Update 0.10.7!! :D

Hi all! New round of changes!

I appreciate the feedback this community gives because it actively shapes the game in a myriad of ways.

You get stuck on a transmission? Great, it’s updated for clarity and an Idea is written! (Like the dreadful transmission 57)

You mention a “potentially pedantic” nitpick about Bautista writing the hypothesis “RND” for a particular signal when in the BASIC programming language, that was the function for “Random”? Great, Bautista’s hypothesis has been updated!

All of these are real pieces of feedback I’ve received and real ways that the game has been updated. It’s really awesome that this game attracts such curious, excited, perseverant gamers. It’s a pleasure for me as a developer, and I will continue to make this game as great for you as I can!

Highlights for this patch include new dictionary format controls, new graphics settings, some important bugfixes, and a bajillion transmissions updated, especially late game content. For full details, read below!

One last note, some transmissions were inserted into the game, which means if you are particularly far into your playthrough on the beta (transmission 240+), you might be sent backwards a small amount of transmissions, (likely 1 or 2 unless you are 800+, in which case you will be sent back ~8 transmissions)

General Changes

• New Graphics Settings - Low blend Scanlines & Color Splitting (Chromatic Aberration)

• When switching from the demo to the main-game, clearing Transmission 76 will unlock the achievements that would have been unlocked completing Act 1 if playing the full game.

• Dialogue for Weeks 34-35 !!

• Updated compiler formatting settings to allow greater control (by popular demand). Can now set different format options for before and after a word. By default, all “after” formatting is set to NO SPACE.

• Achievement Icons

• New Reference Pages under Chemistry

Specific Changes

• Dictionary Update comes a few transmissions earlier now for a smoother start

• Dictionary entries highlight on hover

• Updated some of Akers’s arm animations so they obscure less of the dialogue name plates

• Changed the “EXIT” button in the input console to say “BACK”

• Fixed a bug where 1 soundtrack per soundtrack group would rarely play

• Removed 1 radio submit sfx (it sounded out of place)

• Fixed an issue where the transmission log would not scroll far enough for very very large transmissions

• Fixed an issue where gameplay state would be entered before the end-of-week logs were complete

• Fixed a nasty bug where the left monitor would become unusable if the Visual window was open when the week ends

• Fixed an issue where mutually exclusive graphics settings could both appear active (e.g. Windowed & Fullscreen mode appeared toggled on simultaneously)

• Moved Week Break 35 back 1 transmission

• Fixed a missing space in the “-FREE AUTOLOG.MOS” portion of the shutdown screen

• Shortened the COMPILER ERROR display time to 1.5 alien-seconds (previously 3)

• Dictionary Scroll defaults and updates to scroll to the bottom where the most recent entries are located

• One of the Hidden Achievements related to the Calculator is now achievable

• Hypotheses for SIG-7 now appears when it should

• Updated Hypotheses for SIG-184, SIG-185, and SIG-188

• Removed errant hypotheses from Log 39

• The total number of transmissions in the game has increased by ~8

• Dictionary words -177 and above have been moved down 3 (so SIG-177 is now SIG-174 etc.) If this applies to your save file, you may see a pop-up prompting an automatic fix to your dictionary.

• Fixed a tiny typo in the Rounding Reference Page (280 Rounds => 200)

Transmissions & Ideas

• Transmission 57 updated for clarity & added Idea

• Transmission 61 fixed error

• Transmission 73 added Idea

• Transmission 90 delayed dialogue for after end-of-week meeting

• Transmission 117 added Ideas

• Transmission 204 updated & added Idea

• Transmission 219 updated

• Transmission 230 reinserted (was missing, oops!)

• Transmission 232 fixed small error

• Transmission 248 updated

• Transmission 303 fixed error

• Transmission 377 added Idea

• Transmission 504 added Idea

• Transmission 508 reinserted

• Transmission 520 updated & updated Idea

• Transmissions 527 & 528 reordered

• Transmission 532 reinserted

• Transmission 537 updated for clarity & added Idea

• Transmission 539 fixed

• Transmission 541 updated

• Transmission 547 updated

• Transmission 552 updated for clarity

• Transmission 553 updated for clarity

• Transmission 558 updated for clarity

• Transmission 571 updated

• Transmission 572 updated

• Transmission 587 reinserted

• Transmission 588 updated

• Transmission 589 updated

• Transmission 590 updated

• Transmission 593 updated

• Transmission 594 fixed error

• Transmission 595 fixed error

• Transmission 604 updated

• Transmission 609 added Ideas

• Transmission 612 fixed error

• Transmission 613 updated for clarity

• Transmission 624 fixed small error

• Transmission 639 updated for clarity

• Transmission 649 Ideas added

• Transmissions 650 & 651 reinserted

• Transmission 653 fixed small error

• Transmission 658 fixed

• Transmission 665 fixed error

• Transmission 669 fixed error

• Transmission 673 fixed error

• Transmission 676 updated

• Transmission 690 updated for clarity

• Transmission 698 fixed error

• Transmission 701 fixed error

• Transmission 723 fixed error

• Transmission 731 updated

• Transmission 735 updated for clarity

• Transmission 742 updated for clarity

• Transmission 749 reinserted

• Transmission 751 updated for clarity

• Transmissions 756, 757, & 758 reinserted

• Transmission 762 updated for clarity

• Transmission 774 updated for clarity

• Transmissions 775 and 776 reordered

• Transmission 776 added Idea

• Transmission 778 updated for clarity & added submission Idea

• Transmission 779 fixed error

• Transmission 780 updated & added submission Idea

• Transmission 791 updated for clarity

• Transmissions 792-801 fixed reoccurring errors

• Transmission 804 fixed error

• Transmission 805 updated for clarity

• Transmission 806 updated for clarity

• Transmission 807 updated for clarity

• Transmission 814-817 fixed reoccurring errors

• Transmission 823 updated for clarity

• Transmission 834-840 reinserted (whole transmission group was missing, oops!)

• Transmission 841 fixed error

• Transmission 844 updated for clarity

• Transmissions 845 & 846 new additions!

• Many Transmissions updated in large ways beyond this point! :)

Thanks again as always. Now, back to developing!

(P.S. We’re under 2 weeks from release!)

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