Today the Steam version is finally available.

So what are the differences between the version on itch.io and Steam?

Actually, there are a lot of changes, so let's get right to it.

General

• added German language
• beside Windows, game is also available for MacOS
• doubled GPU performance in general
• doubled CPU performance for star gravity on

Universe

• raised the galaxy count limit from 20 to 100
• star count can now freely be choosen between 100 and 10 million, instead of fixed values
• raised star count limit from 1 million to 10 million with star gravity off, and from 8000 to 100K for star gravity on
• therefore added a warning message, if you're trying to set it over the old limit; so start with a small star count first and then raise it step by step
• added hints on how to set the star count for which hardware
• star dust around super massive black holes is now volumetric instead of a 2D Sprite only
• if a star collides with another star, instead of circulating around each other insanely fast, the greater star will now absorb the other
• absorption order: Black Hole > Neutronstar > Sun; if the colliding stars are of the same category, the one with the greater mass will absorb the smaller one
• stars have now a color gradient to choose from instead of 7 fixed colors
• stars can no longer be slingshotted into oblivion, which would have lead to an unfinishable game
• if dynamic galaxies is on, all super massive black holes and thus their whole galaxy start attracting and moving to each other; looks great in combination with orbital velocity on
• added visual absorption effect
• added decent whitening effect to the player black hole just before the big bang

Controls

• press shift to apply a greater force to the player black hole
• galaxy camera can also move faster by holding shift
• galaxy camera can now move up and down in addition to it's horizontal/vertical movement and zoom
• galaxy camera is now bounded; can't move away from the universe boundaries

Menus and Settings

• universe options are now separated from the game options
• resolution and fullscreen mode is now available in the options menu
• set the sensitivity of the player and galaxy view scroll speed and also the galaxy view pan speed independently
• ingame options are now showing up by pressing ESC; also added a continue and exit button instead of instantly exit the game by pressing ESC
• a few tooltips have now some preview images
• short interactive text tutorial for first game start
• settings are now saved if you restart the game
• added credits

Steam

• added Steam leaderboard and achievements