The Universim news & patch notes

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/55b063595f502cb952995e3567a18e0bd5530023.png Greetings, mighty creators of infinite Universims! Making worlds is a true adventure! And, as it happens on adventures, sometimes the heroes need to rest and regain their strength on some peaceful, faraway planet. After we released TU 1.0, our dev team needed just such a rest - for it's been a perilous journey! But then, on one tranquil day, as we were farming and decorating our cottages, we again felt the call of the deep space. So, we restarted our engines and gathered around our spaceship's command table, planning our next course. Infinite space means infinite possibilities. Which way do we set sail this time? Before, we had a single goal - the release. With that great quest done, the possibilities before us are practically endless. What better time than now for you, our fantastic community, to take part in steering this project! This is why today's release is all about giving power to the players!

MODDING

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/01e92354130ec5e22bd82682b959a134de8ee88d.gif Many nights were spent before the glowing screen. Many cups of strong coffee were drunk. Still, we fought on. Today, we are proud to announce that we have found a way to add modding to The Universim! This was truly a monumental task. Many moons ago, as we were writing the first lines of code that would become TU, we could only dream of something like modding! Suffice to say, the codebase lacked any support for this type of thing. Still, if we are going to do it, we are going to do it right. We do this for you, our community, first and foremost. It's hard to overemphasize how much your opinion means to our team - and this is why we decided to release modding in parts, after each release, listening to your feedback and adjusting our course. This will allow us to consider the different points of view in between releases and truly make this project community-driven, as is our dream. That dream is also why we took additional time ensuring that everything related to modding can be done completely in-game: Through our familiar, standard UI. We want modding to be an integral part of the experience, that almost anyone out there, in our great community, can do - regardless of your programming or technical knowledge!

MODDING, CHAPTER I - FACTORIES

Today, we release the first chapter of Modding: Custom Factories. As we finished the main system for adding custom content through in-game UI, the first thing we thought of were factories. This is the building type that has more effect on gameplay than any other. Plus, factories are also easy to test, with clear parameters and straightforward functionality. Overall, they appear as the best choice for the first iteration of modding. They will allow us to get the best idea of how you, as the players, are going to use the system - and how we should proceed in the next chapter of this quest! Which we'll start right after this release. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/ffddb43eda518a66cbcec445638d48cef40095c4.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/a7b46751f9258843512bc787bb1943008dd7853d.png

MODDING, CONTINUATION

Keep in mind, though, that the most thorny part of the road is behind us. The modding system is already in the game, and the next chapter will take much less time than the first - for which we had to add an entirely new system! Now we just need to choose the direction, prepare the UI and the basic functionality, and test.

CREATOR PANEL

In our ongoing mission to empower players as the true rulers of their own universes, we are excited to unveil new functionality that was previously reserved for only the most seasoned developers! Introducing the Creator Panel, a powerful tool that grants you unlimited resources and a limitless workforce to elevate your civilization to unprecedented heights. With this tool, you'll command armies of drones, unleash hordes of UFOs, and wield all the powers a Creator could dream of. Creator Panel activated within the Game sections of the settings. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/992c1937432e431d3f995bafff47599debfcd882.gif But beware, for with great power comes great responsibility. The Creator Panel allows you to shape your civilization according to your grand vision, but it also gives you the ability to destroy it. This tool is designed for the most experienced players who truly understand the consequences of wielding such immense power.

Warning:

Utilizing these tools with extreme values can lead to unintended issues within your game. We strongly advise using them with caution. The power to create and destroy is now in your hands—handle it wisely!

How to Find and Install Mods from the Community

To discover and install mods created by the community, follow these steps:

Visit the Steam Workshop: Go to the Steam Workshop for The Universim. Here, you can browse all available mods.

Subscribe to a Mod: When you find a mod you like, click the Subscribe button. This will add the mod to your Steam account.

Start the Game: Launch The Universim.

Access the Mods Menu: Click on the Mods button from the main menu.

Synchronize Your Mods: In the first tab of the Mods menu, click the Synchronize button. This will update the list with all the mods you’ve subscribed to on the Steam Workshop.

Enable Mods: Toggle the mods you want to activate, then start a new game. Important Notes: Mods will not be added to existing save files. If you remove a mod from your system, you will not be able to load a saved game that relies on that mod. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/d56142df017024ccb6298e6a3def8e386ffa95b7.gif

Bug Fixes and Improvements:

• Fixed an issue where Builder Bot transportation requests were not prioritized over regular transportation requests.
• Fixed an issue where reserved spots by drones were not properly released when the drones were destroyed.
• Fixed the Infection Achievement, which can now be completed as intended.
• Made numerous localization fixes.
• Addressed a star map issue on Macs with M chips. This was one of the most bizarre issues we’ve ever encountered. Due to computational differences between Intel chips on older Macs, Windows machines, and technically all other platforms, a specific calculation on Macs with M chips was not being processed correctly. As a result, the camera's position was always set to 0, rather than incrementing over time for smooth movement. This issue was caused by architectural differences in how computations are handled on Macs with Apple Silicon. We have implemented a workaround, but it’s uncertain if other computational issues may arise on Macs with M chips.

Thank you, mighty creators, for your unwavering support and patience as we continue to shape the universe of The Universim together. Your passion and feedback drive our efforts, and we couldn’t have come this far without you. We are excited to see the amazing worlds and creations you will bring to life with these new tools and features. Please share your thoughts and feedback on our https://discord.gg/theuniversim so we can keep refining and improving the game based on your valuable insights. Let’s continue this journey together into the infinite possibilities of the cosmos! Sincerely, Crytivo Crew https://store.steampowered.com/app/352720/The_Universim/

Hello Creators! We hope you are all doing great and having a blast! We have some great news for you related to the long-awaited addition to the game, and we would also like to invite you to check out The Crust game that just got released from our friends at VEOM Studio. We truly think that you will enjoy it! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/2cd1453bbc4a2ea197756ebc463e86cec467ee4e.png After our previous blog, we received many messages from you. Some of you’ve got really excited to learn that the team has also started working on our next project - Solarpunk Life Sim Farming and Automation game - Farm Folks (Join Farm Folks Discord). In contrast, others felt sad that we plan to stop introducing new features to The Universim after calling the game complete. Today, we have additional info for you. We want to clarify that we’re not stopping support for The Universim. We will continue improving the gameplay, releasing quality-of-life updates, and fixing critical issues and bugs. Seeing your love and passion for the game, we decided to spend just a little bit more time with the game and give you what you’ve been asking for so long - the ability to mod the game, which will provide you with the real creator powers you've been seeking from the beginning. We always wanted to add modding to the game, but we knew it would require overwhelming work due to the complexity of The Universim code and systems (we’ve been developing it for 10 years, wow!). Despite that, we gathered the team, discussed the work ahead, and have been working on it behind the scenes. We are happy to announce that we have made significant progress. As a test, we have already added one modding system, allowing us to add new factories to the game. We aim to make modding as simple and convenient as possible, even for new users. We plan to release mods in parts/categories (buildings, factories, resources, quests, nuggets, etc.). Our first release will focus on factories. Afterward, we will work on other buildings and nuggets. We are currently working on integrating the modding system with Steam (it already works outside of Steam). Once this is done, we will release this patch with the first-ever modding tool for The Universim! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/672eb274ffd131abdc0db57ef86f60eb07642d77.png If you have modding experience or mod suggestions for The Universim, please join our Discord and share them with us in our new Mod Talk channel. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/d66b9990ba116002a5cc3d85a22e8fa6c3f15852.png JOIN DISCORD We are still gauging how much we can allow to be modded, and any of your input might be very valuable to us. Modding will enable many of you to create and share your creations with our community via the Steam workshop, potentially infinitely extending the amount of content in the game. We’re incredibly excited about this, and we hope you are as well. THE CRUST BUNDLE {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/dac0c128740e0b01f7e2e0c68b99be3b2843754c.jpg Another exciting piece of news: we’re thrilled to let you know that our friends at VEOM Studio have just released the moon colonization and factory automation game, The Crust, on Steam. We invite you to check it out; we think it’s right up your alley. We partnered with them and created The Universim X The Crust Steam Bundle, which can be found here. It should offer you guys an extra discount, even if you already own The Universim. CHECK IT OUT The Crust is a lunar base automation and colony management game where you must automate a lunar base to become humanity's savior. Think of it as a mix of Factorio and a bit of RimWorld. If you enjoy these kinds of games, definitely check it out! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1465470/The_Crust/ You are the best community we have ever had, and we hope you all have an awesome day! Sincerely, The Crytivo Crew

Hello everyone, I trust you're all doing well and making the most of each day. I wanted to share some updates from our end regarding the future of the company and our game. Let's dive into the game first. We're currently crafting a new update, one that injects fresh content into the game. The primary focus of this update is to provide players in the later stages, from modern and beyond, with avenues to utilize their surplus resources. Many players have amassed substantial resources with no clear direction for their use beyond planetary colonization. To address this, we're introducing a new feature inspired by the Tower of Babel. This building will serve as a resource sink, allowing players to contribute resources and engage in a mini-game within its confines. You'll have the opportunity to establish and expand a small colony within the tower, earning a score based on your progress. This score will determine your position on a leaderboard, adding a competitive edge to the game for those who have already conquered its primary challenges. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/699f049c662a1ddb8a9d264fc5c4c92bd2459111.png Our team has been hard at work on this update for the past month and a half, laying the groundwork for the system. We're expecting to release this update within the next 1-2 months and we’re excited to share previews of what's to come in the near future and eagerly will be waiting for your feedback. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/35be4d21ae908c0d6b38969a6cc9876ed066456c.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/30236b1995a324c71eb6b622633d6e7a9525f6f7.png Concept art Now, let's talk about our broader plans and the future of Crytivo. Developing The Universim has been an incredible journey - one filled with challenges, rewards, and unwavering support from each of you. We've released over 50 content updates, alongside numerous bug fixes and improvements, all aimed at enhancing your experience. Your support has meant the world to us, and we're deeply grateful for it. As with any journey, there comes a time for closure and new beginnings. While The Universim holds a special place in our hearts, it's time for us to embark on a new adventure. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/cd116b7016d41dc3bc591a292080949cb068e5d3.png We invite you to our next project - Farm Folks {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/ac76ef73713e4671a6ba8dfcfc4b5f131b7e9f6f.jpg Farm Folks is an open-world life simulator multiplayer game that combines resource management and automation in a customizable farm-building experience. It is a mix of games such as Satisfactory, The Sims, Fortnite, Escape from Tarkov, spiced up with ghost hunting and much more. With The Universim's final content update on the horizon, our focus will shift entirely to Farm Folks. We would like to invite you to join Farm Folks Discord and Wishlist the game on Steam. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/83311d1d6633f3e9e886f1de7e5551d1380810e8.png If you're curious to learn more about our second game you can do so by using the link below: https://store.steampowered.com/app/895160/Farm_Folks/ We’re planning to offer something special for our The Universim players in the game and we will share what exactly at the later date. We're excited about this new chapter and grateful for your continued support as we forge ahead. P.S. We want to make sure this is clear: We will continue to introduce bug fixes, quality of life improvements, and balance adjustments to the game ( The Universim ) going forward. Warm regards, Alex

Hello Creators, Today, we released a new patch with some improvements and fixes. This patch addresses several localization issues as well as crashes that were reported to us. We are also happy to announce that Macs with M chips should no longer see a broken main menu. The issue was related to a Unity bug and our system not cooperating well with each other. As we move forward, we are encountering more edge case issues and fewer bugs that affect everyone. With this in mind, we are moving towards improvements and balance for the game based on the feedback we received on Steam and in our Discord channels. As we progress with this update, we will keep you informed about the estimated release dates. Currently, it is a bit early to provide specific dates. We will continue to iron out bugs and address any issues that arise as quickly as possible. Now, let's review what was fixed in this patch:

• Fixed an issue where nuggets created by the simulation system do not trigger believer news messages in some cases.
• Fixed an issue where trading shuttles without valid resource count maps caused crashes.
• Fixed incorrect localization for Resource Management.
• Fixed missing localization for the Planet Cracker Laser and Stomp.
• Added localization to the Cosmodrome Panel and Evo Tower Rocket Panel.
• Fixed collapsed Planet Cracker Relaunch Localization.
• Fixed localization for the Sent Planet Cracker "Yes / No" buttons.
• Fixed localization for the Oil Extractor Panel.
• Fixed localization for the Space Box Research Progress.
• Fixed localization for Warehouse Storage.
• Fixed duplicated planet names by implementing a system for generating unique planet names based on their coordinates.
• Fixed an issue where the road system was not correctly created on the planet where the Planet Cracker was sent.
• Fixed a bug that occurred when tanks would shoot the Planet Cracker, causing explosion effects to break and be displayed in the incorrect position.
• Drastically improved the performance of tanks, helicopters, and combat, achieving a 30+ fps gain during encounters.
• Fixed an issue with Mac's M chips at game start.
• Added a warning for when trying to assign all available workers.
• Adjusted logic to ensure that the Cracker arrival message doesn't appear on unrelated planet panels.
• Added notification when the settlement has no free workers to assign to general buildings.
• Added functionality to rename planets through the Star Map Panel.

We hope you have a wonderful start to the week! If you encounter any issues in the game, don’t hesitate to drop us a message on our Discord in the #bug-channel. If you enjoy the game, please consider leaving us a review. Thank you for being an awesome community. https://store.steampowered.com/app/352720/The_Universim/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/beb991da496b3935726bc67fc98924ec16f0dfb1.png Hello Creators! We hope you're all having a fantastic weekend. We rolled out another update yesterday, and we're excited to share the details with you. Below, you'll find a list of what we've been working on and all the fixes we've implemented. Every week, we strive to address as many issues as we can, and we're incredibly thankful to all of you for helping us by reporting those issues. With each passing week, we're receiving fewer reports of critical issues, which makes us even happier. Our goal is to resolve as many issues as possible as we move towards the next update. We had hoped to begin work on it this coming week, but unfortunately, there are still a few issues that need our attention. Once the majority of these issues are resolved and only low-level ones remain, we'll dive right into the update. Here’s what’s been worked on:

• The cancel button on the Space Object Panel was not correctly applying its disabled status, appearing as always active.
• Fixed destroyed planets being showcased at the bottom side of the panel of the star map in some cases.
• Fixed an issue with disappearing electronic components when flying from one planet to another due to lack of storage space on a planet.
• Implemented the number of observatories counter on the Star Map UI.
• Fixed stuck clouds produced by the cloud generator.
• Fixed an issue where buildings on fire would trigger a temperature warning for the planet.
• Fixed an issue where a colonization rocket could have been sent to the same planet as a planet cracker while it was still traveling there, producing an error.
• Fixed an issue where the camera would move towards the final planet after the planet was destroyed.
• Fixed an issue that caused saving issues for the game due to nuggets killed within the UFO.
• Fixed an issue where unfinished buildings within the building panel were considered as having 100% health, therefore not correctly displaying the buildings when they were sorted based on health.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the loading of save files due to resources on the planets not being correctly calculated during loading in some cases.
• Fixed an issue that caused an error due to the evolution tower being constructed on the foreign planet. Despite having an evolution tower, the simulation system still assumed that the planet is not colonized, therefore producing an error.
• Fixed an issue where underground resources were added to the planet for the 2nd time (therefore doubling the amount of resources) and causing confusion with increased planet cracker gather time.
• Fixed an issue related to the Alien Resource Miner harvesters.
• Added a message to the Alien Resource Miner Panel for when there are no available resources.
• Added the possibility to start Space Object exploration from the simulated planets.
• Added extra functionality to the Abduction Quest "eye". Now pressing the button will cycle between UFOs and Hopkings, allowing to find all the targets easier.

If you encounter any issues, please don't hesitate to report them to us, and we'll do our best to address them promptly. The fastest and most direct way to report an issue is by joining our Discord server and leaving a message with the details in our bug-reports channel. This way, we can see it immediately and add it to our database. We greatly appreciate your support. You're truly the best community anyone could ask for. Wishing you all a fantastic remainder of your weekend, and remember to stay safe and have fun. Sincerely, The Crytivo Crew

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/7e99d762b884f8b9e6e6b0074f9527ab94298c0d.png Hey Creators! Happy Friday! We’re back with a new update and new patch notes! Thanks to the community, we’ve been able to squash more bugs and make the game a better experience! Here’s what we worked on this week and what we’ve fixed!

• We’ve had a heart to heart with the ministers, and told them to no longer place Hunter Huts if the planet does not have any animals
• Universities and Movie Theaters will now correctly calculate Discovery Points
• You will no longer receive notifications about buildings being destroyed and built, or about new Nugget believers when immediately arriving on the planet due to the Simulation System.
• The Planet Cracker Extractor will no longer extract an endless amount of parts
• The time it takes for the Planet Cracker to gather regular resources has been reduced
• The Planet Cracker will no longer show a duplicated amount of resources in the selection panel
• Fixed an issue related to sending The Planet Cracker to another planet. The issue would prevent loading a planet.
• Firefighters will no longer ignore buildings that have been set on fire by the Planet Cracker and/or Firestorm
• The Planet Cracker’s landing platform can no longer be set on fire.
• The Planet Cracker will no longer spawn underground after being rebuilt
• The Tesla Quest will now accept the parts required to complete the quest.
• Tesla Parts will now spawn appropriately after the game is loaded from a save file
• Fixed an issue related to Twitch Chat, which caused an NRE during certain conditions when chat members were sending messages
• Interplanetary Trade Achievement is now achievable
• Ice and Lava Terraforming Achievements are now working correctly.
• The “No food warning” now takes cooked food into account and will only trigger when there is no cooked or raw food
• The timer formatting is now correct upon Alien Arrival
• Exile Settlements will now appear on other planets. Deal with them as you see fit, Creator
• Alien Settlements now have the opportunity to spawn on Alien Planets (though, to them, it’s their Mother Planet, and your Nuggets are the aliens)
• Voidspawns that appear on other planets can now be killed. Hooray!
• Space Objects that cannot be explored will no longer have the option to explore them

Currently, the team is concentrating fully on fixing as many issues as possible, but we are finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel where all the major and mid-sized issues will be fully addressed. We believe that after one or two more updates, we will be in a very good state. Once we’re there, we’re planning to get back to reviewing some of the suggestions we’ve been receiving from you and see if we can start working on some of them! So, if you’ve got a cool idea you want to share, don’t hesitate to join our discord and tell us all about it on our tu-improvements channel! Before we go, we want to hear about your exciting, funny, or just plain weird experiences in The Universim! Find something cool or new? Tell us about it! Share your stories, your screenshots, your city setups, anything, in our discord! Have a wonderful weekend, Creators. And remember, it’s a beautiful planet. Try not to ruin it. Sincerely, Crytivo Crew

Hey Creators! Hard to believe we’ve been in 1.0 for over a week now! We’ve been busy working on bugs, and we’re back with more hotfixes thanks to your valuable feedback. Here’s a quick list of what’s been fixed:

• Temperature notifications will no longer be displayed on Lava/Ice planets while flying over the Volcano or Fire. The temperature notification now has a cooldown per planet, appearing for critical and pre-critical levels once every 30 minutes. With the update, the temperature notification will no longer trigger news messages and warnings on the left side of the screen
• Now, the Planet Cracker requires the correct amount of parts in order to work
• The game will no longer crash when the Foreign Planet Simulation system attempts to add dead Nuggets to the cosmodrome for transfer to another planet or trading
• Colonization rockets will no longer be mistakenly sent to the final planet to cause more issues
• Meteor strikes will now accurately calculate collisions with mountains
• A new workaround has been created for a Unity Physics system bug that causes the game to crash due to the object’s position being set to a non number
• The Foreign Simulation system will no longer reset crops on the farm while the player is away on another planet and returns later on. The system now only selects the crop when nothing is selected, otherwise it will maintain the player selected crop
• Fish will now spawn when they have water
• The final Nugget in the barn event has been successfully persuaded to join the cult, and will now complete the event, taking the barn with them
• The Foreign Planet simulation system will no longer attempt to remove non-existent builder bots and crash the game
• The Planet Cracker timer is now fixed
• Resources during the Planet Cracker collection will now no longer constantly increase
• Planet Cracker will now only show existing resources on the planet
• Planet Cracker will now continue to collect resources as expected
• The FPS on the Star Map is now improved and will no longer drop drastically
• Foreign Planet simulation system will now only take available builder bots
• Fixed a typo in the Big Bird quest and corrected an inaccurate description for the Planet Cracker in the Spanish language.
• Resolved multiple localization issues for the French language within the Mystical Box panel and Expedition quest
• The Landing Platform for the Planet Cracker will now be unloaded by the nuggets, and resources will be transferred to the warehouses (if there is available space).
• The simulation system on other planets did not produce any newborn nuggets in the first 10 minutes after the transition from one planet to another, leading to a rapid decline in the population due to the aging of existing nuggets.

Together with our amazing community, we’re fine-tuning The Universim into a stellar gaming experience for everyone! Join us on Discord, where you can chat with other members of the community, report issues, and share your experiences with the game. We’re looking forward to continuing the journey of The Universim. If you enjoy the game, please consider leaving us a review on Steam. Sincerely, Crytivo Crew https://store.steampowered.com/app/352720/The_Universim/

Hey Creators! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/68a952def6e76ee9b85b9e6d72620d59da4346a3.png It's Friday, and as the sun sets on yet another exhilarating week, we can't help but feel the excitement in the air! The Universim team extends its heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of you for your unwavering support throughout this incredible journey. It's almost been a full week since the launch, and your valuable feedback has been instrumental in refining The Universim. We've been hard at work addressing your suggestions and enhancing the overall gameplay experience. As we approach the weekend, we're thrilled to share some exciting updates with you in our latest patch notes. Thank you for being an essential part of The Universim community, and we can't wait to see you in the game with these exciting new improvements! Here’s what’s been worked on:

• Invisible Fire ( A proper fix ). The roads under nuggets were getting too hot, burning poor nuggets.
• Warning notifications for the Hot / Cold temperatures before it becomes critical and when it is already critical.
• Hyperlube speed was extremely slow due to bug. Now it is fixed and nuggets can zoom from one end to the other with an extreme speed. Time to optimize the city.
• Fixed Planet Cracker Gather timer
• Air filters were not working properly with the Simulation system, causing the increased pollution when the player was away from the planet where it was built.
• Crash that appeared due to Alien Resource Miner building due to harvesters missing their reference in the world.
• Most of the narrator tracks were stabilized to have the same voice volume.
• Game tip controller was crashing the game when it tried to showcase the tips while simulation the planet
• During the Planet Cracker attack, the Planet Cracker position had some minor issues causing a rare error, preventing the load of the save file.
• The ForeignSim system tried to apply simulation and was failing to do it properly while trying to find a partner nugget. It was trying to grab an exile nugget as a partner for the citizen nugget, producing an error.

If you don't spot a specific issue addressed in these patch notes, fret not! We are diligently working behind the scenes to address any lingering bugs or concerns that may have slipped through the cracks. Your feedback is crucial to us, and we encourage you to keep the communication lines open. Feel free to share your experiences, report any issues, or simply join the conversation on our Discord channel. Together, we'll continue to fine-tune and enhance The Universim, ensuring a stellar gaming experience for all. Your support and engagement make this journey truly special, and we can't wait to tackle any challenges that arise with your invaluable input. See you in the universe! Sincerely, Crytivo Crew

Hey Creators, Wow, it's already been a full two days since The Universim 1.0 launched, and we're super excited to see so many of you having a blast with it. Just so you know, we've been on our toes squashing bugs and smoothing out the wrinkles before and after the release. I'm here to give you the scoop on what we've tackled in these first 48 hours. Here’s what’s been fixed

• The Big Bird Quest is now able to complete after opening or scraping the box and finishing the research progress
• The Rotating Stabilizer perk no longer locks Research
• Trading Rockets will no longer freeze mid travel
• The Tesla Quest now works as intended. Nuggola Tesla is very grateful to have someone working on his battery
• Save files will now load properly during the Abduction Nugget Quest
• Exile Event timer is no longer stuck during the invasion
• Planets on the starmap are now able to be located and are now able to be traveled to
• Upgrading all buildings all at once no longer spawns random resources from higher era tiers and preventing buildings from receiving their upgrades
• Buildings that do not belong to players will no longer show up in the buildings list
• Exploring Satellites will now provide rewards
• Engineers will no longer be arrested when trying to fix the Rehabilitation Center or Prison
• Exiting the main menu and starting a new save file will no longer crash the game
• Ministers will no longer place Oxygen Stations on planets that have enough oxygen
• The warning for not researching anything has now been tweaked, and it will only appear once every 30 minutes if the player continues not researching anything
• The missing Minister of Environment Localization string has been found
• Tips and Tutorials will now show up if they are activated
• Nuggets are now free to move about the planet and will no longer stand still until they die
• Animals will no longer walk in a straight line and vanish
• Interplanetary travel has been fixed
• Introduction and final scenes correctly showcase the selected language

Linux Users: While we don’t have a perfect solution just yet, we do have a potential work around! 1. Right click on the game and select preference 2. Proceed to the Steam Compatibility settings 3. Select "Force the Use of a Specific Steam Play Compatibility Tool. " 4, Select Proton 5, Within the game select Borderless for the window mode. Our team is doing their best to find a good solution for the Mac & Linux users. A Small Note We have seen a few issues surrounding an invisible fire that is killing Nuggets quite rapidly. One of the issues has to do with volcanoes, while the other issue has to do with the temperature and pollution levels of the planet. If the Mother Planet is highly polluted, the temperature will increase and kill your Nuggets, as 70 degrees Celsius is quite high. If the temperature has already increased, but you've lowered the pollution levels, you will need to build a terraformer to combat this issue. The team is working on better clarification on this. The development team is still prioritizing game breaking bugs and other issues that have been mentioned here on Steam and on Discord as well! If you don't see your issue listed, pop over to our Discord and let us know. Our devs are right there chatting with you guys and are eager to jump on any problems ASAP. https://discord.gg/theuniversim A massive thanks for all the love and support you've shown. Loving the game? It'd be awesome if you could drop us a review on Steam. And hey, don't be shy about spreading the word to your buddies too!

Hey Creators,

What a ride it's been since The Universim 1.0 hit the shelves! We're over the moon seeing you all dive into the game and enjoy it. Before anything else, a huge shout-out for your incredible support – it means the world to us. We've been burning the midnight oil, fixing bugs and ironing out the kinks before and after the launch. Here's a quick update on what we've fixed in the first 24 hours and what we're looking at next.

What’s Been Fixed

• The cinematic shot during the rocket launch in the Barn Event is no longer getting stuck. The Nugget that refused to go in the rocket has now been gently persuaded to go along with their cohorts
• The big ships in the Alien Invasion Event are no longer stuck due to UFOs trying their hardest to target Exiles
• Alien Invasion Ships spawning inside the HUGE planet is now fixed. If issue happened to you, all you need to do is reload your game.
• Pollution is now in the correct language
• Twin possibility was not showcasing the value but a tag
• Subtitles are now present for all languages
• Placing an Epicenter at the start of the game will no longer spawn multiple messages on the left side of the screen
• The Nugget Display Actor error that was causing your Nuggets to die of hunger and thirst has now been resolved, and they should work normally after reloading the save file
• Linux and Mac issue that states user32.dll not found is most likely fixed. We’re relying on your feedback to let us know if this is still a reoccurring issue, as we have a limited number of machines with those OS’s available to test.
• We told the Narrator to stop repeating, “This is quite a beautiful planet. Try not to ruin it,” though we have seen reports of it still happening, so we are still investigating the issue
• The “fly to” button is not active when trying to return from the moon.
• Fixing “This is quite a beautiful planet. Try not to ruin it” repeating line of dialogue.
• When flying to the moon, the roads are not being generated correctly, causing the game to crash.
• A dead Nugget appeared in a shot-down UFO, causing an issue for players.

What the team is currently working on

• Performance Optimization.
• The Rotating Stabilizer perk locks a portion of Research.
• An additional indication for The Red Barn and Red Hooded Nuggets is that because of the lack of interaction with them, some fans think that they’re bugged out.
• And all other game-breaking issues are going to take priority.
• Floating in air Red Barn
• Trade Ships getting stuck in the middle of the trade and adding time
• Big Bird quest not completing
• Tesla Quest ( Battery parts do not have smoke )
• Mac / Linux visual issues

Can't find your issue on the list? No worries! Head over to our Discord and let us know. Our devs are right there in the trenches with you, ready to sort out any hiccups, pronto. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/83311d1d6633f3e9e886f1de7e5551d1380810e8.png Again, a massive thank you for all the support and love. If you're digging the game, we'd be stoked if you could leave us a review on Steam. And hey, spread the word to your friends - the more, the merrier! https://store.steampowered.com/app/352720/The_Universim/ Keep on gaming, and stay awesome!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/beb991da496b3935726bc67fc98924ec16f0dfb1.png Hey Creators, We're super excited to let you know that The Universim 1.0 is finally up and running on Steam! A massive shoutout to all of you for joining us on this incredible ride. This game is a product of your feedback and support, made especially for you. We started this journey a decade ago, just a bunch of newbies in game development, fueled by a dream and a burning passion to create something awesome. Your excitement and support for our ideas have been the driving force behind this project. https://youtu.be/lyWUUHzGyJE It's been a wild ride, to say the least. Tackling The Universim as our debut game was a massive challenge. We've had to rethink and redo stuff along the way, working hand-in-hand with you, our amazing community. It's your input that has really shaped The Universim. Sure, there have been tough times and nail-biting moments, but we never lost sight of what we set out to do. We're proud to say that we've not only met our original goals but went above and beyond, adding more cool features and elements than we first imagined – all thanks to the buzz and energy from you guys. Some things changed along the way to make the game even better, and we're standing firm and proud of what we've achieved. We really hope you'll love playing The Universim as much as we loved making it and appreciate all the hard work our team has poured into it. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/68a952def6e76ee9b85b9e6d72620d59da4346a3.png Also, a note about languages. When you start the game, you'll notice the game is available in English, Russian, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, and Korean. These are the languages that have been professionally translated and localized. Languages like Turkish, Latin American Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Italian, and Japanese have been removed for the time being due to additional text added in 1.0. We are considering adding them back in the future if the translations can be achieved and the need for them is there. IMPORTANT: Due to the complexity and size of The Universim, extensive efforts have been made to fix bugs and enhance the user experience. Nevertheless, it's likely that some issues may still arise. We've been working overtime and through weekends, right up until the last moment, to address these concerns. Despite our diligent efforts, we acknowledge that some issues may have slipped through the cracks. Rest assured. We are fully committed to promptly addressing these through hotfixes to improve your gameplay experience continually. Your patience and understanding in this matter are greatly appreciated. Due to recent architecture changes in Mac hardware, some MacBook players might experience issues. Please report them to us; our team is investigating and actively working on fixing them. For bug reports or issues, please visit: https://crytivo.io/tu-bug Grab your Nuggets and get ready to research your way to the full Space Age! With the expansion of space in the game, there have been a LOT of major changes that you can expect to see, and we're so excited to show you what we've been up to! Since our last update, our team has made around 4,552 commitments to the game, addressing various issues, making improvements, and introducing new content. Here are some key bug fixes, enhancements, and new (spoiler-free) content updates for you to check out. Keep in mind, though, this isn't the full list. We've put a lot of work into the game, and there's a lot more that you'll discover as you play. So while we're highlighting the big changes here, be prepared to find many more adjustments and surprises as you explore the game's expanded universe. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/c6f3364f4c87365da2bc301fb6fe439fa159c91f.gif Bug Fixes: UFOs {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/0b346731e440685ee8bde451903f6c340f503cb4.jpg

• We told UFOs that Nuggets dislike heights, so now they will no longer be dropped on mountains
• UFOs are now more than happy to leave planets instead of hanging around forever
• UFOs will now only target existing buildings instead of focusing on already destroyed buildings
• Nuggets not walk around inside UFOs or live underground if that UFO is destroyed
• UFOs are not allowed to drain Nuggets’ health and stats when abducted
• Laser beams from UFOs will no longer get stuck during a save/load
• Pressing ESC while opening a mystery box will no longer crash the game

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• Ministers are now forbidden to assign Nuggets when the Nugget list is open
• Frozen Nuggets will no longer be assigned to buildings by ministers
• Ministers will no longer crash the game by attempting to put dead Nuggets to work

Creator Powers

• Using Telekinesis will no longer cause military unit drivers to get stuck in the air when you pick them up
• Nuggets will no longer fall underground when Telekinesis is used from the Nugget UI panel
• Creator Powers no longer work through the Nugget list on Nuggets picked off the ground?
• Creator Powers menu will no longer trigger before the game loads

Localization & Narration The following languages have been professionally translated and implemented into the game. Due to the excessive volume of text, you might still encounter issues such as text overflowing from panels and similar problems. Please make sure to report these back to us, and we will address them as soon as possible. The team worked really hard on implementing them, but we received all the translations just a few days ago. Sometimes, after a language change, you need to restart the game if you're experiencing issues with it. Officially supported languages: French, Spanish, German, Russian, Portuguese, Chinese Simplified, Korean.

• The narrator will no longer constantly tell you not to ruin a beautiful planet
• A number of misspelled words are now spelled correctly

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• Imprisoned Nuggets are immune to your Creator Powers through the building panels and Nugget list icons
• Nuggets will no longer hide in buildings when being arrested
• Nuggets will no longer leave the planet when being arrested on their way to the Cosmodrome
• Important quest Nuggets will no longer be auto assigned to work in different buildings
• Nuggets will now dress a little more appropriately
• Nuggets will now look like their portraits
• Nuggets will be on the correct path after being removed from the bridge or hyperlube
• Nuggets will only appear once on the Nugget list
• Dead Nuggets will not appear on the Nugget list when loading the game
• Believer count will now be updated when loading a planet
• Dead Nuggets will no longer be eligible to win elections
• Citizens will still believe in you regardless of what planet you’re on
• Nugget list will display the correct planet name
• Infection areas will no longer crash the game
• Nugget names are now displayed properly

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• Defense Towers now require Nuggets in order to work properly
• Garages now need Nuggets to operate it
• Vehicles will no longer spawn if there is no garage
• Buttons on the radar inside the military buildings are now interactable
• Game will no longer crash when an upgrade is performed from the all buildings panel
• Garages will now only provide the correct number of vehicles
• Building near an Exile Village will now only decrease the relationship one time
• Headstones will no longer clip through the Cemetery
• Paused buildings are now recognized and will not be built until unpaused
• Rehabilitation Centers and Prisons now have their effectiveness capped at 100%
• Destroyed helicopters will be cleared from the Heliport
• Combat vehicles will no longer attempt to access removed hangars
• Exile barracks will no longer contribute to the happiness and crime levels of your civilization
• Recreation buildings, such as Parks and Local businesses, will now work as intended

Camera, Biomes, and Seasons

• During Autumn, the leaves will actually change colors
• Breaking camera effect while hitting objects is fixed
• Biomes will no longer be blurry

Expeditions

• The Recall button is looking better than ever
• Expedition Camp will no longer ghost underground when placed above the Sarlacc’s hole
• Food notifications will now disappear when recalling the expedition

Events & Quests

• Droughts will now add or remove lakes depending on the circumstances
• Events now have the correct messages
• Mmamazon is now only able to deliver locally, meaning Exiles will no longer be receiving packages
• Quests will now succeed or fail appropriately based on whether you’ve succeeded or failed

UI

• Removed gamepad related icon from the Nugget creation menu
• All hyperlinks are now highlighted
• 4k resolution is now available
• Shortcut keys now properly match the category position of each God Power category
• Nonexistent tutorials will truly no longer exist and will not crash the game
• Correct icons will now show up in tutorials
• Opening the buildings or Nuggets list will now ensure that building panels’ Nugget icons’ Creator Powers wheel are closed
• Opening the resource statistics panel now ensures that the building panels’ Nugget icons’ Creator Power wheel are closed

Twitch

• Fixed the Twitch connectivity issue
• Twitch viewers may now take away Creator Points

Misc

• Roads will now be restored when you’ve removed an obstructing building
• Resource piles will now be pickable

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• Now you can use Telekinesis on combat vehicle drivers through the Nugget list
• Creator Powers will no longer highlight builder bots, as they are immune

Exiles

• Exile military vehicles will no longer attack nearby player buildings unless they are hostile
• Player defense towers and military vehicles will no longer attack nearby exiles unless the exiles are hostile
• Added a confirmation message when player places a building too close to exiles and made their relationship decrease if player confirms placing the building
• Exiles will now make better decisions on which settlements to attack based on the relationship system rather than proximity

Nuggets

• Nuggets will now change clothes during Era changes
• Nuggets now lose their jobs when entering prison
• Sick and injured Nuggets can now be thrown into hospitals
• Nuggets lose their jobs when thrown into a hospital
• Frozen Nuggets will be automatically unassigned from a job

Planet

• Allowed the additional color applied to the seasons fog colors of the sky haze shader to be set through the atmosphere
• Additional color applied to the seasons fog colors is the color of the currently loaded planet’s sky
• Increased the effect of the planet’s sky color on the fog color
• Set up the logic for mixing the sky, the hot and cold colors in the sky haze shader
• Made the season transition visual effects based on temperature smoother
• Dead animals will no longer pollute lakes
• Improved the influence of pollution and atmosphere on the temperatures of the planet

Events & Quests

• Clicking on the wolf attack icon now brings you to the wolves
• Improved rewards for certain quests

Narration

• Narration tracks will now behave properly
• Narration has a better subtitle system

Buildings

• Improved Legendary building panels
• Added Assign All Nuggets to all panels that have more than two Nuggets
• Newly built residential buildings will switch their era when the era is changed
• Nuggets can now use tables and chairs in the Modern Eatery building
• Removed Plastic requirements for the Modern Defense Towers
• Stone and Wood Refineries and Engineer buildings no longer require education
• Defense Tower range increased significantly

UFOs and Space Boxes

• Space Boxes now take higher priority than other tasks, except necessary priorities, ensuring for quicker research on the Space Box

UI & Steam

• Very old files will now be automatically deleted in the Steam cloud storage
• Added missing icons to expedition panel and exile trading panel
• Added tooltip descriptions
• The “not researching anything” message will display the exact perks that are still not researched
• Improved Emissive and Bloom effects
• Updated shadow settings
• Improved optimization of shadows
• Improved optimization of higher gameplay speed
• Improved optimization related to status icons
• Reworked UI associated with the building placement to include the Crime and Happiness factors
• Added an efficiency indicator for placing reservoirs
• Added Tooltip for the disaster icon in the forecast tower panel
• Camera inertia has a new setting that allows a secondary option to the controls
• Improved the news message system order, ensuring that news messages no longer cover up other UI elements and are now rendered properly
• The UI Controller has new logic implemented that will remember the order of panels that were opened/gained focus, and ensures that pressing the ESC key will close the last panel that was opened/gained focus
• Improved Full Screen setting mode
• Added an option to the size of subtitles
• Reworked research panel layout

Game Balance & Performance

• Improved balance for Tanks and Helicopters
• Improved combat panel performance
• Refactored infected area and related code to prevent further errors
• Optimized performance for Nuggets and animals
• Improved optimization of the game for lower end machines
• Improved optimization of the animations in the game
• Rewrote all descriptions for research perks to make them more consistent and clear
• Added a pulsating warning to the water resource icon when water is getting too low for Nuggets to drink
• Extended the atmosphere system to improve the overall look and feel of the atmosphere on different alien planets and temperatures
• Improve balance for hunters and animal farming
• Rebalanced the Crime and Happiness system
• Rebalanced the Discovery Point cost for Research perks

Twitch

• New Twitch command: attack. This allows the audience to specify a Nugget to attack
• Added a Warning pop up (one per session) when the user sets Creation Nugget Twitch command to more than 0 points
• Twitch command FillReservoir and FillBattery commands are now working correctly
• Added missing logic for the #SpawnMeteors command
• Added Earthquake command to the list of Twitch commands

Misc

• Builder bot can now be sent through the space port
• Ensured the planet’s radius is taken into account when setting flying creatures’ orbital heights so they do not fly underground

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• A brand new questline featuring a new type of Nugget, a new type of building, and new cutscenes
• A new Easter Egg
• Aliens
• Planet Cracker
• New buildings
• New planets
• 30 new Research perks, bringing the total amount to 210
• 80 new perk icons
• New Ministers
• Improved Localizations
• New models and textures for the Modern Eatery, Modern Fishing Hut, Modern University
• New Quests
• New Alien animals
• New Alient planet Trees
• New stone types
• New narration lines
• Credits Screen
• New Modern, Space Age Soundtracks

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/2368af8a7e03648919eb89110b3e3b4409c97ad7.jpg We’re so grateful to everyone for supporting us over the years, even back when the finish line felt so far away. It’s been an amazing journey, and we’re so proud of the way our community has come together to help us shape the game. It’s been a decade in development, and we hope the game has another decade in your hearts. Enjoy the final version of the game, and we can’t wait to see what you all do with it! And of course, it will help us enormously if you enjoy the game, please leave us a game review on Steam. 💜Leave us your love letter here Crytivo

The moment we've all been waiting for has finally arrived! We are beyond excited to officially announce the full release date of The Universim 1.0 A Decade of Development Culminates Our journey over the past ten years has been nothing short of extraordinary. With your unwavering support, evidenced by over 6,000 Very Positive reviews on Steam and more than half a million wishlists, we've crafted a universe that's rich, dynamic, and endlessly engaging. Now, we're ready to deliver the complete experience. MARK YOUR CALENDAR January 22, 2024 What Awaits in The Universim 1.0 The Universim 1.0 isn't just a game; it's a living, breathing universe at your fingertips. Prepare to immerse yourself in an experience where your choices shape the destiny of entire civilizations and the balance of entire planets. You’ll be able to launch Nuggets into the space age! This update brings end-game content to life with more technology to unlock in the research tree, new planets to explore (or exploit for resources), and so much more! Along with these exciting features, we've focused on quality of life improvements: Unlimited Space Exploration: Unlock the space map and colonize any number of planets you desire. Each planet, from Toxic and Ice to Lava or Terrestrial, presents unique conditions and challenges. Resource-Rich Planets: Discover planets teeming with valuable resources essential for the expansion and prosperity of your Nugget civilization. Enhanced Narration: More voice-over lines add fun and functionality, providing entertaining commentary and critical updates on your civilization's status. More than 600 new voiced lines by our favorite narrator. Complete Storyline: Embark on a journey to discover your true self with a fully developed storyline, adding depth and context to your gameplay. Even after the story concludes, continue to expand and evolve in the endless universe. Space Age and Advanced Technologies: Launch your Nuggets into the space age and unlock more technology in the research tree, expanding your reach across the cosmos. Enhanced User Interface: Enjoy a more intuitive and user-friendly UI, making your journey through space and time smoother and more enjoyable. Game Balance Changes: We've fine-tuned game mechanics for a balanced and rewarding experience, ensuring each decision has meaningful impact. Bug Fixes and Optimizations: We've squashed bugs and optimized performance for a seamless gaming experience. And more surprises await! We hope you are all as excited as we are! Professionally Translated In our commitment to bringing The Universim to a global audience, we're excited to announce that the game will launch with professional translations in several languages, ensuring a more immersive and accessible experience for players around the world. The launch languages include: Simplified Chinese German French Korean Spanish Portuguese Russian Additionally, we're considering expanding our linguistic horizons with more translations post-release, based on the game's success and community feedback. INDIE TO THE CORE At the heart of The Universim lies a story of passion and perseverance. As a small indie team, we have poured our hearts and souls into this massive game for a decade, never wavering in our commitment. This journey has been more than just developing a game; it's been a labor of love. We understand that, despite our best efforts, perfection is an ambitious goal, and there may still be unforeseen bugs during your playthrough. We ask for your patience and support as we navigate these challenges. Our promise to you is a steadfast dedication to fixing issues promptly and efficiently. The Universim is not just our first project; it's a dream that we've nurtured from concept to reality. It's crucial for us to get it right, and your understanding and support mean the world to us. We're excited to cross the finish line together with you, our incredible community. See you over the line! 🧡 - Crytivo Team

Hey everyone! We might be fashionably late to the trailer reveal party, but hey, perfection takes time. After 10 years in the making, we're finally gearing up to release The Universim V 1.0! 🗓️Release Trailer for The Universim drops on FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15 at 10 AM PT {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/5d5c746148b25246704d19a4b1484d9e62a3accc.png

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/36f2751788bad2afc8ddd66b53a7b7ddacd9829e.png Hello everyone! We're thrilled to invite you to join us for a live stream event tomorrow, November 9th, at the following times: 12pm CST | 1pm EST | 10 am PST Catch the action live on Twitch as we dive into the fascinating world of The Universim, straight from the current public build on Steam. What to Expect: 🎮 Raw Gameplay: No edits, no cuts – just us playing The Universim, demonstrating the game in its purest form. 🗣 Q&A Session: Have burning questions about the game or our development process? We've got answers! Let's chat and share insights. 📖 Storytime: Join us as we reminisce about the early days of development, sharing the highs and lows, laughter, and tears that shaped the game to what it is today. 🎉 What's Next: Curious about our future plans? Get an exclusive sneak peek at what we're working on for The Universim. To ensure your questions get answered during the live stream, join our Discord community and post your queries in the #livestream-questions channel. We can't wait to see you all there, ready with your questions and enthusiasm! Sincerely, Crytivo Crew

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/fa6d587aaca9073fce958124598003cf803d3426.png Hello everyone, Today, we’re excited to update you on the progress of The Universim development. Our team is completely focused on the Full Game release - V 1.0. As we are getting closer to full release, we’re going to introduce less new, big features to the game. Instead we’re concentrating on Quality of Life improvements. This includes enhancements for old systems, balancing of new ones, new tutorials, and so on. A lot of our fans expressed their interest in learning more about our current progress and the work our team is doing. We would like to honor that and provide you with a short update that will showcase some systems that our team has worked on and some things that are still in progress. If this short update finds your support, we will gladly share more of them on a frequent basis to keep you up to date. Let’s begin! The very first exciting change that we added (and are currently finishing up) is our new Building placement UI. As you know, in the construction site, we do list all of the information about the building, but due to a large amount of it, we noticed that a lot of players simply ignore or miss certain important elements. Especially the ones that are related to Crime | Happiness | Pollution. In order to improve the visibility and give an overhaul of our outdated UI, we created and expanded the functionality of it. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/5e823d7822c7676c54968103302fcd2fc2c4f114.gif We hope that these changes are more functional and will help players to better understand the information while playing the game. With those changes, we did some additional functionality work. The current name for it is “Sample Building.” This name might change upon the full release, but we are keeping it for now internally. This new functionality allows you to sample the building and produce an identical one! By pressing a combination of buttons (CTRL + Middle Mouse Button) and moving your cursor over any building structure that you currently have within the world, you can instantly bring the ghoster of this building and place it without having to open the Construction menu. We hope that a lot of people will find this functionality extremely useful, especially at later stages of the game. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/26f9b66f0cfb392db10b95bbea5e77b104e1e576.gif Next, we tried to tackle the issue that a lot of players experienced while playing the game: “Nuggets Drinking from Lakes.” This is something that we were battling constantly for quite some time. Initially, there was a bug related to that functionality that was quickly fixed, but the issue stuck. After studying over a dozen different save files from players, we realized multiple common factors: 1) there were not enough wells 2) wells were not scattered throughout the city and 3) wells were concentrated in one place. In order to tackle this issue, we decided to use 2 different approaches. One per each issue. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/8a93d35296565f67eacc2e12c734918fe0296838.gif Now, each well will have a radius that will define and show how efficient it is. If the well is closer to another well, the efficiency of the well will drop. The further wells are from one another, the higher the efficiency of those wells. This efficiency visibility functionality aimed to help new players to better place their wells across the city and avoid the issue where Nuggets would have to travel a very long distance to the opposite side of a city to get some water. You are still able to place wells next to each other, but their efficiency will be lower. The second improvement added to tackle this problem provides a better indication on the amount of water that is left. We added a subtle visual effect to the water icon and, if you move the mouse over the icon, a tooltip will now display the aggregated amount of water your wells have. This should help to keep track of water in the wells across the city and warn players earlier if more wells need to be placed. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/4b559e3ab81901ce1edf987e03ee18ed2bd4be39.png Now let's move to tutorials. Multiple different tutorials were added to the game, but the most important ones we believe are: Creator Power Tutorial and a Builder Bot Tutorial. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/2a8f5ea79e7ba8d46918f0243fd4e9088c45e4c6.png We received a lot of requests from the community and we heard a lot of people saying that they were struggling with using the creator powers or figuring out how to use the builder bot. Both of those systems will now be accompanied with a tutorial that will teach players how to utilize those features of the game. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/c1f675dc0703265209905a087d6b5d326f97acb7.png Previously, we shared WIP Nugget clothing with you. Our talented artists were working pretty hard to make them stand out among other Nuggets and bring some more variety during later stages in the game. All of those Nuggets were finalized and now you can see them as their colorful selves in the game. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/49386c5b684f2701c9c72b6dc6d47a0d1bcd1ead.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/8527e7668157cfc7a6434ed7d216702667c8383f.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/b9cf8d113b1041b1c3d73ea2b2a97a91e65ce84f.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/504840be98ec2ea969363474c2ca12aacc380254.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/7addd6051d11387d421b04d3b3c43d9982546b29.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/5ccb1855e58e3d29e0c9d5871ae548b4d3036872.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/9af05d17ec91785d4e705f1c39d52409e6a8f741.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/3990a3211f552f79d5bd8fcfa363b771bb00a005.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/b34c4e9bfbfcee01e6748531b8d18a54824e30c8.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/e634541602c884c75bd2913971654c715fbddd68.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/a946977c93b45eafbe06868f20aac45a9f5777c3.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/88dc412f119c6a13af372a9045b36e852acc0b4f.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/0af67777e6a68b10416ca9bd796113a11a6cd859.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/79bbbcef5362418c34414e387415d8dcb6fbf580.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/b634a3dfd9d8e7473d2e2075b35a45c147263c31.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/b165b21fb17dee9f8828eb5098e228647d8b1040.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/9b0985b067520e2d44a52217906820ea667e190c.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/427ace8a482d84ae87c0b468d2fcde2583bf13b0.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/3adcc1b580691f2885d6ff0ff5a49e7ff706b343.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/4c78727db4a5d2c706c2d211fd6dec15cf77f140.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/72d3859799fe903a038c747ffc3ae8feee35d45a.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/b6a4379aa9c216654cba308deafc89aaca32fc0e.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/696bf43e26937cf0db49fd11132f3d9de881aacc.png Lastly, we would like to share some visual improvements to our new planets. These changes may not have a functional implication, but they create a completely different atmosphere for your planets. We expanded our initial orbital system to have many different objects such as multiple suns, asteroid belts, rings, other planets, etc. This should diversify the look of the planets and bring joy to your eyes. Here are some examples of these effects: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/3c9d613b6b837fa74f0f65948db749dc9cb5aa1b.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/debb4671e7dabd157dbae18b0d2f43da8520a1b9.png All of these changes are just one portion of what was added to the game. We do have more things to share and if this is something that you guys enjoy seeing, we will surely make these updates more frequent as we near the end. So please, let us know in the comments below if this is something that you would enjoy seeing or if you would rather be surprised! Things that our team is working on currently: 3D Art Department:

• Additional variation for tanks and helicopters for another civilization
• Orbital objects for the planets
• Variation of clouds
• Space map objects

Programming Department:

• Cinematics and final planet improvement scene
• New tutorials
• Reworking Space Trading
• Addition of all new Nugget clothing to the game
• Optimization
• Additional improvements to the game UI
• Credits screen

2D / UI / UX

• New UI panels for new building
• Improved UI / UX experience for some old systems
• New Icons for the Research menu
• New Icons for the Construction Menu
• New Space Trading Panel UI / UX
• Final Encounter UI
• Credits

Game / System Design:

• Rebalance of the main planet
• Balance of new planets
• Rebalance of the crime / happiness system
• Localization improvements
• Addition of new sounds
• Balance of the final encounter and series of quests and tutorials

Important. We also would like to remind our community to keep expectations reasonable. We’ve seen some fans making over the moon speculations in regards to what is going to be possible in the full game. We’ve seen some talking about full blown war with aliens which is something we never promised. Combat/war overall was never planned to be in the game, but we listened to the community and implemented elements of it in the game already. In being an extremely small team with a limited budget, we are not planning to expand combat systems at this time. However, you’ll have deeper interactions with the “aliens” and invasion that we’ve shown in the trailer. You will also learn more about the game world and how it works. We're working on a game finale and we think you’ll be surprised! After the final scene, you will be able to continue playing your game indefinitely, colonizing other planets and establishing trade between them. We hope you will enjoy this short update and we would like to thank each and every one of you for your continued support and encouragement. You are the best. Best Regards, Crytivo https://store.steampowered.com/app/352720/The_Universim/

The last mile is always the longest. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/a44d95c6e9c5f10c63ef3e87d175425a3c742504.png Hello, The Universim game community! We're here to update you on our progress as we wrap up the game's final touches. It's been a while, and we want to communicate with our fans. Here's our message: First and foremost, thank you so much for being a part of our journey. It's been hard, it's been challenging, but we've made changes, improvements, and we're thrilled with the results. The Universim has been an incredible journey for our team. We've learned so much about game development and game communities, and we're incredibly proud of our achievements – we hope you are too. The Universim is a truly unique game, unlike any other. It was an immensely challenging experience due to the complexity of the idea, technical limitations, and our rookie knowledge at that time. But no matter what, we kept pushing and pushing. We know it took us a while to get here, but if you ask us if we would do anything differently if we could start over, the answer would be no. We did what we could with an extremely limited budget. With a game like The Universim and its scope, you need a lot of financial support to make it happen. We managed to deliver almost all of our promises, but it took some time. Today, we want to let you know that the game is almost complete. We're T minus 5 minutes from an epic gaming experience. Our development team has confirmed that all game systems are nearly a 'go' for launch. We've completed our final level checks, graphics are looking out-of-this-world, and the soundtrack is ready to blast off. Our game control check is complete, and player guidance is now internal. Communication channels between players and the game are crystal clear. The fun payload is secure, and we're ready to embark on this incredible gaming adventure. Strap in, gamers, and prepare for an exhilarating ride! We're currently going through just a few final touches, addressing some areas that need balance checks, and then it's all in. The Universim will be FULLY COMPLETE. We estimate no more than 3 months of extra work before takeoff. So buckle up, Creators – it's been an amazing adventure, and we love you all. Expect a game trailer with the release date soon'ish. Meantime, we are releasing a small update to improve some game aspects. This small update provides Bug Fixes and improvements to the game. Improvements:

• Lightning Strike: It now deals more damage to the Combat Units (tanks and helicopters)
• Combat Distance and Relationship with the Exiles: Previously, Exiles would attack you regardless of their relationship with you. Now, the system will consider your relationship with the Exiles in order to determine if they can attack you or not. The detection distance of Exiles was also reduced in order to prevent attacks from across the map.
• Exile Warning: A warning was added to notify the player if they are building too close to Exiles. The player can still proceed with building, but this will reduce the relationship level with Exiles, which might lead to an armed confrontation.
• Added tooltip descriptions for resources needed for the traps in the hunter’s hut panel
• Forbid the use of God powers on imprisoned Nuggets through building panels and Nugget list icons
• Forbid the use of God powers through the Nuggets list and building icons on Nuggets picked off the ground by a UFO
• Auto assignment: Changed the auto assignment system so that the town hall won't assign a new Nugget while you are manually selecting to assign a new Nugget yourself
• Hospital Telekinesis: Added the ability to drop a Nugget into the hospital. Now, dropping a Nugget into the hospital will make the Nugget a patient.

Bug Fixes:

• Twitch Integration Connection: Due to some major changes within Twitch itself, the Twitch integration stopped working for a period of time. We had to restructure some code within the game related to Twitch Integration in order to make it work for everyone.
• Exile Village Barracks and Hangars: They contributed to overall happiness and crime. This is fixed and no longer contributes or interferes with the player.
• Riots: An error was happening when rioting Nuggets were unable to find valid targets
• Sarlacc Error: Certain situations where the Nugget was being exiled or was dying and the Sarlacc grabbed this Nugget that exact second
• Mail Delivery Quest: Sometimes, mailboxes would spawn near Exiles.
• Cloud Saves: Some people experienced issues with cloud saves. This was due to the limited space provided by Steam for save files on the cloud. Now, the system will check for the oldest files on the cloud and overwrite them with the new ones. Therefore, the cloud will keep only relevant and the latest save files. All of your local save files will still be available.
• Collapsing certain buildings into builder bots would result in an error. This is no longer the case.
• Faith: In certain conditions, while traveling between planets, the Creator power generation was failing to update correctly
• Drones in Hangar and Barracks: Added a system that prevents drones from being assigned to military buildings
• Builder Bot Construction Site: Ensured that builder bots will cancel their building if their construction site was removed/destroyed

Over and out! Crytivo Crew https://store.steampowered.com/app/352720/The_Universim/

Hello, Creators! It’s almost time for the holidays! This year was challenging and difficult for many people. From our entire team, we hope that everyone has a great holiday season. Let your close ones be next to you to share some amazing moments and create new, wonderful memories. We hope that next year will bring plenty of good times for you and your families. Thank you to everyone who stayed with us and supported us regardless of the circumstances. It means the world to us. We have the best community ever and we are happy to have you all with us. Happy holidays! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/1429a5a9a75865d03d8b9510de56d246e96ba619.png At this moment, we are relieved to say that we are at the finish line. We just finished with 4 main events that will lead to the ending of the game. We are left with the task of balancing a portion of those events as well as the main event taking place on another planet. After that, we will enter a polishing stage which will involve work such as fixing bugs, visual issues, localization issues, gameplay issues, and balance tweaks. This is the final update before we go live with 1.0. It is hard to believe that we are almost there. It was an amazing time and we are happy to see everyone who stayed with us through the years and helped us grow. Once again, thank you! Now, let's talk a little bit about this update. This update brings some of the most requested content to The Universim. More military and combat. We reworked our exile system in order to support the combat along with our flying units system. It was a large scope addition and it took a bit longer than we expected, but it is finally here. You are now able to build your military Nuggets alongside Tanks and Helicopters. Exiles will do the same. Make sure you are staying on their good side. Not feeling friendly? Destroy the exiles before they can even get a chance to build and expand their forces. Up to you. This update also introduces new buildings to support new units along with bug fixes and some improvements. Let's get to details now. Tank Hangar & Heliport {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/1aeb36f18e85af5e9ff80879a59bd570794a94c9.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/248c895e40b9663e3f356dc11856b68547be0de8.png Both buildings will help Nuggets to start the mass production of Tanks and Helicopters, respectively. Each building is able to contain a maximum of 5 units. More units can be built with the addition of extra Hangars and Heliports. You will be able to build up to 5 buildings, totaling the amount of Tanks and Helicopters to 25 each. Bomber Building {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/c446f8e0e8017f7f708f33e11772f59944b42210.png Bombers have received their own building. Each Bomber building can contain up to 5 bombers, similar to the Hangar & Heliport. Previously, Bombers were unlocked along with regular soldier Nuggets. This time around, they were moved towards the Modern Age and will be unlocked along with Modern Age upgrades for the Soldiers. Combat System {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/a9a42a38210ab04c50323f1e58f7850ce952a419.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/c1cf35a1f7cca34e590713bcf322c262ac21fbb0.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/0dacb63f2c8d52b8ebd73310b9c8de3ce81118da.gif Overall, the combat system works similarly to the rock, paper, scissors approach. Tanks are quite strong against Soldiers and Buildings with their main power being the destruction of ground units. Helicopters, on the other hand, deal a great amount of damage to Tanks and other Helicopters but tend to be weaker against Soldiers. Soldiers can easily eliminate a squad of Helicopters, therefore punishing forces that have a limited amount of heavy military vehicles. New UI Panel {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/2354d1b88be1e8b5dd3244398e17c1fc70d6117b.png Along with the new additions to combat, we also reworked the entire panel. Now, every military building can be placed within one panel, eliminating the tedious process of adding a new building via the construction panel. Along with this newfound functionality, you will be able to see all exiles on a radar, their creator, and their military power. Through this panel, it is also possible to send all units from the Barracks, Hangars, and Heliports to attack or send only a single squad to be selected for the attack. Improvements:

• Looks like the button for upgrading all buildings in the building panel just got a brain transplant! Now, it not only tells you how many resources you'll need for the upgrade, but it also serves as a warning system to prevent any unintended consequences. For example, if you try to upgrade water pumps all at once, it will alert you if it will cause a shortage of water. If you try to upgrade all power generators, it will warn you if it will lead to an electricity blackout. Talk about a smart button! But I guess that's what happens when you upgrade your brain.

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• The research panel received some restructuring, making it more versatile during the Modern Age and providing earlier unlocking to some perks.
• Health bar indicator for an animal. Now, when the animal is being attacked, you will see a health bar above it, indicating how much health it has left.
• Tooltip for the ministers. Each tooltip displays the list of buildings that particular minister is responsible for.
• Hunted animals will now have an icon above it indicating which animal in particular is being hunted.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed: Prevented Nuggets from being dropped on top of the Sarlacc hole and being stuck midair
• Fixed: Optimized clouds in order to provide better performance
• Fixed: Unobtanium Extractor on the other planet would continue extracting resources despite resources being completely depleted
• Fixed: Building icons and clouds jitter issue
• Fixed: Error that was breaking the game during Sitting On Powder quest
• Fixed: Sitting On Powder quest always selected the candidate with a green colored background
• Fixed: Missing localization for the Cattle Farm
• Fixed: Blowing up the Nuclear Plant during certain circumstances caused an error that was breaking the game

We are extremely excited to be on the final stretch to 1.0! This patch is the last one before 1.0. We might release some hotfix patches here and there in order to improve the overall stability of the game, but the entire team will concentrate on finalizing and polishing The Universim in order to provide everyone a great experience upon the full release of the game. With the push to 1.0, you can expect new unique planets, challenges to colonize them, an evolved story that will open to a different view on the Creator, new buildings, tutorials, and events. Thank you for your support and we wish you an amazing holiday season! Make sure to follow us on Twitter and Discord! Sincerely, Crytivo Crew https://store.steampowered.com/app/352720/The_Universim/

Happy Halloween, everyone! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/545937a86c7ff693dfa0da4214673e705c1932dc.png We hope you have already prepared plenty of treats and costumes for Halloween. The spookiest time of year is almost upon us and, today, we would like to present you with some exciting changes. These changes are related to the Halloween holiday in addition to the actual game. With that said, this patch is a bit unusual regarding content. This patch contains some things that were set to be released in one big combat patch (one that is happily on the way). We are finishing some things and are excited to enter the polishing stage within the next couple of weeks. For now, let’s concentrate on the new thrills you’ll find in this newest patch. First and foremost, as many of you have noticed, our Halloween event has returned to The Universim! In launching the game, you will be greeted by our Skull Moon. Once you have entered the game, you will have your choice of a regular planet (for players who wish to forgo the Halloween event and its various challenges) or the Halloween Planet by clicking the pumpkin checkbox. This action will switch all of the planet sizes to the Halloween Planet. The Kraken Playing on the Halloween Planet will allow you to encounter the Kraken. This evil creature can arise from deep waters and will spawn unusual zombies. These zombies will attack your civilization from time to time until you destroy the source of their creation. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/3cfcfe80e2b6eb4e68d7eb32ff3f0d7a0449f50b.gif Mysterious Portals Demonic Nuggets will invade your world during Halloween! You may recall a mysterious portal being opened for brief periods of time. Well, now you will uncover the cause behind it as a protector of your civilization. Closing the portal will provide you (and your Nuggets) with a handsome reward. Close the portal by destroying it. Your military Nuggets may be able to assist you. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/87ce9c47569410f757ace693a518e35b10c29653.gif Witches Witches will appear during nighttime! You may see them flying and cackling through the sky. After all, Halloween is their holiday as well! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/c19318afcb023eb38b2905bab37072eec79c307b.jpg Blood Rain You may encounter a phenomenon of red clouds appearing over your planet. Hopefully, your Nuggets won’t be frightened by some kind of red rain. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/790f155e2607509330e8e7163f84e69fe09ca83d.gif Ghosts They’re back! Ghosts are here to roam your planet but, this time, these are friendly spirits that will appear after the death of your Nuggets. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/8737b7c31425e5611f6e15b15f3b6728f49885e9.gif Halloween Planet This time around, our Halloween Planet didn’t change much from the previous year. However, we’ve added some new resources to the game as well as tree variations. Now, let's talk about some of the content that is not related to Halloween but that you’ll be able to enjoy in this patch. Snapping Tool We have received plenty of feedback on implementing a snapping tool to The Universim. Well, we are pleased to tell you that the tool is finally here! You can now adjust and place your buildings as precisely as possible. The snapping tool will be available once you select a building that you would like to place. You will see in the left hand corner some instructions on how to use them and what buttons will activate snapping buildings. This tool will have 3 different modes:

• Mixed. Buildings will attempt to snap to the road or a building based on the distance to them.
• Snapping to buildings. This mode will completely ignore roads and will snap a building as close as possible to another building, allowing you to align structures together.
• Snapping to roads. Perhaps you would like to align your buildings to the road, if so, switch to this mode.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/2b5ba12ed311499301ac6e9aa356835a1f20ff61.gif Machine Guns for Defense Towers As we’ve developed more and more military content for the game, we decided to be a bit more practical with the use of the rockets. Now, when defense towers will be shooting flying objects or heavy armory objects, they will be shooting rockets. Otherwise - instead of shooting poor wolves with rockets - they will be using machine guns. Machine guns will be as effective as rockets, just without a big splash. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/e1aa926b4459d16a7bd051a07b1e814b13f2de7e.gif News Messages We added additional options to the settings within News Messages which will allow you to turn off all messages except critical ones or adjust current news messages and showcase only selected messages. The options that we’ve added are:

• Family Messages (messages that indicate that Nuggets formed a new family)
• Believer Messages (messages that indicate any believer interaction)
• Seasons Messages (messages that indicate the change of seasons)

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/740530dddfbeef77e8b67053ad6b239c105a870e.png Warehouse Disable All Another request from the community was to disable the acceptance of resources within the warehouse. Now, within the warehouse panel, you will be able to find a Disable All button which will disable the acceptance of all resources within that particular warehouse. From that point, you can enable any resources that you would like to accept by manually selecting them. You can also revert the change by clicking on the same button and enabling the acceptance of all resources. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/86ce5e0034a48bbbc21daf2d81ae43aa6041bb03.gif Save/Load Error Handler We’ve reworked and added a new error handler which will fire up when the error occurs within the game when a save is pending. Recently, we’ve encountered an error which erases or does not save certain data to the save files, causing the corruption of those saves. This new system will detect that activity by checking if the save file has all the needed data in order to load. An error message will be produced if something is missing. If you encounter that error, please let us know. There is no way for us to track it right now, unless someone will be able to trigger it. Other Improvements

• When Discovery Points (DP) are used to discover a perk, the price of DP will be hidden afterwards for this perk
• Incorrect DP icon was changed to the correct one in order to be consistent with the rest of the game’s DP icon
• Minister of Space was missing a lock icon on the slot
• Added icon to the finishing hut when there is no fish to catch or gut
• Reworked the interaction of Nuggets with the Colonization Rocket and Trade Rocket Now, the prioritization system will be as follows: Nugget should be educated, adult, have no partner, and be between 2-12 years old. This Nugget will be prioritized for the Colonization or Trade Rocket. If none of these Nuggets are found, the system will instead prioritize Nuggets within the same category, but older until age 54-74. Once all Nuggets are exhausted, the system will prioritize Nuggets who are adults, have an education, have a partner, but are still young. After that, the system will continue checking for Nuggets within the same category but who are older. Following that category, the system will then begin to board Nuggets who are educated adults with no partner. Lastly, if none of the Nuggets are within the categories above, the system will select any Nugget that is left. This prioritization should ensure that you will get the best Nuggets that will be sent for the colonization of a new planet as well as for trading
• Nuclear Plant received assign all button
• Consistent Nugget interaction within any building. You can now interact with a Nugget inside the residential building or any other building. Previously, you were not able to use Creator Powers on a Nugget within certain buildings
• Cosmodrome resources were rearranged. This arrangement was according to the resources observed on the bottom panel (where all resources are located) for better readability and consistency
• Added a tooltip and a popup panel for the auto constructed buildings such as Temples and Black Markets
• Arrested/Imprisoned Nuggets will be immediately removed from their occupations
• Selecting Unobtanium Extractor building will highlight Unobtanium plates which should help to identify placement sites more easily
• Added deselected effect to the eras buttons located on the left hand side of the screen. Located above construction and the Creator Powers buttons in order to distinguish the era you are currently in
• Warehouse received a button to disable all

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the Spaceport didn’t allow for adding up to max supply and only allowed increments of 10. In other words, if you had space for 2 more resources, clicking ‘add 10,’ would not fill the rocket to the max. It would just ignore that interaction. Now, it will add those 2 missing resources that it can actually fit
• Fixed an issue where Tesla Parts could have been dragged outside the screen if the movement speed of the camera was too fast
• Fixed an issue where the Unobtanium extractor didn’t function properly when the player was on another planet
• Fixed an issue where a shader for the raincloud didn’t appear at certain angles
• Fixed an issue where sending food via Spaceport caused a rounding error and therefore displaying a very large number
• Town Hall didn’t kick Nuggets out of the building when it was turned off
• Localization error was happening when Nuggets were returning from expedition
• Fixed an error within the Spaceport that was breaking the game when the player was sending resources
• Fixed a scaling issue with the button located within the vertical consumption layout which was increasing the on/off button scale but it was never returning to normal
• Fixed an issue where some sections of land didn’t have roads. This system was tweaked quite a bit. Some issues might still happen, but they should be rare
• Fixed an issue where the simulation system was not correctly working with drones and allowed the creation of an unlimited amount of drones while being on the other planet
• Loading a planet could sometimes produce an error which was breaking the save file
• Fixed an issue where the player was not able to fly to the location of the Nugget who died due to the Sarlacc
• Fixed an issue where a mystery box could not be picked up from the crater
• Fixed an issue where the Unobtanium extractor would burn despite using rain cloud on it
• Fixed an issue where the Nugget creation screen was incorrectly displayed when UI Scaling was set to MAX

Besides everything we have done above, we are also working full speed ahead on the next Large Update that will be coming out shortly! Our estimation time is around 2-2.5 weeks. This update will introduce new buildings and a combat system. Some things we had covered last week and, currently, we are at a stage where we can polish our combat system. After polishing, the update will have to go through QA. Once we get approval from QA, we will post new patch notes with its release! While some of our team focused on the combat system, the rest of the team was hard at work racing toward the finish line. All major systems are officially in place from a technical standpoint. Our outstanding list of tasks consists of new tutorials, cinematic shots, a credit screen, and final scene. Of course, we’ll be polishing and rebalancing existing systems in order to improve gameplay during the later stages of the game. We sincerely hope that you will enjoy these new changes and are looking forward to our combat patch! We are extremely excited to show it to you. As always, if you enjoy what we are doing, make sure to leave a Steam review and join our Discord. If you happen to find an issue, join our Discord and let us know. Our magical team of programmers will do their best to exterminate every bug that we, and our community, will find. Lastly, enjoy Halloween and have a great time with your friends and family. Sincerely, The Crytivo Crew https://store.steampowered.com/app/352720/The_Universim/

Hello, Creators! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/545937a86c7ff693dfa0da4214673e705c1932dc.png It’s time to celebrate as we’re full swing into this haunted time of year. Our special Halloween spooktacular is back with some bewitching classics that you may recognize, but just wait until October 25, 2022 - we have all sorts of goodies in store for you. At the start of Steam Scream Fest, enjoy everything from blood rain to demonic portals and everything in between! For now, be sure you’re ready to fight the mysterious Kraken - a beast that possesses unusual powers - as it summons hordes of zombies hungry for your Nuggets. A Surprise Encounter This Halloween, alongside the Kraken, a demonic portal has been opened. We can’t confirm if this portal will bring treats, but there are certainly tricks that this anomaly will offer you. That’s not to say, however, that closing this portal won’t yield a reward… Witchly Sightings Be sure to watch the skies as witches fly overhead! It’s never a good idea to spook these broom riders, but you can admire them from afar. This is the only time of year where they don’t mind being spotted. Ghoulish Delights Alongside the witches, the ghosts are once more taking up residence in your towns! Ever wonder what happens after Nuggets bite the dust? Well, perhaps you will now. While you may recognize some familiar hauntings, there’s plenty of new adventures in store this season. Find out what else awaits you on the Halloween Planet! As always, thank you to everyone for your support and for your constant feedback on Discord, Twitter, and Steam. Every comment and suggestion helps us to define the mechanics and game systems our community most desires while we fine tune our content. If you’re enjoying the game, especially with our spooky additions, please feel free to leave your honest review on Steam. Want to see any changes to The Universim? Drop us your feedback on Discord. Happy haunts to everyone! Love, The Crytivo Crew https://store.steampowered.com/app/352720/The_Universim/

Hello dear creators, We hope that you had a wonderful time this summer and that everyone is rested and prepared for the start of the new upcoming season. As many of you probably know, we recently moved our headquarters from San Diego, California to Dallas, Texas. This relocation caused some disturbances to our progress within the game, but for the last 2 months, everyone on The Universim team was able to pick up the pace and move forward with extra speed. Recently, we added two additional programmers to our team along with an additional concept artist. This should help us to speed up our development progress quite a lot. Due to that addition, we decided to release one more patch after this one. We heard a lot of you loud and clear - that you would like to have some expansion on Exiles. Therefore, we dedicated a couple of people from our team to work specifically on military expansion. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/4c1ad6d19308ef1041ff7687712138a6399980a7.png This v57 patch will be a bit unusual for us and for you. In this patch, we put a lot of attention to bug fixes and improvements to the current systems. Since we are currently in the end phase of the game, we are heavily concentrating on end game content and polishing. Therefore, this patch is very important for us to see if we were able to resolve some of the major issues within the game. We are constantly looking over the suggestions in our Discord as well as the bugs that are being reported. Certain bugs have a higher priority than others. We are still trying to track one bug that does not allow us to save the game correctly. In order to catch this bug, we implemented a system that will provide a warning message stating that, during the game save, the game was not saved correctly followed by the error that comes with this. Please, if you encounter that error, reach out to us via our Discord. With your help, we will be able to locate and track that error and fix it for good! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/ef30bfd0f0177c4fbf9771c02f247452969defce.gif Now to the content of the patch! Here are some of the improvements and bug fixes that you will encounter. Improvements: - Increased size of the Pollution warning notification - Incorrect description for the Garrison Building - Missing text for the Lizard Candy and Massage Buildings - Incorrect translation within the main menu of the Twitch Integration (German language) - Bunker improvements: Meteor strike does not kill Nuggets within the bunker anymore Lightning Strike does not kill Nuggets within the bunker Tornados Fire Volcano Earthquake UFO Crashing onto the bunker Drone explosion Planet Cracker stomp Blizzard Storm Firestorm - Fierce enemy quest drop zone ground projection didn’t look good when it was overlapped with the quest area projector - Over 30 popup windows reworked in order to be closed by pressing ESC button - Buildings without assigned Nuggets will have lower resource delivery priority compared to buildings that have Nuggets working in them - Any Nugget within the building will have a consistent interaction throughout the game (in other words, you can pick them up, use certain creator powers on them, etc. while they are inside the building) - Nuclear Plant received an “assign all” button - Colonization rockets and Space Trade will now have a different Nugget priority when you are sending Nuggets to another planet. Young and educated Nuggets without a family will have the highest priority, next will be Medium/Old age Nuggets with an education, then Young uneducated Nuggets, followed lastly by Medium/Old uneducated Nuggets - Finishing hut received an indication icon above the building showcasing when there is no more fish to catch - All mines that extracted all resources beneath them will automatically remove Nuggets from the building and shut down the building - System that will detect if the game is being saved incorrectly and will provide a notification to the player. That system was put in place in order to prevent broken save files and will allow us to track down certain game breaking bugs Bug Fixes: Fixed: Localization Error in the Overpacked quest Fixed: Using switch Era functionality did not switch the Education requirements of the buildings back to corresponding building level education Fixed: Certain quests didn’t show the correct name for the Nuggets quest giver Fixed: Fierce enemy quest drop zone was not always correctly displayed on the ground and disappeared if you moved the camera too close to it Fixed: Objects in the world can no longer be clicked upon while the celebration dialog is active Fixed: Research screen and other full screen UIs are no longer overlapped by the celebration dialog Fixed: Pressing ESC Button while being in the load game screen removed Load panel completely Fixed: While holding a Nugget via telekinesis, Nugget could have been dropped if any pop up or UI Screen would be opened Fixed: Min/Max temperature was not updated correctly within the Reservoir panel Fixed: Power Hour event didn’t turn off electricity for the entire duration of the event Fixed: Subtitles would overlap with Full Screen Menus Fixed: Same Nugget could have been added to multiple different trades Fixed: Missing localization within the spaceport Fixed: Firestorm and Blizzard on screen effects were visible within different full screen menus (Loading Screen, Research, etc.) Fixed: Error that was happening during the trade in space which was leading to corrupted save files Fixed: Shadow from the raincloud disappeared at a certain angle providing no indication for the location of the raincloud Fixed: Minister of Space was missing a lock icon on the slot Since we are currently in a state of polishing and improving the game, we are planning to release bug fixes and overall improvements on a more constant basis. We would also like to share some of the progress that has been made. Currently Working On Nuggets We went through all the Nuggets and their jobs in order to update their clothing and accessories for the Modern and Space Ages. In total, over 20 different jobs will receive new outfits and over 20 new items as accessories will be added to them. 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We are adding machine gun mode that will primarily target ground units where rockets will shoot anything flying up in the sky as well as Planet Cracker. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/e1aa926b4459d16a7bd051a07b1e814b13f2de7e.gif Planet Cracker We are putting a lot of effort and polish into Planet Cracker. Upon full release, you will be able to encounter that evil machinery that has been created to stomp out civilizations and destroy planets. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/f44cb662c05b080c2374db2f846e53d20d5c815e.gif {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/4624701e2d0e98ff8e00c9c16bf1ddef354d6f2d.gif Snapping Tool We received a lot of requests from the community to help with the arrangement of buildings and the addition of a snapping tool. One of our engineers is currently working hard on adding a snapping tool that will allow you to snap your buildings to the roads or other buildings, aligning them perfectly in a straight line. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/6ca8af9afbe4625b05e240742da14d256c3beee0.gif New Planets We had mentioned that we created a system that allows us to create different planets. Now it is finally time to start making them! Our design team is working on brand new planets that you will be able to encounter during your journey. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/45f59c3e3a7523b3218542e55e588844c0db7cc3.gif Star Map The star map was created internally quite a few months ago, but it still required some polishing. Using a star map, you will be able to discover both planets and different space objects. Currently, our engineers are working on expanding star map functionality in addition to the new UI/UX elements that should help with navigation. Final Battle Scene Yes, you will have a proper finish of the game as well as some story line. Even now, certain narrator phrases, quests, and other subtle elements within the game have some connection to the main story. After the final scene, we hope that you will be able to connect all the dots and figure out the connection :). The final scene is currently ready from the technical side, but still requires some polishing and UI/UX elements. Credit Screen The credit screen is also already created, but currently has a placeholder UI which will be improved as we get closer to the actual end of the game. Below you can see the overall progress that we have made and where we are currently standing. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/de45f57df5d998ccad16b0477bde3e4af220c140.png We hope that this will give you some understanding where we are and what we are currently working on. Thank you everyone for all of your support and for staying with us. This means a lot for the entire team and we are grateful for having such an amazing community. We are almost at a finish line and we can’t wait to show you all the things that we have worked on. Sincerely, Crytivo Crew https://store.steampowered.com/app/352720/The_Universim/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/c868694a8959424042e919d31abf94e2abf2063f.png Hello everyone ! I hope you all have a wonderful summer and you enjoy the sun. We would like to conduct an AMA where you will be able to ask any questions about the game, company etc. Join our discord and feel free to drop your questions in the #AMA_Questions channel. If you found an interesting question already asked, just vote for it. We will select a handful of questions ( voted ones will have priority ) and go over them on Tuesday at 11am PST | 1PM CEST | 2pm EST time. . The AMA will be conducted via Stage channel called #AMA. Just join the channel where we will be responding to any of your questions on the day of AMA. Looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday! Sincerely, Crytivo Crew https://store.steampowered.com/app/352720/The_Universim/

Hello Creators, Each month, we strive to deliver something new for you to experience and to play. This time, our patch is a little bit different from the others. As we are only a few months away from full release 1.0, our team is working around the clock in order to prepare this exciting new content! Despite our busy schedule, we still wanted to showcase something new this month - just for you! In this patch, we will introduce some new buildings and upgrades that we’ve been working on along with some balance changes and bug fixes. We hope that you will enjoy playing with these changes and we are looking forward to hearing your feedback! Also, in the next few months, we were thinking about doing live AMA sessions where we will be able to casually chat with everyone and answer any questions that you might have. If this is something that you think would be cool, let us know and we will schedule something :) Now, let's dive into the game and see what we have in this patch. Key Features: Rehabilitation Center & Prison Center {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/5be637939fab49d32b805743ca6a088fef570d46.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/42e9becb41bb5634875b9aaf234a043e42d54292.png We already showcased the concept art for both buildings: the Prison and Rehabilitation Centers. Now, it is time to actually explore the way they look and work in the game. New upgrades for the buildings will drastically decrease the criminals who are walking among the Nuggets and will surely help to decrease criminal activity via rehabilitation or prison means, based on your choice. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/0ef4f469a254549859406645fe654701b6637fd3.png Warehouse {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/8bd02be7582acdad9ee2b611ac166bd3c1925749.png This new upgrade for the Warehouse will offer even more space to store your resources. Who doesn’t like extra space? Power Battery {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/0115c11e550bba56bf09f1003248e7cb82b9f878.png More juice, more power! With an increase in energy consumption in the Modern and Space Ages, Batteries required more capacity to store energy. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/89ac594cbd6a06e0329a8ab2b6fee52f704ae40a.png Gas Mine {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/8218840e9bf030beba10a039fee575fcf901593c.png Throughout the Ages, Nuggets were improving their technology and techniques with gas mining. Finally, they were able to push their technology to the next level. This Gas Mine upgrade will double the production of gas which should be more than sufficient for the Space Age. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/1a6f4c6641818ed6650dedafca2e2709f4b8b3ee.png Iron Mine & Stone Mine {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/57ba8654fec0fa53b1044b30747aaf679a3cfc2c.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/99d3489c26b6b89e408e5c4e15e92643f33c5f47.png Along with a Gas Mine, a Iron Mine & Stone Mine received its upgrades as well. Similar to the Gas Mine, the mines will increase their output. This will provide a surplus of iron and stones to construct more factories and to colonize more planets. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/10884b6f60cbf5f4e4281948686c25bc60e1aad4.gif {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/7a577ecd38afe650e1c870df03610fa9c32d7f4e.gif Lumberjack {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/616987ebc6d6ae9c836ede960b928ccdc9e9b189.png Just a tiny island of greenery among the metal and concrete. This beautiful architecture will constantly produce fresh and renewable trees which will help your civilization save as much nature as possible. Pollution levels will also be reduced dramatically. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/5fc6d568164ee014a89406497f3a52e0038b637f.png Gas Plant {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/0616f493cf468c20234996385cc056ee04a1dc3b.png Among all other sources that produce energy, the Gas Plant was one of the old ones and - compared to new energy sources - it was definitely underperforming. With the new upgrade, the Gas Plant will shine with new colors (it will shine extremely bright during nighttime). Increased output, even compared to other sources, will help to keep the lights on in every single building and home. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/d34eb5aed796a2dfd596474fac69742047660393.gif As you can see, quite a lot of buildings received their upgrade in this patch! Additionally, our team was working on multiple different systems such as the Planet Kraker interaction, 3 new quests, 2 new events, a star map system, new planets, and planet generation. Since those systems are still in production, we will be able to show you some snippets with more to come. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/75301f7c4201cf3f2b174a58aeb501da4b634c69.gif {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/2178ffc722f903f075a384400f97fb6e2c8e0ce3.gif Improvements and Balance Changes

• Localization changes and assets preparation. As we are approaching 1.0, we are reworking a lot of older panels that might still use older text components that are making text blurry and potentially hard to read. Currently, all the building's panels and research panel work is done. The overall work is still not finished, but we are halfway through.
• Improved performance for the Modern and Space Age eras. Based on the machine, you should see around 10% - 15% in improvements.
• Drinkable water by Nuggets is now displayed at the water tooltip. This should help new players, as well as veteran players, to keep an eye on the overall situation with drinkable water in their cities.
• More than 30 different audio sounds were added to the Stone Age and pre-Medieval buildings and panels.
• Improved planet simulation system in order to control the inflow and outflow of resources efficiently and precisely.
• Increased the refill rate of drinkable water in the wells.

Bug Fixes: Fixed: Missing localization in Residential Buildings, Expedition, Fishing Hut, Barracks, Artifact Fixed: An issue which could occur if a protection dome was hit in the same frame it was created Fixed: An issue which could prevent clouds from spawning on the moon Fixed: An issue which could prevent the mating quest from starting Fixed: An issue which could cause the bottom panel tooltip to display the incorrect amount of water Fixed: Shock and awe not persisting through save/load Fixed: Being able to use god powers through UI and on dead Nuggets when you shouldn't be able to Fixed: Nuggets who are working in the Town Hall would become invisible if it was destroyed while they were inside the building Fixed: Multiple audio and visual bugs in the intro scene Fixed: Clouds on the moon were not always correctly displayed Fixed: Nuggets standing directly on top of each other when hunting (not 100% impossible, but much less likely) Fixed: A bug that caused the new space laser/instruments to not be stowed away correctly after use Fixed: Multiple riot bugs: one would cause them to break and have the Nuggets stop performing any actions and riots had no sounds Fixed: Terraformer was not correctly working in the planet simulation system Fixed: A bug that was causing significant water drainage on the foreign planet sim Fixed: A bug where well/drinking water refill bonuses were not applied on the foreign planet We are extremely excited about the future and what it will bring to us all. Our journey was quite long, but we are extremely happy to have such an amazing community who was able to stick with us for all this time and share this journey. We are grateful for everyone who has patiently been waiting and supported us despite all the downfalls of game development and the twists and turns of life. Thank you all so so much for your awesomeness! With the full release on the horizon, we would like to assure everyone that the full release won’t mean the end of The Universim. We still have plenty of ideas from the community (and our own, of course). With your support, we will continue development and accomplish many great things. We hope that you enjoyed what you have seen and we can’t wait to bring more exciting things to the game to show you! Please don’t forget to leave us a review on Steam, it means a lot to us. Stay godly! P.S: If you think that a live AMA is a fun idea, let us know down in the comments. All the best, The Crytivo Crew https://store.steampowered.com/app/352720/The_Universim/

Hello Creators, We hope you all had an awesome weekend! For anyone who didn’t get a chance to read our Space Blog #2, we are happy to announce that the new V55 patch is here! This patch will further introduce you to some improvements, tools, and new mechanics that will be used in space. Currently, our Universim team is split into two: one is working full speed ahead on new content for an upcoming patch and more people are being moved to the second team responsible for the development of space itself. We are planning to release a couple more patches prior to the full space expansion and, quite soon, we will be setting up an official release date for The Universim! 1.0! We are excited for that moment and event. We really hope that you are excited as well. In the meantime, we would like to give one more shout out to our friends from Blue Meridian who are releasing their dinosaur tycoon building game Prehistoric Kingdom on April 27th! One of the most exciting things in store for this game is the narrator, Nigel Marven! For many people, Nigel was a childhood hero who always talked about dinos and educated the world on these magnificent creatures. Prehistoric Kingdom will be available in 2 days! If you are a fan of dinosaurs and would love to build your own prehistoric park, make sure to check out the game and the trailer below! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/094627ed1e6ea7cb0310ce422da1c7378ca74bdc.jpg Now, let's get back to The Universim and explore what awaits us in this new patch! Key Features: Nuggetoid Drones {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/e9102ff69ee5f5e8e6a77022b837c623b0a13a16.gif Deeper space exploration led to several discoveries, one of which was the inability to actually survive on the server condition planets such as Lava, Ice, Toxic and - in some circumstances - even barren planets. This would be the end of the space exploration for Nuggets if not for one pretty smart Nugget who came up with an idea. This idea suggested the use of AI whose code was integrated into an indestructible machine and powered by alien technology. Please, meet drones. Drones are powerful AI machines that will allow your civilization to get into places where a regular Nugget would not be able to survive. Besides that, with some additional research, Drones can be drastically improved, allowing you to use them as your workforce on a planet. They are efficient, fast, and do not require food, water, or sleep. Though, they do require energy. In order for a drone to operate, you need to make sure that your drone factory is working or you actually researched a new technology that will allow your drones to charge one another. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/d4270077ae36f6bfa92af9b2da84dcf46e87925f.png Droid Factory This is the place where your AI receives life. This building will allow you to produce drones in exchange for Unobtanium and some electronic components. The results will be worth it. Unobtanium {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/5b303e277056f597f883f5ca4adf8f291bddba6a.gif Unobtanium is a rare material that can be found throughout the universe. Many Nuggets believe that those ‘monuments’ are not naturally created and it is the actual technology of an alien species. These monuments contain an enormous power within them - one that has allowed Nuggets to power up their machines and make them work. Those monuments won’t be found on every planet, but finding one and extracting it would definitely help your civilization move forward. Unobtanium Extractor {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/7028bf68e32c7c464e52970f7a8e7d5583ee7181.png In order to extract the monument and actually use it for the drones and some other space technology, Nuggets had to come up with a proper solution. Their regular instruments were not working well with these hard materials so, as a result, the super drill was invented and led to the creation of the Unobtanium Extractor. The Unobtanium Extractor is being built on top of the Unobtanium monuments and slowly and surely the monument will be extracted - even though this process will require some resources to be used in the process. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/bbf55890ebe5c7bf20d368cb2585b70800626c30.gif Burning Trees {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/912c51046912c5f23f4bfcaeacdf28919a985799.gif With the addition of the lava planets, we were faced with a task to do something with the trees. It was either removing them or making them burn. Just removing them was a trivial task that would require less time but, since we love attention to details, we decided to take a harder route. Now, with increased temperature, either due to fire, the lava planet, or simply changes in temperature, your trees will slowly burn which will see the removal of their leaves. Nugget Tools {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/6199240a52a4db5401be9962eed6d9f4e5607d2c.gif As Nuggets advanced in space, old tools were no longer sufficient. New tools were implemented that would better suit the Space Era, allowing Nuggets to collect resources, build new buildings, and repair them more efficiently. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/572b2ffd5c29b03bc303242a1b152120c8bc253c.gif Nugget & Droid Weapons Weapons {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/d8726c3fc3ccf6b0763623be80c02dd015061b73.gif What is a Space Age without any kind of blasters?! New weapons were added for both the Nuggets and new drones. These weapons are more powerful than regular weapons so keep them handy when you continue to explore space. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/da96bf14034495dd11359dd5fbd7632b13492759.gif Improvements and balance changes

• Planet loading system. We are constantly working on improving the speed with which our planets load. This time we were able to cut off an extra 15 seconds from the loading time.
• Notification system. As we moved towards the colonization of other planets, we noticed that a lot of people were excited once they ended up on the moon. So much so, that some players were completely forgetting about their Mother Planet. As a result, in many cases, the civilization would collapse. In order to help with that issue, a notification system has been introduced. That system will notify you if something bad is happening on your other planet.
• Decreased building decay. Exactly what it says - on other planets (except where you are currently stationed) building decay is significantly reduced.
• Added pollution indicator to the tooltips of the lakes. Now you can see how much your lake is polluted and when it will reach a critical level.
• Space port arrival timer was added to the game. Now you will be able to see when exactly your package will arrive by simply clicking on the space port.
• Improved the Performance/Speed of Saves and AutoSaves, also lowered save size by 10-15%
• Made the visual area projectors more accurate to the actual radius size (cemetery/engineer/firefighter/etc.)
• Assign All button was added to multiple buildings

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed: Minister building sometimes caused your Nuggets to become invisible
• Fixed: Infected areas would appear near the lakes causing the pollution of the lakes
• Fixed: Issue which allowed the launching of a rocket without electricity and water
• Fixed: A bug that caused nuggets to have incorrect/no animations on loading a save
• Fixed: A rare bug that could cause an exile settlement to be placed
• Fixed: A bug that was causing nuggets to clear an extra unit of area around residentials, often clearing trees/rocks far outside the range of the construction site

That’s it for the notes! Our team is working hard to keep providing new updates while continuing working on the entire space system. We hope you will enjoy this new patch and you are looking forward to the multiplanetary colonization of space and uncovering a big mystery of The Universim! If you would like to drop us your feedback, please don’t hesitate to join our and leave it there. Thanks for your continued support and amazing feedback! It makes development of The Universim a constant joy. Please don’t forget to leave us a review on Steam, it means a lot to us. Stay godly! All the best, The Crytivo Crew https://store.steampowered.com/app/352720/The_Universim/

Hello Creators and Future Astronauts, It’s been awhile since the initial Space Blog came out and, during this time, we have been working full speed ahead on the upcoming patch. We’ve also been continuing our development of the Space Age, meaning we are finally approaching the end of our Early Access cycle. The Universim for us is more than just a game, it is our baby and we would love to have it with us forever, but sometimes we have to realize that we need to let it go. This is why we are working nonstop on this last Age. We would like to make sure that you will have an amazing experience playing The Universim and that the Space Age will provide you something new and fresh with its gameplay and challenges. Internally, we are already discussing the release date and once we finalize it, you will be the first to find out! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/177bb84ecfb340fc84ecf8f08b83baa3f428a8da.png Today, we would like to share with you what awaits you next. Read on to discover what space holds for The Universim and what new mechanics you can expect. Before we start, we would like to give a shout out to our friends at Blue Meridian. On April 27th, they are finally releasing their title Prehistoric Kingdom. If you like dinosaurs, ancient animals, and tycoons then make sure to check it out on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/666150/Prehistoric_Kingdom/ Now, lets roll :) UNOBTANIUM Welcome to one of the most powerful sources of energy that Nuggets will learn how to mine. UNOBTANIUM is a very rare resource that you will be able to find across the galaxy and can be utilized to charge your drones and make them function. It will also be used to charge up something bigger. For example, Cracker. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/5b303e277056f597f883f5ca4adf8f291bddba6a.gif In the upcoming patch, you will be able to find that resource on your Mother Planet and play with the drones but, as we get closer to the release date, this would be the content that you will be able to unlock as you go to space. In the meantime, please provide us with any thoughts on these drones :) We would love to hear your feedback. RESOURCE EXTRACTOR {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/7028bf68e32c7c464e52970f7a8e7d5583ee7181.png Unfortunately, Nuggets moved from an idea of hitting strange things with their pickaxe and hammers and learned how to use drills. In order to mine unobtanium, Nuggets will have to use a special building that won’t require any Nuggets, but it will definitely require some of your previous resources. The extraction process of the unobtanium is not fast, but is definitely worth it. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/bbf55890ebe5c7bf20d368cb2585b70800626c30.gif OXYGEN REFILL STATION {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/cd9f52dba4d48396c10d62eea96b7d6db99790d4.png Certain planets will have oxygen, while others won’t. Based on the oxygen levels, your Nuggets will build residential areas - either with domes or the actual large city without them. If oxygen on the planet is required, your Nuggets will have to constantly return to the rocket or one of the residential buildings in order to refill their supply of oxygen. All this Nugget walking takes time and (obviously) slows down the progress of your colonization. Unless, of course, you will use the oxygen refill station. Oxygen refill stations will allow your Nuggets to resupply their oxygen without the need to travel long distances. NUGGET TOOLS {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/6199240a52a4db5401be9962eed6d9f4e5607d2c.gif Previously, Nuggets had to choose between the axe, hammer, or pickaxe. Now, they have been able to develop something far more exciting and energetic. A new Nugget tool will be introduced to the game that will provide a more futuristic approach to building things. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/c3c6843419af7642137343964bd013925ab2fc49.gif WEAPONS {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/fa4046525fb477fd1acaebf349f01e00870bef27.gif Nobody knows what will await you on other planets, this is why it would be best to equip your Nuggets with some proper gear and weapons that would be a better fit for space. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/701ee2dd998152972b59426debcdbd6f58bb7a96.gif Not only can your Nuggets receive new weapons, but so can your drones. These weapons will allow both Nuggets and drones to kill their targets faster and more effectively. Unless, of course, you try to pick a fight with someone bigger than you… PLANET GENERATION SYSTEM In the last blog, we covered many things regarding planets and their variations. This time, we would like to share a little bit more on the actual planet generation system. What is it? How will it work? And what can you expect? In The Universim, you will be able to colonize and travel throughout hundreds of different planets. Some of these planets will be handcrafted and some of them will be randomly generated. We have built our planet generation system to be as flexible as possible and have watched it provide good results so far! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/5cba14737e36553a6ca817451c1a324e1206f57c.gif Planet generation goes through multiple stages. In stage one, we define the size of the planet, cloud types, planet type, and temperature. The next step defines the entire look of the planet, starting with the color. Here is where a lot of the magic happens! With a wide variety of configs with different color combinations, the system will select a specific config/color combination in order to apply it to the planet. In those configs, we are defining all the colors of the planet including: its atmosphere color, color during night time, day time, colors of different biomes, rocks, trees, etc. Our next big list of configs is texture. In these configs, we define the overall look and feel for the planet and what each biome will look like. Will the land be rough or smooth? Will it have holes or not? Lastly, to finish up the look of our planet, we have over 50 different mountain configs! Each config will generate a mountain that has a different look and feel. You will be able to encounter mountains that look like spikes, flat mountains, small mountains, zig zag mountains, mountains in which you can build things, and many more. Each mountain will influence your playstyle and how much space will ultimately be available on your planet. After finishing with the actual planet generation, let's dive into all the details on the planets including vegetation, resources, animals, and biome distribution. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/2f4b958f5eba71455f6a3fb93e12878fa2fc4a5e.gif Starting with trees, each tree trunk has its own config that contains information about the tree (i.e. its model and what kind of leaves it can have). Leaves can either be unique to the tree or they can be in a general pool of leaves that can fit any tree. So, our system selects the proper config for the tree and leaves that would appear. Stones are created in a similar manner to trees where each stone, model, level of durability, and what it yields are all being set up in their individual configs. Additionally, we are setting up bushes, grass, animals, and sea life. Lastly, our biome distribution and resource distribution system is how we specify how much water the planet can hold, and how much desert, grass, forest, or mountains can be on the planet. All these parameters will define the playground for the player and influence their playstyle. Some planets might have a lot of water, but they can be lacking vegetation. Other planets might have less water, but boast plenty of mountains and rocks. Resource distribution works in conjunction with biome distribution; each resource knows on which biome it has to appear and how it should act on that biome. Each of these systems will have different configs that will define future planets. Selecting and combining each config from different areas will allow us to create a variety of unique looks and experiences. FLORA AND FAUNA {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/d981cfb1f8d54ebe17d77ebb79b51e217c7c21d7.png Each planet will have a handful of new vegetation and alien animals that will accompany it. Due to the nature of the planet and its specifics, you might not always see the planet and its beauty immediately. In fact, you may have to terraform the planet first in order to see everything. Think of it like an onion - you have to peel back the layers to get to the heart of it. Similarly, you will have to peel the layers of ice and lava in order to see the true colors of the planet and its nature. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/422102de6b8355491570fafd41d39bc9f04ecec3.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/73bd0a56639ccdf9e16d20ab2b9a13fcbccbb72f.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/50da1ddf74f16abde6e15f7081480409b8d9333e.png FAUNA We worked very hard on the system that will allow us to generate a good amount of alien animals in order for you to discover. Similar to the planet, our alien animals have randomization to them. Their strength, hp levels and their look will use our manually crafted configs in order to create a creature that will vary from the creature on the different planet. Don’t always assume that the creature with the similar look, will be weak or strong on another planet. Before charging on with your hunters, make sure to check the animal yourself and assess if you can take it on. Maybe your new guns will help ? {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/c173c4c40afbd1f5ef99f7fde4fc6735c30273fc.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/2fbffcd67feccf54b56da67b8ff246d57d0ec4a5.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/4c6d8cb469a54ce8f535d3cb838b407d49d18c3b.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/d18187c8fbf60a14360907d37b024f75b4bee39f.gif {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/bd6d47d04b1151eb93ef79ad4c3e82c490b3f928.png Planet Cracker {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/7c8e213b4eae080e76eabe1b3da2b02d9b4b4f0b.gif In a lot of our trailers, you’ve probably noticed a big machine that is the size of a small planet. Well, without spoiling too much, you will have to face this beast at some point. Will you defeat it or it will destroy your world? It will be up to you and your civilization. Planet Cracker is the world destroying machine responsible for the destruction of many different planets it’s encountered over time. Despite its huge size (and being able to step on anything), Planet Cracker also possesses hypnotic powers and laser beams. Come on, we couldn't go to space without them. Its laser beams will easily be able to cut through buildings while its hypnotic powers can afflict any living creature. Planet Cracker was initially created by an ancient alien race as a machine to mine resources but, throughout time, some modifications were added and it became the planet destroying machine. PLANET CRACKER PART EXTRACTOR {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/9ac66e7db3f7499e5b03a4b45c0498abf00810d1.png Scattered throughout the universe, you will have a chance to collect certain Planet Cracker parts and, who knows, maybe at the end you will be able to build your own planet destroyer… MYSTERY {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/0643738c4dea2fbb9d73431b2f5fdbf1d86ff8da.gif You might have guessed already, but Planet Cracker is not the only threat as someone is usually responsible for the creation and operation of such large and terrible machines. Throughout your journey in space, you will encounter alien ruins and alien ships that won’t exactly be friendly (especially after you shot some of their smaller aircrafts). You will have to learn to whom those alien ships belong and what mystery space has prepared for you. SPACE SOUNDTRACKS We just recently finished our space soundtracks and they sound awesome! We can’t wait to let you listen to them and hope you enjoy them as much as we do. Building Upgrades We finally got our hands on all the buildings and finished their upgrades up to the Space Age. Rehabilitation Center {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/5be637939fab49d32b805743ca6a088fef570d46.png Our rehabilitation center received a modern overhaul on its architecture. Now, it finally looks like it will be able to treat any Nugget inside of it. Prison {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/42e9becb41bb5634875b9aaf234a043e42d54292.png Throughout the Ages, most prisons looked the same: gray and square-shaped. Well, we did our own take on this building. The new prison will have increased efficiency but will require more resources to operate. Stone Mine {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/57ba8654fec0fa53b1044b30747aaf679a3cfc2c.png A new stone mine with some gravitational technology will surely improve the workflow on-site. Metal Mine {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/99d3489c26b6b89e408e5c4e15e92643f33c5f47.png Extracting metal from the ground was never easier. With the new upgrade, you won’t have any issues mining as much metal as you want. Unless, of course, the planet won’t have any more metal to offer you. Gas Mine {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/8218840e9bf030beba10a039fee575fcf901593c.png As space travel becomes a common thing for Nuggets, your civilization will require more and more resources in order to sustain itself across different planets. New gas mines will provide the most efficient way of gathering resources. Gas Plant {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/0616f493cf468c20234996385cc056ee04a1dc3b.png This upgrade is probably the most exciting for us personally. In moving away from wood and bricks, the gas plant has received a complete cosmetic overhaul and has some extra improvements. Potentially, it can be one of the most effective ways of producing electricity for your civilization, but not without damage to the planet. Lumber Mill {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/616987ebc6d6ae9c836ede960b928ccdc9e9b189.png The new upgrade for the lumber mill will not only add a nice modern look to the building, but it will also increase the speed of growing trees and collecting them. Power Battery {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/0115c11e550bba56bf09f1003248e7cb82b9f878.png More capacity, more charge! As usual, you can zap the battery with your lightning strike in order to give it extra juice. We hope you are enjoying the journey as much as we do. Next week, a new patch will be released and we are looking forward to your feedback. Thank you so much for all of your support and we are extremely grateful to have such an amazing community. - Crytivo Crew https://store.steampowered.com/app/352720/The_Universim/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/76a7bce41f398ef94f636bf83e99179094791fad.png Hello Creators, Today we have some very exciting news for you! The time has come for the Nuggets to move further into space. The first step is to set your Nuggets’ foot on the moon! Watch The Universim - Moon Gameplay Trailer Yes, we are happy to announce that this patch will finally bring plenty of new and exciting features to the game - but this is only the first step on your Nuggets’ path. In the future, you will have the opportunity to colonize and explore many other planets, each having its own negative and positive aspects. For now, let's concentrate on the things we can find in this patch. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/8771b02583b35b3a8db931ebd167a44431d58eda.png First of All, MOON! As mentioned before, the Moon is just the first ‘planet’ that your Nuggets will be able to colonize. It is relatively safe and has a low difficulty curve in its colonization. This type of planet, as you all might have guessed, is considered to be a Barren Planet. The planet does have plenty of rocks and some underground resources, but it lacks oxygen. This celestial body also lacks water as well as any life on the planet; these issues are something that you will have to tackle in order to fully colonize the planet. Think carefully about what you want to bring to the Moon in terms of resources and what buildings you would like to construct there first. The first step is crucial to the survival of your civilization. If your first colonization won’t be successful, you will have to utilize your interplanetary transportation system in order to deliver goods to the planet. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/00abd8e34af0bba617204c473b3af79cda4a7c17.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/ed03a3cce866a488275c2274096990261ed599e7.jpg Cosmodrome This is one of the first buildings that will set you on the path to colonization. The building was completely reworked from the ground up. You will be able to use the cosmodrome to build your colonization rockets. Only one rocket can be built per planet. Consider this rocket to be your epicenter; where your civilization will start anew on a planet. In this building, you can load your rocket with Nuggets and Robox (later on with drones) and resources. Loading the resources is done in two different ways: you can either load any amount of resources or you can select a tab that will display all kinds of buildings. From this tab, instead of calculating how many resources you need, you can simply select any buildings that you would like to be built on your newly colonized planet and Nuggets will deliver resources needed for those buildings. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/6fe9d0def7b03ef88dfc77e51cca6d57590a312a.jpg Rockets have a limited amount of space on them. In the future, you will need to think carefully about what you would like to take with you on a planet based on the learned information about the planet and its condition. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/53a2fb416b539cfec6142a203d36eb2eb36e615f.gif {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/997ab95f924fbf7ad5fa9f8932639f176a2bae84.gif Spaceport This is the center of your transportation of goods. Each spaceport that is built provides you with 4 trading cargo ships on which you will be able to load different resources and help your Nuggets stay sustained. This building will allow you to set up any trading routes you would like to implement. Select both the resources you wish to deliver and the number of times you would like those resources to be delivered. You can select 1-10 or infinity. Later on, you will be allowed to constantly stream the specified amount of resources on the recipient planet. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/4bd4a3eca9f91a7b8c44323bebc15f50d7c55a15.png Terraformer This is one of the main buildings that will allow you to start terraforming the planet. The building constantly consumes resources and, in exchange, will restore flora within the radius this building can operate. Slowly and by utilizing resources, this building will be able to make any planet green as life is established. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/033884d4e9b194e13cb02a4256019f522356b78f.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/9e638f7f3088911003b8ccd02276789b3d31305e.gif Oxygen Generator Since there is no oxygen on the Moon, this is one of the buildings that you will certainly need. Similar to the terraformer, this building will consume resources in order to provide oxygen to the planet, but there is one major thing to note about this building: if electricity is lost, then the generator will drop your oxygen to the previous level (the oxygen level present before the building was constructed). In other words, this building provides the planet with oxygen, as long as you have it working. In order to truly restore the oxygen on a planet, you will need to implement forests and lakes upon the planet. But, as a short term solution, oxygen generators will surely provide enough O2 for your Nuggets to prevent suffocation…unless you forget to pay your electricity bill. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/4d649d324a1f2d71314ecc83c83034c4edb8216c.gif Hydro Collider From the name of the building, you could probably guess the purpose of this structure. This building will create water on your planet. Place it similar to water pumps on a shoreline and let it run. Shortly thereafter, you will notice how the level of water increases, but be careful not to overwork it! The Hydro Collider does consume resources in order to craft water for your planet. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/9a5abe8f84a34c049542186dbafc3ecfa05068dd.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/d245120c46645f43c7e865725952570affbeccc3.gif Cloud Generator This is another solution to the water problem on a planet. Cloud generators will allow you to restore water on the planet by creating clouds! This building will produce clouds in exchange for resources, but the amount of resources is significantly less than the resources needed for the Hydro Collider. Even though this solution can be ideal for certain planets, there is one thing to note: cloud generators take time to create water. If you need to restore something quickly, consider using the Hydro Collider, otherwise a Cloud Generator will do a great job! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/24c46e66b4e2c32d1002913e1c741fbf8884fc27.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/50a575015820548c24b9a84e2c85f0e82578bb46.gif Robox In unlocking space travel, your Nuggets also took some time to think about the best way to move their constructions to other planets or even across the same planet. This is how Robox was born! This little box with legs consists of highly transformable material and can inherit the functionality and shape of any building - but it does come with costs. In order to create a Robox, you can either order it for your colonization rocket or you can convert one of your buildings into this creation. Pressing the convert button on a building panel will pack the building into this little weird metallic creature that can be loaded onto the rocket and sent to another planet. You obviously can also use it to move your buildings around… {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/a1ffab3407b513603d2dd8ce1419e163a71c2cb9.gif {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/ded3fed8dbf7e5e6573bb88c89c45f7d1bbc1436.gif Oxygen & Space Suits Your Nuggets can’t survive without oxygen. Upon landing, your Nuggets will have to constantly return to your colonization ship in order to restore the oxygen in their space suits. Once the oxygen on the planet is restored or you have enough to the point where your Nuggets won’t need their suits anymore, they will perform faster and better. At the end of the day, they don’t need to constantly replenish their oxygen from the rocket. A low amount of oxygen on the planet also has a negative effect on the planet's condition and disasters. Without the oxygen restored, you won’t have an atmosphere that can protect your planet from meteor strikes, therefore, frequent meteor showers are expected on a planet without oxygen. You will also be missing clouds that do provide essential water to the planet (your cloud generators do not care about oxygen due to chemicals being used to create those clouds). {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/dcad6dab62d0ea2ba63a5af2768d82eaef3f641a.gif Roads The Space Age also will introduce a new type of road your Nuggets will utilize. Upon the initial landing on the Moon, your Nuggets will utilize rope roads. They will be moving along the ropes, holding it with their little hands in order to stay on track. Later on, as your civilization progresses forward, rope roads will be changed to advanced Space Age roads. Even though, at this point, roads won’t be utilized as much due to flying cars, it still will provide a necessary movement boost to your Nuggets. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/f953709bfab3de398878ebfd2e4887934e42a5c2.gif Flying Cars Nuggets advanced quite far during this time. Since they learned how to fly, they also learned how to utilize all of their received knowledge in order to create flying cars! Those cars are highly effective and do not create any traffic, but they do come with upkeep costs. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/003a0d99a606e7a359eb03fe7c9fde1a77ba35bf.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/9d631858efa94a38b49316e5a08f1ae7cc71c8af.gif Domes Due to limited oxygen on the planets, your Nuggets will initially build houses with domes that will be a safe space for them to get oxygen. Slowly but surely, your Nuggets will build larger domes that contain more families inside of them, but this is not the best and long-term sustainable living your Nuggets will want. Once the oxygen is restored, your Nuggets will move towards rebuilding their houses and constructing new, highly advanced homes. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/ec03e34033298c47a3a24ad3904c27527aff99b4.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/1cc12bbeef0f7406a727402e2f58bad93fbf06ba.gif Space Age Houses Space Age houses will take the place of domes and be built instead of the domes once the oxygen levels are restored. They can contain many families inside them at night though…this is something spectacular. We are really proud of our Nuggets and how advanced they have become :) {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/4183be1ba48a48a9f0e186e478049bc9315f94c8.jpg Background Planet Simulation System A highly advanced simulation system was built for the Space Age. Since many planets will eventually be introduced, we wanted to allow players to explore those planets without worrying too much about other planets, as well as allowing interplanetary trading. The system that we built will do its best to simulate the current state of your planet based on how much time has passed. In order words, it will use all the reproduction rates that your planet has and create new Nuggets, age existing Nuggets, calculate produced resources, consumed resources by your civilization, etc. Creating a self-sustainable planet and leaving that planet will allow our simulation system to keep up with everything and continue simulating life on that planet. Who knows what you will find once you come back… Unfortunately, if you left your planet in distress, our simulation system will continue to simulate what would happen to it based on the time passed. Bloom Effect One of the exciting improvements we’ve made was changing our visuals, especially during night time. At night, you’ll see something called the bloom effect. This effect will make your city play with colorful colors during night time when all the lights are on, creating a magnificent effect across your planet. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/42c66bf2f585bda370e803c01b1fc2b81507d979.gif Space Age and Modern Music It is time to introduce some new tracks to the game! We worked with our composers in order to produce 10 new awesome tracks for this era, keeping you pumped and excited to play the game in the Modern Age and Space Era. Space Age Construction Sites Through the ages, Nuggets have advanced their technology and techniques. Thousands of construction sites were created and used to build gorgeous constructs, and the Space Age is no exception. We worked on new visual effects for the construction sites for the Space Age buildings. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/baef18714c4558c471ff4caf4a9f110eda9de70e.gif Modern Age and Space Era Building Upgrades Besides introducing tons of new content, we did not forget about the building upgrades to make your cities in space look stunning. As usual, each building upgrade will provide certain benefits, so make sure to build them all! Space Age Cemetery Welp, it's time to send your Nuggets to space. Literally. Instead of burning your Nuggets, Space Age cemetery workers will put your Nuggets in capsules and send them deeper into space. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/566b191f20d86b5ddbc34c5c3e479f4ecc233cc1.png Space Age Expedition Camp {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/3b8c73d2a727fdb8f1c5429ac20c89a704d82072.png Space Age Garage Upgrade your garage to receive flying cars! Create your own futuristic cities and resolve all the issues of traffic. Your Nuggets will convert to flying cars in order to reach their destinations. The roads beneath them will still produce a boost to their movement speed, but make sure to have enough fuel for your cars to remain up in the air. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/e76e02092cb7adc5eeedc26bde38c9768905f8a9.png Space Age Bridge Modern bridges got their upgrade to Space Age bridges. Even though the functionality of the bridges did not change, they definitely received an awesome new look! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/4facf93cf62836da1d9fdec672c77f9f3eaebd13.jpg Space Age Water Pump Issue with the water? Don’t worry, the Space Age water pumps will pump the water in no time. The increased amount of water that is being pumped will definitely resolve problems when expanding your city. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/4109f8756af4118d12babff040c7403161099d40.png Space Age Reservoir Increase the drinkable water generation speed and capacity by upgrading your reservoirs to the Space Age! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/ebb192f3d93aa03ad99ab3cbcda78441934659bf.png Modern Age Battery Batteries didn’t progress too much throughout this time, but they did indeed see an upgrade. Upgrade your medieval batteries into new and shiny modern batteries and increase their capacity along with it. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/1158dbac1b2d057f32b8f88987bbecea97a3270d.jpg Space Age Eatery Advanced technology allowed us to place plenty of machinery in the kitchen, which in return yielded faster cooking speeds. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/634ed96ffe72b8aa5540f2db785d3ba1338ee4c8.png Modern Age Warehouse Wooden shacks were no longer suitable for Nuggets and their needs. Due to an increased output in resources, a bigger storage space was needed. Modern Age warehouses surely can help with the double output and provide enough storage space for any resources. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/010478953f27532c8917df70d8c8230dcb456363.jpg Space Age Farm Farming is easy now! Experience completely automated factories with maximum production by upgrading your farms. This will drastically increase the output of food for your civilization. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/f8545adbdb3d106f0f4617d1405c0c53d87f6f10.png Space Age Hospital Even though the amount of beds did not increase, the efficiency with which Nuggets learned how to manipulate robotic arms allowed Nuggets to increase the speed of treating their patients. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/8e4d97e49f730d4488c89ff953b93a871c4aa701.png Improvements and Balance Changes

• Minor performance enhancements
• Increased speed to fly to evolution tower when H button is pressed
• Increased camera speed over the planet
• Reduced the amount of green when the atmosphere is polluted
• Minor changes and tweaks to atmospheric effects
• Research tree changes due to new perks and buildings being added to the game
• Now it will take half the time from what it was initially to upgrade Modern Age residential buildings to their final form

Bug Fixes

• Fixed: Minister of Power was placing multiple Evolution Tower buildings
• Fixed: Fish quantity was not displayed correctly
• Fixed: An issue where Nugget from the Lost Child quest would fall under the ground
• Fixed: Issue where small lakes would constantly turn toxic and be polluted
• Fixed: Bug that caused news alerts to be very small
• Fixed: Issue with Nuggets not being able to upgrade their weapons when Barracks are upgraded
• Fixed: UI bug that was appearing when any mining building was placed
• Fixed: Issue with bloom effect on factories
• Fixed: Exiles could trigger a trade before their cities were completed
• Fixed: Cupidon light could have been struck on a screen if a Nugget became an exile
• Fixed: Issue when the research button would get locked out with an X symbol
• Fixed: Bug that caused firestorms/blizzards from never triggering
• Fixed: Defense tower Nuggets not facing their target
• Fixed: Bug that caused clouds to fill very small lakes more slowly than intended
• Fixed: Bug that caused the scroll to be too slow and sometimes not work on the save/load menu
• Fixed: Bug where exiles with no finished buildings can trigger events
• Fixed: Bug where picking up a Nugget while eating/drinking/resting would cause the stat to never fall
• Fixed: Bug where Nuggets in residentials, when collapsed, would be invisible
• Fixed: Some visual bugs with the Pyramid construction
• Fixed: Issue with road previews not rendering properly
• Fixed: Issue with buildings in the filter view not lighting up when their category is selected

This is so far one of our biggest patches that we released and it is our first step towards full space expansion! There are still more things coming in the future and we can’t wait to present them to you. We hope you will enjoy this patch and we would love to hear your thoughts and feedback, since this will help us to shape the game further. If you enjoy what we are doing, consider leaving us a Review on Steam and join our Discord channel to provide your feedback. Thank you for your constant support and love. https://store.steampowered.com/app/352720/The_Universim/ All the best, The Crytivo Crew

Hello Creators and Future Astronauts, We know it’s been a while since we last had a full-fledged blog post for The Universim, but today’s going to be a special one - one you’ve eagerly been waiting for! In this blog, we will share more info about the Space Era in The Universim and what awaits us. Before we jump into the details, we would like to ask you to be so kind and leave us an honest review on Steam if you’re enjoying our work. Your reviews always put a smile on our faces and we love seeing our fans’ thoughts. Leave a review here. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/8771b02583b35b3a8db931ebd167a44431d58eda.png PLANETS The Universim will be filled with hundreds of different planets, all of which can be colonized. Each planet will have a specific ‘type’ and, prior to colonization, may look similar to each other. The Universim will have the following planet types: Terrestrial planet. These planets are filled with life and flora. They are ready to be immediately colonized and won’t require much work on your side. Well, except for establishing a new colony. They’re similar in condition to the Mother Planet you’re used to playing on. These planets are rare and are rich in resources; finding one is definitely going to be an event! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/c5306ca66a79972f147b3ca4ee3a9c8f8bd898dd.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/3a44daa9672b683ff6550dbc0bd5139f7ff173b0.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/1a2aca0c7f3eae2153fa512c9046c523c9a1ba99.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/acf3409648f2e3748b5299848649b677918b9460.jpg Barren Planet. This will be the most common type of planet in The Universim. These planets are dead on the surface, but may contain a good amount of resources, including a very rare resource - Unobtanium. Unobtanium will be used in the manufacturing of Drones and other valuable items. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/ed03a3cce866a488275c2274096990261ed599e7.jpg Lava Planet. Some planets will have extreme surface temperatures that will require special technology to colonize. These spicy planets, and Drones in particular, will play a significant role in such colonization. Lava planets are very challenging, but they might yield an obsessive amount of valuable resources. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/8cc2b396058f1ccb6e0124f527d5ef7f5402fbaa.jpg Ice Planet. Similar to lava planets, ice planets are hard to manage with their frosty surface. You’ll need to use plenty of resources to melt surface ice and stabilize temperatures to an acceptable level for your nuggets to survive. Though it may be difficult, going through these challenges will likely prove worthwhile. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/4825f3ac8a4a9aea2862e2ccd1bde7bad76a7db8.jpg Toxic Planet. Similar to the Lava and Ice Planets, Toxic Planet environments will be very hostile for nuggets and bring with them plenty of challenges. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/1543343b119f293e574ca4647282e49616094263.jpg We designed this system that will give us the ability to create planets with unique characteristics. Visually speaking, planets will have the aforementioned distinguished environments that will be revealed as you terraform them, making them sustainable for life. As you terraform planets, you will slowly see those changes around you. Clouds and fog will start appearing as your atmosphere recovers, toxic smog and clouds will be cleaned out, and your planet will start looking less grim. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/ed2656adf288277247143e4ae5dc43c808ff2ba6.jpg Certain planets will be filled with resources of different types, but others will have a scarce amount of resources. Our complex system responds to visual changes and will adjust environmental lighting to match a planet's characteristics. Things are very connected on this side of the game, and we’ll talk more about this detailed system later on. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/6a0309c5f3f631c83a91bc8219160b6d4978622c.jpg Atmosphere and Oxygen Two important planet characteristics are Atmosphere and Oxygen. Atmosphere Atmosphere drastically improves the lives of your Nuggets. The main contributor for the atmosphere is, obviously, Oxygen. Additionally, at a certain level of oxygen, your trees and lakes will contribute to both atmosphere and oxygen levels. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/8471747d0423c5145533f4a26fcd5c2d014d7408.jpg Without Atmosphere, your planet will often be bombarded by passing meteorites. Not having an atmosphere will also influence the birth rate of the Nuggets, animal population, clouds, natural disasters, and transportation. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/116f7b15dfa4402b9a9fa912cba407d3b960a280.jpg Since Oxygen is directly connected to the Atmosphere, it will be one of the largest contributors to the overall state of the planet. You have also probably noticed some updates to our Environment panel. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/a2e09716ac840222407a0868e5b7c37d27917fb4.jpg A planet will have scarce oxygen levels or none at all. Without any oxygen on the planet, your Nuggets will be forced to wear spacesuits in order to breathe. During this time, Nuggets will have very limited mobility as they will need to constantly refill their oxygen tanks to stay alive. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/5b17a7defb52ead661754cffb31e007614c0427f.jpg As you progress with restoring the plant’s oxygen, you will see the atmosphere shift in appearance. The planet will slowly start changing its colors. As oxygen levels improve, you will start seeing life on the planet. Natural disasters will return, but Meteor Strikes won’t be as frequent. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/b44107ed1a366343b56be78e309104f728677b84.jpg Similar to how any planet can be terraformed and cleaned to sustain life, every planet can also be ruined by any reckless progress by the Nuggets. Since the atmosphere is directly linked to water and trees, if you’re being reckless with those resources and fail to replenish them, your planet will start to lose oxygen and its atmosphere. This loss can lead to a lack of breathable oxygen and the death of your population. Low atmosphere will also inflict temperature changes and see an increase in pollution. Remember, everything is connected in our game and there are a lot of calculations happening behind the scenes. Pollution and Temperature Temperature and Pollution are the secondary factors that will influence your planet look and define the hostility of the planets. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/fd2023e94d2f4a231549d44c088700605104da76.jpg Certain planets will have a toxic environment and will therefore be considered polluted (your Mother Planet can be drastically affected by pollution as well). As your civilization progresses forward, more and more factories and machinery will be created, which will slowly lead to the decrease of the planet's quality and potential death. As you produce pollution, and without proper management, it will start affecting everything around you. Your nuggets will get sick, toxic clouds will appear on the planet, and your lakes will become polluted. Haze will also cover your planet and affect the temperature. To fight rising pollution levels, you’ll need to build parks, research filters for your factories, and positively contribute to nature by planting trees and restoring lakes. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/54bf4280fff0d97af7897861b395f1b3b09186ff.jpg Temperature will influence the appearance of Blizzards and Firestorms. Trees will be especially affected by fluctuations in temperature, resulting in a decrease of oxygen when they’re burned down. In order to restore the temperature, you will have to utilize Temperature Generators as well as a Terraformer building. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/1d81a26f7bf9155194b55eecc9d099d62bcfbdca.jpg When your planet is unbalanced, the temperature will fluctuate every year. Year by year, the planet will become colder or hotter until it ultimately becomes a lava or ice planet. Change will be gradual and you’ll have plenty of time to react by recovering the natural balance of the planet. You also can use Thermo Generators to keep temperature balanced. Like other thermoforming buildings, Thermo Generators are going to be pretty expensive to maintain, but they will give you the quickest results. As you’ve probably noticed, a lot of those systems are interconnected so make sure to keep your planets healthy! How to Colonize the Planet? Alright Nugg Armstrongs, as many of you know, the colonization process of other planets consists of multiple steps. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/ba480156276ca76e8b6c3b500f8a43413f531b22.gif Step 1. Locate the planet. Nuggets are curious creatures eager to explore. The Observatory will be a starting point for the Space Age and will ultimately unlock the Space Map to locate new planets. It will also help you receive certain signals and distress calls from space. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/a3bd1a0993ab9e9ffee50d7e2f8df5f218aff8fc.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/c4d5b125193ab19b56046db2279fd636002056de.gif Step 2. Prepare for launch. In order to learn how to fly, you need to help your Nuggets to survive the Mother Planet and help them progress through the Modern Age. From this point, you should be able to build your first colonization rocket in the Cosmodrome. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/6fe9d0def7b03ef88dfc77e51cca6d57590a312a.jpg The Cosmodrome is the true starting point for your adventure. In this building, you will be able to pack your Colonization rocket with useful space goodies that you will bring to other planets. Be sure to plan carefully! Each colonization rocket only has a certain amount of space. You will have a variety of things to bring on board (i.e. crew members, resources, and DRONES). At this point, you probably know enough about Nuggets and, if not, go back to God School by restarting the game. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/53a2fb416b539cfec6142a203d36eb2eb36e615f.gif {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/4bd4a3eca9f91a7b8c44323bebc15f50d7c55a15.png Besides that, each rocket will have reservoirs, oxygen tanks, and batteries. This should allow you to survive for some time on another planet, but don’t procrastinate for too long. Otherwise, you will most likely need to send another crew... {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/35cad7b977bb5fe324cc0fc2a4c38220f43b0790.jpg DRONES Drones are designed to withstand the extreme conditions of alien planets. They’re fast and effective, but building them will require spending a valuable resource - Unobtanium. Similar to Nuggets, Drones will possess certain characteristics. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/d4270077ae36f6bfa92af9b2da84dcf46e87925f.png Health - A drone’s health can be depleted in multiple ways, but they all require physical force. Certain external forces such as sarlaccs, alien attacks, exile village attacks, or your own creator powers will be able to destroy the drones. Once damaged, their health cannot be restored without specific perks that can be unlocked in the research tree. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/e9102ff69ee5f5e8e6a77022b837c623b0a13a16.gif Charge - Similar to a Nugget’s stamina, charge is what makes the Drone go. Drones will have to return to their building in order to recharge. As you progress forward, you will get an opportunity to learn a perk that will allow your other drones to recharge each other which will improve your drones further. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/9f5ae6b4898bae49d0681344149630e88e9d3333.gif Furthermore, drones are not only a great tool to use on hostile planets, but they can also be used on your Mother Planet. Certain buildings will allow the use of drones as workers. Each drone will be as efficient as 3 Nuggets, so make sure to use them to improve your infrastructure. Drones are quick and can carry a large amount of resources; advantages that should help you in your space exploration and colonization. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/65363f10d0012d065d33cda1fb81985901dd5425.gif Step 3. Colonization. The colonization of the planet does not simply end by landing on the planet. Based on the planet’s conditions, you will need to build specific structures that will help improve quality of life. Some of those structures include:

• Terraformer
• Oxygen Generator
• Hydro Collider
• Cloud Generator
• Space Harvester

Terraformer - The terraformer is one of the main building blocks of planet terraforming. This structure will consume resources and slowly start to terraform the planet, which will slowly restore life on the planet within a specific radius. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/033884d4e9b194e13cb02a4256019f522356b78f.png Oxygen Generator - Based on the planet's condition, you might be required to place the oxygen generator. From the name of it, you might’ve already guessed its purpose. This building is needed to restore oxygen levels on the planet. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/1ea5112a0f4ab43b3963284d5684e68383ba2466.png Hydro Collider - Certain planets might be overwhelmed with lava or be entirely empty. The Hydro Collider is a quick solution for the problem. Utilize this building if you need to fill the lakes or even drain them. As the planet’s quality is restored, your lakes will be full, but it definitely won’t be cheap. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/9a5abe8f84a34c049542186dbafc3ecfa05068dd.png Cloud Generator - By collecting water and processing it through this building, your Nuggets will be able to create clouds! And not just any clouds, but rainy clouds. These rainy clouds will accumulate near an empty lake and begin to fill it. One by one, they will restore the water level on your planet and, even though this restoration technique is cheap, it requires more time to accomplish its task compared to the Hydro Collider. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/24c46e66b4e2c32d1002913e1c741fbf8884fc27.png Space Harvester - Certain Planets will possess completely new and unique resources that won’t be found on your Mother Planet. In order to harvest those resources, you will need to utilize Harvesters. These machine mining vehicles will be able to obtain alien resources and transport them back to the processing center where they will be transformed into resources that your Nuggets can use. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/645642f95f844b4f02103fbc5a6b1c1923ecda9c.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/9c5adf3e8f7ea55b237fb37c1dfef32aca68a51e.jpg Since we have a lot to cover for the Space Age, this blog post is merely part 1 of 2. We still have plenty to show you and tell. Our goal is to give you dynamic gameplay where you can choose your own route to colonization. Our team is extremely excited to be working on the Space Age and we’re going full speed! Join our Discord or drop a comment to offer your thoughts on this jam-packed blog. Thank you for your unstoppable support! -Crytivo Crew

Hello Creators, We are happy to introduce you to resized planets! This exciting addition was requested by the community for quite some time and, though we would have loved to have rolled it out earlier, we were waiting for the right time to pull the trigger. Creating resized planets was a monumental task that required plenty of game optimization and a reworking of the systems in place. As many of you know, we are working full speed ahead on the Space Age (in addition to new planets). If you checked out our Halloween Patch, you not only were able to experience some holiday atmosphere, but you were one of the first players to test a couple planet customization systems for the upcoming Space Age and its alien planets! Today, we are happy to present another part of our Space Age puzzle: resized planets. Please note that the size of the planet will require more resources from your at-home equipment. We tried to optimize the game and planet generation process to work as fast and efficiently as possible but, due to increased planet size, object amounts, etc., bigger planets will require more resources from your PCs. The biggest input on the performance will be your computer memory. As of now (and based on our internal tests), in order to comfortably play on the biggest planet, you will need at least 16bg RAM. This patch will allow us to experiment with sizing in the hopes of achieving comfortable gameplay experiences for you, our Creators. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/42b40f49978752e5d9a5a5fde461c7810d83a5ce.png Low Memory Warning {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/6d527b4248a8dffb41ea6ae2ff1c09195f56ebd6.png If you try to load the largest planet on a machine that does not have enough memory, we will warn you in order to ensure your understanding that the planet's performance may struggle. You still will be able to proceed forward and load the planet. Pollution System {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/6a5db8db753c387e831d76a75cad3a8edc9a509a.png In further preparation for the Space Age, we are adjusting our pollution system to provide different conditions on foreign planets, ultimately influencing your approach to a planet’s colonization - in fact, even affecting your decision on whether or not you WANT to colonize it. New pollution system UI was added to the game. We are still iterating different effects, but from that UI you will notice 3 main factors: toxicity, atmosphere, and temperature. All 3 factors will influence your planet in several different ways. As of now, the following changes are already in effect:

• Pollution is accumulative. In other words, your factories will constantly contribute to pollution and will subsequently increase each year if no other buildings that combat pollution are built.
• Increased pollution will influence your lakes. Nearby lakes to your civilization will become toxic which can lead to different negative effects.
• Based on the atmosphere and pollution factors, the temperature will take a hit as well. Each year, the temperature will either slowly increase or decrease, causing the vegetation to die out under the effect.
• Main contributions to the atmosphere will be trees and lakes. Decreasing either will have an effect on your environment and planet.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/5568d2cf4180a3478e75d50e676cc1d225cf9d07.gif Improvements and Balance Changes

• Water usage was 100% removed from residential houses for the Stone and Medieval Eras. Modern Age residentials will still require water.
• Water usage was removed from the fishing huts across all eras.
• Reservoir capacity was decreased by 20-25% across all eras to adjust for changes to fishing huts and residential areas.
• Rain will cover a larger area underneath the clouds.
• The minister of water has had massive balance changes. It should respond better to your current civilization's demands.
• Eateries now cook and provide water 25% faster.
• Stone Age warehouse capacity adjusted from 100 to 150.
• Medieval Age warehouse capacity adjusted from 500 to 750.
• Rebalanced pollution on all buildings.
• Sick Nugget messages will disappear from the screen as soon as this Nugget is admitted to the hospital or healed using a creator power.
• Destroyed storage buildings now create resource piles of the items that they stored. 75% of all stored resources will be saved.
• Raised resource pile decay from 20 to 30 min.

Bug Fixes Fixed: Fade in / Fade out under certain conditions didn’t work properly during transition to and from the main menu Fixed: Save folder link was breaking if Windows username had a space in it Fixed: Nuggets were getting stuck in the bunker Fixed: Nuggets getting stuck in defense towers and garrisons during an attack Fixed: Coffin dodgers were getting stuck in the hospital Fixed: Saving and loading the game while Nugget reserved the drinking spot in the building (reservoir) would cause that Nugget to get stuck forever Fixed: Missing text with instructions on how to build the exit for the hyperlube Fixed: Thunder sound was not affected by the audio settings in the game Fixed: Atmosphere/fog flickering was happening in the intro to the game Fixed: Subtitles were being displayed in the main menu screen Fixed: Hunters were able to hunt invalid animals Fixed: Text on the animal UI was too small Fixed: Localization error when volcano eruption was killing a Nugget Fixed: Tooltips with the death cause and information about the dead Nugget were not working correctly in the cemetery Fixed: Saving and loading the game during the appearance of the easter egg with the portal was causing an error Fixed: Game crashed when the Nugget was thrown into the temple with a chance to spawn confetti Fixed: Previously, custom resolution fields allowed 6 digit numbers to be entered that were crashing the game Fixed: Error was causing by using telekinesis and dropping a Nugget over the water portion of the water building Fixed: Lost child quest had an issue where dropping the Nugget next to the epicenter would cause the Nugget to fall through the world Fixed: Text on the billboards in the Modern Age was not correctly displayed We hope that you enjoyed the Halloween Patch and that you are ready to play on resized planets! As always, we value your feedback and take every constructive suggestion into consideration to better The Universim. Thank you for your support and the love we see across our social media, Steam, and our Discord channels. We are looking forward to hearing your thoughts on this latest patch. If you enjoy what we do, join our Discord and leave us a review on Steam! Thank you everyone! All the best, The Crytivo Crew https://store.steampowered.com/app/352720/The_Universim/

Hello Creators, Today, we are celebrating Halloween! For this special occasion, we’ve developed a seasonal patch for The Universim. This spine chilling update will introduce a variety of nightmarish aesthetics and spooky secrets, including a brand new Halloween planet. The Universim is also on SALE for a limited time this holiday season, so get it while it’s hot! Be warned, this Halloween planet is an extremely dangerous place for your nuggets. With this newfound danger, you can expect to put in some extra work in protecting your civilization. We don’t want to give too much away, but we’ve implemented some truly spooktacular things to the game. Below are just a few highlights from this pumpkin-like patch. Minor SPOILERS beware. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/b2fc9ae6b1520f0c8f3039ff8129e6ead06380cf.gif New Planet We all know how eager our community is to colonize a new planet. To sate that hunger, we’ve decided to give you something fresh to play with. New looks, new challenges, and frightening monsters await you. We hope you enjoy this planet and the secrets it carries... {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/2974756eac34d6ff2e24e0ad3a045b521ccc0cc5.png Kraken Games One of the challenges you’ll face on the Halloween planet is the Kraken! This ultimate squid wants to play games with your nuggets, but he’s not your regular cephalopod. This monster holds mystical powers which pose a constant threat to your civilization. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/36caa4ae81de1088de1e76fb511794e1ecf48805.gif Zombies Zombies were in The Universim previously, but with this update, we decided to refresh their look and improve their abilities. A single zombie may be a low threat, but a group of zombies will be quite the challenge. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/ff5871e1119d1a4c563ccc2f83ec7038dc8c1385.png Uncover More As we mentioned above, we would like to avoid major spoilers so you can discover things for yourself. We are extremely excited about this patch and we can’t wait for you to experience it. Enjoy the holiday season and stay spooky! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/b96bc4b40493d7446630ff64f35392d74de2698d.gif Thank you to everyone for your support and the great feedback we receive on Discord, Twitter, and Steam. It helps us to define the mechanics and game systems that our community desires as we fine tune our content. As always, if you enjoy the game, please feel free to leave us a review on Steam. If you would like to see any other changes to The Universim, drop us your feedback on Discord. Happy haunts to everyone! Love, The Crytivo Crew https://store.steampowered.com/app/352720/The_Universim/

Hello Creators, Starting today, we will be releasing additional patch notes about our Space Age progress! While we are still hard at work on the overall game, we have moved the majority of our team’s focus to beyond the stars. Shortly following this patch, we will regularly be posting behind-the-scenes progress on the highly anticipated Space Age! For this particular patch, we worked heavily on exile expansion. We also added a new structure called ‘hyperlube’ that will be extremely valuable on other planets. Let us know how you like it :) As always, if you have any feedback or suggestions, please join our Discord and let us know! We do our best to read each of your messages, so don’t be shy in letting us know your thoughts. Now, let’s explore the content of this patch. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/d5abc34b9ed8a6795b91c9081dd3d49615772157.gif Hyperlube Heading to space means that nuggets will require a new means of transportation. Drumroll...meet hyperlube! The hyperlube is a fast and reliable way for your nuggets to move from point A to point B. The hyperlube will allow your nuggets to travel through mountains and lakes with ease, however, it does require quite a bit of energy to operate. Nuggets will largely prioritize the hyperlube when they need to reach the point where the end of the hyperlube is located. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/0e7fee84054cd5c43b56b3e133ba216f183b05a6.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/81f9c59420a4949f2f4f4de6e472a4702ffa191d.gif Barracks We have been receiving consistent feedback from our community regarding the addition of conflict elements to The Universim. Previously, exiles were the ones responsible for causing trouble. Now, with this patch, we are introducing barracks to address these troublemakers. Train your military and stop aggressors from the outside. Your trained military will defend your nuggets from any kind of trouble and can also be utilized to eliminate threats from exile villages. What kind of neighbour would you be? {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/80989a6fbe55384f15b484eec79284dbd2d7b068.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/7476cb2fb2bc13c61c7cccd4a13d450d49318a24.gif Exile Temples {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/0128988233f4353ea4ec2dad9c907cb54a6ec017.gif Nuggets can leave the city based on many different factors. Your nuggets might be unhappy or lose trust in you, their creator. Despite everything, each and every nugget needs something (or someone) to believe in. With this in mind, every exile will be protected by their own creator. There are 5 creators who possess different powers: Thunder Emperor “Baal” has the ability to manipulate lightning and will obliterate their enemies with thunderstorms about their heads. Wind Emperor “Enlil” possesses the power to manipulate wind and create destructive tornadoes. Fire Emperor “Amaterasu” has honed their powers to rain fire down on unsuspecting nuggets. Death Emperor “Mot” oversees death itself. In raising the dead, he manipulates the souls of nuggets in order to wreak havoc upon the planet. Nature Emperor “Abu” oversees living creatures. Abu uses the power of nature in order to awaken an ancient creature that lives underground. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/db740ef3a32cfd5ee77139366cb5a8643b8c7c25.png Though these creators are not as powerful as you, they certainly can cause trouble while simultaneously protecting their loyal nuggets. Their powers can be used against you and your civilization in addition to other exile villages. If you are in a good relationship with an exiled group, the creator of that exile will be benevolent towards you and your civilization. If, however, you have caused some issues, you will become a foe rather than a friend. Each exile also has their own clothing and colors associated with their creator. Therefore, you will always know who is attacking you and who you should be aware of. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/0a8ba20ba863fa576acc4df7b12e94dcc7816f8a.png Exile Dome Once an exile is established, it will be encompassed by the temple-created protective dome. Destroying the temple will remove the protective dome. The dome can also be destroyed by using your Creator Powers - though this may not be as easy as it sounds. It will require a vast amount of Creator Powers to bring down the dome and destroy an exile’s protection. Sometimes, it is easier to send your troops to deal with the exile. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/bf10b828cdea759769035577e2913577be1c8bd6.gif Exile Attack Utilize different military forces to attack an exile village if it poses a threat to you or your allies. Currently, there are two different in-game unit types: soldiers and bombers. Based on the Age, soldiers will use crossbows or military grade weapons. The bombers will carry the explosive to nearby exile structures and blow them up. You can start an attack via the barracks menu at any time. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/03eebaaf663c138e477b51d0163fc2e4198c819e.gif Holy Ground Bless the ground and indicate to your nuggets where they should build their next home. Using the Holy Ground Creator Power, you can indicate the area in which nuggets should build their residential houses. Once the area is fully built, nuggets will return to placing the buildings where they left off prior to the use of Holy Ground Creator Power. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/9885158/b97c29668f0e7cb6415285efe4cc152512441bff.gif Improvements and Balance Changes Powder Quest The format of the powder quest was quite unique in the sense that the quest was not fully finished when certain conditions were met and, in some cases, the quest was still active for multiple hours. This caused a lot of confusion. This quest was slightly reworked and adjusted to the same standard of other quests. In other words, when the task is completed, the quest is considered to be successfully finished. Icons to Indicate That the Mine Is Depleted Previously, the conditions for the icon that indicates that the mine has a low amount of resources appeared too early and, therefore, caused a lot of confusion among players. All values were readjusted. A warning indicator will appear when the amount of resources underneath the mine is 100 or less. A critical warning will appear when the amount of resources underneath the mine is 50 or less. Previously, the amount was set to be at 500 and 350. Other Improvements:

• Performance improvements
• Planet loading time improvements (especially for other planet sizes)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed: Hunters attacked Cattle Farm animals.
• Fixed: Power hour event was turning off buildings that didn’t require electricity, thus never turning them back on after the event.
• Fixed: Picking up animals with a vortex Creator Power from a cattle farm caused an error to happen.
• Fixed: Nuggets working in the buildings will collect herbs themselves if the building is out of herbs and there are no available nuggets who can bring herbs.
• Fixed: While on expedition, nuggets were taking damage from different area-based damage Creator Powers (lighting strike, meteor strike, etc.)
• Fixed: Nuggets were getting infected from different sources while being on expedition.
• Fixed: Stone Age expedition debris would turn into Modern Age debris if the Modern Age expedition camp research was upgraded before the rebuild option was selected.
• Fixed: Missing localization from the starting advice section.
• Fixed: Nuggets will now cancel their dating and mating AI’s if the partner is on an expedition.
• Fixed: Wounded nuggets were not transferred correctly when the expedition camp was destroyed/upgraded during the expedition.
• Fixed: Using vortex to pick up the space box caused errors.
• Fixed: In the quests menu (menu where all the quests are being showcased), the animation was sometimes getting stuck and, therefore, it displayed the incorrect state of the quest.
• Fixed: Decorative trees were missing from the residential area.
• Fixed: Previously, you could throw exiles and dead bodies into rehab/prison/police stations.
• Fixed: Missing disaster icons.
• Fixed: Firefighters getting stuck in non-firefighter's hut buildings.
• Fixed: Farm windmills pointing in random directions.
• Fixed: Multiple hospital doctors would target the same patient, slowing down healing and causing double herb consumption.
• Fixed: An issue with nuggets having crazy rotations if pausing on one side of the planet and moving over to the other side while still paused.
• Fixed: Meteors were clipping through the ground in some situations.
• Fixed: Resource statistics panel had an issue where, in some cases, it didn’t correctly indicate the amount of trees and stones that were collected.
• Fixed: Tornado dirt on screen issue.
• Fixed: Instances of the Black Market not being built.
• Fixed: Quest-giver nuggets could have become exiled.
• Fixed: Healing exile nugget construction sites would create an error.

Thank you to everyone for the constant support and feedback on Discord, Twitter, and Steam. We appreciate all of your input and we take each idea and suggestion seriously. If you enjoy the game and you have yet to leave your review on Steam, please be sure to do so. A simple review helps us, as developers, to see if you enjoy what we’re doing. If you would like to see any other changes to the game, drop us your feedback on our Discord. https://store.steampowered.com/app/352720/The_Universim/ Thank you everyone! All the best, The Crytivo Crew