It's been a while since the last update, I wanted to make sure people knew what's in the works!
For a long time I've been planning a special endgame path structure called the "Omnipipe", and I've finally had a chance to add it in. Think of it like a super conveyor belt, or a pneumatic tube, that can carry any item in any direction - including vertically! The example above shows stones being lifted up a steep cliff.
They can also be laid on a 2D underground grid and connect to buildings on the surface, so potentially you'll be able to place your production buildings very close together and still connect them all.
They're extremely convenient, but of course they require lots of research to unlock and are expensive to build - costing several Omnistones apiece. But the hope is that they are so valuable you'll have a good reason to max out your Omnistone production!
In addition, *all* pipes, including Mana and Steam, will also be buildable on the main 3D terrain. (The 2D grid view will still be there as always, except it will be treated as underground pipes instead of ambiguously overhead).
It's taken a lot of work to get this ready, but it's almost done. You can preview the changes on the beta branch (just maybe don't use the only copy of your favorite 50-hour map to test on, just in case there are still breaking bugs)
Hope to have this ready by the end of the week. Will post another announcement then!