Steam News29 April 20224y ago

Update 1.5

Teams Thoughts We are trying to slow down on mutation introduction to try to maintain consistency of the game, while implementing some comeback mechanisms and enabling other ways of playing the game.

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What changed

3 fixes1 addition3 changes1 removal

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Balance
Performance
Fixes

changedAdditionsHigh Numbers Notation Game now shows numbers bigger than 1.000 as engineering notation. Second Bloom Your tree will now enter a second bloom during Autumn if you didn't purchase any non-random mutations from the shop until then. When entering a second bloom, the shop content will be re-roled and your leaves will produce flowers as if it was spring.

removedBalance changesLate game Mutations obtained after the fourth year no longer count towards collections Winter is significantly harder after the fourth year

changedOther ChangesSmall Changes Free mutation obtained at the end of each winter moved to the shop following it. Tiles are now placed much faster when the ctrl key is held Tooltips for capacity, flowers, energy and water now include their current values as well. Mutation Changes Water reserves now shows how much water it has consumed

changedOptimizationsGame now handles the late-late game way better, allowing for numbers up to 1e60

addedOptimizationsAdded a config option to turn off dynamic tiles to increase performance

fixedFixesFixed a bug that made explosive bloom always be active, regardless if you had the mutation or not

Heliotropism changes

changedHigh Numbers Notation Game now shows numbers bigger than 1.000 as engineering notation. Second Bloom Your tree will now enter a second bloom during Autumn if you didn't purchase any non-random mutations from the shop until then. When entering a second bloom, the shop content will be re-roled and your leaves will produce flowers as if it was spring.

removedLate game Mutations obtained after the fourth year no longer count towards collections Winter is significantly harder after the fourth year

changedSmall Changes Free mutation obtained at the end of each winter moved to the shop following it. Tiles are now placed much faster when the ctrl key is held Tooltips for capacity, flowers, energy and water now include their current values as well. Mutation Changes Water reserves now shows how much water it has consumed

changedGame now handles the late-late game way better, allowing for numbers up to 1e60

addedAdded a config option to turn off dynamic tiles to increase performance

Teams Thoughts

We are trying to slow down on mutation introduction to try to maintain consistency of the game, while implementing some comeback mechanisms and enabling other ways of playing the game. Next week there will be 10 mutations, as per usual, but for today, we will keep the 100 we already have.

Additions

High Numbers Notation
- Game now shows numbers bigger than 1.000 as engineering notation.
Second Bloom
- Your tree will now enter a second bloom during Autumn if you didn't purchase any non-random mutations from the shop until then.
- When entering a second bloom, the shop content will be re-roled and your leaves will produce flowers as if it was spring.

Balance changes

Late game
- Mutations obtained after the fourth year no longer count towards collections
- Winter is significantly harder after the fourth year

Other Changes

Small Changes
- Free mutation obtained at the end of each winter moved to the shop following it.
- Tiles are now placed much faster when the ctrl key is held
- Tooltips for capacity, flowers, energy and water now include their current values as well.
Mutation Changes
- Water reserves now shows how much water it has consumed

Optimizations

Game now handles the late-late game way better, allowing for numbers up to 1e60
Added a config option to turn off dynamic tiles to increase performance

Fixes

Fixed a bug that made explosive bloom always be active, regardless if you had the mutation or not
Fixed a bug where Cernunnos would stop showing crises after the fourth year
Fixed some bugs regarding shop open/close hitbox

Source

Steam News / 29 April 2022

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