Synergy

Rebind Your Inputs

Enhanced Storage System

• When you set a desired resource quantity, the system will now reserve space in the storage building and remove any unwanted resources to make room for what’s needed.
  
• You can adjust priority quantities with a simple mouse scroll.
  
• The “Maximize All” button ensures equal priority across all active resource slots, while keeping the total accepted resources within the storage's capacity.

Performance/Optimization

Heatmaps Visibility

Canal Preview

Detailed Changelog

Feature

• Added Inputs rebinding in the Options.

Interface & Feedback

• Updated selected District UI :
  
  • Updated the "buy extension" tooltip in the District UI
    
  • "Buy district extension” button darkens when the player lacks required resources
    
  • Score gauge color now reflects the district's status
    
  • Changed mentions of "markers" to "extensions”
• Updated Storage UI :
  • When you set a desired resource quantity, the system will now reserve space in the storage building and remove any unwanted resources to make room for what’s needed
    
  • You can adjust priority quantities with a simple mouse scroll
    
  • The “Maximize All” button ensures equal priority across all active resource slots, while keeping the total accepted resources within the storage's capacity
• Added Satisfactions sources and terrain properties modifiers sources in heatmap view
  
• Added Irrigation preview : when selecting an irrigation pump, a preview and effect range around canals will be shown for the next application cycle
  
• Added Road placement preview : in road placement mode, a range will be displayed if the roads (or canals) adds bonus around it
  
• Changed the wording of the housing average satisfaction tooltip
  
• Added a text explaining how to gain more citizens in the housing tooltip
  
• Added text to the building score tooltip
  
• Added a notification when the maximum of research points is reached
  
• Added arrows when trying to place a building that needs to be placed on an environment prop (e.g., a well)
  
• Added a notification when a district unlocks a score tier bonus
  
• Added a notification when there are homeless citizens
  
• Reworked pause menu to include current scenario information
  
• Added a button to exit the game from the pause menu
  
• Added a confirmation popup to reset the options tab button
  
• Added a state of the Quest panel when all objectives are completed to signify that there is no other quest
  
• Added a new FTE to explain how to get more citizens when the player has no space in housing
  
• Added a close button (red cross) to the selected panel of research, destination and zone
  
• Added a new UI reminder in the tooltip of worker repartition to open Advanced UI (“Tab” by default”)
  
• Adjusted the color of the options tooltip (explications in right panel in the options) for better readability
  
• Hidden “construction completed” feedback if the completed building is currently the selected building
  
• Changed city event logic to start only if the target satisfaction value has never been reached (rather than just if the current value is inferior)
  
• Resource storage in HUD should now be correctly refreshed when a resource is created by a production or harvest building
  
• The button to pin a research is now placed to the left of the “unlock” button + its size has been increased + its colors have been adjusted
  
• Adjusted minimum scale for humidity and temperature source pins in views allows pins to be more visible
  
• Added mention of the Field Lab to the science points description
  
• Increased glow of HUD warnings by 20%

Balancing

• Added a new research to unlock Canteen and Tea Bar together just after the Hall Of Wise
  
• Social Bonus offered by Canteen and Tea Bar are no longer cumulative
  
• Removed the "Small Bench" from the “Public Spaces Arrangement” research unlock (Small Bench can no longer be built)
  
• Changed cost for the 2nd to 5th extension buyout in the Monument district :
  • 2nd from “30 Music Instruments” to “30 Papers”
    
  • 3rd from “30 Music Instruments” to “30 Papers”
    
  • 4th from “30 Wood Sculpture” to “30 Music Instruments”
    
  • 5th from “30 Wood Sculpture” to “30 Music Instruments”
• Increased Canal modifier radius from “6” to “8”
  
• Reduced T1 Social bonus of Serpentine Bench and Tables from “10” to “5”
  
• Changed Satisfaction bonus of Outdoor Lounge from “+5 T1 Culture” to “+5 T1 Social”
  
• Moved Outdoor Lounge unlock from “Art” research to “Public Spaces Arrangement” research
  
• Moved “Magnetic Pillar” unlock from the “Art” research to “Hanging Tapestries” research
  
• Changed Satisfaction bonus of Shimmering Awnings, Draped Pillar and Magnetic Pillar buildings from Culture to Social (+5 T1 Social)
  
• Changed the research description of “Hanging Tapestries” research to reflect the new Social bonus of unlocked decorations
  
• Moved City Banner, Outdoor Lounge, Shimmering Awnings and Draped Pillar buildings from the Culture building category to Social
  
• Changed culture Tier 1 (T1) providers distribution and fixed display of providers for all satisfaction in various feedback:
  • buildings of “Hanging Tapestries” research (City Banner, Shimmering Awnings, Draped Pillar & Magnetic Pillar) now give “+5” T1 Culture in range (they also keep “+5” T1 Social)
    
  • changed gameplay description of “Hanging Tapestries” research to fit new Culture buff
    
  • Canteen and Tea Bar “+5” T1 Culture boost is now exclusive (it is no longer possible to reach “+10” T1 culture with these two)
    
  • fixed Satisfaction gauge tooltips' providers list to represent the current providers
    
  • rearranged the building assets list order to fit with the satisfaction provider modification
• Changed size decorations' range of “Hanging Tapestries” research buildings and adjusting “Serpentine Bench” range:
  
  • Shimmering Awnings range from “5x5” to “18x3”
    
  • Draped Pillar range from “5x5” to “18x3”
    
  • Magnetic Pillar range from “4x4” to 18x3”
    
  • Serpentine Bench range size from “5x5” to “3x8”
    
  • Table range from “5x5” to “6x6”
• Adjusted range of multiple satisfaction buildings:
  • Increased "Statue of the Sleeping One” range from “4” to “6” to be coherent with other statues
    
  • Canteen from “16” to “24”
    
  • Tea Bar from “14” to “22”
    
  • Explorers’ Hut from “17” to “25”
    
  • Field Laboratory “15” to “23”
    
  • Infirmary “17” to “25”
    
  • Cellar from “8” to 1”12”
    
  • Sandglider Garage from “25” to “30”
    
  • Weather Station from base “5 +5 per working citizen” to “base 7 +6 per working citizen”
    
  • Cold Bathhouse from base “3 +6 per working citizen” to “base “7 +7 per working citizen”
    
  • Scent Garden from base “3 +5 per working citizen” to “base 7 +7 per working citizen”
    
  • School from base “3 +5 per working citizen” to “base 7 +7 per working citizen”
    
  • Art Gallery from base “4 +7 per working citizen” to “base 7 +8 per working citizen”
    
  • Auditorium from base “3 +6 per working citizen” to “base 7 +8 per working citizen”
    
  • Library from base “3 +6 per working citizen” to “base 7 +8 per working citizen”
    
  • Music Workshop from base “3 +4 per working citizen” to “base 7 +8 per working citizen”
    
  • Prevention Unit from base “8 +8 per working citizen” to “base 7 +8 per working citizen”
    
  • Science Exhibition from base “3 +6 per working citizen” to “base 7 +8 per working citizen”
    
  • Embassy from base “3 +6 per working citizen” to “base 7 +8 per working citizen”

Bugfix

• Hidden exploration feedback "an action is available" when all destinations are explored
  
• Fixed a bug where the research point bar was not always in preview when the player was confirming its purchase of research points with a tablet
  
• Pathfinding :
  • Fixed citizens getting stuck between buildings
    
  • Fixed the issue where citizens can move through the unplayable border of the map
    
  • Updated the citizens’ pathfinding to prevent them from getting stuck or isolated
• Fixed a missing tooltip for the selected resource panel
  
• Fixed the research point display when citizens are ill in the building
  
• Fixed production cycle duration display in the selected building panel
  
• Removed empty cells on the Emerald Pond Map
  
• Corrected texts based on players’ feedback on Discord
  
• Large mushrooms are now considered as regular mushrooms for harvest tasks
  
• Removed undesired tiles shadows on every maps
  
• Roads on canals should now correctly be accounted in district score for Fountain and Sand Furrows districts
  
• Fixed a bug where storage buildings could have negative resource quantities
  
• Fixed a bug preventing the bonus to the science and legacy points caps to apply
  
• Fixed localization issues showing blanks instead of letters (such as “i” in turkish)
  
• Fixed broken animation of quest panel occurring when loading a finished save
  
• Fixed Varying Range Modifiers not correctly scaling cost with houses in range
  
• Fixed tooltips description on buildings for T3 observatory building (reducing "educational building upkeep by 50%), previously showed that it was T2 bonus
  
• Fixed Tent Front view pathfinding entry point
  
• Fixed pathfinding bug when building new canals
  
• Removed range feedback from sandfactory (it wasn't used)
  
• Fixed source pins icon when a plant has multiple modifiers of same property
  
• Fixed a bug where a harvest task button can be yellow even if it’s not the actual task “in progress”
  
• Fixed multiple city events ending or starting at the same time not showing popup (one City event resolution is handled per day).
  
• Fixed white letters in some languages in “Leikir Studio” signature in early access popup
  
• Corrected typos based on discord feedback during Experimental.
  
• Fixed a missing page on the event “Evening Swarm”.
  
• Removed "+" sign on range in irrigation module selected panel.
  
• Fixed a bug where a quest objective could stay unchecked when loading a save.
  
• Fixed a bug where buildings with an effect range that depends on the count of assigned citizens did not correctly highlight affected buildings if trying to place them in the flipped orientation.
  
• Fixed a rare bug which could cause the game to become unresponsive when going back to the main menu.
  
• Fixed a bug which could prevent citizens from going to the infirmary after a reload.
  
• Fixed harvest building still starting tasks while inventory is full.
  
• Fixed a bug where citizens could get indefinitely stuck in an infirmary.
  
• Fixed a bug where plant nursery sometimes was not working after loading a save.
  
• Fixed the outline floor of ColdBathouse in the right size.

Optimizations

• Implemented various performance optimizations across several areas :
  
  • Districts update when adding or removing objects (buildings, plants, etc.).
    
  • Optimized the performance when building or destroying many roads or canals.
    
  • Optimized updates to building or plant ranges.
    
  • Improved the handling of buildings’ inventories.
    
  • Optimized citizens' repartition in houses.
    
  • Optimized performance in cities with many citizens.
• Improved how often citizen repartition is done for better performance.

Other Changes

• Added auto-save functionality when quitting the game or going back to the main menu.
  
• Added city event rewards when a city event is successfully completed.

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• Right-click the game in your Steam library.
  
• Select "Properties."
  
• Go to the "Betas" tab.
  
• Choose experimental_public and update the game.
  

Rebind Your Inputs

Enhanced Storage System

• When you set a desired resource quantity, the system will now reserve space in the storage building and remove any unwanted resources to make room for what’s needed.
  
• You can adjust priority quantities with a simple mouse scroll.
  
• The “Maximize All” button ensures equal priority across all active resource slots, while keeping the total accepted resources within the storage's capacity.
  

Performance/Optimization

Heatmaps Visibility

Canal Preview

Detailed Changelog

• Added Inputs rebinding in the Options.
  

• Updated selected District UI :
  
  • Updated the "buy extension" tooltip in the District UI.
    
  • “Buy district extension” button darkens when the player lacks required resources.
    
  • Score gauge color now reflects the district's status.
    
  • Changed mentions of "markers" to "extensions."
• Updated Storage UI :
  
  • When you set a desired resource quantity, the system will now reserve space in the storage building and remove any unwanted resources to make room for what’s needed.
    
  • You can adjust priority quantities with a simple mouse scroll.
    
  • The “Maximize All” button ensures equal priority across all active resource slots, while keeping the total accepted resources within the storage's capacity.
• Added Satisfactions sources and terrain properties modifiers sources in heatmap view
  
• Added Irrigation preview : when selecting an irrigation pump, a preview and effect range around canals will be shown for the next application cycle.
  
• Added Road placement preview : in road placement mode, a range will be displayed if the roads (or canals) adds bonus around it
  
• Changed the wording of the housing average satisfaction tooltip.
  
• Added a text explaining how to gain more citizens in the housing tooltip.
  
• Added text to the building score tooltip.
  
• Added a notification when the maximum of research points is reached.
  
• Added arrows when trying to place a building that needs to be placed on an environment prop (e.g., a well).
  
• Added a notification when a district unlocks a score tier bonus.
  
• Added a notification when there are homeless citizens.
  Reworked pause menu to include current scenario information.
  
• Added a button to exit the game from the pause menu.
  
• Added a confirmation popup to reset the options tab button.
  
• Added a state of the Quest panel when all objectives are completed to signify that there is no other quest.
  
• Added a new FTE to explain how to get more citizens when the player has no space in housing.
  
• Added a close button (red cross) to the selected panel of research, destination and zone.
  
• Added a new UI reminder in the tooltip of worker repartition to open Advanced UI (“Tab” by default”).
  
• Adjusted the color of the options tooltip (explications in right panel in the options) for better readability.
  
• Hidden “construction completed” feedback if the completed building is currently the selected building.
  
• Changed city event logic to start only if the target satisfaction value has never been reached (rather than just if the current value is inferior).
  
• Resource storage in HUD should now be correctly refreshed when a resource is created by a production or harvest building

• Added a new research to unlock Canteen and Tea Bar together just after the Hall Of Wise.
  
• Removed the "Small Bench" from the “Public Spaces Arrangement” research unlock (Small Bench can no longer be built).
  
• Changed cost for the 2nd to 5th extension buyout in the Monument district :
  
  • 2nd from “30 Music Instruments” to “30 Papers”
    
  • 3rd from “30 Music Instruments” to “30 Papers”
    
  • 4th from “30 Wood Sculpture” to “30 Music Instruments”
    
  • 5th from “30 Wood Sculpture” to “30 Music Instruments”
• Reduced T1 Social bonus of Serpentine Bench and Tables from “10” to “5”.
  
• Changed Satisfaction bonus of Outdoor Lounge from “+5 T1 Culture” to “+5 T1 Social”.
  
• Moved Outdoor Lounge unlock from “Art” research to “Public Spaces Arrangement” research.
  
• Moved “Magnetic Pillar” unlock from the “Art” research to “Hanging Tapestries” research.
  
• Changed Satisfaction bonus of following buildings from Culture to Social:
  
  • Shimmering Awnings (+5 T1 Social)
    
  • Draped Pillar (+5 T1 Social)
    
  • Magnetic Pillar (+5 T1 Social)
• Changed range for several buildings:
  
  • Serpentine Bench range from “5x5x5x5” to “6x6x6x6”.
    
  • Table range from “5x5x5x5” to “6x6x6x6”.
    
  • Shimmering Awnings range from “5x5x5x5” to “10x10x3x3”.
    
  • Draped Pillar range from “5x5x5x5” to “10x10x3x3”.
    
  • Magnetic Pillar range from “4x4x4x4” to “10x10x3x3”.
• Increased Canal modifier radius from “6” to “8”.
  
• Changed the research description of “Hanging Tapestries” research to reflect the new Social bonus of unlocked decorations.
  
• Moved following buildings from the Culture building category to Social:
  
  • City Banner
    
  • Outdoor Lounge
    
  • Shimmering Awnings
    
  • Draped Pillar
    
• Social Bonus offered by Canteen and Tea Bar are no longer cumulative
  

• Hidden exploration feedback "an action is available" when all destinations are explored.
  
• Fixed a bug where the research point bar was not always in preview when the player was confirming its purchase of research points with a tablet.
  
• Pathfinding :
  
  • Fixed citizens getting stuck between buildings.
    
  • Fixed the issue where citizens can move through the unplayable border of the map.
    
  • Updated the citizens’ pathfinding to prevent them from getting stuck or isolated.
• Fixed a missing tooltip for the selected resource panel.
  
• Fixed the research point display when citizens are ill in the building.
  
• Fixed production cycle duration display in the selected building panel.
  
• Removed empty cells on the Emerald Pond Map.
  
• Corrected texts based on players’ feedback on Discord.
  
• Large mushrooms are now considered as regular mushrooms for harvest tasks.
  
• Removed undesired tiles shadows on every maps.
  
• Roads on canals should now correctly be accounted in district score for Fountain and Sand Furrows districts

• Implemented various performance optimizations across several areas :
  
  • Districts update when adding or removing objects (buildings, plants, etc.).
    
  • Optimized the performance when building or destroying many roads or canals.
    
  • Optimized updates to building or plant ranges.
    
  • Improved the handling of buildings’ inventories.
    
  • Optimized citizens' repartition in houses.
    
  • Optimized performance in cities with many citizens.
• Improved how often citizen repartition is done for better performance.

• Added auto-save functionality when quitting the game or going back to the main menu.
  
• Added city event rewards when a city event is successfully completed.

Update 0.4 - Corrective Patch #2

Balancing

• Increased quantity of starting citizen for Scenario Sandbox 01 map (from 13 to 16)
  
• Adjusting starting stock for all Maps (both normal and easy mode)
  
• Swapped positions of the research “Green Water” (alternative recipe replacing clean water by toxic water) and “Open Circuit Cooling” (-2 Toxic Water per recipe if the building if near a water source) and adapting the cost of these
  
• Decreased the number of citizen in the reward for Step 05 "Reconciliation" of Scenario 03 (from “17 Adults, 3 Children” to “13 Adults, 2 Children”)
  
• Adapted mid-advanced flow to reduce tension on Carved Wood
  

Interface & Feedback

• Research point bars now also preview the numeric quantity of points in stock when hovering the buttons
  
• Fixed missing space in the title of the victory popup
  
• Reordered building in the construction menu
  
• Prevented the feedbacks over plants, buildings and citizens to appear while the UI is hidden (F9)
  
• The selected panel of a research point producing building now updates when using its research points
  
• Once a research is unlocked, its costs are hidden
  

Bugfix

• Corrected localization issues and made quality improvements to the EN localization
  
• Fixed a bug which could lock the game on the loading screen when going back to the main menu
  
• Fixed research unlocked notification animation that wouldn't replay if it was already playing
  
• Fixed a bug where color glitches occurred on some UI elements of selected building’s panels : the “?” button, the “destroy” button and some Werehouse’s UI elements (filter and min/max buttons)
  
• It is now possible to switch from pinned researches to diary in the HUD
  
• Researches that unlocks a new type of analysis now properly is pinned by the quest
  
• Hidden button “sent the expedition” on zone panel if the expedition is coming back to the city
  
• Fixed credits scroll which stopped too early when setting UI scale was set lower than 1
  
• Fixed a bug where citizen can’t eat/drink because the action was canceled if their houses was move
  

Optimizations

• Citizen Sorting only updates district scores instead of updating whole districts
  

Balancing

• Changed construction cost of Music Workshop (from “30 Bricks 50 Carved Woods” to “50 Bricks 30 Carved Woods”)
  
• Added Composite to late game researches:
  
  
  
  • Advanced Houses: +10 Composite
    
  • Auditorium : +10 Composite + 30 WoodSculpture
    
  • Embassy : + 30 Composite
    
  • Library: +10 Composite
    
  • Science Exhibition: +30 Composite
    
  
  
• Increased the Science Point cost of Explorer Hut and Kitchen researches from 5 to 10
  

Interface & Feedback

• Changed buildings order in the building's list so that similar buildings close to each other
  
• Reordered meals in the kitchen (cooked meal before bread because it gives less satiety)
  
• Updated Infirmary UI & illness tooltip
  
• Added precision on research point production speed (1 decimal)
  
• Added missing information in irrigation canal building tooltip
  
• Uniformised wording between debilitation/weakness illness in English
  

Bugfix

• Fixed a bug where selection was impossible behind a feedback worldspace or an order pin
  
• It should now be possible to place plantation orders from the Plant Nursery through other order pins
  
• Fixed a bug where the blue highlight on harvest buildings could stay active after clicking on a plant
  
• Fixed disappearing pins on research nodes when loading a save from the main menu
  
• Fixed not localized texts
  
• Fixed Exploration radial menu button being disabled after destroying one Explorers' Hut with while having at least one other hut on the map
  
• Fixed a bug where the bonus offers by the sandglider were not correctly displayed in red in its interface if the building is inactive
  
• Fixed icon alignment in several languages in analysis popup text
  
• Fixed a wrong text in the wiki page of districts
  
• Fixed a bug which could prevent buildings from being correctly highlighted in construction mode when flipping some decorations
  

Visuals & Audio

• Tweaked the volume of the SFX associated with the new district places
  

New Districts System

New Satisfaction System

New Research System

Detailed changelog

Main Features

• Building a Field Lab now unlocks access to the research tree.
  
• Science and Legacy Points are mainly generated passively by assigning citizens to the Research Center or the Hall of Wise.
  
• Analysis actions now also generate Science Points.
  
• Researches are unlocked immediately upon acquiring the required research points (Science/Legacy) and resources.
  
• New pinning functionality:
  • Players can pin up to 4 research items and will be notified in-game when the necessary points and resources are available to unlock them.
    
  • Research linked to quest objectives is automatically pinned.
• Tablet changes:
  
  Added new research to unlock via tablets.
  
  • Tablet researches are now visible within the research tree.
    
  • Using a tablet allows players to either choose a research to unlock, or increase Science Points or Legacy Points.
• The research tree layout has been revamped and progression in the tree has been redesigned. All research costs and positions have been adjusted.

• New Buildings:
  
  • Founders’ Square
    
  • Sand Furrows’ Square
    
  • Fountain Square
    
  • Observatory Square
    
• Founders’ Square is meant to be placed at the start of the game, and can be upgraded into one of 6 specialized squares.
  
• New District Bonuses System:
  
  • Bonuses are unlocked upon reaching district points thresholds.
    
  • Some bonuses apply globally to the city, while others affect only the specific district.
    
  • District bonuses are linked to the research progression: Certain district bonuses increase the maximum Science and Legacy Points the city can hold.
    
  • District bonuses are linked to the satisfaction progression: Some bonuses boost maximum satisfaction levels.
    
• New District Shapes:
  
  • Default district shape is a square.
    
  • Players can unlock markers to extend the district area.
    
• District Feedback Improvements:
  
  • District areas are now previewed when placing buildings.
    
  • District point increases are displayed when placing buildings or plants.
    
• District concepts (names, visuals, and building points) have been fully revamped.
  
• A district overpopulation threshold has been added. If overpopulated (based on district points), housing satisfaction is reduced by half.
  
  • Feedback worldspace appear on top of the overpopulated district.
    
  • Satisfaction gauge hover tooltip indicates if a district is overpopulated..

• New Satisfaction Bonus System:
  
  • Satisfaction now significantly boosts various actions such as production, construction, and Science/Legacy point generation.
    
  • Satisfaction boosts increase considerably at each threshold.
    
• New Threshold System:
  
  • At the start of the game, each satisfaction's maximum is capped at 10. The maximum is achievable using only early game buildings.
    
  • Maximum satisfaction can be increased through district bonuses, which will then require mid or late-game buildings to reach the new maximum.
    
• Housing:
  
  • Introduced the Rustic Tent for early-game housing, with a satisfaction cap of 10.
    
  • Housing outside districts has a satisfaction of 0.
    
  • Housing in overpopulated districts has its satisfaction halved.
    
• Satisfaction Buildings:
  
  • Mid and late-game buildings consume resources to operate, with the resource amount now based on the number of houses in their range.
    
  • Maintenance costs for buildings that affect satisfaction or terrain properties are now displayed in their construction tooltip.
    
  • End-game buildings may consume Science or Legacy Points to operate.
    
• Satisfaction Modifiers:
  
  • Satisfaction modifiers now have names. Named modifiers are non-cumulative, allowing for clearer identification of cumulative modifiers.
    
  • Modifiers have been fully revamped to match the new system.
    
  • Buildings now apply satisfaction modifiers with levels that correspond to satisfaction thresholds. Late-game buildings apply higher-level modifiers, which can replace lower-level ones from earlier buildings, but not the reverse.
    
• Citizen Acquisition:
  
  • Child spawning now depends on the satisfaction percentage relative to the maximum, making full child spawning achievable in the early game.
    
  • Child spawning now considers available spaces in global housing, allowing faster catch-up.
    
  • Citizens gained from exploration and quests follow the same catch-up formula.

• New City Events System:
  
  • Citizens present scenarios through narrative events, providing objectives to achieve. Failure to meet these objectives may result in citizens leaving the city or maluses being applied.

• Several adjustments have been made to:
  
  • Ensure early-game resource objectives are clearer and achievable.
    
  • Make progression smoother and more rewarding.
    
  • Provide meaningful resource sinks, making the establishment of production lines more engaging and rewarding.
    
• Added new resources, mainly intermediate ones.
  
• Revamped many recipes and added new ones.
  
• All maps have been reworked, maintaining the original design intentions but with adjustments such as plant placement, points of interest, district space, shadow presence, and temperature heatmaps.
  
• Construction costs for all buildings, research costs, and recipes have been rebalanced.

• Adjusted automatic citizen distribution in housing.
  
• Revised the prosperity score formula.
  
• The tutorial has been completely revamped.
  
• Quest objectives across all three campaign scenarios have been adjusted.

Content

• New Buildings :
  
  • Rustic Tent: new early game housing
    
  • Cutting Station: new production building
    
  • Science Exposition: new late game satisfaction building
    
  • Cold Bathhouse: new late game satisfaction building
    
  • Auditorium: new late game satisfaction building

Balancing

• Citizens can now carry more resources (20, up from 10), with the Carrier Tower bonus increasing this limit to 50 (up from 20 in total).
  
• The Arborist Workshop can now perform the "Seed scattering" action on trees.
  
• Adjusted food satiety parameters (basic => 15 to 20, simple meal 50 => 60, cooked meal 70 => 90, bread 90 => 120).
  
• Increased Bread satiety refilling amount from 60 to 120.
  
• The new resource Cooked Meal has a satiety of 90.
  
• It is no longer necessary for a plant to be satisfied to unlock its ground analysis information.
  
• Expeditions can now be launched with a minimum of 3 citizens (reduced from 4).
  
• Citizens will now try to eat resources which are available in greater quantities. This prevents them from eating all the vegetables, and allows them to keep similar quantities of the 2 resources for creating simple dishes.
  
• It is now possible to build over all environmental props sized 2x2.
  
• All Starting stocks now include 2 technological artifacts, streamlining the game's start by enabling immediate construction of a Field Lab.
  
• Trees no longer spread naturally, except for the Volcanic Tree.
  
• Invasive plants now spread a little bit more randomly.
  
• Reduced the number of Rocky emanations per map and the amount of Boreal rocks obtained from ripping out Rocky amalgams, but increased the frequency of Rocky amalgam spawns.
  
• Culture rewards from exploration have been replaced with Legacy Points.
  
• The Sandglider now requires resources to operate.
  
• Plant Nursery can now only employ 2 citizens by default.
  
• Increased max quantity of plant to be planted by Plant Nursery's slots from “5” to “10”.
  
• Decreased base worker's slots for Kitchen, Forge Workshop, Carpentry and Weaver Workshop from “3” to “2”. The new district's bonuses increase the citizen capacity by +2.
  
• Removed fountains from the decorations’ building category.
  
• Increased placement range for Arborists’ Worskhop harvest markers from “18” to “22”.
  
• Increased Arborists’ Worskhop harvest markers size from “10” to “12”.
  
• Increased placement range for Pickers’ Cabin harvest markers from “13” to “18”.
  
• Increased "Technological artifact" despawn duration.

Feedback & Interface

• Added feedback for insufficient transporters or storage capacity in production and harvest buildings.
  
• Notifications requiring an interaction now play a "glow" animation as a reminder.
  
• Inaccessibility reason text is now in red in exploration destination pin tooltip.
  
• Added quest icon on pin for quest related exploration destinations.
  
• Added exploration destination pin quest destination turns red when unreachable.
  
• Reduced max font size for quest objectives text in quest panel.
  
• HUD Housing hover tooltip now show how many places there are left in built houses and tents.
  
• Added a feedback above the Exploration Hut to show when it is possible to start a new expedition.
  
• Disabled Option "reset speed after certain events" for researches (because research completion is now instant).
  
• Opening the research tree no longer move the camera to the center of the graph.
  
• Research tooltip is now placed near the hovered research.
  
• First Time Event popups are now reset when starting the tutorial.
  
• Tutorial’s “outline” highlights (e.g., around buttons) are now animated to make them more visible.
  
• Improved building tooltip layout for Irrigation Canal, Irrigation Pump, Clay Road, and buildings that have an effect on Ground Properties or Satisfactions.
  
• Plant needs are now displayed in the same order for every plant.
  
• Added token instead of temperature value for housing construction tooltip temperature feedback. It also shows the difference with satisfied temperature instead of house resistance.
  
• Analysis building feedback "an action is available" disappears when no more information can be obtained and reappears when a new action is available (e.g., with new harvest task).
  
• Road placement mode no longer resets the start cell when the player tries to build an invalid road.
  
• When entering and leaving construction mode, current selection is now kept.
  
• Save list now properly deselects a save file when the save name is changed.
  
• Save list now automatically selects a save when the name set by the player matches an already existing save.
  
• Adjusted quest destination warning description.
  
• "Missing transporter" feedback on production buildings should be more precise.
  
• Added a tooltip when hovering the "access tutorial" button on the tutorial panel.

Bug Fixes & Performance Optimizations

• Optimized performance when updating satisfaction and terrain properties during building placement or destruction.
  
• Fixed performance issues when opening building tooltips or moving district-related structures.
  
• Fixed a bug causing citizens to stop working in harvest buildings.
  
• Fixed an issue where harvest building feedback remained indefinitely.
  
• Fixed research tooltips not displaying properly.
  
• Fixed satisfaction bonuses not being reapplied after loading a saved game.
  
• Fixed multiple issues with building placement and highlighting.
  
• Fixed a visual bug with an environment prop taking more space than intended.
  
• Various other minor bug fixes and improvements.
  
• Optimizations on districts updates to gain performance.
  
• Fixed a bug where worksites resources were displayed in front of environmental props.
  
• Fixed a bug where Pump animation was played even when the game was in pause.
  
• Fixed a bug where Prevention Unit animation was not played correctly after pausing the building.
  
• Fixed a bug where resources needed for recurrent actions of Harvest buildings were removed from the building at the end of a harvest cycle.
  
• Fixed a bug where surface analysis on incorrect plant state (too young or dead) was giving information anyway. It does not provide information anymore if the plant is in incorrect state.
  
• Fixed a bug on the Weavers' workshop where the wheel was not correctly positioned if building animations are disabled from the graphics settings.
  
• Fixed a bug where a save may become unavailable if it was given the name of an existing obsolete save file.
  
• Fixed a bug where pink links between a building and houses of employed citizens would not disappear when deselecting the building.
  
• Fixed a bug in construction mode where the feedback showing "in range" buildings was not correctly applied if the player was trying to place a flipped building.
  
• Fixed the missing inputs information (shortcuts) in time control buttons tooltips.
  
• Analysis feedback "action available" now correctly disappears on analysis completed when analysis is performed by another field laboratory.
  
• Fixed shortcuts buttons of cancel rip out, cancel priority, cancel destruction order paints were not working when button wasn’t visible.
  
• Fixed a bug where harvestable resources feedback on plant were hidden on harvest marker placement mode when selected building can't harvest plant.
  
• Fixed a bug where buttons of the citizens list could become unresponsive.
  
• Fixed a bug where citizens were removed from their job place on reload.
  
• Exploration event "Unspeakable" is now correctly set on a cave destination.
  
• Fixed a bug which could cause the loss of Autosave files.
  
• Fixed a bug in the serialization of Analysis notifications, which could cause the save to fail.
  
• Fixed a bug where plant nursery module not refreshing inventory when a plant is planted.
  
• Fixed missing sound when placing a harvest task on plants.
  
• Fixed a bug where mode popup not disappearing when exiting plantation mode.
  
• Fixed a bug preventing the dry season to be correctly applied on reload.
  
• Fixed a bug where the HUD feedback indicating that the city is missing transporters could be wrongly enabled.
  
• Fixed pump being invisible when loading a save.
  
• Fixed a bug where feedbacks showing links between a building and the house of employed citizens could stay visible while the citizen was removed from the building.
  
• Fixed a bug where the counts of adults, children and workers were not correctly refreshed when the children grow up at the end of a cycle.
  
• It's now possible to enter in "Move building mode" from the "Place district extension mode".

Visuals

• Improved effects rendering on Foundry.
  
• Improved citizen position on paused Foundry.
  
• Improved citizen status icons.
  
• Improved children icons.
  
• Improved Weather Station visuals (non animated version and outline).
  
• Improved visual on the tool conveyor on Forge.
  
• Improved global Forge rendering.
  
• Improved outline rendering on Founders' Place.
  
• Improved global UI rendering (in panels and worldspace) to avoid cropped or blurred icons.
  
• Added Bamboo Flute outline.
  
• Added depth to little bushes in the environment.
  
• Added shadows on texts in tutorial images.
  
• Improvement outlines on Ruins’ resources.

Sounds

• Environment’s ambiance sound loop will now slightly differ from one scenario to an other to incorporate a few sounds that better match with its corresponding fauna.
  
• Added new sound to opening of the list of citizens.
  
• Added multiple sounds to the research flow :
  
  • added sound to the button for deciphering a tablet.
    
  • added sound when using a tablet for either unlocking a “tablet research” or for buying Science or Legacy points.

Other Changes

• Added game credits accessible from the main menu.
  
• Added new achievements :
  
  • Have all research point production buildings in your city simultaneously.
    
  • Have 6 different districts at maximum score simultaneously.
    
  • Have at least 150 citizens with all satisfactions at 30.
    
• Added difficulty modifiers for city events : in easier mode, city event should happen less often and have a longer duration before fail.
  
• Citizens can now bring resources gathered from a Rip off action directly to a worksite or a production building.
  
• Resources gathered via the Rip off action on Collectable props (eg. Rocky Amalgam) are now added in the citizen's inventory instead of being dropped on the ground.
  
• Citizens should now prioritize the output inventory of production buildings when looking for resources needed by other buildings.

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Featuring

New Districts System

New Satisfaction System

New Research System

Detailed Changelog

Main Features

Other Changes

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where resources could be endlessly transported back and forth between 2 prioritized storage buildings, causing transport problems
  
• Fixed the spawning of flying fauna when loading a save, causing a lot of spamming
  
• Fixed pending analysis notifications when loading a save, causing a loss of analysis results
  
• Fixed mismatching notification count when loading a save with pending analysis notifications
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug causing a softlock on reload when a Research notification was not loaded correctly
  
• Fixed freezes where the system trying to update the score when destroying or replacing a paths by clay road (paths are no longer taken into account in the district score calculation)
  
• Fixed typo in the tutorial
  
• Fixed plural forms in various languages
  
• Corrected text "be entirely in range" to "be in range" across all languages (previously fixed in FR and EN)
  
• Update the way where Flying Fauna were spawning as they were appearing too frequently

Explorer Hut

• Added feedback for “inventory full” and “missing transporters” when resources cannot be withdrawn
  
• Enabled prioritization of inventory movement in the explorer hut over others

Visual Enhancements

• Improved shadow rendering for fauna and tall buildings
  
• Enhanced textures for the Hall of Wisdom and Pharmaceutical Factory

New Sandbox map: The Furnace

New plant: the Sage Lung

More than 20 new Decorations

360° house rotation

New Book of Knowledge filter system

Roads improvements

New building: the Decomposer

New repeatable trade events

• Visited locations are now marked with an icon
  
• Choice buttons leading to the end of the event now display an icon indicating if the player can return to that destination
  
• Added a preview of available resource exchanges at previously visited destinations.

Detailed changelog

Features

Content

Balancing

Feedback / Interfaces

Optimizations

Bug fixes

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