Update Notes 0.8.0 - Demolition Charge, Static Storm & Meteor Visuals

New Tool 💣 Demolition Charge A new Demolition Charge tool has been added. Plant charges on buildings, wait for the beeps, and watch them detonate with a powerful focused explosion and shockwave effect.

New Lightning Ability ⚡ Static Storm The Lightning tool now has a new right-click ability called Static Storm. After unlocking it, hold right-click to create an electric storm that follows your cursor, zapping nearby figures, buildings, meteors, and even Future City drones.

Future City Drone Reactions 🤖 Drones can now be hit, crash, and get repaired Static Storm can now affect Future City maintenance drones. Hit drones can wobble, lose control, crash-land, and wait for another drone to come repair them. After being repaired, they lift off gradually instead of instantly jumping back into the air.

Meteor Visual Improvements ☄️ Stronger impact presentation Meteor impacts now look more dynamic. Stronger throws can create brighter impact flashes, hot yellow and orange shockwave rings, and a screen-warp ripple effect that gives powerful impacts a stronger sense of force.

Meteor Swarm Upgrades ☄️ Barrage Rate upgrades added Meteor Swarm now has new Barrage Rate upgrades. These upgrades reduce the delay between swarm meteors, letting upgraded swarms hit faster and feel more intense.

Classic City Balloon Detail 🎈 Some citizens can now carry balloons Some citizens in Classic City can now spawn holding colorful balloons. The balloon moves naturally while they walk, shifts hands when needed, and can fly away during dangerous or chaotic situations.

Group Danger Response 🏃‍♂️ Citizens now protect nearby companions more actively Citizens now react to danger by gathering nearby companions before escaping. They can carry multiple smaller citizens, move more carefully while carrying them, and put them down only once they are safer.

Tools at Higher Speeds ⚡ Tools can now be used up to x5 speed Tools are now usable at simulation speeds up to x5. This makes faster gameplay more flexible while still keeping very high speeds like x10, x20, and x40 restricted for stability and balance.

HUD Improvement 🧰 Clearer tool list indicator The tool page indicator has been updated. Instead of a small badge, the game now shows a clearer Tool List 1 / Tool List 2 message when switching tool pages.

Future City Defense Tuning 🚀 Defense turrets now match simulation speed Future City missile defense now scales properly with simulation speed. That means turret firing should feel more consistent whether the game is running slower or faster.

New Achievements 🏗️ Rebuild Protocol I / II / III New achievements have been added for builders completing or fully repairing structures across all worlds.

🪣 Bucket Brigade I / II / III New achievements have also been added for firefighters extinguishing fires.

🏆 Controlled Demolition A new achievement has been added for unlocking the Demolition Charge tool.

Small Fixes and Polish 🛠️ This update also includes smaller polish changes, including a cleaner smoking animation in Classic City, better Demolition Charge placement, improved demolition visuals and sounds, tighter lightning visuals, and several gameplay balance adjustments.

Message to the Community This update adds several big gameplay additions at once.

Lightning now has a new Static Storm ability, Demolition Charge brings a new way to destroy buildings, meteors look more powerful on impact, and citizen groups now react more naturally to danger.

There are also new achievements to chase, new upgrades to unlock, better high-speed tool usage, and more polish across Future City, Classic City, and destruction effects.

If something feels off, say it. If something feels good, say that too. Your feedback keeps helping shape where the game goes next.

And one small request: if you enjoy the game and want to support its future, leaving a honest review will help me a lot! <3