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Steam News8 September 202510mo ago

Alpha Update 0.8.5 - Morphine syrette, methamphetamine

Hi everyone, It's been a few weeks since the last update since we're still mainly working on the new engine for the game.

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What changed

4 fixes8 additions1 change0 removals
  • Maps
  • Gameplay
  • Events
  • Fixes
  • Balance
addedHi everyone, It's been a few weeks since the last update since we're still mainly working on the new engine for the game. However, we're making good progress and are still aiming to release a first public build at the end of this month hopefully. For this update I added a morphine syrette that can be injected into worker NPCs to reduce pain and methamphetamine in an early form. You can get apatite ore by mining rocks and putting them into a jar or other type of item container - this will "crush" it into phosphorus. The ephedra shrub can be harvested by clicking on it with a container item (like a jar). To make methamphetamine you have to then add pseudoephedrine, ethanol (can be bought in shop) and phosphorus into a barrel and cook it over a heated oven. I haven't added any quests yet because I am still planning on changing some things for it in the new engine (like having the ephedra shrubs grow exclusively in a new Steppe biome, letting apatite ore only be crushed in a mortar and letting the player ferment ethanol in a keg from wheat. So this update is still a minor one but once the new engine is out we're going to start bringing out a lot more new mechanics, QoL improvements and content. I may also make a few preview posts in the coming weeks to show the systems that were modified in the new engine and what's more to come in the new few months. - Gigicom
addedAdded
addedAdded "Defund the police" Event
addedAdded apatite ore & phosphorus *
addedAdded ephedra shrub & pseudoephedrine *
addedAdded morphine syrette

My Drug Cartel changes

addedHi everyone, It's been a few weeks since the last update since we're still mainly working on the new engine for the game. However, we're making good progress and are still aiming to release a first public build at the end of this month hopefully. For this update I added a morphine syrette that can be injected into worker NPCs to reduce pain and methamphetamine in an early form. You can get apatite ore by mining rocks and putting them into a jar or other type of item container - this will "crush" it into phosphorus. The ephedra shrub can be harvested by clicking on it with a container item (like a jar). To make methamphetamine you have to then add pseudoephedrine, ethanol (can be bought in shop) and phosphorus into a barrel and cook it over a heated oven. I haven't added any quests yet because I am still planning on changing some things for it in the new engine (like having the ephedra shrubs grow exclusively in a new Steppe biome, letting apatite ore only be crushed in a mortar and letting the player ferment ethanol in a keg from wheat. So this update is still a minor one but once the new engine is out we're going to start bringing out a lot more new mechanics, QoL improvements and content. I may also make a few preview posts in the coming weeks to show the systems that were modified in the new engine and what's more to come in the new few months. - Gigicom
addedAdded
addedAdded "Defund the police" Event
addedAdded apatite ore & phosphorus *
addedAdded ephedra shrub & pseudoephedrine *

Hi everyone, It's been a few weeks since the last update since we're still mainly working on the new engine for the game. However, we're making good progress and are still aiming to release a first public build at the end of this month hopefully. For this update I added a morphine syrette that can be injected into worker NPCs to reduce pain and methamphetamine in an early form. You can get apatite ore by mining rocks and putting them into a jar or other type of item container - this will "crush" it into phosphorus. The ephedra shrub can be harvested by clicking on it with a container item (like a jar). To make methamphetamine you have to then add pseudoephedrine, ethanol (can be bought in shop) and phosphorus into a barrel and cook it over a heated oven. I haven't added any quests yet because I am still planning on changing some things for it in the new engine (like having the ephedra shrubs grow exclusively in a new Steppe biome, letting apatite ore only be crushed in a mortar and letting the player ferment ethanol in a keg from wheat. So this update is still a minor one but once the new engine is out we're going to start bringing out a lot more new mechanics, QoL improvements and content. I may also make a few preview posts in the coming weeks to show the systems that were modified in the new engine and what's more to come in the new few months. - Gigicom

0.8.5 Changelog

Added

  • Added "Defund the police" Event

  • Added apatite ore & phosphorus *

  • Added ephedra shrub & pseudoephedrine *

  • Added morphine syrette

  • Added Methamphetamine *

Changed

  • Axe, shovel, saw, pickaxe, shovel can now be crafted

Fixed

  • Fixed settings not being properly scaled to different display resolutions

  • Fixed Task priority boxes being mixed up in the wrong order

  • Fixed movement Health system maximm being calculated incorrectly (at 64%)

Source

Steam News / 8 September 2025

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