Patchnotes v0.9.11

** What’s New**

• We’ve listened to your feedback and reworked the research tree, streamlining and cleaning it up. You can find all the details under Balancing below.

• We’ve improved on many other things mentioned on Discord and Steam, such as the order of food-related items and recipes being inconsistent.

** Improvements**

• Order of food-related items is now consistent throughout the game. Order of Berry, beets, corn etc. and all their related products is the same everywhere (UI, Kitchen, Farm, etc.)

• Food Stand workers will no longer stand around outside while waiting

• Water puddles now also get marked in grey when placing or selecting a Clay Gathering Camp

• Made research lines a bit thicker and more visible

** Bugfixes**

• Fixed some research items showing pollution value, even though they didn’t cause any pollution

• Fixed bug where removing employees from a building with an ongoing mission (e.g. Trebuchet) could lead to unexpected side effects, such as Onbu never getting hungry again

• Fixed research recommendation order (Brick Furnace got recommended too early)

• Implemented a first batch of improvements that should hopefully prevent the map bug from happening (Onbu taking unusual paths through the landscape). Please send us a bug report if it still happens!

• If the game’s config file contains a corrupted screen resolution setting of 0x0, it will now default to 640x480 to prevent the “black screen” bug from happening

• Fixed issue where changing texture quality and then starting a new game could get you stuck in the loading screen

** Balancing**

• Increased scavenging radius and view radius

  • Improved in-range detection for scavenging, so that locations that significantly touch the circle are now already considered in range

• The research tree has been reworked:

  • Made the structure a bit more parallel overall. Many research items that were locked behind other, thematically unrelated ones are now accessible on a more direct path

  • Building upgrades are now unlocked from the start, but part of the former resource cost is now needed to build them. This makes the tree a lot leaner, especially in the first half

  • All quality housings (Hut etc.) are now on the same height, as are all mass housings (Flophouse etc.)

  • Getting the Scavenger Hut is now a bit easier

  • Onbu Discipliner is available much earlier now, making it more feasible and tempting

  • Pest Control and Decontaminator no longer require Onbu Notes

  • Spread the different tiers of progress (plank/slab, brick, iron/glass) out a bit more, to give a better sense of orientation

  • Removed some overly restrictive research costs, such as Evaporator costing Biogas

  • Made some early-game research a bit cheaper, slightly reduced overall slab cost and moderately increased overall plank cost, especially in the second half of the tree. The goal is to make the early-game a slight bit quicker, while giving more of an incentive to keep a strong wood economy running into the late-game

• Rebalanced decorations across all tiers. Every piece of decoration should now have its place in the game’s progression

• Increased chance of finding iron ore in scavenging events

  • Mines, Fort Ruins and Shipwrecks can now also contain iron ore

• Reduced how fast the maximum happiness penalty from Starvation/Homelessness/Poisoning increases by 33% on Relaxed and Tutorial

• Increased fuel usage of Blacksmith to be in line with other fuel-consuming buildings

• Increased number of guaranteed giant boulders on map (4-6 → guaranteed 6)

• Reduced number of giant trunks (6 → 4)

• Brought production speed of Gourmet Kitchen in line with Kitchen, increased worker count (2 → 3)

• Cult mechanic has been nerfed:

  • Higher cult levels now demand more frequent sacrifices

  • Onbu hunger restoration from feeding it a villager has been reduced (15% → 10%)