Patch Notes v0.5.1

New features

- Added new Chrono Boost spell to traveling merchant spell pool to temporarily boost building processing speed

- Added new objectives for catching critters

- Added blueprint delete mode by shift-clicking on placed blueprints, with updated delete preview and context hint during delete mode

- Undo action (CTRL) can now also undo whole blueprint placement

- Level-ups now award 2 skill points if reaching a level which doesn\'t have a new spell yet (good luck with that in the demo though)

UI/UX Improvements

- \"New research available\" notification shown to player when new research becomes available

- Spell book buttons now only label actually enhanced spells with \"Enhanced by Advanced Spellcasting\"

- Recipe font in recipe selector UI now decreases if recipe name is too long for container

- Styled remaining scroll containers with theme for scrollbar

- Resource icon tooltip now clips recipes if more than 7 in either \"produced by\" or \"used by\" category to prevent exceeding screen bounds

- Resource tree tiers now always assign the minimum tier to each resource

Bug Fixes

- Deleting a blueprint entirely via context menu now properly removes it from hotkey bar first to prevent errors

- Fixed crash that could happen when hovering over the 0 hotkey button

- Fixed canceling of blueprint placement preview when selecting regular placement via hotkey

- Fixed whale and fish travel direction

- Fixed bug where Mergers sometimes showed wrong connection preview arrow during placement preview

- Fixed lag spike when zooming in the world map

- Undo action now correctly moves resource node up/down if Miner or Arcane Reactor was affected by undo

- Fixed credits display in creative mode not immediately updating

Patch Notes v0.5.0

New Features

- Added Mana Converter building to convert excess Mana into global production bonuses

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- Production buildings can now be underclocked via a slider in the building info UI top-right

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- Blueprints can now be mirrored during placement preview using Shift+E/R

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- Added search bar (Shift+F) to highlight all buildings storing or processing a given resource

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- Right-click any building to immediately place a copy of that building (including any saved recipe)

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- Camera can now toggle between top-down and isometric views by pressing Q

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Performance

- Made exiting large play sessions (many buildings) much faster

- Made loading of large saves (100s-1000s of buildings) much faster

Bug Fixes

- Fixed issue where in-place replacing a belt with a curve would incorrectly connect with subsequent belts if too far away

- Fixed resource tree production calculation

- Fixed Mana Tree material opacity issue

- Belt throughputs are now always round integers

Misc

- Added ground scatter to Mana Tree scenes

- Imported blueprint files are now validated to prevent execution of any code, making them safe to share

- Objectives can no longer be completed in creative mode

- Spell hotkeys are now capped at 12

- Added tips about building underclocking, search bar, etc to loading screen tips

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Patch Notes v0.4.1

New Features

- Added production chain view when left-clicking resource icons in the resource tree

- Added filter dialogue to Super Splitter filter selection

- New objective for producing items during power outage, awarding Ancient Wisdom

- Added loading screen tips about production chain view + how to use items such as keys

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Performance Improvements

- Updated rock scenes with new grass and lower polygon count for better performance

Balance Changes

- Buffed Alchemical Key recipe slightly by requiring fewer Ingots

- Tweaked prices for some higher-level items

- Reduced skill point cost of Ancient Wisdom from 5 to 3

UI Improvements

- Building info UI now updates building level when a building levels up while the UI is open

- Special info UI panel effects now linebreak instead of overflowing the panel

- Resource tooltips improved: recipes \"using this\" now show the full recipe, like in \"produced from\", when inspecting resources

- Cursor now appears during placement when hovering over hotkeys and spell buttons

- Resource Tree UI now always defaults to the actual Resource Tree tab

Bug Fixes

- Manually deleting resources from conveyor belts now properly removes the visual item from the belt

- Fixed edge case when drag-placing belts that could lead to errors

- Fixed Smelters not accepting Magic Essence (Sun Smelting recipe)

- Fixed Mana Forges not accepting Ingots (Mana-Component recipe)

- Fixed a bug where building a Ward Generator during power outage would not activate that Ward Generator

- Fixed a bug where buildings in the corners of area-of-effect buildings would not be affected by the AoE building

- Fixed bug that could crash the game when saving splitters with deleted outputs

- Fixed grass transparency issues

Patch Notes v0.4.0

Blueprint Improvements

- Added blueprint auto-connect functionality that automatically connects placed blueprints to nearby compatible buildings

- Blueprint connection previews are now shown during placement

- Implemented blueprint snapping and assisted placement to help align structures

- Blueprints can now be assigned to hotkeys for quick access through the blueprint context menu

- Blueprint placement no longer exits after each placement, allowing for faster construction

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Performance Improvements

- Significant performance improvements to conveyor belt systems + Splitters

- Optimized build menu and inventory performance to be more responsive

- Staggered market selling operation times to avoid performance spikes

- Made grass meshes more performant

UI Improvements

- Introduced new production tab in the resource tree that calculates total production of all resources

- Belt speed modifiers like Speed Flow are now correctly treated as modifiers and displayed in the UI

- Increased resolution of the world map and resource markers

- Fixed inventory icon tooltips that flickered constantly when resource quantities changed

- Added the option to filter resources during visual label selection in Warehouses

- Logistics buildings now properly display their stored items in the building info UI

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Misc Improvements

- Traveling merchants can now boost production of various production buildings beyond just Smelters

- Added new objective about brewing 100 potions, which awards Ancient Wisdom upon completion

Bug Fixes

- Fixed a visual bug in which vegetation was not immediately recalculating its visibility when trees were destroyed

- Fixed an issue where belt replacement by Splitters incorrectly modified the filters of upstream Super Splitters

- Improved in-place replacement preview logic for assisted placement

- Fixed total spells cast and total trades made counters to properly reset between game sessions

- Selection highlights now appear at the correct height for bridge belts

- Fixed recipe displays and tooltips to correctly show consumption when recipes use both power and Mana

Patch Notes v0.3.2

Blueprint Icons

- Saving a blueprint now automatically generates and saves an icon

- Build menu now displays icons for blueprint buttons

Creative Mode

- Removed fortification spawning in creative mode

Fixes

- Fixed string formatting in Bank purchase notification

- Fixed issue where drag placing curves onto starting curves incorrectly previewed+placed a straight belt line instead

Improvements

- Reduced clipping of vegetation and fortifications with border mountains

- Reduced cost for Ultimate Siege Magic research

- Waste Recycling research no longer requires Advanced Mana Forging as a prerequisite

- Minor localization fixes

Patch Notes v0.3.0

New: Decorative Buildings

- Added new decorative buildings category

- Added Wall, Wall Corner, and Wall Tower as decorative buildings

- Added new Architecture I & II research to unlock them

- Added objective about building walls

- Walls can be drag-built & be in-place replaced by Wall Corners and Wall Towers

- Decorative buildings can be recolored with the new Crimson Dye potion, unlocked by the new Chromatic Alchemy research (more colors to come!)

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New: Research Tree (instead of List:-) )

- Implemented visual research tree for each category, to replace old research panel

- Added right-click context menu on research items to track research requirements on main screen until research is finished

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New: Mana Tree Variants

- Added multiple Mana Tree visual variants that progress with contributed Mana

- Completed Mana Trees now stay in the world, in all their glory:-)

New: Map Markers

- Added ability to place any available resource icon onto the map to remember factory locations, using Shift + Left Click (removed with Shift + Right Click)

Visual Improvements

- Apples now sway in the wind

- Improved color variation of vegetation

- Fixed subtle color shift that sometimes happened when deleting vegetation for the first time

Balancing

- Capped Mana Crystal level to a maximum of 15

- Essence Boost spell duration now affected by Advanced Spellcasting skill (increases from 30 seconds to 45 seconds)

UI Improvements

- Added fuel value display in tooltips for resources that can be used to generate power

- Changed default UI toggle hotkey from F12 to J to avoid conflicting with Steam screenshot function

- Production values exceeding 1,000 per minute are now formatted in the style of \"1.2k\" for readability

- Fixed save menu overflowing when too many active saves exist

Misc

- Resources gained via merchants & resource crates are now preferentially added to Warehouses that already store that resource, rather than always the closest Warehouse

- When you play the Water World challenge mode, the traveling merchants might have a new recipe in store that will help you traverse the wide ocean

- Resource nodes now translate into and out of ground when a Miner is placed or deleted, to reduce clipping

- Added new Throughput Mastery challenge objective

Fixes

- Fixed spell visibility not restoring when closing resource tree via close button

- Fixed Gold Component Technology research description

- Fixed Ward Generator not displaying effective Mana consumption based on skills

- Fixed recipe auto-upgrade being too aggressive and switching to unintended recipes

- Fixed power generator child classes (hydro generator etc.) not correctly registering power output from the start, which caused initial flickering in power display

- Fixed issue where spells not enhanced by Advanced Spellcasting skill were still labeled as such in the UI

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Patch Notes v0.2.1

Auto-Save Improvements

- Fixed auto-save sometimes not occurring when it should

- Added auto-save interval setting to options menu (default still is 15 minutes)

Drag-Building Improvements

- Starting curves now also appear in drag-build previews

- Drag-build preview now accurately shows curve flipping when changing drag direction against the flow

- Fixed edge case where cursor movement at the end of drag-placement could incorrectly change initial curve rotation

- Improved flexibility when dragging from a curve start into a linear line to simply extend the original starting point

- Fixed flow arrow orientation on drag belt preview staying correct when pulling drag preview back

Misc

- Already placed Assemblers & Smelters now also auto-update if newly researched recipe is strictly better and matches the currently produced output (previously only Miners exhibited this behavior)

- Improved descriptions of advanced spell variants and their effects on spell buttons

- Added usage information to tooltips of keys and siege items

- Market now only chooses relevant resources for special offers

- Special offer and Magic Essence enhancement of Markets are now visible simultaneously

Fixes

- Fixed tracking of buildings built in fortification-cleared areas

- Fixed context label not switching to destination warehouse when using teleport spell

- Fixed chosen preset name in world generation dialog being replaced by \"custom\"

- Fixed Splitters/Mergers not connecting correctly when placed into pre-arranged collections of adjacent belts in fourway junctions

- Fixed bug causing black colored vegetation after destroying fortification

- Fixed research cost scaling not being applied when loading a save

Patch Notes v0.2.0

New Features

- Added new magic-branch skill: Spell Resonance, which gives a chance to cast spells without Mana costs

- Added Pure Essence resource as byproduct from enchanted Arcane Crystal nodes

- Pure Essence can be used to upgrade Mana Crystals and fuel Power Spires more efficiently than regular Magic Essence

- Added option to filter recipes by name in recipe selection UI

- Added context menu to resource icons in building buffer area; right-click now allows deleting unwanted stored resources from buildings

Auto-Placement Improvements

- Auto-place Splitters when drag-building a curved belt out from an existing belt

- Drag-building a belt line into an existing belt line now auto-places a Merger in the existing line

- Auto-placed Splitters/Mergers now appear in preview with cost contribution shown in cost label

- Auto-placing Splitters/Mergers on Bridge Belt intersections then also correctly places Elevator Splitters/Elevator Mergers

Building & Construction Fixes

- Fixed delete preview and mass delete preview of asymmetric buildings (Elevator Bridge), which previously showed incorrect grid cells depending on rotation

- Fixed connection issue when in-line replacing belt with Merger that affected the subsequent belt

- Fixed connection edge case when connecting belts to a Splitter that is directly connected to an asymmetric building (Elevator Bridge)

- Blueprint selection of larger buildings now immediately selects/includes the entire building when selecting any of their grid cells

- Saved last blueprint rotation during placement (similar to regular placement behavior)

Visual Assets

- Added new deciduous tree variants: \"dark\" and \"apple tree\"

- Reduced mesh sizes for tree assets and improved asset performance

UI & Visual Improvements

- Fixed connection arrows not positioning correctly on Bridge Belts when clicking on water-placed Elevator Splitters and Elevator Mergers

- Fixed connection arrow direction over Splitters/Mergers in certain situations when clicking on connected buildings

- Fixed tooltips not vanishing immediately when leaving object with hover

- Connection arrows now also appear above non-logistics buildings when clicking on Splitter/Merger

- Fixed color sometimes being wrong in preview connection arrow between Splitter/Merger and other buildings

- All collapsible notifications can now also be collapsed+expanded in the Message Log Panel

- Now, only one message in Message Log Panel can be expanded at a time (expanding another collapses the currently expanded message)

Tutorial Improvements

- Reduced redundant \"tutorial step complete\" notifications to minimize notification spam during sequential tutorial

- Fixed edge case where tutorial data wasn\'t saved when the previous game session had skip_tutorials active (resulting in tutorials being potentially shown again upon load)

Balancing & Fixes

- Buffed Power Spire effect from 20% to 25%

- Fixed spell-based enchantment of spell-placed nodes sometimes failing to find the node

- Fixed localization in saving/loading games[img src=\"https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/45710083/3482e68b2f8e7f0985c0de1eb4ca1b06c1ca69dc.png\"][/img][img src=\"https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/45710083/fa0ec52fd7260af66f9d86af25e6018867eee28a.png\"][/img][img src=\"https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/45710083/3f74ee10f8aa70e35c2f3577b09899f5dd353bfb.png\"][/img][img src=\"https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/45710083/84c860d9b6c55c41afb230aa8b7505b52e0f462c.png\"][/img]

Patch Notes v0.1.5

New Features

- Special objectives can now award Ancient Wisdom as a reward

- Added \"Master of Organization\" objective that awards an Ancient Wisdom seed

- Added new objectives related to creating and placing blueprints

Skill Tree

- Added two new skills for improving potion brewing to the Production branch (\"Brewing Speed\" and \"Efficient Brewing\")

- Skill tree buttons now highlight their prerequisites and dependent skills upon hovering, for easier navigation

UI/Tutorial Improvements

- Improved potion brewing UI visuals

- Byproduct icons now display byproduct chance percentage in the building UI

- Clarified description of Master Craftsman skill

- Trying to build a Conveyor Belt line across cliffs without Elevators will now trigger a tutorial explaining how to traverse height differences

Fixes

- Fixed sequential tutorial to only accept Miner-Smelter combinations when the Miner actually mines Ore

- Fixed delete-undo not properly restoring all information for splitters and super splitters

- Fixed Architect portrait animation in notifications

Patch Notes v0.1.4

New Features

- Implemented basic undo system for placement and deletion actions, including mass delete undo

- Added undo action information to context menu (default mapping: Ctrl)

Hover Icons & Visual Feedback

- Added resource icon display above resource nodes when hovering

- Enchanted resource nodes display both their primary resource and byproduct icons on hover

- Treasure chests now show required keys icon on hover

- Fortifications now show required siege items icon on hover

- Special vegetation now shows vegetation icon on hover

- Traveling merchants now display required resource as an icon above them

Building & Construction Fixes

- Fixed edge case of in-place replacement of belts with curves when the belt is the direct output of a building

Controller Support

- Made switching from controller to mouse input smoother and more reliable

- Fixed crash that could occur when switching from controller to mouse input

- Fixed radial menu being positioned outside screen boundaries when opened near screen edges

- Fixed mouse cursor state when opening radial menu while building

- Fixed radial menu offset issue on first opening

- Prevented radial menu from opening while game menu is active

Misc

- Improved alignment of visual fortification protection sphere with the actually protected area

Patch Notes v0.1.3

Building & Construction Fixes

- Fixed placement becoming unresponsive when cursor was positioned over cliff edges

- Fixed swapped left/right output labels in certain Splitter and Super Splitter placement scenarios

- Elevator Bridge can now be placed across resource nodes, as long as only their middle space overlaps the node

Drag-Building Improvements

- Auto-placed Elevators now appear in placement preview during drag building

- Cost label during drag building now shows the cost contribution of auto-placed Elevators

Building/Resource Feedback

- Added pulsing Magic Essence icon above empty Mana Crystals

- Added pulsing Sundrop icon above empty Power Generators

- Added pulsing blue icon above buildings that currently lack/need Mana

- Pulsing resource icons now also appear over area-effect buildings (such as Power Spire) when they need resources

UI Improvements

- Mana Crystal building info UI now correctly live-updates the \"(Empty)\" status when the UI remains open upon upgrade

- Improved focus behavior of resource tree calculator

- Added indication of where saved blueprints are found in the \"Saved\" message

- Changed default input display of Power Generator to show Sundrop instead of Ore, to encourage best practices

Misc

- Prevented Arcane Crystal from appearing in merchant deals if Arcane Mining Technology has not been unlocked yet

- Blueprint placement is now also free (= does not cost Credits) in Creative Mode

Patch Notes v0.1.2

Building & Construction Fixes

- Fixed Splitters and Mergers not properly detecting connections to the left and right when placed on top of existing belts

- Fixed edge case where drag-building a single curve would fail to connect properly

- Fixed Splitter placement issues when positioned in the middle of multiple eligible buildings

- Fixed direction of projected output arrows when placing Splitters

- Fixed building selection not immediately vanishing when closing building info UI via delete mode

- Fixed visual flickering of placement preview mesh elements

Drag-Building Improvements

- Significantly improved auto-rotation/-correction when drag-building parallel (\"wrongly\" rotated) belt lines

- Added automatic curve insertion when drag-building parallel belt lines

- Fixed curve direction when starting with a curve and then drag-building in the opposite (\"wrong\") direction

Power System

- Fixed Ward Generator deletion during power outage not properly stopping protection on buildings until power is restored

- Added automatic power outage reset when player deletes or pauses buildings after tripping power

UI Fixes

- Fixed WASD keys incorrectly shifting focus away from recipe buttons in building UI and Build Menu

- Fixed building tooltips appearing through the research panel

- Fixed research panel z-ordering to ensure it always appears on top of special info panel

Tutorial Improvements

- Made tutorial-complete message collapsible with a summary view

- Added auto-close after two minutes for regular tutorial messages, if left open too long

- Made Arcane Manufacturing skill description more informative

Misc

- Made blueprint auto-names more compact

- Traveling Merchant now flies away instead of vanishing abruptly

Patch Notes v0.1.1

Fixes

- Fixed an issue where drag-building over water before unlocking bridge engineering could create invisible bridges when shore-belts incorrectly connected across water

- Fixed a crash that could occur when inspecting conveyor belts

Improvements

- Improved transmutation error messages to better indicate whether you need more space or require ore/ingot materials before casting

- Added ability to cancel camera orbiting with ESC key or right-click

- Improved shader compatibility for AMD graphics cards

Note:

AMD GPU Users: If you experience incorrect ground rendering or visual artifacts with AMD Radeon RX series cards, update your graphics drivers to version 25.9.2 or newer, which includes a fix for a Godot shader rendering issue.