SproutBound v1.0.10 Release Notes
Release Date: September 19, 2025
🌱 Welcome to SproutBound v1.0.10!
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I'm incredibly excited to share this major update as we approach SproutBound's official launch! This release represents months of dedicated development, testing, and refinement based on invaluable feedback from our amazing beta testing community.
A huge thank you to all our beta testers who have helped shape SproutBound into what it is today. Your bug reports, suggestions, and patience during development have been absolutely crucial in making this the best farming idle game it can be.
**⚠️ IMPORTANT FOR BETA TESTERS: Please wipe your save data after updating to v1.0.10!**
Due to significant changes in the game's progression system, balance adjustments, and data structure improvements, existing saves may cause issues or provide an unbalanced experience. Starting fresh will ensure you get the intended v1.0.10 gameplay experience.
To wipe your save:
- Go to Settings → Wipe Game
- Your feedback on the new progression will be invaluable launch is finalized!
🔧 Bug Fixes
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• PRESTIGE RESET: Fixed bug where prestige resets some progress on achievements that it should not have.
- When prestiging plant counts, water counts, and harvest counts (among other stats) should be preserved
- Prestiging should only reset what it says it resets in the modal
• AUTOMATION SYSTEM: Major overhaul of automation behavior and reliability
- Fixed automation interference with manual actions (irrigation/quickgrow no longer cancelled unexpectedly)
- Fixed false automation detection when clicking blank cells that incorrectly cancelled irrigation
- Fixed irrigation randomly turning off when clicking on plots
- Fixed automation boundary checking - automation now properly respects plot boundaries
- Fixed quickgrow automation conflicts with manual quickgrow actions
• QUICKGROW PLANTS: Complete water system rework for quickgrow variants
- Quickgrow plants now stay at 100% water permanently and never need watering
- This eliminates water panic issues with 10-second growth cycles
- Fixes numerous automation conflicts and timing issues with quickgrow plants
• CROSS-PLOT AUTOMATION: Added user control over automation scope
- New toggle button allows choosing between current-plot-only or all-plots automation
- Prevents unwanted automation interference across different plot areas
- Button shows active state with blue border when all-plots mode is enabled
• OFFLINE DETECTION: Improved offline mode sensitivity
- Offline catchup now only triggers when app is actually closed, not when switching tabs/monitors
- Eliminates false offline detection from normal multitasking behavior
- Offline catchup now properly handles automation speeds based on upgrade level
• OFFLINE CATCHUP MODAL: Fixed catchup completion message
- Modal now correctly shows "Catchup complete!" when offline simulation succeeds
- Fixed browser compatibility issue where process.env reference caused catchup to appear failed
- Eliminated confusing "Catchup failed" messages when offline progression was actually working correctly
• SEED PROGRESSION: Extended unlock chain to complete progression
- Fixed broken unlock chain that stopped at olives (index 32)
- Extended unlock requirements through grape (48 total chained seeds)
- Each advanced seed now properly requires the previous seed to unlock
⚡ Quality of Life Improvements
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• BULK UPGRADES: Added bulk purchasing options for shop upgrades
- Upgrade buttons now include dropdown with quantity options: 1, 5, 10, 25, or Max
- Clean side-by-side design with connected button and dropdown interface
- Eliminates tedious clicking when purchasing multiple upgrade levels
- Proper cost calculation and validation for bulk purchases
• TUTORIAL CLARIFICATIONS: Enhanced automation guidance in tutorial
- Added clear explanation that automation timers are constant based on upgrade level only
- Clarifies that irrigation, harvester, and tractor timing is NOT affected by plant water levels
- Helps players understand automation behavior and upgrade value
• LOG CONTROLS: Enhanced log management with intelligent rate limiting
- Added configurable log update rate: 1s, 3s, 5s, or 10s intervals for automation batching
- Play/pause button allows stopping log updates while keeping existing entries visible
- Countdown timer shows time until next batch for intervals > 1s, displays "(Paused)" when stopped
- Rate limiting reduces CPU usage during heavy automation while preserving all log information
- Paused state completely skips logging to save performance, no queuing or processing overhead
- Improved button positioning and removed confusing hover-to-pause behavior
⚖️ Balance Changes
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• PLOT COSTS REBALANCED: Dramatically increased plot expansion costs for late-game challenge
- First plot now costs 100K coins (was 1.2K) - 83x increase
- Plot costs scale aggressively: Plot 10 costs 2.45M, Plot 20 costs 116M, Plot 25 costs 753M
- Plot expansion is no longer "essentially free" in late game
- Creates meaningful strategic investment decisions throughout progression