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Steam News3 August 202614d ago

Demo update #1

Hey, the first demo update is here! Gameplay improvements: More upgrade levels for Runic Shards, Sawmill Trees, and all three house types. Build and upgrde even more!

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Hey, the first demo update is here!

What changed

2 fixes2 additions8 changes0 removals
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
  • Fixes
changedGameplay improvements:More upgrade levels for Runic Shards , Sawmill Trees , and all three house types . Build and upgrde even more!
changedGameplay improvements:Resources spawned by clicks are now visible at every zoom level
changedVisual improvements:Improved visuals for tripled knowledge extraction on Librarians. Many of you noticed that after creating Symbols of Work , it was hard to tell the difference in knowledge production
changedVisual improvements:Improved particle effects for everything that happens around the Star
changedVisual improvements:Updated night sky visuals with a smooth dark gradient at the top
changedVisual improvements:Updated visuals for the stone shards launched by Miners to heat the Star

Ember Folks changes

changedMore upgrade levels for Runic Shards , Sawmill Trees , and all three house types . Build and upgrde even more!
changedResources spawned by clicks are now visible at every zoom level
changedImproved visuals for tripled knowledge extraction on Librarians. Many of you noticed that after creating Symbols of Work , it was hard to tell the difference in knowledge production
changedImproved particle effects for everything that happens around the Star
changedUpdated night sky visuals with a smooth dark gradient at the top

Gameplay improvements:

  • More upgrade levels for Runic Shards, Sawmill Trees, and all three house types. Build and upgrde even more!

  • Resources spawned by clicks are now visible at every zoom level

Visual improvements:

  • Improved visuals for tripled knowledge extraction on Librarians. Many of you noticed that after creating Symbols of Work, it was hard to tell the difference in knowledge production

  • Improved particle effects for everything that happens around the Star

  • Updated night sky visuals with a smooth dark gradient at the top

  • Updated visuals for the stone shards launched by Miners to heat the Star

  • Better positioning of the sphere that spawns construction bricks

UI/UX improvements

  • The Settings menu can now also be opened by pressing Esc

  • Updated icons for many upgrades, making them easier to distinguish

  • Improved resource requirement indicators in the upgrade window. It's now much easier to see whether you have enough resources

Window settings

  • Added a Toggle Fullscreen option to the Settings menu

  • The game now launches in windowed mode by default

Bug fixes:

  • Fixed several text issues in the English localization

  • Fixed several number formatting issues when displaying resource amounts

Source

Steam News / 3 August 2026

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