Added Main Menu scene
Tweaked world map to incorporate secondary colors in zone icons + glowing links
Entity Serialization is now generic
Zone Serialization now includes entities
Fixed bug where wormhole traversal would unbind from player entity
Game Manager no longer spawns entities (loadout file format changed)
Wrote extension to randomly select weighted items from collections (for generating enemies)
Fixed Laser cancelling bug
Fixed Turrets not activating
Added ability to bind player perspective to orbital entities
Added Markov Chain name generator + Australian place name dataset
Modified old "galaxy" shader to serve as sector background
Implemented Cem Yuksel's Weighted Sample Elimination for Poisson Disk Sample Sets
Created sector generator which places sectors using WSE
Item Manufacturers now defined in item data
Items are generated at specific quality tiers with associated colors, displayed in title of properties panel when selected
Items will switch themselves off below a customizable threshold to avoid damage
Player can toggle thermal override to disable safety shutdown
Selecting an item allows player to select whether the item will override
Clicking on the background of an inventory panel will display general ship settings (including thermal shutdown threshold)
Performance Stat evaluation has been moved to EquippedItem, slight performance improvement
Item online and active status are now reactive properties
Created player settings file to store e.g. shutdown threshold
Fixed crash when entering wormhole while enemies are visible
Shield behavior now provides protection from damage at the expense of heat and energy usage
Weapon scripts check for the presence of a shield when detecting collisions (TODO: TEST ALL WEAPON TYPES)
Shields can be toggled on/off (G key)
Database cache now included in repo (saves some confusion)