Frozen Water Update - 1st MAJOR UPDATE - v0.13.5a
Hello Survivors,
We are excited to announce that Death By FrostByte first major update, Frozen Water Update is now available to play! The game will be 15% off for the first week!
New Features & Content
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Added 8 Utility Items
- Water Pipes (Heated / Regular)
- Large Water Pipes (Heated / Regular)
- Heavy Duty Cables
- Underground Lines
- Utility Gates
- Water Pump Utilities Overhaul
- Added Water as a Utility Type
- Circuits are now color coded
- Rename Circuits
- Circuits now have a max load; power circuits can now be overloaded
- Water Circuits can freeze
- Houses and Farms have integrated water tanks
- Buildings requiring water now needs to be connected via water pipes
- View the temperature map while working with utilities
- Pass circuits through each other with Underground Lines
- Combine circuits together with Utility Gates
- New circuits can now be created by adding cables on an empty tile
- Added Force production option for Water Pumps and Coal Generators.
Snow Storms
- Added Snow Storms
- Added Signal Loss for Market, Workers Applications, and Available Contracts during storms
- Added Snow Buildup (takes longer to craft items)
- Added new SFX (circuit overload, water pump, circuit reset)
- Added new upgrade: Better Antennas (stops signal loss during storms).
Tutorials / Manual
- Added Interactive Tutorials (Overview Tutorial, Crafting Basics, Utilities Basics)
- Added 2 new pages in the manual based on Utilities.
- Added Key Binding guide when starting new game.
Other
- Added 2 New Music Tracks
- Added Weekly Targets (revenue targets and weekly loan payments)
Game Improvements
- Complete revamp of Water Tank (Water can freeze inside tank, tank no longer generates water, now includes an internal heater)
- Removed the New Circuit Button.
- Reorganized main menu
- Added Loading scene
- Increased the amount of quantity there is in large resources.
- Added new Environmental SFX based on the current weather.
- Added new Day / Night environmental visual effects.
- Lower cost of land tiles.
- You can now modify the automation label of storage units.
- Added small water pockets throughout the world.
- Revamped the circuits overview menu.
- Performance: Complete item sprite overhaul.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed Assembly Machine and Factory displaying items to craft that was still locked via researched.
- Fixed the next page button still showing up on the last page of the Craft-O-Pedia.
- Fixed Contracts including Wind Diverging wall when item was still locked.
- Fixed issue when checking items inside storage units when one or more is frozen. (For example: Farm not finding any seeds when there are clearly available seeds in storage)
- Fixed Input Field being modified when not selecting it in the Factory and Assembly Machine menu.
- Fixed Coal Heater warning about NO FUEL not stopping after turning item off.
- Fixed Power Icons disappearing.
Saves from the previous version (v0.12.7a) will not be compatible with the new update due to heavy construction that the game is currently experiencing. You can find a guide on how to change the game version HERE
CLICK HERE to join the Death By FrostByte discord server.
We hope you enjoy this update!
Stormee Games