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- Substrate: Emergence
v0.4.0b
v0.4.0b: pH tolerance and temperature tolerance gene mutations changed from multiplicative to additive to try to improve the bias of cultures towards acidification Replication cost now scales with population density so…
Announcement6 changesFixGameplay - Substrate: Emergence
v0.4.0a
v0.4.0a: Improved HUD behavior for different aspect ratios Cursor tooltip hides on drag (F2 to show/hide) Added attribute examples to "show me" guides Blocked killing cells during tutorial to prevent accidentally breaki…
Announcement5 changesFixUI/audio - Substrate: Emergence
v0.4.0
v0.4.0: Tutorial overhauled to be goals-first Contracts reworked with new objective types Widened cell temperature tolerance bands Added strain valuation breakdown on strain tree with per-gene value Added proper DPI res…
Announcement4 changesGameplayUI/audio - Substrate: Emergence
Substrate: Emergence Demo - v0.4.0 "Synthesis"
Hello everyone! I have just updated the demo and base app to v0.4.0. I will be closing the playtest now that Next Fest is starting, but don't worry! The demo is the same build and I will still be updating it as usual. T…
Store2 changesGameplay - Substrate: Emergence
v0.3.5
v0.3.5: Bacteria rebalanced to reduce the amount of active attention they require. Bacterial blooms are more rare Reduced maintenance cost burden so labs can comfortably afford significantly higher cell counts Biomarket…
Announcement10 changesGameplay - Substrate: Emergence
v0.3.4a - Hotfixes
v0.3.4a: Fixed sterilization not blocking bacteria spawning Rebalanced contamination rates to be less demanding Fixed bug where abandoning contracts could result in net positive Biomarks Mutagen now unlocks upon tutoria…
Announcement4 changesFixGameplay - Substrate: Emergence
v0.3.4: More gameplay changes!
Hello! For this update I was mainly focused on fixing and refining the central gameplay loops and removing some frustrating aspects. In my opinion it is a noticeable improvement over the last build, especially now that…
Event15 changesFixGameplay - Substrate: Emergence
v0.3.3: New tutorial!
Hey everyone! I have been working on updating the tutorial and reinforcing the game loops, so I hope this update helps to clear up a lot of the confusing aspects of the game. I look forward to hearing everyone's feedbac…
Announcement3 changesGameplay - Substrate: Emergence
v0.3.1c
v0.3.1c: Bug fixes and balance tweaks to improve cell viability
Announcement1 changeBalance - Substrate: Emergence
v0.3.1b
v0.3.1b: Bug fixes HUD improvements Tutorial improvements Visual tweaks
Announcement1 changeUI/audio - Substrate: Emergence
v0.3.1: Major gameplay changes
Hello again! After collecting the first bits of feedback from v0.3.0, I've made a few big changes that I wanted to announce here. To give career mode a clearer and more challenging goal, I've made Biomarks more importan…
Announcement13 changesFixGameplay - Substrate: Emergence
v0.3.0 "Pathogenesis" is here, with a new tutorial and UI! (WIP)
Hey everyone! It's been exactly a month since the last update, and there is a lot to share. Most of the feedback has been from playtesters who are confused, so I have been working on a new tutorial to hopefully help out…
Event15 changesFixUI/audio - Substrate: Emergence
v0.2.8 is Live!
Hey everyone, v0.2.8 is here! There is a new UI, as well as a bunch of improvements and new features. While some of the newest features and cell types are still WIP, there are plenty of improvements that enable more sel…
Security24 changes1 numericFix - Substrate: Emergence
v0.2.7a
I've continued working on getting the simulation stable in the long term. Performance still drops but I'm pretty sure that it's from slime mold's being unbalanced now, so I'll be working on that next. I ran the simulati…
Announcement20 changesFixPerformance - Substrate: Emergence
v0.2.6b
v0.2.6b: Stability improvements: Fixed memory leaks causing gradual degradation over long sessions Fixed various death/spawn lifecycle edge cases that could cause errors Performance improvements: Significantly reduced C…
Announcement14 changesFixPerformance - Substrate: Emergence
v0.2.6 - Improved Lab Mode
This is a bigger update than usual that improves the functionality of Lab Mode. Contracts are more functional now and serve to guide you in exploring the simulation. The Strain Registry is also more functional in tracki…
Security20 changes1 numericFix
