Its been a long time coming, a new role at work and family commitments have taken up much of my time this year and I've found it hard to spend time working on my game.

The good news is I've released a new version giving customisable controls, ability to use KB only, mouse + KB, or gamepad/joystick some new volumetric lighting, change graphics settings within the app (resolution, texture quality, etc) which hopefully will help people with lower specification machines as well as some other game play changes.

One good thing with the delay is that I've been thinking about where I want this game to go, and I've settled on some new features to help make the game standout from others...more news to come on this as I get features developed.

If you find any issues with the new release please let me know by commenting with details of the issue.

Here's the latest build of The Outer Rim with lots of fixes and 2 major updates, first one being the mouse & keyboard controls have been modified towards the style of Freelancer and the second major update is toning down the low and medium graphics settings.

All Changes:
1) New control system for Mouse & Keyboard, taking in feedback from Steam - Controller/Joystick control system stays the same
2) Tutorial no longer required to play Survivor missions
3) Low/Medium graphics settings have been modified to accommodate lower specification machines
4) Removed confusing options in Settings
5) Strafe controls added for space missions, Roll controls added for Planet missions (Buttons A & D)
6) Variable spaceship speed controls added (W & S)
7) Fixed layout issue in Leader board
8) Build number & FPS display added to help with user feedback
9) Optimized Asteroid level for lower specification machines
10) Must select Controller/Joystick or Mouse/Keyboard controls from Settings - Both don't work simultaneously
11) Other bug fixes