v0.11.0 Patch Notes

🔧 NEW FEATURE: Gear System

The biggest addition in this update. Gears are a brand-new collectible system that adds a layer of strategic depth to your land operations. Steam post image

• Collect Gears on the map — Gears now spawn during land map generation. Click to collect them into your inventory.

• Equip Gears on Pipe Valves — Attach gears to valves to boost resource extraction. Each gear has a rarity tier with different power levels.

• Multiplies Amount — Gears provide bonuses: resource yield, scaling with rarity.

• Gear Inventory UI — New inventory panel lets you browse, select, and manage your gear collection.

• Visual & Audio Polish — Gear rotation animations, particle effects, ticking audio, collection/equip sound effects.

• Smart Equip Validation — Can't equip gears on building-connected valves (shake + red flash rejection feedback).

• Persistent Save/Load — Your gear inventory and equipped gears are saved and restored between sessions.

🌍 NEW FEATURE: Curved Land System

The foundations of planetary curvature are in. Land surfaces now curve to simulate the shape of small planetoids. Steam post image

• Underground Environment — New textures, materials, and assets for the subsurface layer beneath the curved terrain.

⚡ IMPROVED: Lightning & Battery System

• Battery Discharge Effects — New visual lightning effects with particle waypoint generation, easing curves, and configurable ramp-up.

• Battery Charge UI Animation — Battery charge state now displays with a dedicated charge animation in the UI.

• Balanced Lightning Pricing — Lightning power values, pricing, and hold durations tuned for a more satisfying risk/reward curve.

🤖 IMPROVED: AI System Overhaul

• Utility AI for Attacks — AI opponents now use a utility-based decision system, making them smarter and more unpredictable.

• Reactive Attack Response — AI retaliation system has been fixed and improved.

• New AI Mechanics — Smarter targeting with grudge and forgiveness systems.

• AI Land Bidding — Reworked bidding logic for AI competitors.

⬆️ IMPROVED: Upgrade System — Auto-Apply in Land

• Town upgrades now auto-apply when entering land — No more manual re-purchasing.

• Hidden redundant buttons — Upgrade buttons for auto-granted upgrades are now hidden.

💰 IMPROVED: Loan Shark & Debt System

• Accurate Total Debt Display — End-of-year debt projections including interest on existing loans.

• Dynamic Debt Updates — Total debt label updates in real-time as you take or repay loans.

🔍 IMPROVED: Scanner & Movement

• Smoother Scanner Movement — Ground plane projection fallback and smooth lerp interpolation.

• Better Mouse Scroll Handling — Refactored scroll input for more intuitive zoom.

• New Scanner Mine Prefabs — Updated visuals with new materials and improved scaling.

🚛 IMPROVED: Hovertruck System

Vehicles are now significantly smarter about where they go and when they go there.

• New Vehicle Speed Upgrades — Additional speed upgrade tiers for Hovertrucks.

• New Vehicle Capacity Levels — Added Capacity Level II for improved transport efficiency. Distance-Aware Routing — Vehicles choose the nearest profitable target instead of the first one found.

• Predictive Dispatch — Vehicles estimate arrival times and pick drills that will have resources ready.

• Stale Target Detection — Vehicles automatically redirect mid-route when targets are depleted.

• Silo Pile-Up Prevention — Dispatch checks incoming capacity before sending more trucks.

⚖️ BALANCE CHANGES

• Fuel Bidding — Adjusted for fairer economy pacing.

• Company Sell Prices — Tweaked sell price ranges and gold extraction speed.

• Bidding & Scanning Costs — Rebalanced for improved early/mid-game flow.

• Silo Attack Duration — Updated for better gameplay feel.

• Removed Price Deflator Attack — Simplified the attack roster.

• Removed Thermal Upgrade — Cleaned up upgrade tree.

• Meteor Count — Increased max meteors from 8 to 10.

• Land Map Generation — Tuned generation parameters.

🎵 AUDIO & POLISH

• Company Landing/Takeoff Audio — New sound effects and animations.

• Vacuum Upgrade Descriptions — Updated for clarity and consistency.

• Async/Await Refactors — Smoother animations and particle effects.

• Speed-Up Button — Now uses press threshold for more reliable interaction.

• Attack Tracker UI — Enhanced visuals for tracking active attacks.

🐛 BUG FIXES

• Fixed gear consumption when equipping on building-connected valves

• Fixed total debt calculation not including interest on existing loans

• Fixed land bidding issues

• Fixed energy mine particle removal

• Various bug fixes and stability improvements