Visuals: I like the UI and ship sprites, I prefer some grit in my space games. The animations of the weapons and utilities firing were entertaining to watch.
Audio: Sounds were fine, though the occasional sound felt loud in the mix. The culprit usually being the sound of defending against a local hazard. The radio in the bottom right is cool. Wish I could hold click and keep on dragging to turn the dial instead of rubbing or spam clicking the dial though.
Gameplay: Entertaining FTL like, though I haven't played the game in many years. The variety in ships and races is quite impressive. I played as several ships in explore mode and beat up some fools as well as buying from some shops. Fighting gameplay was pretty solid. Main issues were having a hard time clicking on doors and having it register, and that I found it hard to know at a glance that a subsystem failed. It would be nice if a flashing red light occurred in a room to notify that it broke, or do what FTL does and have an icon in the room that changes color.
Seems solid, hope to see it refined.