Developer posts and news about this game.
v0.4.8-2: Reworked: * Act 5's rival lab now holds its zone, takes neighbouring zones and harvests crystals (Early Access only) * Archaea give off the same heat as other cells instead of three times as much Fixed: * Act 5's rival archaea sitting still while their heat starved the
Hey everyone! My focus has been on enhancing and simplifying the existing systems in the game, and as part of that effort I have improved the legibility of the genetic targeting-based mechanics, adding more cell body types, improved amoeba, and introduced the new archaea cell typ
v0.4.7-13: Implemented: * ARENA LAB: SAVE a trained lab onto the MODELS shelf, and it takes a rival seat in your Bionet runs (Early Access only) * Custom trained LAB colors (Early Access only) v0.4.7-14: Reworked: * Main menu: destinations sit in two columns, PLAY and DATA, that
v0.4.7-10: Reworked: * More of the game is translated in all 28 languages Fixed: * Arena Lab episode limit bar flashing when changed, and showing a hexagon when clicked (Early Access only) v0.4.7-11: Fixed: * The top-left HUD row of four buttons spilling past its plate at 100% UI
v0.4.7-8: Implemented: * An episode limit on the Arena Lab page, from 1 minute up to 480 minutes, or OFF to let a match run until one side wins (Early Access only) * The procedural dish as its own choice on the Arena Lab map row (Early Access only) Reworked: * Arena Lab matches s
Hey everyone, This is one of the first major updates since Early Access began. Most issues appear to be around challenges in understanding the simulation mechanics, (a lack of) balance, and other sources of confusion. Looking ahead, my priorities are improving the clarity of exis
Hello! This stream is a bit of an experiment... the AI are a custom Neurosymbolic architecture, and they're learning to interpret game states through a vector space and then feed them through small NEAT-like neural networks to make decisions in real-time. These are the LABS in-ga
v0.4.6a-38: Reworked: * Strain value: ordinary strains are worth hundreds, strong ones thousands, and extremophiles millions; the cryobank price and the sell ask use the appraisal INSPECT shows Fixed: * INSPECT showing 1,000,000 as the value of an ordinary cell * The bottom bar c
v0.4.6a-20: * Fixed a Plasmodium showing no preview in the Splicer, so it could not be spliced * Watching a lab's game now keeps your VSync and frame cap v0.4.6a-21: * Fixed crystals vanishing when you leave a dish and come back, and older saves get their map crystals back * Fixe
Hello! Release week has been amazing. Now that it's coming to a close I just wanted to remind everyone that if you are enjoying the game and want to support development, this is a great time to buy the full game. I am updating it often and focusing primarily on improving the in-g
v0.4.6a-21: * Fixed crystals vanishing when you leave a dish and come back, and older saves get their map crystals back * Fixed the Discord icon on the title screen staying enlarged after leaving a menu * Fixed a long map name hiding the buttons in the map picker * Fixed the map
v0.4.6a-18: * The game uses less GPU, most of all while paused v0.4.6a-19: * The Bionet zone card and the main menu caption now follow the UI color scheme
v0.4.6a-16: * Fixed map names disappearing from map selection after you leave the map editor * Status icons now sit just outside the cell membrane instead of a fixed distance from the cell centre * The Settings scrollbar is easier to see v0.4.6a-17: * Fixed the Settings page stay
v0.4.6a-15: * Fixed the tutorial teaching Trophin division twice * The tutorial's "these are your cells" page now opens the window onto your cells * The inspector now opens at the tutorial step that needs it * The germinal zone step no longer pauses the game * The final story car
Hey everyone! To celebrate Substrate: Emergence selling over 1,000 Early Access copies, I've created this stream to show off the (silly) rival AI's dueling each other. I'm working on adding community submissions and leaderboards as features, and whatever other fun things you migh
v0.4.6a-14: * Fixed right-click orders not working while a tutorial card is open * Fixed your caustic cilia cells killing your own plasmodium's branches * The tutorial's crystal circle now goes away once that compound has been taught * The tutorial camera now holds on the collect
v0.4.6a-13: * Fixed a crash on AMD integrated Radeon graphics * Fixed a crash on AMD graphics cards shortly after a dish starts * Fixed Act 1's contaminant coming back after you kill the last one, so the act can be won * Fixed the dose key doing nothing on a full cell in Act 1's
Crashes should be greatly reduced now. Please see previous posts for full changelogs as -8/-9/-10 were all uploaded to the snapshot branch only. If you are still experiencing crashes, I have added some improved logging to help pinpoint the possible causes. v0.4.6a-12: * Fixed a c
v0.4.6a-10: * The Bionet voice is quieter * More of the game is translated in all 28 languages * Fixed your starting cells swimming away from each other at the start of a dish, so the tutorial's cells stay in view * Fixed the tutorial locking your controls, such as dosing, while
v0.4.6a-9: * SPLICE now selects the specimen it makes instead of clearing the preview * Fixed TEST STRAIN, STORE and DESTROY acting on the wrong specimen when the base was selected from the LOADOUT * Fixed a spliced specimen showing the wrong picture * Fixed ABANDON DISH in a TES