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Steam News14 June 202620d ago

v0.3.5

v0.3.5: Bacteria rebalanced to reduce the amount of active attention they require.

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changedBacteria rebalanced to reduce the amount of active attention they require. Bacterial blooms are more rare
changedReduced maintenance cost burden so labs can comfortably afford significantly higher cell counts
changedScaled down culture sizes significantly for improved population dynamics
changedImproved plasmodia lifecycle to be more dynamic
changedAdjusted mutation rates for improved variety
changedTuned strain classifier to hopefully improve strain coherence. Watching results

Substrate: Emergence changes

changedBacteria rebalanced to reduce the amount of active attention they require. Bacterial blooms are more rare
changedReduced maintenance cost burden so labs can comfortably afford significantly higher cell counts
changedScaled down culture sizes significantly for improved population dynamics
changedImproved plasmodia lifecycle to be more dynamic
changedAdjusted mutation rates for improved variety

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, contracts, Cryobank, and glossary panels all merged into one "Manage" screen with tabs

  • Scaled down culture sizes significantly for improved population dynamics

  • Improved plasmodia lifecycle to be more dynamic

  • Adjusted mutation rates for improved variety

  • Tuned strain classifier to hopefully improve strain coherence. Watching results

  • Added substrate brush. Allows for direct modification of the environment

  • Substrate nutrient composition is no longer static

  • Various Amoeba fixes aimed at making them viable. Previously, Amoeba almost never would appear and wouldn't survive due to various issues

  • Increased bacteria base size for visibility

  • Increased digestive enzyme mutation rate and reduced enzyme costs

  • Reduced hexagon size for New Culture preview. Each hexagon now can only carry one cell at a time

  • Testing out different style of contract objectives where they ask for gene combos instead of specific gene stats

  • Visual tweaks

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Steam News / 14 June 2026

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