Changelog — Sol Divided

Version 0.8.0 2026-11-12

The game now supports mods: a folder in mods, switched on in main menu → Mods (after a restart).
What a mod can do: fix a translation or add a language, battle backgrounds, music, card backs, card, commander and base art, ready decks, missions, Expedition events, new cards, commanders and bases, changes to the game's cards.
Mod missions are in the campaign, in the Mods tab next to the acts; they can be a chain where the next one opens after a win.
Cards changed by a mod have a purple MOD mark; the tutorial always uses the game's own cards.
Online play works with translation, background and music mods only; any other mod turns online off while it is on.
The Mods screen shows what was loaded, what was skipped and why.
A modding guide with an example mod: soldivided.eu/modding.html.

A new language: Simplified Chinese.
A sharper picture on big screens (cards are drawn at their real size on screen).
Much less video memory in long sessions; the planets on the map load faster.
Controller fixes.
Online: 0.8.0 plays against 0.7.x.

Battle music is a playlist: the seven Deep Space OST tracks play in a random order instead of one track looping all battle. New: Liftoff, Cosmic Horror and Home of Guardians (v1). When a base gets low, Quasar's Whisper still takes over.
New text font: IBM Plex Sans (clearer at small sizes, with a true italic). Titles and buttons stay Play.
Online: 0.7.0 and 0.7.1 can play each other.

The Expedition is open to everyone: a run through three sectors, with a new map every time.
Stations: cards and modules for credits, repairs, taking a card out of the deck.
Shipyards: a card becomes Mk II (units +1/+1, tactics cost 1 less).
Modules: bonuses for the rest of the run, from elites and flagships; later enemies have their own.
Events: 12 scenes with two choices each (distress calls, smugglers, pirates, derelicts…).
Threat levels 0–4: each won expedition opens the next; harder, but more points.
In the demo: the first sector.

Every battle won on an expedition brings points, even if the run fails.
In the Hangar the points unlock 24 new neutral cards (for any commander), 30 card backs and 10 new battle backgrounds.

10 new card backs, free for everyone; the starter decks have new ones.
New battle backgrounds; "by base" is gone — the background is random or the one you choose.
Online play needs version 0.7.0.

The whole game plays with a controller: the left stick moves the pointer, the D-pad jumps to the next thing you can press, A picks, B goes back, X cancels, Y ends the turn, Menu pauses.
The buttons on screen match your pad: Xbox / Steam Deck (A B X Y), PlayStation (✕ ○ □ △) or Nintendo Switch.
A new Controller tab in Settings: pointer speed and "Show the buttons" with a picture of the pad. A new Controller entry in the Codex.
An on-screen keyboard for names, room codes and search (Latin and Cyrillic).
With a controller the hints, the tutorial and the codex talk about its buttons, not the mouse.
On the Steam Deck the game starts on the controller.
A card can also be played by picking it and then pressing the battlefield.
Bigger text on small screens (Steam Deck, 1280×800).

Animation speed: normal, fast, very fast.
Ask before ending the turn if you can still play a card or attack (on by default).
Auto end turn when there is nothing you can do (off by default).
Reduced effects: no flashes or shaking, smaller explosions (off by default).

The studio is now called Ugly Pigeon. The new itch.io address is uglypigeon.itch.io/sol-divided.

The demo: the four starter decks, the first act of the campaign and online battles; new music, new sound, tidier settings.