p][p][/p][p]
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