
-Fixed research dialog not opening when selecting a research
-Input handling reworked -Added keybind for closing menus (Esc) -Added keybind for deselecting nodes (Esc) -Added keybind for confirming node placement (Enter) -Added keybind for opening the nodes menu (Space) -Added keybind for opening the upgrades menu (Tab) -Added keybind for saving schematic (Ctrl + S) -Added keybind for switching tabs in the nodes menu (Tab) -Fixed Fusion Reactor power output quickly alternating between on/off
-Fixed GPU Quantizer accepting Clock Speed as input -Removed deprecated Factory Space shop upgrade, which was causing some players to have 10 extra spaces
-Steam production now works in L/s and no longer stack
-Steam now uses the circle connector shape
-Added the option to resend account email verification
-The Quantum Processor now displays how many Quantum Solvers are being used and how many you have
-Fixed Quantum Solver distribution
-Fixed save tab in the settings menu going out of bounds on high UI scale
-Improved node picker menu visuals
-Added the option to switch to a listed view of the node picker menu
-Added Lossless Compressor MAX
-Fixed Optimize Code MAX being able to be purchased before unlocking optimizations
-Fixed Out of Memory requiring 400 active nodes instead of 500
-Fixed a crash when placing large schematics
-Fixed Prompt: Extract Research not gaining benefits from research multipliers and not counting towards the total research stat
-Fixed Neuron Reinforcer using the wrong progress bar color
-Fixed Server income calculation
This update feature new endgame content that expands the existing machinery content, adds the Quantum Processor, and improves already existing systems such as the Server and AGI. It also brings many QoL features, such as the new node picker menu!
Unsubscribe from all the mods before updating, as it will cause crashes. A 2.1 branch has been created.
-Added 21 new nodes related to Power
-Added 15 new nodes related to AGI
-Added Quantum Processor and the machinery required to produce it
-Reworked AGI. It now requires Intelligence made up of all neuron types to level up and power multiple AI tasks
-Reworked Server. It now requires all file formats in their zipped format
-Added Comment Code
-Added Translate Code
-Disassembler now duplicates files based on their amount of enhanced modifiers
-Disassembler now adds the mirrored modifier to files, and no longer duplicates files that were already duplicated
-Identifier now identifies all range of compression and enhancement levels
-Files can now be compressed and enhanced up to 3 times by default
-Replaced Encompressor with the new Lossless Compressor, which can compress files without removing enhancement modifiers
-Increased Flipper cycle multiplier to 4x (was 3x)
-Increased Enhancer cycle multiplier to 3x (was 2x)
-Codes can now be optimized up to 3 times by default
-Optimize Code now scales Optimization Code requirement by 1 per optimization in the code
-Miner has been divided into Copper Miner and Silicon Miner
-Removed Factory Space requirement for all factory machines
-Factory machines no longer have a node limit, with the exception of the Copper Miner, Silicon Miner, Excavator and Oil Pump
-Breach targets (with the exception of banks) now have elite levels that act as bosses every 5 levels. These have larger defense layers, a longer time to breach as well as 10x more reward
-Overflowing damage to firewall no longer carries over towards breach progress
-Distillator has been reworked. It now multiplies inserted neurons by its quality, removing every modifier in the process
-Added Neuron Reinforcer, which replaces the old Distillator functionality
-Reworked heat formula
-Heat Sink had its heat capacity tweaked
-Maximum overclock power has been increased to 12 (was 10)
-Re-downloader now counts towards the "Fixed Files" stat
-Drain no longer outputs Component Boost, it instead act as a global multiplier
-Factory machines now have an upgrade cap
-Removed Factory Space upgrade
-Removed all upgrades that increased node capacity for machines, with the exception of the Copper Miner, Silicon Miner, Excavator and Oil Pump
-Added Power research branch
-Added Quantum Computing
-Added 2 new coding related research
-Added Reinforcement Learning, which unlocks the Neuron Reinforcer node
-Removed Compression Level 2 and 3
-Removed Enhancement Level 2 and 3
-File Processing has been separated into Compression and Enhancement. Compression being unlocked first and Enhancement later
-Distillation has been moved to post-AGI
-Added Optimized Breach Skills
-Added Optimized Critical Payload
-Added Optimized Charged Attack
-Added Bulk Fix
-Replaced Encompressor with Lossless Compressor
-Added Optimize Code Max
-Removed Factory Space. Tokens will be automatically refunded
-Compression modifiers now merge instead of stacking multiple times
-Enhancement modifiers now merge instead of stacking multiple times
-Compression now reduces file size by 25% per compression
-Enhancement now increases quality by 1 and size by 100% per enhancement
-Files with quality below 1 no longer produce research
-Requests for compressed files now requires files with 3 compression modifiers
-Requests for enhanced files now requires files with 3 enhancement modifiers
-Reworked the nodes menu. It now has more node categories, displays total node count, and has a search function
-Node Group resize buttons now scale with camera zoom
-Added red dots to nodes, upgrades and shop menus to indicate when a new node or upgrade is available
-Codes now display their quality and value in their description
-Added a BGM Frequency setting
-Added a new song: Factories Of Light
-Added LOD to nodes, drastically improving performance when the camera is far away
-Improved node rendering performance
-Added batch rendering for selections
-Heat is now displayed in Kelvin
-Added a coding guide
-Updated and added new information to guides
-Removed some irrelevant stats
-Renamed the "Reconstructed Files" stat to "Fixed Files"
-Added a Portal Time stat that tracks the time you last entered the portal
-Added a stat that tracks produced variables
-Increased node limit to 500 (from 400)
-Updated engine to Godot 4.6.1
-Fixed premium items description clipping
-Fixed duplicated schematic name
-Fixed Infect Payload removing modifiers from Payload Damage
-All optimizations now cost 1 Optimization Point -Updated French, Japanese, Spanish and Traditional Chinese translations
-Fixed Rewind service refunding more Advanced Research than it should -Fixed Support Level 6 badge not displaying in Discord Rich Presence -Updated translations
-The Duplicator can now apply the mirrored modifier to encrypted files -Fixed Reconstructor outputting twice as many files -Fixed Imprinter removing the AI modifier from files -Fixed Virus Scanner progress bar not pausing when no input was available -Fixed guide icons for Distillation, Refiner and Reconstructor -Fixed UI margins on mobile
-Releasing a connection on top of a node now automatically creates a connection to the matching resource -Improved connection preview when creating new connections -Improved connection editing, with support for multiple anchors -Connections are now highlighted when hovered -Hovering an input now only highlights the incoming connection instead of related connections -Added support for multiple orientations on mobile -Added support for stylus controls -Node placement order is now saved across saves and schematics -The game no longer prevents the screen from resting on PC -Improved node and connection dragging with multiple selections -Added the option to upgrade all selected nodes -Schematics now snap to the desktop area on placement -You are now able to select multiple Node Groups -Improved zoom when using the scroll wheel -Improved node placement flow when dragging from the nodes menu -Multiple nodes now display their process speed instead of current progress when the process speed is over 1.0/s -Breach targets can now be paused -Added a setting that allows breach targets to automatically level up when breached at max level -Claimed upload requests are now hidden by default. An option to show claimed requests has been added -Added an option to display completed upgrades -Added an option to skip the tutorial -Locked CPU Cores and GPUs are now hidden -Application and optimization upgrades that do not have their requirements met are now displayed as "Unknown Upgrade" -The Overclocker node now saves its overclock setting
-Removed Data Lab upgrade limit -Encompressor cycle requirement has been lowered to 5x instead of 6x -Distillation now requires GPU Speed -Quarantine now produces viruses from infected files -Virus Extractor now extracts twice as many viruses -Torrent Browsers can no long be upgraded, and instead generates torrents based on Download Speed -Verifier now adds the validated modifier to corrupted files -Trojan Injector now adds the infected modifier to files -AI Trainer no longer applies the distilled modifier from files to neurons -Reduced the base cost to upgrade the Network to 120 from 160 -Increased base Clock Speed of the processor to 128 from 100 -Increased the base cost to upgrade the Processor to 3.072e4 from 1.6e4 -Reduced Processor max level by 1 -Increased base GPU Speed of the GPU Cluster to 4096 from 3000 -Increased the base cost to upgrade the GPU Cluster to 3.145e7 from 1.6e7 -Reduced GPU Cluster max level by 1
-Added 11 new applications -Added optimization upgrades to all new applications -Added an optimization to Antivirus Pro -Added an optimization to Re-downloader -Virus Extractor is now unlocked via applications -Antivirus Pro no longer gains benefits from Optimized Quarantine and Optimized Scanning -Removed Optimized Download and Optimized Upload -Balanced all optimization costs -Moved decomposition nodes to research -Moved Torrent Filter to research -Removed all composition applications
-Added Infected Torrent Browser -Added Reconstruction -Added Chain Injection -Added Zipping research, which unlocks the Zipper and Unzipper nodes, as well as zip file formats -Trojans no longer unlocks the Trojan Injector -Moved Re-downloader to applications
-Added Compressor MAX -Added Enhancer MAX -Added AI Station
-Infinite portal upgrades now scale their cost by one per level
-Added requests for zipped files -Increased file count required for decrypted requests by 10x
-Reorganized CPU nodes sub categories -Updated modifier icons -Increased UI texture resolution -Added an additional support level and badge -Added Customizations DLC that allows you to customize elements of the desktop -Improved all support badges design -Added animations to selections
-Fixed Antivirus Pro being able to process encrypted files -Fixed Antivirus Pro not removing the trojan modifier -Fixed Node Groups being able to go out of bounds -Fixed nodes not having its rect area properly updated, causing it to go invisible in some occasions and selected by mistake -Fixed some memory leaks -Fixed paused connections losing their color when highlighted -Fixed Download and Upload Limiter blocking inputs -Fixed Network Exchanger generating speed with infinite loops -Fixed connection process being interrupted when dragging the connector too far\
-All machines had their work speed buffed and cost adjusted -Fixed wrong price display on importers description
-Factory materials got rebalanced and some machines had their material requirements changed -Fixed Oil Refiner producing more Refined Oil than it should -Fixed inaccuracies on damage production when Rest Time is active -Fixed Optimized Encompression not being refunded when getting the Revision service -Fixed occasional progress loss when loading saves from the account system -Fixed Overclocker setting not being saved when exported
-Fixed select and move tools only working when using shortcuts
-Ratios can now be incremented/deducted by single presses -Ratios now require long presses to be typed -Added a help button in the portal screen that opens the portal guide -Added Alt as a shortcut to the move tool -Improved Discord Rich Presence with new information and support badges -Capped default UI scale to 1.3x -Fixed Oil Refiner production calculation -Fixed Excavator switching to unpaused color when upgraded while paused -Fixed IDE not applying variable production upgrades -Fixed IDE variable production counting towards the "Downloaded" stat -Fixed "Enter" button in the portal screen not being properly translated -Fixed scientific and engineering notations not affecting metric values -Added Russian -Added Simplified Chinese
The Steam Workshop is now available! You can now download mods directly from your Steam client. Modding documentation is still in progress, but you can find more details in the workshop page.
-Fixed importing nodes not deducting from the total amount of active nodes when deleted -Fixed Trojan Injector production calculation -Fixed Data Lab production calculation
-Added automatic refund for perks that had their limit reduced from one version to another -Fixed node groups not saving
-Added an upgrade that increases network limit by 1 -Network Duality perk limit was reduced by 1 -Importing nodes are now saved -Deleting nodes that are being imported no longer triggers a confirmation prompt -Fixed paused nodes switching to unpaused color when upgraded -Added Italian language -Added Turkish languag
-Fixed save being lost when loading immediately after saving using account sync -Fixed not being able to add breach skills on mobile
New content: Hardware Production
Added modding support
Replaced the existing soundtrack with 5 new original songs, free of DMCA
Added 12 new achievements
Server reworked
Portal reworked
Trojans reworked
Research tree redesigned
Added new factory node category with 29 new nodes
Added Write
Added Virus Extractor
Added Manipulate Virus
Added Trojan Injector
Added Decryptor
Added Torrent Downloader
Added Torrent Filter
Added 4 types of torrent browsers
Added 2 new utility nodes for material resources management
Added 'If' and 'For' nodes used in Code Speed management
Added GPU Manager
Added Pull Optimization Code, Pull Application Code and Pull Driver Code
Server now generates Money based on the storage units inserted
Server now generates Infected Computer based on the infected storage units inserted
GPU Cluster now has a limit of 10 GPUs instead of 5
GPU Synchronizer now has a total of 10 inputs
AI Trainer now generates neurons with the modifiers of the file inserted
AI Trainer no longer produces additional neurons based on file quality
File Generators now generates files with the modifiers of the neuron inserted
Re-downloader now removes all modifiers that have been applied to the file
Ghost Attack no longer has a damage penalty
Coding base Contribution requirement has been reduced by half
Debug operation requirement has been greatly reduced
Debug now always outputs tested code, instead of either tested or bugged
Fix Code is now unlocked by default
Fix Code no longer adds the tested modifier, but instead removes the bugged modifier
Build now requires Build Tools research unlocked instead of Optimizations
Checksum Verifier now always outputs validated files if the input is validated
Checksum Verifier now always outputs corrupted files if the input is corrupted
Virus Scanner now always outputs scanned files if the input is scanned
Virus Scanner now always outputs infected files if the input is infected
Debug now always outputs tested code if the input is tested
Debug now always outputs bugged code if the input is bugged
Compressor clock cycle requirement no longer scale per Compression applied to the file
Enhancer clock cycle requirement no longer scale per Enhancement applied to the file
Network Limiter has been replaced with Download Limiter and Upload Limiter
Token Mining clock cycle requirement has been reduced by 5x
Group Node can now have its name and icon customized
Removed Inject Trojan
The research tree has been redesigned
Added Hardware Production research line
Added Server
Added Torrents with 4 additional related research
Added Decryption
Added GPU Manager
Added Charged Attack breach skill
Added Spread Infection breach skill
Added Split Attack
Added Build Tools
Added Double Optimization and Triple Optimization
Breach Skills can now be researched in any order
Compression and Enhancement have been merged into File Operations
Trojans research now requires Government Data instead of Research
Removed Bug Fixing
Many cost and requirement changes
Added a perk that increases Heat Sink limit
Added a perk that increases Breach Skills limit
Network Duality perk limit has been increased to 3 (from 2)
Extensive Research perk limit has been increased to 3 (from 2)
Extensive Research perk cost has been reduced to 300 (from 500)
Added an array of upgrades related to the new hardware production content
Added Torrent Filter application
The Server upgrade no longer unlocks the server, instead it increases the server limit by 1 and it now requires the Server research Data Lab upgrade limit has been increased to 8 (from 1)
Optimized Compression upgrade limit has been reduced to 1 (from 3)
Optimized Enhancement upgrade limit has been reduce to 1 (from 3)
Added Optimized Virus Extraction
Added Optimized Trojan Injection
Added Optimized Torrent Browsing
Added Optimized Torrent Filtering
Heat Sink no longer has a money requirement to show up
Removed Dissymetry, Sync Efficiency, Threading and Breach Skills upgrades
Added new material type resource with 15 new resources
Added 6 torrent resources
Added Virus resource
Cryptocurrencies now use the yellow connector color instead of red
Neurons now use the red connector color instead of violet
Trojan now uses the violet connector color instead of red
Primitive and advanced variables now use the teal connector color instead of cyan
Arrays now use the cyan connector color instead of blue
Hashmaps now use the blue connector color instead of green
Contribution now uses the green connector color instead of lime
Bug Fix code now uses the magenta connector color instead of orange
Added new diamond connector shape
Added teal and magenta connector colors
Pink, Green, Lime and Cyan connectors had their color slightly changed
The AI file modifier now has a 0.1x quality multiplier instead of 2x
The AI file modifier now has a 2e7x value multiplier instead of 1e7x
The AI file modifier no longer has a 0x research multiplier
The corrupted file modifier now reduces file size by 5x
The corrupted file modifier now reduces file value by 10x
The tested code modifier now increases quality by 4x
The bugged code modifier now reduces quality by 4x
The optimized code modifier now increases quality by 4x
Reworked ratio selection
You can now manually type ratios
Added an account system with support to synchronize save data
Added the option to enable overlay touch buttons (joystick and zoom in/zoom out)
Expanded the node picker menu, with categories and a second row
Separated perks and nodes in different tabs in the shop menu
Added more zoom steps when using the mouse scroll wheel
You are now able to drag the screen when pressing through research screen buttons
You are now able to select and preview locked research
Added a confirmation prompt when deleting important nodes
Added a confirmation prompt when deleting schematics
Camera movements now speed up when holding shift
You can now erase all outputs of an output by double pressing it
Popups can now be closed by pressing ESC
You can now confirm save sync and schematic save with Enter
Holding Shift when adding nodes will now prevent the menu from collapsing
Adding nodes using drag will now hide menus temporarily
Improved selection rendering for faster response and performance
Increased the speed of upgrades when holding down upgrade buttons
Performance improvements
Added a new Portal screen
Added latin notation
Added engineering notation
Added Daily Tokens+ to the support menu
Added Soundtrack to the support menu
Added a prompt to wipe data when switching to 2.0
Added confirmation prompt to services
Added a service that resets all portal upgrades
Added the option to import/export schematics in the schematics menu
Inventory, Folder and Repository now only accepts one type of resource
Connectors are now hidden when the camera is far away
The tutorial popup has been moved to the bottom left
Sync Save no longer remembers inserted code when closed
Moved requests to a dedicated menu
Increased node limit to 400
Heat is now displayed in Celsius instead of Kelvin
Reduced maximum polyphony of sounds from nodes to 3
Sounds from nodes no longer interrupt the oldest playing sound
Node updates are now suspended when the camera is zoomed out
Removed Server menu
Removed Portal menu
Removed Server capacity display
Removed guides for nodes that didn't need one
Removed the Color button from the node options
Continued to improve assets and UI theme
Fixed schematics not properly applying connections in some cases. Existing schematics must be saved again in order for this to work
Fixed Splitters causing resources to be lost
Fixed camera zoom being stored during screen transitions, causing the camera to be too zoomed in when switching screens quickly
Fixed Debug node not having its operation requirement updated when switching code input
Fixed schematics node count not updating when new nodes were placed
Fixed camera jitter on mobile
Fixed Request Uploader not having its goal updated when changing files
Fixed Checksum Verifier counting towards Scanned files stat instead of Verified
Fixed long resource names causing text overlap
Check out the trailer for the upcoming 2.0 update:
This update features brand new content, remakes and improvements to existing systems, modding support, a new original soundtrack, and a bunch of QoL and performance improvements everyone has been asking for!
2.0 launches on December 19th.
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