Ascention III: Fragile Bark

Additions

• Ascention III: Fragile Bark

  • As per usual, to avoid spoilers I'll not post more info about the new Ascention level here. Let me know what you think about this in the comments!

  New Mutations

  • Entangled Roots

    • Allows you to place roots on other tree's root tiles Only Available in Ascention II: Selfish Neighbors

  • Cross Pollination

    • Increases flower generation based on the number of leaf tiles from other trees Only Available in Ascention II: Selfish Neighbors

  • Respectful Twigs

    • Other trees relocate when nearby your stems Only Available in Ascention II: Selfish Neighbors

  • Comforting Canopy

    • Comforting Canopy Only Available in Ascention II: Selfish Neighbors

  • Eyes in the Forest

    • Other tree's roots also reveal tiles Only Available in Ascention II: Selfish Neighbors

  New Launch Options

  • "version": displays a line of text with the current version in the bottom left of the menu

  • "noicons": loads the game without loading mutation icons

  Quality of Life additions

  • Added a tooltip opacity slider in configs

    • Suggestion from a user in our discord channel

  • Added a tooltip size slider in configs

Balance Changes

• Most crises now have a 1 year cooldown

  • With the exceptions being "Flood" and "Drought"

• "Sensory Roots" mutation is now retroactive

• "Water Sense" mutation is now retroactive

• "Nutrient Zones" mutation strength reduced by 10%

  • This should still be way stronger than before because now every nutrient patch is always within bounds

• "Regretful Growth" mutation no longer triggers "Intervention" mutation

  • Thanks to our community for helping us find this exploit

Optimizations

• Tiles can no longer be placed outside of bounds by any means

  • This should result in smaller file sizes since there will be no aquifers/rocks/nutrients outside of bounds

• Fire tiles should no longer lag the game in large quantities

  • Steam Community strikes again, helping Verde find this one out with their save files

Fixes

• Fixed bounties and collection tooltips not showing up on some screens

• Fixed "Underwater Reserves" not working properly

• Initial root on Ascention 1+ will now reveal the area around itself

• Fixed weird graphics when restarting the game with Ascention 1 active