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Steam News 7 March 20262mo ago

Patch v13.49

More work on the project to make the game easier to understand Added a habitat map for the plant and animal editors, so you can quickly see where in your world this planet will survive Moved the 'this organism has a pro…

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Extracted changes

2 fixes2 additions3 changes0 removals
  • Maps
  • Gameplay
  • Events
  • Fixes
addedMore work on the project to make the game easier to understandAdded a habitat map for the plant and animal editors, so you can quickly see where in your world this planet will survive
changedMore work on the project to make the game easier to understandMoved the 'this organism has a problem' message out of the editor side bar for editors, so it has more space for a more detailed explanation
changedMore work on the project to make the game easier to understandFor the planet editor, changed the season and ring toggles in the planet editor to have icons
addedMore work on the project to make the game easier to understandAdded stretched arrow buttons to tutorial
changedRedesigned the ready/discard buttons in all editorsMoved the 'discard' buttons next to the ready button for every editor
fixedFixes for the new cladogramFixed the color of 'exclude extinct' button when hovered

More work on the project to make the game easier to understand

  • Added a habitat map for the plant and animal editors, so you can quickly see where in your world this planet will survive

  • Moved the 'this organism has a problem' message out of the editor side bar for editors, so it has more space for a more detailed explanation

  • For the plant editor, merged the energy usage and energy profit bars into a single colored energy bar

  • For the plant editor, made the 'amount of offspring' visualization textual

  • For the planet editor, changed the season and ring toggles in the planet editor to have icons

  • Added stretched arrow buttons to tutorial

Redesigned the ready/discard buttons in all editors

  • The alga and fungus editors now also have a discard button

  • Moved the 'discard' buttons next to the ready button for every editor

  • The 'ready' buttons are now recolored to fit the style of each individual editor

Fixes for the new cladogram

  • Root species are now ignored if they are extinct and have no decendants (thanks, Ultraneongodpet and UnitedKibbles31!)

  • Fixed the color of 'exclude extinct' button when hovered

  • Prevented the cladogram glitching out when there are not root species

  • Fixed missing lines for species that went extinct but were reintroduced

Misc

  • Prevented floating leaves or seeds in the editor when using the CTRL button (thanks, Chared!)

  • In the 'skipping time' view, made sure the 'recent mutations' label was readable also on smaller screens

I often forget to read comments below release notes, so if you have questions, suggestions or bug reports, feel free to reach out via the Steam forums or thesaplinggame@gmail.com.

Source

Steam News / 7 March 2026

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