Steam News25 August 20223y ago

Ascention V

Additions Ascention V: Woeful Clouds Ascention IV Mutations Slow Metabolism Shaded Leaves use less water Only available in Ascention IV+ Begonia's Lesson Leaf tiles bloom when shaded during the summer Only available in

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Full Heliotropism update

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What changed

1 fix0 additions3 changes3 removals

Balance
Performance
Gameplay

changedAdditionsAscention V: Woeful Clouds Ascention IV Mutations Slow Metabolism Shaded Leaves use less water Only available in Ascention IV+ Begonia's Lesson Leaf tiles bloom when shaded during the summer Only available in Ascention IV+ Structuring When a leaf tile is placed with enough shading, it also creates a stem tile in its position Only available in Ascention IV+ Recluse Paradise Shading radius is increased by 1 This mutation stores every energy that is not generated due to shading and reduces leaf energy costs based on how much energy it has stored. Only available in Ascention IV+ Local Climate Shaded leaves have a chance of not decaying Only available in Ascention IV+

changedOptimizationsGraphic Engine entirelly rewritten

removedOptimizationsRemoved the option to turn off dynamic tiles

removedOptimizationsFramerate is no longer dependant on camera position

removedOptimizationsEntering a page with too many icons no longer freezes the screen until they are loaded

changedChangesGameplay Human greed now affects neighbor trees in Ascention II+ Visual Mist is now animated again Enemy tiles are now animated Ascention I+ unknown tiles are know animated

Heliotropism changes

changedAscention V: Woeful Clouds Ascention IV Mutations Slow Metabolism Shaded Leaves use less water Only available in Ascention IV+ Begonia's Lesson Leaf tiles bloom when shaded during the summer Only available in Ascention IV+ Structuring When a leaf tile is placed with enough shading, it also creates a stem tile in its position Only available in Ascention IV+ Recluse Paradise Shading radius is increased by 1 This mutation stores every energy that is not generated due to shading and reduces leaf energy costs based on how much energy it has stored. Only available in Ascention IV+ Local Climate Shaded leaves have a chance of not decaying Only available in Ascention IV+

changedGraphic Engine entirelly rewritten

removedRemoved the option to turn off dynamic tiles

removedFramerate is no longer dependant on camera position

removedEntering a page with too many icons no longer freezes the screen until they are loaded

Additions

Ascention V: Woeful Clouds
Ascention IV Mutations
- Slow Metabolism
  - Shaded Leaves use less water
  - Only available in Ascention IV+
  Begonia's Lesson
  - Leaf tiles bloom when shaded during the summer
  - Only available in Ascention IV+
  Structuring
  - When a leaf tile is placed with enough shading, it also creates a stem tile in its position
  - Only available in Ascention IV+
  Recluse Paradise
  - Shading radius is increased by 1
  - This mutation stores every energy that is not generated due to shading and reduces leaf energy costs based on how much energy it has stored.
  - Only available in Ascention IV+
  Local Climate
  - Shaded leaves have a chance of not decaying
  - Only available in Ascention IV+

Optimizations

Graphic Engine entirelly rewritten
Removed the option to turn off dynamic tiles
Framerate is no longer dependant on camera position
Entering a page with too many icons no longer freezes the screen until they are loaded

Changes

Gameplay
- Human greed now affects neighbor trees in Ascention II+
Visual
- Mist is now animated again
- Enemy tiles are now animated
- Ascention I+ unknown tiles are know animated

Fixes

All the stuff that Verde broke during the Graphic Engine rework

Source

Steam News / 25 August 2022

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