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Contested Space PlaytestNewsMajor update 0.8.8
Game update

Major update 0.8.8

Contested Space Playtest · published 11 Jul 2026, 21:21 UTC

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0.8.8
Tutorial rework
Controller and keyboard support
New core stations
Market is now set to 20 minimum, and has a reserve fleet for you to bring cards in and out of
No more draft mode vs non-draft. You get the starter market and you draft 5 cards into your reserve
Act 4 now exists in ascension 20
Increased difficulty in Act 2 and Act 3
Core power black market fixed
Market does not generate on turn one in the market button in combat fixed
Run History: now able to click into each match to view the the victory or defeat screen of it including seed
faction gain now shows up on station intent bars
Coop combat events, solo combat, but if someone loses they go back to the map with 1 hp.
Play card on 1 click toggle near play all and autoend
View market more prominent in combat so you can plan your purchases
Damage threshholds. Maybe on base difficulty its one at 66% and 33%, and then one ascension modifer adds one at 75%, 50% and one at 25%
Station slot upgrade events are more clear on what they do
Increased shop spawns, and make sure they're spread out in different paths which they aren't currently
Added compendium and misc fixes to the cosmetics
Starting cost for utility drone in market = act #, so costs 1 in act 1, 2 in act 2, and 3 in act 3 for coop and solo
Visual updates for X costs and updates to payday
Icon legend to written tutorial pages
Draw ships mostly have autocrash now.
Hive mind now is draw 2 discard 1
Theurge no longer has heal and currency on the same or
Relay spire no longer has an or
Discard and crash have an acid melt animation
Smooth victory to reward transition
Map start player position blip
Font options and sizes
Coop fixes
SFX fires in coop when a player chooses, rather than when the node is finalized on map
Lasers are different colors when attacking host vs clients
Attack choices in coop sometimes knock you out of play all
Can only view host deck, not other clients host can view all. Also need to add a view market option
Should be alien station, also he's ironviel for clients and reborn legion for host.
Docking extension still in shop in coop. Dyson lattice too probably
Autoend not working in coop sometimes
Icon will be steam profile picture properly sized
Relics where you start with a station, the station now shows up for allies

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