From Glory To Goo news & patch notes

Hey Everyone,

This update contains various changes and bug fixes reported by the community. Let me know on Discord or on the Steam forums if you encounter any bugs or have suggestions.

Campaign

• Heatshield - Improved chokepoints, slightly increased greenery and improved wave pathfinding.

• Heatshield - Reduced required human population on lower difficulties

• Reduced the max health of the final chapter 1 boss by ~15%

• The Sensor Tower now unlocks in both missions Cut-Off and Creeping Sanctuary.

• Added a warning if you try to play Heatshield with The Robot faction without first playing The Robot tutorial mission

Quality of Life

• Buildings can now be placed in partial fog

Bug Fixes

• Fixed some rounding issues for module costs if you have modifiers

• Fixed claimed human walls having upkeep for Robots

• Removed the "enemies nearby warning" when building bridges, as bridges can be placed near enemies

The next major content update, 0.4, has moved to closed testing with some members of the community. I plan to release it to the open testing branch in 2-3 weeks.

Hey Everyone,

This update contains various changes and bug fixes reported by the community. Let me know on Discord or on the Steam forums if you encounter any bugs or have suggestions.

Campaign

• The mission selection screen will now stay open if you navigate to another window

• Added more tooltips to various world map windows and some other small GUI changes

Balance

• Increased the vision range of the Commando 0.45 -> 0.55

• Bunkers now increase the sight range of garrisoned units by 0.1

• Energy regen is no longer paused while your captain is being attacked

General

• Small hordes now "end" slightly sooner to reduce the need to clean up stragglers

• Reduced the autosave cooldown if an autosave was blocked by a current wave

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the captain's model changing to the default if the game is paused and you open the level up window

• Fixed alien horde spawners on custom maps not losing their spawn capability on death

• Fixed terraform getting stuck on ruin floor

• Fixed the yoyo's visuals

• The Autocast state of unit skills is now included in saves

• Some minor GUI changes and fixes

0.4 - Small Sneak Peek

Alongside adding a new faction and other content, in 0.4 various GUI windows will be getting a bit of a visual overhaul to align them more closely with the campaign panel design.

0.4 is still targeted to reach the open testing branch in July, for release in August. A huge thanks to everyone who continues to provide feedback on the game across the Steam forums, Discord, reviews and elsewhere.

Hey Everyone,

This update contains various changes and bug fixes reported by the community. Let me know on Discord or on the Steam forums if you encounter any bugs or have suggestions.

As mentioned in previous notes. Work continues on 0.4. It will likely move to closed testing in the next week or 2 with open testing starting end of June or July.

Map Editor

• Added the ability to access xml files in the mods folder for custom in-game text. The "speaker" references pre-made portraits. A list of speaker names is in the mods readme file. For now these xml files will need to be distributed separately to the Steam workshop if you want to include text.

An XML file like the below should be placed in a folder in your mods folder. Then you can create a showMapEventPanel trigger action that references this file and the "conversation id".

It worked!

We can talk again, that's a relief.

• Delete wave in the map editor now only deletes that wave for the selected difficulty

Other

• Added the commando as a recruitment option for custom captains

Bug Fixes

• Fixed campaign captains being selected in survival even if not unlocked

• Fixed the tactidroid scrap upgrade cost not matching the tooltip

• Fixed clicking reset if you haven't selected any tech giving you some free tech points

• Fixed the building cost modifier affecting the shop refresh cost tooltip

• Fixed broken rocket and plasma android drop pod tooltips

• Fixed the Dunhuang giving resources instead of research points

• Fixed custom captain point check not adjusting for tier discounts when adding passives

• Fixed the drop-in captain button being available on load if your captain is still respawning

• Possibly fixed rare errors when playing a survival map after playing an operation map in the same session

• Fixed the terraforming launcher not appearing in campaign return-to-defend missions on first load

• Fixed incorrect effort production on load when using The Hacker's power arrays

• Fixed warlord units specializing without the required resources

• Fixed storage tiles not handing back storage if destroyed or disconnected.

• Some minor GUI fixes

Hey Everyone,

This update contains various changes and bug fixes reported by the community. Let me know on Discord or on the Steam forums if you encounter any bugs or have suggestions.

Work on the next update, which introduces the third playable faction, is going well. I'm aiming to have it on the open testing branch end of June/early July.

Campaign

• Heatshield - Waves are now spaced out slightly more. Added a bit more greenery near the starting area.

Map Editor

• Added a drop down to the map editor so you can change the map's biome rather than relying on randomize. You may need to change this for previously created maps.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Mining Drills being targetable when deployed from space

• Fixed the forge and recycler GUIs overlapping

• Fixed custom map tile-sets not always matching the biome.

• Fixed the drill mine upgrade button disappearing on click even if you don't have enough resources

• Fixed the base 5 crew and launcher crew use not being included in the ship crew preview count.

• Fixed water not always resseting correctly on buildings that have been upgraded when Life Support turns off

• Fixed the tech tree not loading correctly if you load a non-campaign saved game directly from the campaign

• Centered the laser skill target detection when targeting enemy buildings

• Fixed the captain level up + remaining after level up if the game is paused

Hey Everyone,

This update contains various changes and bug fixes reported by the community. Let me know on Discord or on the Steam forums if you encounter any bugs or have suggestions.

Campaign

• On Cut-Off, upon reaching the crash-site some basic defensive structures will be included with the power array.

• Slightly reduced the population/FLOPs requirements on Heatshield on lower difficulties

• Reduced the amount of enemies initially spawned by Goo spawners on Creeping Sanctuary on lower difficulties

• In the campaign the Robot water module is now available in tier 3 research instead of 4

• Slight rebalancing of Sludge Ascendent wave sizes on lower difficulties

Other

• Losing ship power no longer causes 0 effort to be delivered from manufacturing modules

Bug Fixes

• Fixed under construction platforms breaking linkages if demolished under another structure

• Fixed being able to place structures on top of robotics if they were placed on a hab

• Fixed mutator sprites not loading correctly on operations

• Fixed some Warlord tooltips

• Fixed perks that impact crew combat effectiveness not calculating correctly

• Fixed some survival captain unlock triggers being impacted from inside the campaign.

• Fixed some typos

Hey Everyone,

This update contains various changes and bug fixes reported by the community. Let me know on Discord or on the Steam forums if you encounter any bugs or have suggestions.

Campaign

• Added an ally tutorial panel to Creeping Sanctuary

• The thumper tutorial will now trigger consistently rather than relying on unburrowing enemies on Alura Valley

• Minor adjustments to Creeping Sanctuary to make it easier to reach the southern point of interest

Other

• Changed the operations unlock from 3,000FS to 2,500FS OR complete Aegis Valley

• Halved the effect of enemy modifiers on bosses in S&D operations

• Negative armour damage will also give experience from skills and orbitors. Mainly affects The Automaton's orbitor

Bug Fixes

• Fixed shops sometimes having blank slots on load

• Fixed non ship abilities still giving a warning if your ship is disabled

• Fixed not being able to build bikes in the campaign if you are The Physicist

• Fixed up some ship module values and display issues

• Fixed grid command hotkeys not working if set to ZXC

• Fixed units not animating on load if moving

• Fixed units not correctly pathing on load if moving and not patrolling

• Fixed upgraded units not animating if then leveled up with scrap

• Fixed issues with upgrade options if you have a captain selected

• Fixed being able to auto recruit from under construction barracks if you have multiple selected

• Fixed a case where burrowed unit state would be misassigned on load

• Fixed auto-recruit not toggling on load

• Fixed whirlpools being called swamp on Heatshield on load

• Fixed the wrong commander being displayed in the Heatshield briefing

• Fixed the thumper stratagem

• Fixed automatic effort overflow trading with the recycler or scrapyard double spending effort if you had stored excess effort (Mainly noticeable with robots).

• Fixed Landing Pads being excluded from control groups on load

• Fixed the BoIV objective in the mission selection screen.

• Some small GUI fixes

Hey Everyone,

This update contains various changes and bug fixes reported by the community. Let me know on Discord or on the Steam forums if you encounter any bugs or have suggestions.

Campaign

• The reset ship button will now also reset modules if you back out of or lose a campaign mission

• Campaign world map autosaves will now run with 2 alternating files instead of 1. I still need to add a better save panel to the world map.

• Added dialogue to Heatshield when approaching the goo tile directly to the north of the starting area

Other

• Reduced goo structure growth rate slightly on Survey Site Tango

• Linked camera volume to the ambient volume controls

• On specialization, the same % of experience to the next level will move to the specialized unit, rather than a flat number.

• Added an indicator and tooltip to the ship panel if crew efficiency is impacted by low power

• Improved the target acquisition speed of turrets under certain circumstances

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a save corruption bug causing the campaign menu to not display

• Fixed hordes going outside the map on Creeping Sanctuary if you never allied with The Tribes

• Fixed rebuild rotation not always matching the original building

• Fixed some widescreen button placement

• Fixed time appearing on Warlord unit tooltips

• Fixed the sproutling sprite in the map editor

• Fixed a case where garrisonable units could show the wrong number of available slots

• Fixed a case where androids could spawn from training dummies

• Fixed a case where ore tiles would also operate like crystal tiles

• Fixed the rocket troopers GUI mismatching if they have upgrade options

Hey Everyone,

This update contains various changes and bug fixes reported by the community. Let me know on Discord or on the Steam forums if you encounter any bugs or have suggestions.

Campaign

• On return to defend missions (campaign) you now start with all research unlocked

• On return to defend missions (campaign) your captain now starts at a higher level

• You can now build closer to the edge of the map on First Contact

• You can no longer load First Contact and Cut-Off from the Simulator with the Automaton selected as a captain

• Reworded some of the Robot tutorial tips

Bug Fixes

• Fixed beam towers not changing their beam VFX on manual retarget

• Fixed the terraform launcher not reloading after loading from a save file

• Fixed no captain weapon displayed in their inventory when returning to a map in the campaign

• Fixed the level up experience target not adjusting down when Warlord units specialize

• Fixed the xenobiologist having access to brambles tech in the campaign

• Fixed some roboticist perk interactions under certain circumstances

• Fixed the camera flying further than intended if moving as the game autosaves

• Fixed some cases where the Robots tutorial would break if building structures out of order

• Fixed waves not spawning beyond wave 18 on Survey Site Tango

• Fixed a case where a proc gen map would be used instead of the correct map when playing Robots in the campaign

• Fixed some of The Warlord's drop pod buttons not working when there are 10+ options

• Fixed passives that unlock research stopping current research

• Fixed extra free units not appearing if barracks are set to auto-garrison

• Fixed crystals appearing on top of water ruins

• Fixed a case where units would only partially die

• Fixed captains sometimes respawning with the wrong voice

• Fixed some unit counter mass select buttons not working

• Fixed a case where units would have phantom garrisoned units if you lost heavy lifters

• Some minor text changes

Hey Everyone,

This update contains various changes and bug fixes reported by the community. Let me know on Discord or on the Steam forums if you encounter any bugs or have suggestions.

Campaign

• Added some extra tooltips and made some small adjustment to the Tech panel GUI to make it clearer.

• Extended First Contact by a few cycles to improve the pacing. Higher difficulty waves are a bit more challenging to compensate.

• Small tweaks to the tutorial text

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the terraform beacon ship ability sometimes coming through on load in the campaign when not selected

• Fixed captains sometimes getting extra energy on attacks

• Fixed living artillery being able to be placed next to other turrets

• Fixed buildings only connected by the Xenobiologist's scavenger hut having unstable power connections

• Fixed numbers set as hotkeys not doing anything. They will now be used if no control group is set to them

• Fixed some units not being impacted by the "Starting level is 2 for biological units"

• Fixed some cases where the copy building button would place buildings in the wrong position

• Fixed mutant regen affecting goo structures

Hey Everyone,

0.3 (Content Update #9)

The Campaign (Chapter 1)

• Chapter 1 currently contains 7 missions, along with some additional defensive missions. Between missions there are also a variety of upgrades for buildings and units, ship customization and world map decisions/construction.

New Survival Map

• Survey Site Tango - Battle against above-ground Goo structures that gradually spread across the map.

Captains

• Each captain now has their own unique mecha. In the campaign, they also have their own stats and equipment slot loadouts. I might carry these stats and slots over to survival mode in a later update based on feedback.

• Warlord: Added 8 new units. Excluding the medic, these can be accessed by upgrading his units from veterancy level 2.

• Physicist: Gained a teleportation building.

• Mutant: Gained a short-to-medium-range support walker that can shoot (slap) down projectiles.

• Hacker: Gained a building that allows construction and power connection separate from your landing pad. It can also move.

• Admiral: Added +10% unit speed to his starting perks.

• Savant: Added 2 more level up abilities

• Rebalanced many captain weapons.

• Custom captains have gained the ability to add alternative units and lvl 5 captain skills

QoL

• Added the ability to copy groups of selected buildings and place them in the same layout somewhere else.

• Added the ability to queue infinite recruitment by right-clicking the relevant unit button.

• Added the ability to automatically garrison recruited units from recruitment buildings.

• You can now click the unit counter to select a unit type.

• If you press the clone button with your cursor over certain terrain a relevant building may be selected. Grass -> Well, crystals -> Drone mine, ore -> Mine, Geyser -> Pump.

• Clicking neutral camps in the GUI will now take you to their primary structure.

• Bunkers can now set rally points

• You can now build connectors over ore

Ship

• Loss of power now reduces crew efficiency.

• If engine thrust is in the green, your ship will now automatically try to board wrecks for extra resources.

• Beam cannons can now be upgraded from all level 2 weapon modules (medium cannons, laser cannons etc). Must still have an adjacent reactor.

• Massive Cannons fire slower, have more shots, larger splash and use less power to fire

• Many ship module costs have been rebalanced.

Operations

• In Colonization operations, you can add modules to your ship after the first mission.

• Construction points are earned from ship nodes, and after winning a level, a percentage of the cost of all modules on your ship is refunded.

Robots General

• The upkeep system is now staggered within the same cycle.

Other

• Added more world decorations.

• There are now 5 difficulties. The second difficulty, Pioneer, is new. I’ve rebalanced things a bit so the curve is smoother.

• Increased the biomass earned in each game.

• Armour penetration now affects turrets.

Stratagems

• Diamond Drills now provide water from mountains and increased water from both types of accessible terrain.

• Inbuilt Radar - Warning time 2 -> 3

• Requisition - Effort 100 -> 150

• Lighter Drones - Removed production reduction

• Resistant Materials - Debris boost 50% -> 80%

• Sonar Vision - Pad vision 50% -> 75%

• Advanced Optics - Now also boosts sensor towers

• Iterative Training - Experience boost 20% -> 30%

• Metallic Transfusion - Increased heal, especially on lower heat

• Kinetic Dampeners - Thumper range 1 -> 2 (Range modifier description changed so that each unit of range is range in all directions, so this is 2-> 4 on the old system)

• Crystalline Concrete - Building health 30% -> 40%

• Added some additional perks to operations

Balance

Some minor changes may be missing from these notes

To better match their per cycle gathering rates, crystal and ore gain will appear lower in the GUI compared to 0.2.3. This is only a change to the GUI values and not their actual gathering rate.

General

• Power tick was reduced from 4 to 3.33 times per second. This should mainly be felt through increased energy drain while towers are shooting.

• Adjusted recycler/scrapyard resource purchase costs. 50/100/200 -> 50/125/500

• The power cost of some towers per shot was increased

• Increased the damage reduction provided by heavy armour.

• Burlox cost reduced from 80/2 -> 80/0

• The Sludge now increases health instead of armour

• It's now easier for ship gatling gun bullets to be shot down

• Sproutling detonation damage 10 -> 15

Human

• Drill Mine 0.26 -> 0.3 ore per cycle per tile

• Mining Hub 0.44 -> 0.4 crystals per cycle per tile

• Advanced Drill Mine 1.04 -> 0.6 ore per cycle per tile

• Processor 2.2 -> 1.5 isotopes per cycle per tile

• Biodome cost reduced 150/8 -> 120/6

• Batteries power storage increased significantly 250 -> 2500

• Machine Gunner now applies slow

• Machine Gunner removed 2 armour reduction

• Machine Gunner damage reduced from 5 -> 4

• Machine Gunner attack time changed from 0.15 -> 0.135

• Deployable Turret range increased from 1.3 -> 1.5

• Lancer Team attack time changed from 3 -> 3.5

• Grenadier attack time increased from 4.5 -> 6

• Grenadier grenades in volley increased by 1

• Landmines damage 15 -> 30, added damage fall-off with distance and reduced splash radius.

• Raised platforms now act like buildings for power and resource connections

Robots

• Drill Mine 0.37 -> 0.4 crystals per cycle per tile

• Smelter 0.18 -> 0.2 ore per cycle per tile

• Nuclear Reactor 0.49 -> 1 isotope per cycle per tile

• Tacti Droid range increased from 1.5 to 2

• Tacti Droid cost increased from 80/4/1 -> 90/5/1

• Aidroid range increased from 1.5 -> 2

• Sparklock attack time increased from 2 -> 2.5

• The increased damage-on-target buff now stacks

• Strike Barge damage reduced from 8 -> 6 (Due to the damage-on-target debuff now stacking)

• Sky Shredder has improved anti projectile capabilities

Other

• Resource gain now displays as a decimal.

• 4x3 control grid

• Added hotkey display over buttons

• Added FPS limit and VSync settings.

• Increased the amount of building stats shown in the GUI

• Numbers in tooltip descriptions are now highlighted

• The sound of the Landing Pad thumper is now linked to ambient volume

Bug Fixes

Some minor fixes may be missing from these notes

• Fixed incorrect veterancy stat gain on load if you have the Admiral's "Starts at level 2" perk

• Fixed forcefields not gaining raised platform health if they are upgraded from walls while on a raised platform

• Fixed Skygarden's using an incorrect amount of water if upgraded from Biodomes while under the influence of Life Support

• Fixed the level 2 and level 3 rocketoid animations

• Fixed inconsistent status effect durations

• Fixed being able to create a "savefile.es3" which would break the game

• Fixed not always being able to double click select buildings on platforms

• Fixed teleporters not being used to garrison

• Fixed free habs provided during an operation not handling water correctly if upgraded

• Fixed resources not disappearing if their path disappears

• Fixed not being able to toggle the rebuild button if no destroyed building blueprints exist

• Fixed the GUI breaking if demolishing a large number of ghost blueprints

• Fixed unit voices recycling on to the wrong unit if a lot of units have been killed

• Fixed Plasma Cannons missing their target

• Fixed overwriting with the same name causing some data corruption

• Fixed buildings flashing if only connected via walls and gates

• Fixed units being commanded to hold and then move to formation getting stuck

Map Editor

There is still work to be done to improve the GUI and documentation for these new features.

• Added map triggers in the editor.

• Wave size can now be separated by difficulty.

• Added a graphic to select specific wave spawn points on each difficulty and wave

• Added decoration placement.

• Added an indicator for the world position and grid of your cursor

Modding

• You can now adjust the pixel size of custom unit sprites, allowing for more detailed sprites. In the folder where you would normally place the "idle" state folders, create a size.txt file and in it enter the % adjustment where 0.1 is 10% and 1 is 100% etc.

Hey Everyone,

0.3 is now available on a testing branch. It is still in development and I expect it to remain on this branch for a few weeks so it can be adjusted based on feedback. There are also still some bugs, missing content, and placeholder art/writing.

I strongly suggest backing up your currentGame.es3 file, as updates may corrupt your current unlocks. This update is also not backwards compatible currently if you want to roll back to 0.2.3. File path: C:\\Users\\%USERPROFILE%\\AppData\\LocalLow\\Stratagem Blue\\From Glory To Goo\\gameStats.

Testing Branch Info

Branch Name: 03opentesting

Access Code: BackupAndBugs

Right Click "From Glory To Goo" in your Steam library -> Go to Properties ->Game Versions and Betas -> Enter "BackupAndBugs" click Check Code and then select 03opentesting.

Note: This is not the default testing branch. I will also move 0.3 to that branch in a couple of days.

I generally try to release updates to this branch every 1-2 days. So please provide feedback and suggestions.

A huge thanks to everyone who has already been providing feedback on Discord and the Steam forums.

0.3 Testing Branch (Content Update #9)

The Campaign (Chapter 1)

• Chapter 1 currently contains 7 missions, along with some additional defensive missions. Between missions there are also a variety of upgrades for buildings and units, ship customization and world map decisions/construction.

New Survival Map

• Survey Site Tango - Battle against above-ground Goo structures that gradually spread across the map.

• Sometimes larger Goo structures can appear in random Goo camps. This is still a work in progress.

Captains

• Each captain now has their own unique mecha. In the campaign, they also have their own stats and equipment slot loadouts. I might carry these stats and slots over to survival mode based on feedback.

• Warlord: Added 8 new units. Excluding the medic, these can be accessed by upgrading his units from veterancy level 2.

• Physicist: Gained a teleportation building.

• Mutant: Gained a short-to-medium-range support walker that can shoot (slap) down projectiles.

• Hacker: Gained a building that allows construction and power connection separate from your landing pad. It can also move.

• Admiral: Added +10% unit speed to his starting perks.

• Rebalanced many captain weapons.

• Custom captains have gained the ability to add alternative units and lvl 5 captain skills

QoL

• Added the ability to copy groups of selected buildings and place them in the same layout somewhere else.

• Added the ability to queue infinite recruitment by right-clicking the relevant unit button.

• Added the ability to automatically garrison recruited units from recruitment buildings.

• You can now click the unit counter to select a unit type.

• Clicking neutral camps in the GUI will now take you to their primary structure.

• You can now build connectors over ore

Ship

• Loss of power now reduces crew efficiency.

• If engine thrust is in the green, your ship will now automatically try to board wrecks for extra resources.

• Many ship module costs have been rebalanced.

Operations

• In Colonization operations, you can add modules to your ship after the first mission.

• Construction points are earned from ship nodes, and after winning a level, a percentage of the cost of all modules on your ship is refunded.

Robots General

• The upkeep system is now staggered within the same cycle.

Other

• Tweaked resource mining rates.

• Added more world decorations.

• There are now 5 difficulties. The second difficulty, Pioneer, is new. I’ve rebalanced things a bit so the curve is smoother.

• Increased the biomass earned in each game.

• Armour penetration now affects turrets.

Stratagems

• Diamond Drills now provide water from mountains and increased water from both types of accessible terrain.

• Building health/cost stratagem has been buffed.

• Added some additional perks to operations

I still need to add a stratagem for the new map, and some more campaign content may also be added as stratagems and to operation mode.

Balance

Some minor changes may be missing from these notes

General

• Power tick was reduced from 4 to 3.33 times per second. This should mainly be felt through increased energy drain while towers are shooting.

• The power cost of some towers per shot was increased

• Increased the damage reduction provided by heavy armour.

• Burlox cost reduced from 80/2 -> 80/0

• The Sludge now increases health instead of armour

• It's now easier for ship gatling gun bullets to be shot down

Human

• Biodome cost reduced 150/8 -> 120/6

• Batteries power storage increased significantly 250 -> 2500

• Machine Gunner now applies slow

• Machine Gunner removed 2 armour reduction

• Machine Gunner damage reduced from 5 -> 4

• Machine Gunner attack time changed from 0.15 -> 0.135

• Deployable Turret range increased from 1.3 -> 1.5

• Grenadier attack time increased from 4.5 -> 6

• Grenadier grenades in volley increased by 1

Robots

• Tacti Droid range increased from 1.5 to 2

• Tacti Droid cost increased from 80/4/1 -> 90/5/1

• Aidroid range increased from 1.5 -> 2

• Sparklock attack time increased from 2 -> 2.5

• The increased damage-on-target buff now stacks (the barge was rebalanced slightly because of this).

• Strike Barge damage reduced from 8 -> 7

• Sky Shredder has improved anti projectile capabilities

Other

• Resource gain now displays as a decimal.

• 4x3 control grid

• Control keys over buttons (not fully implemented yet).

• Added FPS limit and VSync settings.

• Increased the amount of building stats shown in the GUI

• Numbers in tooltip descriptions are now highlighted

Bug Fixes (Abridged)

Some minor fixes may be missing from these notes

• Fixed incorrect veterancy stat gain on load if you have the Admiral's "Starts at level 2" perk

• Fixed forcefields not gaining raised platform health if they are upgraded from walls while on a raised platform

• Fixed Skygarden's using an incorrect amount of water if upgraded from Biodomes while under the influence of Life Support

• Fixed the level 2 and level 3 rocketoid animations

• Fixed inconsistent status effect durations

Map Editor

I don't suggest using the 0.3 Map Editor quite yet, as it still needs improvements to the wave and trigger GUI

• Added map triggers in the editor.

• Wave size can now be separated by difficulty

• Added decoration placement.

• Added an indicator for the world position and grid of your cursor

Modding

• You can now adjust the pixel size of custom unit sprites, allowing for more detailed sprites. In the folder where you would normally place the "idle" state folders, create a size.txt file and in it enter the % adjustment where 0.1 is 10% and 1 is 100% etc.

Hey Everyone,

This update contains various changes and bug fixes reported by the community. Let me know on Discord or on the Steam forums if you encounter any bugs or have suggestions.

Other

• Bosses now have a greater reduction in health and damage on the two easiest difficulties

• Destroyers have reduced health on the two easiest difficulties

• Added a console command to change the frame rate cap and VSync. Press enter while on a map and type the following into the box in the top left. "frame###" to set a specific cap (minimum 30). "frame0" will set it to unlimited. "framev" will activate VSync. This will reset when changing maps. In 0.3 there will be specific settings in options to change these instead.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug causing operation difficulty to reset

• Fixed save files sometimes getting corrupted if saved during ash clouds

0.3 Update

I'm planning to release 0.3 onto a public testing branch in the next few days. I'll do this as a soft launch to make sure everything is running smoothly. Then after about a week I'll put out a Steam announcement with more detailed patch notes.

A way to access the public testing branch will be posted on Discord and the Steam forums when it is available.

Some of the new content coming in 0.3 is discussed here.

Hey Everyone,

This is a small update with a focus on fixing a bug impacting the Map Editor. Let me know on Discord or on the Steam forums if you encounter any bugs or have suggestions.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed enemy units placed manually in the map editor acting as spawn points even if they are not flagged.

• Corrected the Heavy Support Android upgrade cost to match the cost difference with the Heavy Android

• Some minor GUI fixes

Most of the remaining bug fixes will be in 0.3. If you haven't read it already, I talk a bit about the next major update here.

Hey Everyone,

This update contains various changes and bug fixes reported by the community. Let me know on Discord or on the Steam forums if you encounter any bugs or have suggestions.

0.2.3f

Other

• If you try to delete your captain you will now get a warning regardless of the number of other units you have selected

• Training dummy structures (Not the dummy itself) can no longer be hit by friendly fire

• Added some more resolution options

• Units will now ignore targets as soon as the target turns invisible

• Friendly fire no longer activate supporting RFI cruisers

• In operations, increased the starting unit drop-in spread and it is further increased by the number dropping in

• Removed the Fleet Support slider from the operations panel

• The self destruct mutator no longer impacts training dummies

• On colonization operations, The AI will now activate the Papilio Drive on wave 4 instead of 3.

• For the roboticist, added a worker cost to plasma androids to bring them in line with rocket androids. Fixed the tooltip not displaying a worker cost.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed custom captain saving not working correctly if you have passive skills/equipment selected

• Fixed the heat tooltip not always displaying correctly

• Fixed some dropped in units not matching their armoury type

• Fixed workshop prices not always matching their tooltips

• Fixed some research unlock prompts appearing for the robots when nothing is unlocked

• Fixed the custom captain flops modifier not saving correctly

• Removed some passives from custom captains where they weren't relevant to the faction

• Fixed claimed buildings costing flops on load

• Fixed The Hacker's turret deployment costing free buildings

• Fixed The Terminus Cannon buffing itself and not always being buffed by surrounding turrets when turret adjacency bonuses are used

• The enemy self destruct mutator now has a small delay, this should also fix a crash relating to whole waves detonating on the same frame

• Fixed a crash relating to invisible enemies

• Fixed the scrap GUI not appearing if it is unlocked on level up by a custom captain

• Fixed the archive GUI's background

• Fixed the jetpack captain animation when shooting

• Fixed the research GUI not always greying out the flak cannon when researched

• Fixed the game using vsync instead of capping FPS to 60.

• Fixed the missile launcher targeting friendly neutrals

• Fixed resources zig-zagging towards walls under some circumstances. They'll still sometimes cut corners.

• Fixed reactors only using up crystals even if they're pulling ore or isotopes

• Fixed food and captain duplicate GUI misalignment under certain circumstances

• Fixed a crash on linux when loading the robot faction for the first time

Preview of some of what is coming in 0.3

Work on 0.3 continues. It will contain the first chapter of the campaign alongside lots of general content and QoL. It will move to the beta branch in February with a release likely in March. This will be the largest update the game has received so far.

This is only a short preview. QoL features, balance changes and a lot of other content is not included.

• The Goo is getting some new structures

• Each captain will be getting their own mech.

• The Warlord's retinue is expanding.

• In Colonization Operations and the Campaign you'll be able to add additional modules to your available ships between each mission.

Trigger System

The Map Editor will be getting a simple trigger system.

Campaign (Chapter 1)

The campaign will offer a series of story driven missions and choices alongside various meta systems to progressively upgrade your units, ships, buildings and captains.

Hey Everyone,

This update contains various changes and bug fixes reported by the community. Let me know on Discord or on the Steam forums if you encounter any bugs or have suggestions.

Other

• You can now build bridges near tribes

• You can now toggle Terminus Cannons on and off

• Improved the performance of damage number display. They will also no longer appear for units offscreen

• Some general sound touch up in the main menu

Bug Fixes

• The button hover sound should no longer crackle if triggered in quick succession

• Fixed The Sludge "surfing" over their sludgors through walls if hit by large amounts of AOE

• Fixed strike barge drones not shooting enemies at the edge of the map

• Fixed the enemy state of buildings in the map editor being overwritten if the enemy toggle is left on

• Fixed follow line markers changing to off the map if selected units are ordered to stop

• Fixed the unlock button/text appearing when a stratagem slot is clicked

• Fixed operations not resetting fully when changing the faction of custom captains

• Fixed missions sometimes spawning without a perk at the selection stage

• Fixed how rarity is handled by traders in operations

• If research is an operation map reward it should now unlock on the map that rewards it

• Fixed land mines not always working against enemy robots

• Some GUI fixes

Hey Everyone,

This update contains various changes and bug fixes reported by the community. Let me know on Discord or on the Steam forums if you encounter any bugs or have suggestions.

Other

• Reduced Search And Destroy Operation boss health by 25%

• Added additional score breakdown details in the win/lose screen for operations

• The in game event/message flourish can now be cycled by pressing escape

• If running with Real Stakes the restart button is removed

Bug Fixes

• Deselecting thumper beacons should now hide the thumped highlight grid

• Fixed some incorrect stat assignments for captains on respawn

• Fixed orbiters not always deploying on captain respawn

• Fixed a case where building info text wouldn't be hidden on drag select

• Fixed some cases where healthbars would disappear while a building is selected

• Fixed some starting units spawning as their laboratory variants in operations

• Fixed a case where the autosave "saving" panel would get stuck if autosave failed

• Fixed the robot workshop sometimes loading with the human workshop sprite

• Fixed 25 minerals displaying for operation missions when it should be 20

• Fixed tribe platforms displaying the food requirement if you are the xenobiologist

• Fixed tribe platform recruit not always working due to incorrect resource check

• Fixed level 3 ship reactors displaying the wrong energy production on load

• Fixed rocket troopers not displaying in the unit counter

• Fixed a case where displayed resource gain wouldn't completely reset between maps

• Fixed some research GUI bugs

• Fixed some typos

Hey Everyone,

This update contains various changes and bug fixes reported by the community. It grew a bit larger than usual so let me know on Discord or on the Steam forums if you encounter any bugs or have suggestions.

Other

• Added some icons for operation mutations

• Added additional tooltips to describe operation modes

• Dig-in with multiple valid units selected will now either deploy or undeploy all rather than switch them individually.

• The Sludge's minions now spread out more when spawned

• Added a death animation for The Sludge

• Phoenixes are now affected by the targeting operation perk

• The time between autosaves is now based on real time rather than game time

Bug Fixes

• Fixed incorrect custom captain unlocks between operation missions if the game was closed previously between missions. This may reset your custom captain if you were in the middle of an operation before this update.

• Fixed operation map times not being saved within maps

• Fixed removing perks on loaded custom captain loadouts not returning points

• Fixed the ship lab boost from the SSP-Swage on colonization mode being applied incorrectly from loaded games

• Fixed workers being used on load for buildings that haven't started construction

• Fixed double click select for units of the same armoury group

• Fixed an edge case causing two dig-in buttons to appear when a unit is selected

• Fixed an edge case causing data corruption

• Fixed not being able to copy data centres or compact reactors

• Fixed hero specific passive skills sometimes not being available for selection on load

• Fixed gunkpod animation sometimes breaking

• Fixed some ship effects carrying over into saved games in survivor mode if selected in the main menu

• Fixed the biomass earned when a game is lost being significantly lower than intended

• Fixed the wrong minimap icons appearing if you have an active Colonization operation that started with robots

• Fixed units sometimes not rotating when given a move order

• Fixed the heat system sometimes ignoring changes to tiles from water modules

• Corrected SSP-Anvil description to read 15 bonus research

• Fixed being able to place Data Processors on some ineligible types of terrain

Hey Everyone,

This update contains some balance changes and bug fixes reported by the community. Let me know on Discord or on the Steam forums if you encounter anymore bugs or have suggestions.

Balance

• Greatly increased the chance that grass spawns close to your landing point on Volcanic biomes in operation mode

• Added some more geysers and an extra oasis to Desert biomes in operation mode

• Slightly reduced the negative worker penalty on lower difficulties

Bug Fixes

• Fixed colonization mode ships on later missions sometimes getting stuck at 0 power until more reactors are built

• Fixed a case where colonization tribes would immediately attack on Colonization M2 or M3 causing waves to break

• Fixed The Gnasher and some other goo not dealing damage to tribes

• Fixed units not always behaving correctly with click drag formations if the drag started on an enemy

• Fixed Sky Gardens not adding the correct amount of workers if they were upgraded from Biodomes

• Fixed dig-in cooldowns not always starting if multiple units use it at the same time

• Fixed being able to copy robot outposts

• Fixed an issue with large colonies on load where workers wouldn't match

• Fixed Unbreakable Resolve breaking mutant merging

Hey Everyone,

This update contains some bug fixes reported by the community. Let me know on Discord or on the Steam forums if you encounter anymore bugs or have suggestions.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Unstable Research sometimes not containing perks (For new operations)

• Fixed custom captain default unlockable passives returning if removed

• Fixed tower range modifiers not stacking with platform modifiers

• Fixed a case where labs could break building construction

• Fixed not being able to place buildings on platforms if they were under construction when the game was loaded

• Fixed a case where final wave music would be the regular wave music

• Fixed misaligned free building counters for towers

• Fixed being able to copy scavenger camps and not being able to copy some other buildings

• Fixed the next wave tooltip

• Fixed some misnamed free buildings in Operations

Hey Everyone,

0.2.3 is now live! Thanks to everyone who helped to test it and offer suggestions while it was on the beta branch. As always, feel free to provide feedback and report any bugs you come across on Discord or the Steam forums.

0.2.3 (Content Update #8)

New Game Mode - Operations

Operations is a new game mode with some roguelike elements where you unlock a variety of upgrades of different rarities and play 3-5 wave games across 3 missions. There are currently two different kinds of operations, Colonization and Search and Destroy.

• Colonization – Play 3 missions with the same colony. Each mission involves defending the colony against 3 waves.

• Search and Destroy – Play 3 missions across different maps. These maps could be either horde defence or destroy all bases (Like in Elysium Mons)

This mode also includes some new perks and map mutators.

My aim with this mode is to provide a way for people to play shorter, higher intensity games. While also enabling some experimentation with playstyle and unit design like bosses.

Long term, the Survival and Campaign mode are my main priorities. But this mode offers a good opportunity for people to experience the game in a new way.

New Buildings

• Raised Platform (Human) – A tile that can be built under structures which lifts them increasing their health and range. Connectors inside them will become untargetable

• Skygarden (Human) – A Tier 3 habitat for your colony

Bosses and other new units

• Added 3 Goo bosses, one for each commander. Currently these will spawn on Endless Extreme mode and at the end of operations

• Added 3 new Goo units, one for each commander. These are available across all modes, for now on Survival they'll only spawn on the two higher difficulties.

• Added the Sentinel to the human roster, an alternative to the Skyranger. An unarmed drone with a large vision range

• Added the Lancer Team to the human roster, an alternative to the Mortar Team. A weapons team with a high damage and long range gun designed for taking down large units

Laboratory

• Construction of the Laboratory is locked until research tier 3 is reached.

• Each laboratory gives a benefit from a pool of perks as well as giving research points.

• Can now be constructed by The Robots

Endless Extreme mode

• Past wave 10 enemy damage, health and speed will gradually increase with each wave

• Bosses will spawn from wave 10, gradually increasing in number

Battle of Illian verge

• The RFI have gained some buildings and turrets

QoL

• Walls can connect to each other in all directions. Making vertical and horizontal construction easier.

• Research can now be queued

• "Clone Building" now works for both moused over buildings and if nothing is under the mouse, any building you have selected

• The number of “Free” buildings available is now displayed on the building respective button

• You can now hide the unit counter

• Garden and thruster modules will highlight their relevant adjacent spaceship modules

• “Free” buildings will now be built immediately on placement

• Added some more tooltips to the robots to help explain heat and modules

Other

• New Volcanic biome tile-set

• Increased explosive force on corpses and improved their directional movement

• New enemy commander portraits

• Added an indicator if module choice is an upgrade

• Added names for each upgrade step of modules

• Unit command markers improved

• Units have kill counters

• Added debug command "out###". Give a number from 1-100 to change the thickness of unit outlines. Out25 is the default

• Stopped an indicator appearing if no effort is produced

• The show suppressed area button will now not include partially suppressed tiles

• The captain panel will now list all modifiers currently applied. Added a scrollbar to the captain stats panel

Balance

Humans

• Increased negative population penalty -150% → -250%

• Solar Panels provide +2 power when placed on Desert tiles

• Buildings won't use population until they receive their first construction resource

• Increased the population upkeep of some late game units

Robots

• Turbo Module - Base heat reduced 1.5 -> 1.2

• Industrial Module - Extra effort production from being boosted increased from 3/3 to 3/6

• Storage Tiles - Gain an extra +2 effort storage per connected module

• Mecha Tarantis - Attack Speed 0.2 -> 0.25

• Mecha Tarantis - can no longer shoot air targets

• Strike Barge - Drone attacks apply an armour debuff

• Strike Barge - Drones are released faster, move faster and both drones and the Barge now have firing SFX.

Performance

• Improved the performance of large robot colonies

• Fixed a memory leak relating to landmines that was causing performance to degrade

• Fixed Map Editor performance degrading over time

AI

Noise System

These changes are a bit experimental and may be changed if they are applying too much additional pressure on players.

• Enemies that detect noise will now move towards the source of noise rather than aggro directly to your Landing Pad.

• Increased the sensitivity of enemies to nearby noises

• Increased the amount of noise created by battles

• Fixed a bug causing explosions to trigger very far away enemies

Other

• Improved the enemy's avoidance of lava

• Player melee units will try to surround the enemies they're attacking

• Fixed units jumping in their previous direction when leaving combat and chasing a target

• Fixed some animation stuttering

Map Editor

• Added wreckage pickups and tribe placement

Modding

• Added "aiPathRadius" and "attackSounds" variables. aiPathRadius lets you change the pathfinding radius of the unit. This can be helpful for people creating unit sprites which are larger than normal. attackSounds lets you assign other attack sounds to units, for now only attack sounds already in the game can be used. See readme for more details

Bug Fixes

• Removed a tiny delay between explosions occurring and the explosion appearing

• Fixed voiceless units (Tribes) sometimes inheriting voices from other units

• Fixed spreader connection lines staying on if demolished

• Fixed a case where The Swarm captain's building assistant animation would stay on

• Fixed tutorial difficulty adjustments not carrying over on load

• Fixed Endless Extreme initially scaling horde size slowly

• Desert whirlpools should now blend in better with other desert tiles

• Fixed resource perks not increasing storage

• Fixed the wrong combat stat improving for captains if more than 1 unlock is waiting

• Fixed being able to drop units off the edge of the map

• Fixed some rounding issues with modules if they are impacted by heat

• Fixed Robot Outposts spawning on lava and into mountains

Hey Everyone,

0.2.3 (Content Update #8) Beta Branch (WIP)

New Game Mode - Operations

Operations is a new game mode with some roguelike elements where you unlock a variety of upgrades of different rarities and play 3-5 wave games across 3 missions. There are currently two different kinds of operations, Colonization and Search and Destroy.

• Colonization – Play 3 missions with the same colony. Each mission involves defending the colony against 3 waves.

• Search and Destroy – Play 3 missions across different maps. These maps could be either horde defence or destroy all bases (Like in Elysium Mons)

This mode also includes some new perks and map mutators.

My aim with this mode is to provide a way for people to play shorter, higher intensity games. While also enabling some experimentation with playstyle and unit design like bosses.

Long term, the Survival and Campaign mode are my main priorities. But this mode offers a good opportunity for people to experience the game in a new way.

New Buildings

• Raised Platform (Human) – A tile that can be built under structures which lifts them increasing their health and range. Connectors inside them will become untargetable

• Skygarden (Human) – A Tier 3 habitat for your colony

Bosses and other new units

• Added 3 Goo bosses, one for each commander. Currently these will spawn on Endless Extreme mode and at the end of operations

• Added 3 new Goo units, one for each commander. These are available across all modes, for now on Survival they'll only spawn on the two higher difficulties.

• Added the Sentinel to the human roster, an alternative to the Skyranger. An unarmed drone with a large vision range

• Added the Lancer Team to the human roster, an alternative to the Mortar Team. A weapons team with a high damage and long range gun designed for taking down large units

Laboratory

• Construction of the Laboratory is locked until research tier 3 is reached.

• Each laboratory gives a benefit from a pool of perks as well as giving research points.

• Can now be constructed by The Robots

Endless Extreme mode

• Past wave 10 enemy damage, health and speed will gradually increase with each wave

• Bosses will spawn from wave 10, gradually increasing in number

Battle of Illian verge

• The RFI have gained some buildings and turrets

QoL

• Walls can connect to each other in all directions. Making vertical and horizontal construction easier.

• Research can now be queued

• "Clone Building" now works for both moused over buildings and if nothing is under the mouse, any building you have selected

• The number of “Free” buildings available is now displayed on the building respective button

• You can now hide the unit counter

• Garden and thruster modules will highlight their relevant adjacent spaceship modules

• “Free” buildings will now be built immediately on placement

• Added some more tooltips to the robots to help explain heat and modules

Other

• New Volcanic biome tile-set

• Increased explosive force on corpses and improved their directional movement

• New enemy commander portraits

• Added an indicator if module choice is an upgrade

• Added names for each upgrade step of modules

• Unit command markers improved

• Units have kill counters

Balance

Humans

• Increased negative population penalty -150% → -250%

• Solar Panels provide +2 power when placed on Desert tiles

• Buildings won't use population until they receive their first construction resource

• Buildings will no longer release their required population when disconnected or powered off.

• Increased the population upkeep of some late game units

Robots

• Turbo Module - Base heat reduced 1.5 -> 1.2

• Industrial Module - Extra effort production from being boosted increased from 3/3 to 3/6

• Storage Tiles - Gain an extra +2 effort storage per connected module

• Mecha Tarantis - Attack Speed 0.2 -> 0.25

• Mecha Tarantis - can no longer shoot air targets

Performance

• Improved the performance of large robot colonies

• Fixed a memory leak relating to landmines that was causing performance to degrade

• Fixed Map Editor performance degrading over time

AI (Some are experimental)

Noise System

• Enemies that detect noise will now move towards the source of noise rather than aggro directly to your Landing Pad.

• Increased the sensitivity of enemies to nearby noises

• Increased the amount of noise created by battles

• Fixed a bug causing explosions to trigger very far away enemies

Other

• Improved the enemy's avoidance of lava

• Player melee units will try to surround the enemies they're attacking

• Fixed units jumping in their previous direction when leaving combat and chasing a target

• Fixed some animation stuttering

Map Editor

• Added wreckage pickups and tribe placement

Hey Everyone,

This will probably be the final 0.2.2 update. As 0.2.3 will be moving to the closed testing branch this weekend and then to the open testing branch soon after that.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed plasma turret animation breaking if trying to target enemies out of range

• Fixed an edge case where attack ground commands could break save files

• Fixed biomes not averaging out their effort contribution when switched on and off

• Fixed tribe unit available count falling if trying to recruit without enough resources

• Fixed a burrowing/invisible logic bug that could cause the status to not drop off

• Removed the warning that unsaved data will be lost when exiting iron-sapien mode. "Saving" will appearing instead.

• Fixed sometimes needing to click quit twice to quit in iron-sapien mode

• Further increased the maximum cycles when continuing a normal game

• Fixed being able to create infinite duplicates with the splitter if you're a custom captain and don't have Swarm Dislocation (Max is now 2 captains without additional perks)

• Fixed garrisoned units increasing save file size significantly

• Removed Swarm Collaboration from The Survivor

• Fixed The Alternative's human units fighting map robots

• Fixed the human's reactor not animating

Other

• Reduced the weighting for Mining Hubs when power runs out and buildings are selected for shutdown.

Hey Everyone,

Work on 0.2.3 is progressing well, I'll probably do a soft launch of it to the beta branch around the end of September.

Balance

• Improved the consistency of Obliterator attack AOE. This should increase their DPS overall.

Bug Fixes

• Improved the system that clears stuck units in enemy hordes. This should handle edge cases in some map seeds where hordes could push each other into unpathable areas.

• Fixed pause breaking if pause is toggled in the win panel and then the game is continued

• Fixed Cores not working near the map edge

• Fixed swamp artifacts when fired removing the ability to fire the Tribe's energy weapon until load

• Fixed building tiles not displaying on the lower half of the map

• Fixed the Obliterator unit counter image

• Fixed an edge case relating to custom captains that caused data corruption.

• Fixed machine gunners searching for enemies slightly outside their range

• Fixed The Hologram not unlocking tech with Unrivalled Intellect

• Fixed Tinkerer not providing experience on recycling and added it back to The Savant

• Fixed horde warnings not always triggering when warning time is increased or if active on load

• Fixed some map editor buttons disappearing on certain resolutions

Hey Everyone,

This update contains balance changes and bug fixes including some reported by the community. Let me know on Discord or the Steam forums if you encounter any bugs or have suggestions.

Balance

• Rebalanced shotguns for captains and cyborgs. Base damage has been significantly increased, damage fall-off with distance is increased and attack speed is now slower. This should help them against heavier targets up close and set them apart from flamers.

• Splash damage modifiers no longer impact melee splash

• Spinners no longer have damage fall-off from their center. To compensate for this, their damage and attack speed has been reduced.

• Arach damage 8 -> 7

• The Terminus Cannon can now be buffed by the targeting array

• Drone bunker drones (Not just the unit inside) now take into account garrison range modifiers. This also better aligns their range indicator with garrison range buffs.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed The Tribe's suppressed area being lost if a nearby thumper is destroyed

• Fixed landmines not always triggering consistently

• Fixed troopers replacing elites on load in your drop pods until you click one of the unit buttons

• Fixed unit corruption sometimes not triggering

• Burrowers should be targetable slightly sooner when entering thumped terrain

• Fixed the tower range display sticking if your selected placeable building is switched

• Small pathfinding performance boost. Mainly impacting Aegis Valley endgame on higher difficulties.

• Fixed support drones playing their heal animation/sound when not healing

• Fixed a case where you could play against the RFI on Elysium Mons

• Fixed "Unlocked Skill" appearing for custom captains

Hey Everyone,

This update contains balance changes and bug fixes including some reported by the community. Let me know on Discord or on the Steam forums if you encounter any bugs or have suggestions.

Balance

• Some changes for RFI horde maps: Increased the number of robots initially on the map, they now react to sound and the clumped up groups are more spread out. This should make them feel more active.

• Flak no longer gets eaten by pits when aiming for ground targets and it won't leave craters

• Added a minimum cooldown modifier % so you can't have 0 cooldown while the game is paused. This should only impact The Savant under specific circumstances

Bug Fixes

• Fixed animations stuttering if player units are tightly packed together

• Fixed being able to place 2x2 buildings over other buildings if their bottom tile is on a connector

• Fixed a case where bridges could be demolished after construction

• Fixed The Goo aggroing The Tribes if you've toggled the ability to target them

• Fixed Treelings and The Tribes fighting

• Fixed rally on unit and follow sometimes sticking if the target dies

• Fixed lost colonies/outposts sometimes being claimed by The Robots even if they are outside their grid

Bug Fixes

• Fixed some bugs in wave and unit behavior caused by The Mutant's rez ability
• Fixed The Hologram's stats overriding The Survivor's. For now, only The Survivor will save its custom stats between game. In a later update I will have these save separately for each custom captain.
• Only unit types that can gain experience will now attack target dummies
• Fixed the Hologram's FLOPs modifier impacting water instead of FLOPs
• Fixed tooltip FLOPs not displaying FLOPs correctly if a modifier is active
• Fixed negative uranium if a nuclear reactor is demolished before construction is finished
• Enemy MBTs now have reduced activity in partial fog
• Fixed upgrade costs not matching if you have a building cost modifier
• Fixed goop from Goop Lobbers sometimes hitting your Landing Pad erroneously
• Fixed connectors not being destroyed if a building is placed on them and you have the "enemies can't target connectors" modifier
• Fixed some excessive logging caused by autocast

Hey Everyone,

0.2.2 is now live! Thanks to everyone who helped to test it and offer suggestions while it was on the beta branch. As always, feel free to provide feedback and report any bugs you come across on Discord or the Steam forums.

0.2.2 (Content Update #7)

Summary

• New captains

• A new map

• A new ship and improvements to some modules

• New robot and specific captain buildings

• Significant performance improvements

• More QoL such as Autocast and Attack Ground

• Unit Sprite Modding

Captains

• The Xenobiologist (New) - Harness the power of the planet and those who inhabit it, to drive back the Goo. Gain access to unique buildings and Tribal units that gain a unique ability that charges while they are in combat.

• The Swarm (New) - Duplicate your captain for a powerful multiplicative force. Plan your base in more intricate detail by placing structures without immediately spending resources.

• The Hologram (New) - A custom captain with access to The Robot faction

• The Mutant - Gains access to living towers, long range artillery towers that also heal your units.

• The Warlord - Gains access to training dummies, provides target practice for your units letting them level up outside regular combat

• The Pyromaniac - Gains access to flamer towers, capable of burning enemies in a wide area

Maps

• The Battle of Illian Verge (New) - A massive map with limited resources on the western edge where you deploy. Prepare for hordes from the west, but eventually you will also need to expand East for resources. Straight into a war between The Goo and RFI.

• Significantly increased the maximum number of horde enemies that can be on the map on higher difficulties and increased the rate they spawn at. They will also travel in straighter paths and form slightly tighter groups.

• Elysium Mons can now be played as a procedurally generated map

• Robots spawn across the map if RFI horde is selected

• Added Sky Shredders to Robot Hordes

• Difficulty 1 is now a bit easier on waves 4 and 5

A New Ship and Some Improvements to Modules

• The SSP-Crucible (New) - Comes equipped with the Void Meridian, an artifact that lets you increase the length of cycles

• Thruster Modules - Added a 50% boost to thrust if there is no module to the left of this module

• Rocket, Laser and Gatling Modules - All three have overall improved stats and some changes to their sound effects

QoL - Including Autocast and Attack Ground command

• Autocast - You can now right click most skills to have them automatically fire when your unit has a target

• Attack Ground – Units with AOE damage can be commanded to attack ground (Default hotkey V),

• You can now place robotics on top of houses to replace them,

• When modules are selected, the boosted grid will now display for Robots

• Reactors can now toggle their tile boost ability (Default on)

• Selecting a building and pressing f (default) will now let you place a copy of that building

• Non draggable building placement will now let you place buildings on top of connectors to replace them. The connected state of that tile will be maintained

Robots - New Buildings and an enhanced FLOPs system

• Data Processor - An early game building allowing you to produce a small amount of flops on boosted tiles without producing heat

• Drone launcher - Aids in the construction of nearby buildings

• Core - A late game building that produces additional effort based on the effort production of surrounding modules

• FLOPs Boost – The Robots now gain small bonuses if they have excess FLOPs

Tutorial Improvements

• Added an objectives panel

• Buildings to be constructed are now highlighted in the GUI

• Added to and reworded some tutorial panels

• The horde cycle will now be paused for most of the tutorial

Significant performance improvements

• Improved pathing and rendering performance

• General performance improvements

• Improved loading times, especially for The Robots

Balance

• Reverted back to a flat damage reduction system with additional simple weapon and armour type % reductions. Currently only Heavy Armour ↔ Ballistic Damage has an additional impact on damage. This is to extend time to kill between various Robot and Human units.

• Improved the targeting logic and effectiveness of all anti-projectiles.

• The Sky Shredder's anti-projectile attack is now significantly more effective

• Monolith damage 500 -> 400

• Tacti-Droid's crystal/ore cost 0/3 -> 4/1

• Heavy Android crystal/ore cost 4/2 -> 0/4

• Bridges are now 1x1 and draggable

• Some melee units are slightly wider with a corresponding range increase. This is to partly compensate for hordes being more densely packed.

GUI

• "Hold" now displays if it is toggled

• A Horde strength modifier percentage is now displayed on both versions of Elysium Mons

• Split the military and turret building sections

• Dragging building placement over the minimap will no longer move the camera

• Updated some icons to display damage and armour types

Other

• New animated Loading and Menu backgrounds by Tim Morrow

• Neutrals and pickups are more likely to spawn in reachable areas

• Added Decay Time to some summoned units

• Units that decay no longer use workers

• Some enemy types, like Wardrum MBTs will be less aggressive if in full fog

• Added a “continue” button to the win screen of games. Allowing you to continue the game without waves.

Unit Sprite Modding

• The animation sprites of most units can now be changed to whatever you want. Simply move the images in to the following folder path Mods → Graphics → {UNIT ID} → Move, Attack, Idle and Dead folders. See Readme for more details

Bug Fixes

• Added a self destruct for horde enemies that get stuck for an extended period of time

• Fixed orbitors making giant arcs to return to respawned captains

• Fixed a case where parts of a horde would circumnavigate the map

• Fixed an issue where Hold wouldn't always be maintained on a unit. Also saved games now remember the hold state

• Fixed a case where using c4s in a game could cause some of your units to become untargetable

• Fixed ore and uranium sometimes being placed on top of lava on Ignis Rift

• Fixed the Monolith sometimes firing without charging fully

• Fixed repair facilities not quite matching their displayed range

• Fixed drones not flying directly to buildings if on the edge of your landing pad's grid range,

• Fixed units ignoring manual commands if the game is paused and they have just been recruited and have a rally point assigned

• Fixed the center on captain hotkey binding

• Fixed smelters not always producing any ore if the value is too low

• Fixed reactors not showing gain in the GUI on the Feldspar

• Fixed not being able to rebuild the ghosts of under construction buildings

• Fixed the drone bunker range display

Hey Everyone,

0.2.2 is now available on the testing branch. Huge thanks to everyone on Discord who has already been involved in testing so far. As always, feel free to provide feedback and report any bugs you come across on Discord or the Steam forums. Some of these changes are experimental so they're very much subject to change.

To access the Beta, right click on From Glory To Goo in your Steam library and then click Properties -> Betas, and select "testing - Beta Branch".

This update is still in development, so you may experience bugs or corrupted save files. I'm still releasing 1-2 updates each day.

If you would like to take part in the beta testing I recommend backing up your "gameStats" folder (Normally within C:\\Users\\%USERPROFILE%\\AppData\\LocalLow\\Stratagem Blue\\From Glory To Goo) so that you can roll back if required. You can also find your local backups there. Some changes may be missing from these notes as the update is still being worked on.

The update is likely to remain on the beta branch for roughly another 2 weeks, as I'd still like to make some more changes including community requested features and balance. Some balance changes and bug fixes are missing from these notes.

0.2.2 (Content Update #7) Beta Branch (WIP)

Summary

• New captains and some new buildings for old captains

• A new map

• A new ship and improvements to some modules

• New robot buildings

• Significant performance improvements

• More QoL such as Autocast and Attack Ground

• Unit Sprite Modding

Captains

• The Xenobiologist (New) - Harness the power of the planet and those who inhabit it, to drive back the Goo. Each Tribal unit gains a unique ability, that charges while they are in combat.

• The Swarm (New) - Duplicate your captain for a powerful multiplicative force. Plan your base in more intricate detail by placing structures without immediately spending resources.

• The Hologram (New) - A custom captain with access to The Robot faction

• The Mutant - Gains access to living towers, long range artillery towers that also heal your units.

• The Warlord - Gains access to training dummies, provides target practice for your units enabling faster levelling

• The Pyromaniac - Gains access to flamer towers, capable of burning enemies in a wide area

Maps

• The Battle of Illian Verge (New) - A massive map with limited resources on the western edge where you deploy. Prepare for hordes from the west, but eventually you will also need to expand East for resources. Straight into a war between The Goo and RFI.

• Elysium Mons can now be played as procedurally generated

• Robots spawn across the map if RFI horde is selected

• Difficulty amped up on difficulty 3 and 4. More enemies will be on the map during a horde and they'll spawn faster

• Difficulty 1 is now a bit easier on waves 4 and 5

A New Ship and Some Improvements to Modules

• The SSP-Crucible (New) - Comes equipped with the Void Meridian an artifact that lets you increase the length of cycles

• Thruster Modules - Added a 50% boost to thrust if there is no module to the left of this module

• Rocket, Laser and Gatling Modules - All three have overall improved stats and some changes to their sound effects

QoL - Including Autocast and Attack Ground command

There are still a few more QoL features I'd like to add in this update.

• Autocast - You can now right click most skills to have them automatically fire when your unit has a target

• Attack Ground – Units with AOE damage can be commanded to attack ground (Default hotkey currently V),

• You can now place robotics on top of houses to replace them,

• When modules are selected, the boosted grid will now display for Robots

• Reactors can now toggle their tile boost ability (Default on)

Robots - New Buildings and an enhanced FLOPs system

• Data Processor - An early game building allowing you to produce a small amount of flops on boosted tiles without producing heat

• Drone launcher - Aids in the construction of nearby buildings

• Core - A late game building that produces additional effort based on the effort production of surrounding modules

• FLOPs Boost – The Robots now gain small bonuses if they have excess FLOPs

Tutorial Improvements

I'm working on overhauling parts of the tutorial. This is still a work in progress.

Significant performance improvements

• Improved pathing and rendering performance

• General performance improvements

• Improved loading times, especially for robots

GUI

• Various new icons

• Horde strength percentage is now displayed on both versions of Elysium Mons

• Split the military and turret building sections

Other

• Reverted back to a flat damage reduction system with additional simple weapon and armour type % reductions. Currently only Heavy Armour ↔ Ballistic Damage has an additional impact on damage

• New animated Loading and Menu backgrounds by Tim Morrow

• Neutrals and pickups in reachable areas only

• Added Decay Time to some summoned units,

• Bridges are now 1x1 and draggable,

• Units that decay no longer use workers,

• Added a “continue” button to the win screen of games. Allowing you to continue the game without waves.

Unit Sprite Modding

• Animation sprites of most units can now be changed to whatever you want. Put the images in the following folder path Mods → Graphics → {UNIT ID} → Move, Attack, Idle and Dead folders. See Readme for more details

Hey Everyone, This update contains some bug fixes and a minor balance change. I'll also briefly go over some changes coming in 0.2.2.

0.2.1c

Bug Fixes

• Fixed some popping and stuttering issues with the audio

• Fixed the nuclear reactor tooltip showing the incorrect energy value and reduced energy per isotope from 120 to 100

• Fixed demolishing buildings not always refunding the correct amount if using building health modifiers

• Fixed the rotation and energy shot creation point for the plasma tower

• Fixed some typos and GUI issues

Some changes coming in 0.2.2

In 0.2.2 I've made some significant performance improvements to the game with a focus on pathfinding and rendering.

These changes mean that in 0.2.2:

• Higher difficulty hordes in the late game will spawn as a denser mass and more enemies will get on to the map faster. This should increase the challenge on the two highest difficulties and also make Endless Extreme much more difficult. These changes shouldn't impact the lower difficulties significantly.

• Large community maps with long winding paths should run much better

• Overall in the late game you should see better performance

Also, I'm experimenting with going back to flat damage reduction for armour. With some additional reduction based on weapon and armour types. These will likely only impact human vs robot and some melee units as I don't want the armour system to become too complex.

As these changes are quite significant I'm considering putting them on to the beta branch before all of the new content also coming in 0.2.2. Depending on internal playtesting this may happen at the end of June.