μFab v0.5.0 — Quantum Chips, Photonic Overhaul, Variant Cards

New Endgame Tier: Quantum Chips (QT15000)

The quantum pipeline adds two new machines — the Quantum Splitter and Quantum Combiner — and the highest-value chip tier in the game. Split silicon into entangled alpha/beta wafers, etch them in separate dimensions (Pocket Dimension and Temporal Rift), then recombine into quantum wafers worth 1500x. Requires new Tier 9 research. - Very WIP currently, may be buggy

Photonic Chamber Overhaul

Lasers now display spectral colors based on frequency. Phase offset joins frequency and amplitude as a third tunable parameter. Processed wafers carry a spectral purity rating (up to +50% sell bonus). The chamber's processing animation now escalates through 4 visual phases. Defect tolerance is significantly more forgiving.

Variant Card Pick System

After each prestige, choose 1 of 3+ variant blueprint cards to permanently add to your collection. New prestige upgrades add extra card choices, copies per run, and rerolls. Rico's Junkyard is now a collection browser.

Multi-Core Tiers

Core Combiner upgrades to Quad (QC6000), Hex (HC8000), and Octa (OC10000) cores via research. Manual mode selector lets you pin a specific core count.

Also in this update:

- Logic Gate Skin System (4 unlockable skins)

- Purifying Etcher variant

- Analog wire visuals & chip designer improvements

- Sell confirmation toggle

- Power ripple effects

- Steam Cloud Saves fully fixed (cross-PC restore, prestige data synced)

- Balance pass (variant tiers, research costs, chip prices, void/ley line tuning)

- Major performance improvements across the board

- 20+ bug fixes

Full changelog available in-game.