We've been hard at work on the player's active and passive abilities system. Most of them will be available to try out in the demo. There is a list of the main changes and improvements:

• Added passive skill trees: Survival and Technician
  
• Survival passive skill trees: Stuning Strike, Improved Treatment, Energy Efficiency
  
• Technician passive skill trees: Hacker, Repairman
  
• Passive skills for active abilities that add new possibilities
  
• New PSI Ability: Telekinesis
  
• New PSI Ability: Psionic Barrier
  
• New PSI Ability: True Vision
  
• New PSI Ability: Bending of Light
  
• New PSI Ability: Fire Trap
  
• New PSI Ability: Lightning Strike
  
• New PSI Ability: Corrosive Blast
  
• New PSI Ability: Crimson Clot
  
• Berser PSI Ability was reworked
  
• Now, to hack complex digital locks or vending machines, you need to unlock a specific passive ability in the Hacker tree.

• EMP Grenade
  
• Corrosive Grenade
  
• Nuke Grenade

• New enemy: an armored security officer with a helmet and a shotgun.
  
• Mechanical enemies can now be temporarily disabled when taking electrical damage.
  
• After using the Bending of Light ability, enemies lose visibility of the player.
  
• Improved animation of getting up from the floor after falling from the Push ability.
  
• Cameras no longer see the player in dark places or when he uses Bending of Light ability.
  
• Uncollected enemy weapons are no longer saved and disappear after reloading.

• New tutorial on upgrading player's character
  
• Enemy bodies now fly apart from grenade explosions
  
• When turning with an item in your hands, the item now always moves with the camera.
  
• Fixed issue with equipping weapons when picking up an item.
  
• Fixed a bug with double credits withdrawal for death.
  
• The circular panel has been improved to provide access to more abilities and items.
  
• Fixed a bug with installing software into the suit.
  
• Added status for dash recharge.
  
• The broken status for weapons dropped from enemies' hands.
  
• Broken weapons are no longer automatically bound to hotkeys.
  
• Reworked hacking buttons for all devices.
  
• Now when selling items the current selling price is visible on the screen

We're working on environment and plot of the Science Bay beyond the demo. There you will find new challenges, enemies and weapons. Stay tuned!

• New enemy: Infected station staff with a pistol
  
• Infected staff foes now can dodge melee attacks
  
• Infected staff foes now can evade headshot when they see the player aiming for their head
  
• You can break enemy weapons by shooting it
  
• Enemies with melee weapons no longer stand near the tunnels where the player is hiding, allowing themselves to be beaten
  
• New enemy: Mutaed lab rat
  
• One rat never attacks, it seeks help and run away from the player
  
• Rats swarm logic, they attacks the player as a group
  
• Improved hearing of enemies up close, reduced when away from the noise source

• New item: Data disk with software for the suit
  
• Foe life analyzer soft rework: you need to analyze each new enemy to reveal its life indicator
  
• New soft: player visibility and noise analyzer. Shows how visible the player is to enemies at any moment and indicates the level of produced noise
  
• New soft: Foe resistances analyzer. Analyzes enemies' resistance to each type of damage
  
• Now you can improve the player's inventory size from 70 to 112 cells

• Added light switches for most rooms
  
• Replaced door unlock buttons
  
• Switches and door buttons can be pressed using shots and throwing objects
  
• Broken wiring causing electrical damage
  
• Added plant pots in recreation areas
  
• Added an elevator at the end of the demo
  
• Added a security room at the end of the demo, which can be reached in 3+ different ways

• Fixed completion of quests if completed in reverse order
  
• Fixed camera issues when switching from melee to guns
  
• Fixed a bug with inventory freezing
  
• Player damage indicators now rotate when the camera is rotated
  
• Fixed errors in player visibility calculations
  
• Some visual fixes

We are finishing development of female stuff and enemies, they will be available in the next update.

A system of modules and suit modifications is also currently in development.
We are also working on further development of the Science Bay, its quests and environment.

• A new energy pistol has been added. In the first mode, it emits a bunch of burning plasma. In the second, there is a cloud of gamma particles that penetrates walls and enemies and dissipates with distance. Was hidden somewhere on the Science Bay.
  
• Visual and sound effects have been added for incendiary, acid and electrical ammunition.
  
• Several corpses have been replaced with new models of station personnel.
  
• An automatic rifle was added at the end of the Intro.
  
• Radiation damage causes damage over time.

• Fixed ability to push objects through walls (including batteries in Intro).
  
• Fixed shaking when moving with a battery.
  
• The ability to dash is disabled for heavy objects.
  
• Fixed a bug due to which it was possible to fly off the map if you crashed into a wall with an object.
  
• Probably fixed a bug due to which the player would accidentally die while carrying an item.
  
• Due to numerous requests, the size of the door batteries has been reduced.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused weapons to stop working.
  
• Fixed unplanned blocking of some doors when switching lighting levers.
  
• Numerous visual fixes and improvements.

We have finished modelling of weapon upgrade kits. Now we are planning to start developing the upgrade mechanics.
We also started working on mutated enemies wearing StarFusion uniform. These enemies will be armed with firearms and will have the remnants of human consciousness.

Stay tuned for updates!
Lonely Space team

Key changes:
Resurection in a Vita-Chamber spends 10% of Player's credits (but not less than 100)
Added a vending machine to the Science Bay starting lab
Added an Assault Rifle at the end of the Demo

Fixes:
Fixed a bug due to which weapons stopped firing after rebirth in a Vita-Chamber
Fixed metallic sound and vfx when hitting hanging corpses
Added blood effects when shooting and hitting corpses
Fixed glass breaking decals
Added decals and sfx/vfx when hitting plastic

First of all, almost any light source can now be destroyed. And now light affects the player's visibility to enemies. Thus, the player can change the environment and gameplay to suit his playing style.
Next, UV lamps and hidden inscriptions and signs on the walls were added, which are visible only in the dark under the light of a UV lamp. Hand lamps and tripod lanterns can now be moved!

The following parameters affect the player's visibility to enemies:

• Whether the room light is on or off.
  
• Whether is a working light source near the player or not. Each light source has a power that affects the player's visibility.
  
• Whether the player's flashlight is turned on or not. Turning on a flashlight in the dark greatly increases the player's visibility!
  
• Whether the player is standing or crouched.
  
• Enemy's sight power

An issue where enemies would notice the player at close range from behind has also been fixed. You can now use a flashlight to lure enemies to eliminate them one by one.

The entire station has been divided into small zones, which significantly increased performance, because now only the zone in which the player is and those neighboring it are active. We also reduce the spread of noise in neighboring zones.

1. We decided to hide enemies' healthbars by default. It was breaking immersion, hiding added more tension to the game and increased the horror component. But you can still enable it through the options.
   
2. The "Broken" status has been added to weapon screens, which are impossible to miss.
   
3. Shotgun spreading was reduced. But it's no longer affected by Perception stat.
   
4. We have changed auto assign order for stimpacks to prevent wrong usage.
   
5. If a weapon is broken, the repair kit only repairs it 10%, rather than the usual 25%. This is necessary to make the sale and repair of broken weapons unprofitable.

1. A new supply room in the second lab.
   
2. We've changed the colors of some rooms to make the station more livable.
   
3. Some plants were added to green rest room.

We will continue to improve the demo version and release updates in parallel with the development of the main game.
We are currently working on a model of overalls for a Cassiopeia station employee. On its basis, dead members of the station and various enemies will be created. Some of them will be armed with firearms, some will use PSI abilities.

Nearest plans:

• Development and addition of new enemies and improvement of their AI
  
• Re-voicing of audiologists and incoming messages
  
• Reworked intro, improved training on basic mechanics
  
• New PSI abilities
  
• New melee weapons, firearms, grenades and mines
  
• And much more!

Thank you for being with us. Together we will make a great game!
Lonely Space team!