Beta Update — Approaching Infinity Steam update #414817

There have been a lot of unannounced changes in the beta branch lately, but today's is too big of a deal to ignore... Sprawling Planets One of Approaching Infinity's core design choices is "small maps". Caves add to the depth of planets, but each level is still self-contained. Lower decks on shipwrecks further expanded those areas in a similar way. But now, every so often, you'll come across a planet surface where the map's edge is not the end. A flashing arrow will show up over the away team, and then you can click yourself or press space to travel ... BEYOND! Most maps only have one or two of these areas, but there can be up to 9 (center + 1 map in every direction). They are detectable by planet-scanning, and show up as "large" or "sprawling". As soon as everything checks out, it will move into the main branch, for all to enjoy. Other Changes: You can find ship's logs referencing other...