Steam News22 May 20233y ago

Updating to Build 4

Hello Everyone, Blog Another week, another build. Hopefully I'll be able to keep pace with this going forward. The game is in a pretty stable state now, so I can focus more on adding content.

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Full Eclectic Expansion Enterprise update

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Hello Everyone,

What changed

3 fixes7 additions1 change1 removal

Gameplay
Balance
UI and audio
Maps

addedBlogThe game is in a pretty stable state now, so I can focus more on adding content. I had wanted to get the building adjacency system done this week, but it turned out more complicated that I had originally planned. I've pushed that back a week so that I can make the Codex system at the same time. This way it'll be Way less confusing for how to adjacency works.

addedNew FeaturesAdded Mountain tiles, these have an increasing chance to spawn as new tiles are revealed

addedNew FeaturesAdded Canyon tiles, these have an increasing chance to spawn as new tiles are revealed

addedNew FeaturesAdded a Difficulty setting menu

addedNew FeaturesAdded Three new techs for survey hubs

addedNew FeaturesAdded Two new techs for dealing with Mountains and Canyons

Eclectic Expansion Enterprise changes

addedThe game is in a pretty stable state now, so I can focus more on adding content. I had wanted to get the building adjacency system done this week, but it turned out more complicated that I had originally planned. I've pushed that back a week so that I can make the Codex system at the same time. This way it'll be Way less confusing for how to adjacency works.

addedAdded Mountain tiles, these have an increasing chance to spawn as new tiles are revealed

addedAdded Canyon tiles, these have an increasing chance to spawn as new tiles are revealed

addedAdded a Difficulty setting menu

addedAdded Three new techs for survey hubs

Blog

Another week, another build. Hopefully I'll be able to keep pace with this going forward.

The game is in a pretty stable state now, so I can focus more on adding content. I had wanted to get the building adjacency system done this week, but it turned out more complicated that I had originally planned. I've pushed that back a week so that I can make the Codex system at the same time. This way it'll be Way less confusing for how to adjacency works.

Now, on to the main show:

New Features

Added Mountain tiles, these have an increasing chance to spawn as new tiles are revealed
Added Canyon tiles, these have an increasing chance to spawn as new tiles are revealed
Added a Difficulty setting menu
Added Three new techs for survey hubs
Added Two new techs for dealing with Mountains and Canyons

Changes

Quanta(offline resource) now gets added for every second spent in orbit
Building fibs no longer count against cost creep, making fibbed buildings fully free

Bug Fixes

Fixed turning off expansion on buildings locking out the expansion button on load
Fixed instances where survey hubs could create duplicate tiles on map loading
Optimized some backend systems for ease of development
A variety of other tweaks and issues that are too small or too interconnected to mention here

Source

Steam News / 22 May 2023

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