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Steam News30 July 20223y ago

Towards the sun we ascend

Additions Ascention Added a new game mode: Ascention. You can unlock this game mode by beating the game once in the Speed Sprout difficulty.

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What changed

4 fixes1 addition4 changes5 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Balance
  • UI and audio
  • Fixes
  • Performance
addedAdditionsAscention Added a new game mode: Ascention. You can unlock this game mode by beating the game once in the Speed Sprout difficulty. The game mode includes cumulative modifiers that each make your game a little harder. There is only one modifier within the game, but more should come out in the following weeks.
changedBalance ChangesSigils identification range increased from 2 to 3 tiles
changedQuality of LifeMagic 8 Ball widget now interrupts the narrator and ignores the narrator's cooldown
changedQuality of LifeMagic 8 Ball widget internal cooldown reduced from 120 frames to 0.5 seconds
changedQuality of LifeUI no longers plays the game start the animation on restarting
removedQuality of LifeCamera no longer drags while dragging widgets
Sigils identification range23Sigils identification range increased, buff

Heliotropism changes

addedAscention Added a new game mode: Ascention. You can unlock this game mode by beating the game once in the Speed Sprout difficulty. The game mode includes cumulative modifiers that each make your game a little harder. There is only one modifier within the game, but more should come out in the following weeks.
changedSigils identification range increased from 2 to 3 tiles
changedMagic 8 Ball widget now interrupts the narrator and ignores the narrator's cooldown
changedMagic 8 Ball widget internal cooldown reduced from 120 frames to 0.5 seconds
changedUI no longers plays the game start the animation on restarting

Additions

  • Ascention

    • Added a new game mode: Ascention. You can unlock this game mode by beating the game once in the Speed Sprout difficulty. The game mode includes cumulative modifiers that each make your game a little harder. There is only one modifier within the game, but more should come out in the following weeks.

Balance Changes

  • Sigils identification range increased from 2 to 3 tiles

Quality of Life

  • Magic 8 Ball widget now interrupts the narrator and ignores the narrator's cooldown

  • Magic 8 Ball widget internal cooldown reduced from 120 frames to 0.5 seconds

  • Sigils now emit a glowing sphere when revealed and when a root is first placed in a radius of 10 tiles

  • UI no longers plays the game start the animation on restarting

  • Limited zoom on touch devices

  • Camera no longer drags while dragging widgets

Fixes

  • Crisis drawer animation is no longer frame dependant

  • Second bloom chances are now correctly saved

  • Turn log window size now scales with screen size

  • Mutation menu window size now scales with screen size

  • Fixed a bug that would make the camera teleport after selecting a tile on touch screen devices

  • Multiple end turns can no longer be queued

  • Turn log windows can no longer be queued

  • Flying resource particles should no longer have strange paths when fps is low

Source

Steam News / 30 July 2022

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