SPACE CHAOS – Gameplay & Balance Update

Chaos Crew,

This one isn’t flashy — but it changes a LOT under the hood.

We’ve reworked core gameplay rules, cleaned up systems, improved readability, and fixed a ridiculous amount of issues.

The result: clearer decisions, smoother chaos, and less random frustration.

CORE GAMEPLAY CHANGES

Cargo System Rework

• Cargos now have conditions (radioactivity, disease, etc.)

• Destinations are now hidden from Cargo Intel

• Only ONE valid destination

• Cargo scanning is no longer mandatory

• Every cargo rarity can now appear from the very first portal

• Target cargo count adjusted (50 → 30)

• Less guessing. More intent.

Conditions, Chaos & Events

• Events are now randomized at each Chaos threshold

• Event icon is displayed directly in the Chaos Gauge

• Increased delay between events

• Removed several early-game events for better onboarding

Chaos is still here — just more readable.

Fire, Creatures & Absolute Nonsense

• Fire damage over time reduced

• Fire now spreads more consistently through ground interactions

• Llamas can now spread fire

Virus overhaul:

• Untreated death → zombie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Zombies clean up properly (no infinite corpses)

• Virus logic clarified and improved

• Creatures can now be radioactive

Tools, Movement & Feel

• Tool weight increased (positioning matters more)

Gravity tuning:

• Reduced world gravity

• Improved 0G behavior

• Flight acceleration and max speed increased

• Magnet, Repulsor and several tools fixed and improved

UX, HUD & Feedback

• Updated HUD (Current / Target cargo display)

• Virus & event icons added to HUD

• Improved victory screen feedback and VOIP positioning

• New VFX for fire, healing, goo, damage, spectator mode

• Tutorial fixes and polish

Fixes (Yes, many.) Steam post image

• Major multiplayer replication fixes

• Collision fixes (characters, cargos, tools)

• Removed physics-related exploits and “random deaths”

• Fixed scoring, rez edge cases, event desyncs

• General stability & performance improvements

This update lays the groundwork for future content and better pacing.

As always — feedback is welcome. Chaos is iterative.

Stay safe, Agents.