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Steam News2 June 20261mo ago

build 0.1.18

Added a new dry habitable planet visual type, making waterless but life-capable worlds appear as dry/sandy planets instead of Earth-like water worlds.

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addedAdded a new dry habitable planet visual type, making waterless but life-capable worlds appear as dry/sandy planets instead of Earth-like water worlds.
addedAdded a new tutorial popup for the first civilization, automatically focusing the sector view on the planet where conscious society first emerged.
addedAdded a follow-up civilization tutorial step that guides the player toward using Atmospheric Event on the first inhabited world, with a free tutorial unlock for the power.
addedAdded a new civilization tutorial step after Atmospheric Event, explaining the Sector panel civilization list, Creator Influence, Creator Dread and Creator Antagonism, with a guided highlight on the interacted civilization.
changedImproved tutorial popups so they no longer deselect the currently armed anomaly by default, making early universe shaping smoother.

Once Upon The Universe changes

addedAdded a new dry habitable planet visual type, making waterless but life-capable worlds appear as dry/sandy planets instead of Earth-like water worlds.
addedAdded a new tutorial popup for the first civilization, automatically focusing the sector view on the planet where conscious society first emerged.
addedAdded a follow-up civilization tutorial step that guides the player toward using Atmospheric Event on the first inhabited world, with a free tutorial unlock for the power.
addedAdded a new civilization tutorial step after Atmospheric Event, explaining the Sector panel civilization list, Creator Influence, Creator Dread and Creator Antagonism, with a guided highlight on the interacted civilization.
changedImproved tutorial popups so they no longer deselect the currently armed anomaly by default, making early universe shaping smoother.
  • Added a new dry habitable planet visual type, making waterless but life-capable worlds appear as dry/sandy planets instead of Earth-like water worlds.

  • Added a new tutorial popup for the first civilization, automatically focusing the sector view on the planet where conscious society first emerged.

  • Added a follow-up civilization tutorial step that guides the player toward using Atmospheric Event on the first inhabited world, with a free tutorial unlock for the power.

  • Added a new civilization tutorial step after Atmospheric Event, explaining the Sector panel civilization list, Creator Influence, Creator Dread and Creator Antagonism, with a guided highlight on the interacted civilization.

  • Improved tutorial popups so they no longer deselect the currently armed anomaly by default, making early universe shaping smoother.

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Steam News / 2 June 2026

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