Patch Notes - v1.2.0

Wandering Merchant (new feature)

• Added a wandering merchant NPC that periodically appears during gameplay. Offers 5 trade categories (biomass, DNA, abilities,

• boosts, rare resources). Approaching the merchant automatically pauses the game and opens the trade window. Safe zone around the

• merchant prevents enemies from getting close.

Merchant visibility

• The merchant now emits a tall green light beacon visible from far away. A notification appears on screen when the merchant spawns.

• A directional arrow on the screen edge points toward the merchant when off-screen, with a distance indicator.

Boss Summon button moved to HUD bar

• The boss summon button has been relocated to the main HUD bar, next to Build and Pause. Red skull icon with glow effect. Clicking

• opens a confirmation popup with boss details. Only visible when a boss can be summoned.

Alpha cells restored on load

• When loading a save, the number of Alpha cells is now correctly restored. Previously the game always started with a single cell

• even if more were present at save time.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a black screen crash caused by a circular dependency in the merchant rendering module.

• Fixed the boss summon button breaking alignment of other HUD buttons and creating unwanted red borders.

• Fixed the boss summon confirmation popup positioning.