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Steam News19 July 20261mo ago

build 0.5.2

Gravity Well no longer prevents selecting stars when clicking directly on them while the power is armed. Gravity Well channeling now hides the mouse cursor while the casting animation is active.

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  • Events
  • Fixes
removedGravity Well no longer prevents selecting stars when clicking directly on them while the power is armed.
changedGravity Well channeling now hides the mouse cursor while the casting animation is active.
changedTutorial popups now appear after a short delay, giving important events a moment to register before guidance interrupts the action.
changedStars now use animated visual frames while preserving their existing mass-based sizing.
fixedFixed a rare tutorial soft-lock where the first rocky planet could lose its parent star before the Stellar Stabilization tutorial appeared.

Once Upon The Universe changes

removedGravity Well no longer prevents selecting stars when clicking directly on them while the power is armed.
changedGravity Well channeling now hides the mouse cursor while the casting animation is active.
changedTutorial popups now appear after a short delay, giving important events a moment to register before guidance interrupts the action.
changedStars now use animated visual frames while preserving their existing mass-based sizing.
fixedFixed a rare tutorial soft-lock where the first rocky planet could lose its parent star before the Stellar Stabilization tutorial appeared.
  • Gravity Well no longer prevents selecting stars when clicking directly on them while the power is armed.

  • Gravity Well channeling now hides the mouse cursor while the casting animation is active.

  • Tutorial popups now appear after a short delay, giving important events a moment to register before guidance interrupts the action.

  • The first biosphere tutorial now begins only after a sector has reached sufficient metallicity for biosphere formation.

  • Stars now use animated visual frames while preserving their existing mass-based sizing.

  • Fixed a rare tutorial soft-lock where the first rocky planet could lose its parent star before the Stellar Stabilization tutorial appeared.

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Steam News / 19 July 2026

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