Techtonica 1.0 ‘Going Up’ Out Today – 34% off for launch week!

Fire Hose Games is excited to announce to Groundbreakers both new and old that Techtonica has launched out of Early Access and is available now in 1.0 for Steam, Xbox Game Pass, and PlayStation 5! To celebrate the occasion, Techtonica on Steam is 34% off through launch week.

Techtonica is a first-person factory game with a gripping sci-fi mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain with a black hole gun, and construct a massive subterranean factory.

Dig your way toward answers and discover the secrets of Calyx alone or with friends in up to 4 player co-op. Gather resources, uncover new areas, and build your machines in the only factory automation game to offer a fully voice-acted narrative campaign that gives you a reason to forge ahead. ⛏️

Techtonica 1.0 Highlights

The massive Techtonica 1.0 release “Going Up” has been over a year in the making and brings a ton of new features to the game, including:

• A complete sci-fi mystery narrative for players to unravel

• New Desert Biome

• Traveling between Floors with the Freight Elevator

• Jetpack Upgrade

• New Machines, Production Loops, Intermediates, and Resources

• Many player requested QoL and performance improvements

You can find a full list of patch notes hidden below:

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Headliner Features

• Completed Narrative

• All mysteries revealed!

• New story related cutscenes, and improved cutscenes for major plot reveals

• New Desert Biome

• Sand Sea mechanics

• New resources: Sesamite, Scrap Ore, Carbon Veins

• New narrative

• Use the Freight Elevator

• The original map has been made better, faster, and stronger - split up into multiple levels, there’s more to explore than ever before!

• 16 levels to explore & industrialize: 11 River Biome levels, 5 Desert Biome levels

• Doubled overall explorable area

• Transfer materials and power between levels through the elevator

• New machines: Crusher & Sand Pump

• New desert-related power source

• Even more machines!

• Electric Smelter

• Long Stack Filter Inserters

• Fast MKII Planters

• Big MKII Containers

• Core Composer Redesign

• 1x1 Research Cores

• Green and Yellow Research Cores

• Complete machine and recipe rebalance

• New Jetpack upgrade: Fly to any height!

• Omniseeker gets a much improved redesign

Highlighted Changes

• MKII Assemblers buffed to output 4x resources per recipe instead of 2x.

• Extensive removal of most Protection Zones/Areas.

• Adjusted all recipes to have more friendly throughput rates.

• All fuel rates now show up to two decimal places when needed in the inspector - you’re welcome.

• Improved Core Boost mechanics

• Removed clearance rules on Mining Drills, Monorail Depots, and Containers.

• Base Crank Generator Duration has been buffed from 5 to 10 minutes (and yes, it stacks with CrankSpan). Enjoy your extra exploration time!

• Placing drills is smoother now.

• Most UI Menus in game have received a major facelift.

• Hidden crates around the map can now be deconstructed after they’ve been emptied. Enjoy your clean Echosketch.

Machines

• MKII Assemblers buffed to output 4x resources per recipe instead of 2x.

• Added Crusher, a large, high utility machine that can create and split apart resources in addition to generating power when given the right ingredients.

• Removed clearance rules on Mining Drills, Monorail Depots, and Containers.

• Added Sand Pump, a towering oil rig-like machine that drains sand, but has a big appetite for fuel.

• Added Electric Smelter.

• Added Long Stack Filter Inserters.

• Added fast MKII Planters.

• Added big MKII Containers.

• Core Composers now