There is a Debug Console in the game so you have some interesting commands to play with.
Just hit the "`" key, it's above the Tab key.
Type help and you can get a list of commands to try out!
To get more info about a particular command just type "help command"
there are some interesting ones like
fps - displays fps along with other rendering statistics
fow - which gets rid of Fog of War
god - allows you to control all factions (helps to have Fog of War off)
turnactions - toggles the ability to end turn without dealing with idle ships or colonies
Hope this helps everyone to test different things!
Have fun! 