Version History

This is a log of all public Factory Town release notes.

Closed Beta

.049

Released 15-Nov-2018

• Fixed being unable to place Farm tiles
• Blocker and Filter logistic blocks now respect their active state

.048

Released 15-Nov-2018

• More forgiving placement of buildings - can place edges on sloped terrain
• When placing buildings on uneven terrain, scaffolds are automatically added to produce flat surface (at cost)
• Boosted up Mana Ore output from Mines relative to Elemental Ores
• Fixed issue preventing proper Packager production
• One-Way blocks work now, and improved one-way icon
• Fixed 'create workers' tutorial step requiring extra workers if base was manually placed
• Fixed Paper using the wrong render when displayed as a physical item
• Fixed workers getting stuck if you add a path while they are at a harvest or drop-off point
• Fixed some navigation errors that may occur if deleting footpath underneath a worker
• Can no longer delete a block that is supporting a worker
• Added Intermediate Logistics research requirement for Blocker and Filter

.047

Released 11-Nov-2018

• fixes the issue where Grabber filters would not have the intended effect

.046

Released 10-Nov-2018

• Added many new items, which earn a variety of currencies which are used to complete research or construct special buildings.
• Rebalanced almost all recipes and building costs
• Many new icons
• Added 2 new music tracks
• Added magic rail tiles, that allow rail carts to travel up slopes without losing speed
• Can place Logistic and Computational blocks on overlay grids
• Happiness, Steam Power, and Magic Power are now multipliers of baseline production speed (num workers)
• Added new mesh for Well
• Wells no longer have misleading area-of-effect radius, and can be placed next to other wells without affecting production
• Increased Well refill speed
• Added 'mining' research requirement for Mine building
• Research is now back to being a repeated cost of (specialized) currency, as opposed to up-front unlock
• Small animation when items being harvested
• Can now delete blocks even if there's a block above it
• Elemental Stones are now rollable in chutes
• Added new renders for Elemental Stones
• Dams and Logic Lamps are now toggle-able with control-click
• Fixed missing controls region when selecting some items
• School is now unlocked automatically at base level 2
• Kitchen is now unlocked automatically at base level 3
• Non-solid structure & blocks now allow water to pass through
• Barrier Gate requires Stone Brick instead of Iron Plate
• Added new 'start conditions' option to Create game menu to start with various levels of resources & research completed
• Reorganized Build menu
• Splitter now has visible on/off toggle & item filter
• Moved Gear, Iron Wheel, and Steam Pipe recipes to the Machine Shop (and removed Fuel requirement)
• Fixed issue where only the R key would dismiss the research panel, regardless of what control is mapped to display it
• Fixed Steam power sometimes failing to produce any power
• Steam power production is now boosted by normal production multipliers
• Steam power networks can now connect through buildings
• Harvesters now travel the same speed on all terrain
• Toggle block 'click' only plays when manually activated
• Fixed bug where you could delete a transmitter or receiver mana pipe node and not replace it
• Improved visibility of item filters on logic path blocks (like sorter, pusher, grabber)
• Performance improvement when multiple belt / chute / pipe items on map
• Fixed belt / chute / pipe items jumping around when building nearby

.045

Released 10-Oct-2018

• Research is now purchased/unlocked upfront with Gold, and then produced normally (without continuously spending Gold)
• Added Splitter block - place on belt, chute, or rail and will route inputs in alternate directions
• Added Number block - sets its internal value to whatever value it receives. Like a Set+Counter combo.
• Can attach inventory sensors to Buildings
• Crates no longer auto-output
• Fixed spacebar activating worker add/remove buttons after clicking on them
• Fixed Inventory Sensor having wrong icon when first placed
• Added math operator icons
• Fixed being unable to save after deleting a file without re-opening file menu
• Fixed wrong sort display if opening Save panel
• Fixed math block not initializing internal value when operator value changed
• Can now specify the value in a Counter block
• Enter will now submit value and close menu when changing numeric value of a logic block
• Items dropped off will prefer inventory slots with a matching item filter over neutral slots
• Bases are initialized with item filters for wood, stone, and planks
• 'Create Worker' tutorial step now requires placement of 2 workers
• Added back Pasture Research to prevent players from building Pasture before Farm
• Animal Feed recipe is now unlocked by default when building a Grain Mill
• Added progress bar on School to show current research progress
• Upgrades and Research Purchases are now grouped separately in Building Recipe inspector
• Raised Pasture Gold cost to 100 and lowered Plank cost to 20

.044

Released 08-Oct-2018

• Added Crates - are Buildings that have a limited storage but are available very early
• Added 'recent' sort option to File menu
• Added Item Slot inspector that allows you to empty an item slot or assign a filter (if applicable)
• Fixed being unable to specify an agent to deliver a particular item to a location on the map
• Fixed cursor error when click-dragging a Move command
• Fixed water propagating off edge of map
• When activating math block Number property, cursor can immediately begin editing
• Improved display of Math Function config panel and Number Input panel
• Shows correct error when trying to place Worker while at max population capacity
• Fixed new games starting with previous games' pause state

.043

Released 05-Oct-2018 (yes, the same day)

• Number of Houses is now limited by Base upgrade level
• Can upgrade base to increase house max and inventory space (4 slots and 100 capacity per level)
• Base no longer autoresizes infinitely
• Houses get +1 happiness if they have any supply fill for a goods category.
• Otherwise, houses get 0 happiness (they never get negative happiness).
• More menus are dismissable by clicking outside them.
• Lowered stone brick sell value from 12 to 8.
• Lowered sell value for Stone from 2 to 1.
• Lengthened consumption time for most items.
• Houses will now attempt to purchase another good as soon as they are done consuming
• Houses only increase consumption speed by 10% per level, not 20%
• Wagons can traverse the same uneven terrain that workers can
• Fixed selection issues when clicking on empty terrain

.042

Released 05-Oct-2018

• Fixed overlay grids (pipes, etc) not expanding to fit new terrain chunks
• Fixed 'add water' tool that was broken in previous update
• Fixed odd white outline on terrain previews
• Fixed camera jumping perspective when navigating back to game launch menu
• Made text input more reliably jump into Admin console when activated

.041

Released 03-Oct-2018

• Added new 'Secondary Action' control (RMB by default) to perform context-sensitive actions like delete path/block, cancel, lower terrain, etc
• Added new remappable control: 'Camera Look Mode' (default: Shift)
• Added new remappable control: 'Camera Pan Mode' (default: MMB)
• Added new remappable control: 'Cancel' (default: Z). ESC is hardcoded as alternate cancel
• Now that canceling is easier, the default is now to build multiple buildings / agents
• Fixed some display issues on Context Controls menu
• Hotbar will deselect highlighted item when cursor changed
• Building non-hollow block structures will erase underlying foot paths and roads

.040

Released 01-Oct-2018

• Added ability to purchase new chunks of terrain
• Access to map generation tools via 'edit map' on Create Game screen
• Added many new icons
• Added official theme background music and a few placeholder background music tracks
• Loading a game will set it as 'most recent game' that will be targeted with Resume action, even if not saved
• Fixed alert icons appearing onscreen if their source is located behind the camera
• Fixed big memory leak with recipes
• Admin Mode is now saved with the game file
• Agent Trigger now has Offset property
• Reworked many menu interfaces
• Reworked New Game screen, has new options, and can go back to Main Menu
• On New Games screen, changes to settings are applied immediately to map, no need to regenerate
• Speed up map generation

.039

Released 17-Sep-2018

• Fixed Move tool being unable to pick up Rail Carts
• Fixed bug where picked up minecarts couldn't be rotated
• Added recipes to Help menu
• Added better error logging when save error occurs
• Fixed 'copy selection' not working on rail carts

.038

Released 13-Sep-2018

• Added some sound effects
• Added Hotbar: H to toggle. Press 1-8 to activate hotbar item. Shift+(1-8) to store into hotbar.
• Press F1-F4 to change between custom Hotbar presets
• Added 'Copy' tool - press C to switch the current cursor build object to whatever cursor is currently over
• Fixed cursor timing issue that was sometimes resulting in skipping blocks during drag-create or drag-destroy actions
• Added input control remapping (Options / Controls)
• X to activate 'Remove Block' mode can now be toggled to easily remove blocks misplaced when building
• RMB can no longer be used to remove blocks, instead is a universal camera control tool
• Removed Z and C commands to change camera vertical angle
• Moving agents, and collecting resources from chutes/belts, is now done with the Move tool (default:M)
• Fixed Houses collecting nearby water
• Fixed Mana Transmitter often getting 'Output Blocked' and not recovering
• Can now 'Activate' (e.g. Toggle) a logic block by control-clicking on it, becaure RMB was repurposed
• Added new 'Activate Block' remappable hotkey to activate a selected block (default: Enter)
• Reduced Recharger cost from 5 gold to 2 gold
• Increased default autosave time to 5 minutes
• Lowered Gold cost of Farm tile from 10 to 5
• Raise/Lower block and Flatten Up/Down are now dedicated tools, replacing right-click function
• Delete Block / Remove Block Layer now dedicated tools, replacing right-click function
• Added audio settings panel (even though some sliders currently have no effect)
• Fixed some incorrect settings display when re-opening video or interface preferences
• Improved display of many menus
• Chute now requires Lumber Mill instead of Workshop
• Widened Tutorial panel
• Most scaffold blocks unlocked by Lumber Mill
• Fixed unlock notifications still playing after exiting to main menu
• Hitting the Rotate or Rotate Back key while in auto-path mode will switch to specified-path mode
• Changed item sell values: Bread 20>10 (bug: actual 15), Stone Brick 8>12, Outfit 25>35, Remedy 8>6, Health Potion 12>14, Elixir 30>35, Enchanted Book 50>45, Ward 25>30, Omnistone 50>100

.037

Released 06-Sep-2018

• Instead of purchasing an item ASAP, Houses will only buy an item if their satisfaction bar drops low enough
• Markets will sell more aggressively if they have a surplus of a particular item type, which rewards faster goods supply
• Market can also be upgraded to allow more aggressive selling to nearby Houses
• Pasture and Mine upgrades now cost increasing amount of resources
• Goods deliveries directly to houses will still be purchased ASAP (as soon as house is done consuming other item)
• Higher quality goods will take longer to consume at Houses
• While a Good is being consumed by a house, its Satisfaction meter for that good will staty at 100%
• Market display now includes bars representing supply of each goods type, followed by a grid of each owned item type
• Markets now have reserved capacity for each potential item type, so excess supply of a lower-tier good will not block deposits of higher-tier goods
• When placing a chute, rail, or conveyor belt, the tiles outside a building will be highlighted with directional arrows to indicate input or output effects
• Fixed some load issues that might result in Houses refusing to buy even with a full market nearby
• Increased Gold value for bread from 15 to 20
• Decreased Gold value for Iron Plate from 20 to 12
• Increased Gold value for Enchanted Book to 50
• Costs above 1000 are represented with K
• Lowered Gold cost of most buildings
• Fixed bug with final house upgrade
• Fixed Forester not displaying production speed bonus of extra allocated workers

.036

• Capped max unhappiness penalty at -50%
• Overall town happiness indicator smiley face now based on ratio of provided happiness / max happiness
• Kitchen now requires Metallurgy research, instead of a Forge
• Updated tutorial to reflect new House / Market system
• House Goods tooltips now reflect their sell price
• Can now pause and unpause in any modal menu that doesn't force a pause state
• Build menu will update affordability color if inventory changes while menu is open
• Stone can now be delivered to Level 2+ houses to satisfy Shelter need (earns 2 gold)
• Herbs can now be delivered to Level 4+ houses to satisfy Medicine need (earns 2 gold)
• Increased sell value of cloth, outfit, iron plate
• A specific error message is shown when trying to build without enough Population capacity
• Can now switch recipes instantly without waiting for current recipe to complete, avoids issue of getting permanently output blocked
• Fixed a migration issue from pre-.035 preventing proper Recipe loading on buildings that were previously Output Blocked
• Removed limitation that Schools would not produce without a buffer of 100 gold. Players can instead remove workers from school
• Fixed Steam Pipe layout tool not creating connections to underlying building at the start point of dragged line
• Reduced Fertilizer cost of Tree planter from 5 to 2
• Reduced duration of well's water production from 5 seconds to 2
• Fixed mana transmitter and receiver nodes casting shadows

.035

• Houses now consume goods at a fixed maximum rate, allowing for more predictable Happiness & Gold income
• Happiness is now calculated based on every house good satisfaction level, and each point of happiness adds a +1% production speed or penalty
• Production from Farms, Foresters, Mines, and Schools now cost gold
• Added Void building that erases any item sent to it
• Mana Rechargers gold cost increased from 1 to 5
• Got rid of 'output blocked' indicator
• Schools can now be assigned extra workers, or no workers to shut them off
• Added new 'Basic Logic' research, which unlocks Steam Power and Cloth Belts
• Added new 'Intermediate Logic' research, which unlocks Pusher, Grabber, and Sorter
• Logic no longer depends on Mana research being complete
• Baseline Mine output timing increased from 2 seconds to 4 seconds
• Screenshot button is now F11, and hides menu during screenshot, and opens screenshot folder automatically
• Right-click + drag can now control camera
• Shift-R will rotate a cursor placement counterclockwise
• Can now place natural resources in Admin mode
• Fixed minecarts only picking up partial loads from Base
• Fixed Steam Power plants sometimes not consuming resources
• Fixed highlight size around 1x1 buildings
• Research panel no longer auto-pauses game
• Can now build on scaffolds even if underlying block has uneven terrain
• Cursor automatically resets after placing Building or Unit, but can hold Left Shift to build multiple, or turn on new interface preference 'Default Build Multiple'

.034

• Added 'Remove Block' (Bulldozer) tool - hit X, or Shovel icon in bottom toolbar to activate. Will remove and refund any player-built blocks or paths
• Remove Block tool right-click behavior is to sample the highlighted structure, and then only destroy that structure while you drag
• Renamed 'Terrain' build category to 'Tools' and added 'Remove Block' tool there
• Fixed incorrect Context Tooltip when Remove Resource tool was active
• Added 'Empty' map preset for totally flat, resource-free maps
• Minecart is now unlocked with Railroad research, Harvester is unlocked with Machinery research
• Fixed bug where you could no longer replace Conveyor Belts with similar belts facing a different direction
• Updated game icon
• Can now delete trees planted on top of Scaffolding
• Camera resets when backing out of file into main menu
• ESC key will close Item Filter Selection panel
• Made many UI elements larger
• Timer block now has configurable timer duration, and outputs the received value (instead of 0) when timer expires
• Renamed 'Gate Function Block' to 'Signal Gate', renamed 'Logic Gate' block to 'Bool Function'
• Signal Gate now updates color & icon to reflect gate openness state
• Pushers, Grabbers, and Sorters have better icons and border color that changes to reflect active state
• Fixed Tooltip window so it doesn't stay up when selecting item from Build menu
• Fixed bugs that may occur related to common inventory when player is missing a base
• Fixed bug where Remove Resource tool would frequently ignore objects
• Fixed ability to put a conveyor belt perpendicular to a block's slope
• Removed RMB to cancel structure, was resulting in inadvertent cursor resets

.033

• Added Wood Bridge
• Added Stone Bridge
• Added Wood Pillar Scaffold
• Added Stone Pillar Scaffold
• Added Wood Arch
• Added Stone Arch
• Added Stairs
• Added Road Ramp
• Fixed nav error when harvest action suggests nearby chute
• Fixed nav error where Stone Walls were not navigable on their top surface
• Kitchen now costs Iron Plates instead of Planks, and is unlocked from Forge instead of Grain Mill
• Removed Water requirement from Steam Power research
• Fixed bug where Steam Power Plants were not actually supplying any power to attached buildings
• Fixed Steam plant generating Steam when building is disabled
• Renamed Rail Gate to Barrier Gate
• One-Way block is now unlocakble with Logic research

.032

• Chute and Conveyor belts will be suggested as nearby Harvest dropoff points
• Objects can now be delivered to higher levels of buildings (up to 2 higher than ground)
• Reduced house goods consumption rates for early upgrades
• Increased supply value of flour from 5 to 6
• Increased gold value of flour from 4 to 5
• Changed Road placement cost from 2 Stone Bricks to 1 Stone Brick + 2 Gold
• Changed Mana Pipe placement gold cost from 4 to 10
• Changed Cloth cost from 2 Wool to 1 Wool
• Changed Farm Tile from 5 Fertilizer to 2 Fertilizer + 20 Gold
• Fertilizer can be used as a Fuel source
• Changed House population cap provied from 2/4/6/8/10 to 2/4/7/10/14
• Decreased Farm's Grain baseline production time from 5 seconds to 4 seconds
• Increased Forester 'nearby tree' production bonus by 20%
• Reduced Barn Gold cost from 50 to 40
• Fixed issue where Enchanters could not be assigned more workers
• Can no longer build Scaffold blocks on top of units
• Improved worker Avoidance when only possible path blocked by another worker
• Disabled obsolete Resistor structure
• Lowered School Materials requirement for Metal research
• Increased School Materials requirement for Medicine research
• Fixed issue where you could easily over-populate by reactivating a building then adding 1 worker
• Fixed positioning error on Building outlet arrow

.031

• Fixed bug where cursor would jump around when placing Barn
• Fixed Upgrade button not updating its display & cost when clicked

.030

• Buildings now require Worker Capacity (this may cause spike in unhappiness in older save files)
• You can assign extra workers to buildings to boost production speed, or remove workers to pause production
• Research recipes now use generic Writing Supplies instead of specifically paper or books
• Added Item Tooltip menu (with toggleable preference)
• Fixed issue where targeting commands would accidentally target another unit
• Improved highlighting of craft recipe buttons
• Item icons will not block clicks from activating craft recipe buttons
• Reduced Animal Feed production time from 4 seconds to 2 seconds
• Moved Enchanter to the Mana category of the building menu
• Added new icon for Mana Pipe
• Can now use right-mouse click to cancel a build action
• Expanded with of Recipe Selection menu
• Default Framerate set to 60

.029

• Fixed Mana Forges not being able to change their recipe
• Added building cost for Enchanter
• Fixed bug that you couldn't directly delete rail carts
• Fixed typo in controls menu for camera rotation
• Fixed mana / steam grids not scaling with map
• Removed exlcusive fullscreen mode in favor of fullscreen windowed mode, to improve stability

.028

• Lowered Stone Brick production time from 5 seconds to 4 seconds
• Improved performance of main player inventory panel
• Fixed Pause being visible on the launch menu
• Fixed Sorter and Pusher having wrong icon when initially built
• Remove Resource tool will actually subtract its cost from player inventory
• Units will no longer attempt to deliver items to Silos that have an incompatible item filter
• Added slight preference for wagons to use Footpaths, and small speed boost
• Made Coal, Iron Ore, Mana, and Elemental Stones difficult-walkable by workers and unwalkable by wagons
• Workers that were delivering to unspecified Houses will prioritize the nearby Market instead
• Removed bright pink path error debug lines
• Can now build overlay (logic) structures on top of occupied paths
• Stopped Packager from autofilling with nearby water

.027

• Added new Terrain Tool: Delete Resource
• Fixed workers being unable to correctly navigate over Rail tiles
• Added Enchanter for producing Magic Conveyor Belts, Elixers, and other late game goods
• Fixed Bakery / Kitchen being locked
• Mana Pipe paths must now be built using Mana Pipe items, created at the Enchanter
• Moved Omnistone recipe to Enchanter
• Book removed from Luxury goods, replaced with Enchanted Book (made at Enchanter)
• Added Ward item, produced at Enchanter, and supplies Luxury to Houses
• Final House upgrade requires Enchanted Book

.026

• Reworked early game progression & tutorial, modified many recipe & building costs
• Workers can now drop off to any part of Chute, which should reduce clumping
• Can now choose map size on Create Game menu
• Can now choose to manually place base on Create Game menu
• You can now place paths on top of units, as long as they are compatible
• Metal Conveyor Belt now requires Cloth Belt as ingredient
• Removed shadows from overhead Mana structures
• Fixed game unpausing while in some menus

.025

• Expanded map size by 4x
• Added AutoSave
• Houses now provide 2 additional population capacity per level
• Game auto-pauses when you open menu (and resumes on menu close, if game wasn't previously paused)
• Fixed Fuel slots from failing to work properly on recipe change or newly created building
• Fixed Mana Forge not being able to switch recipes
• Increased Coal and Iron Ore default natural resource amount
• Iron plate costs fewer resources and is produced faster
• Markets are no longer affected by Happiness multiplier

.024

• Fixed conveyor belt reverse textures
• Can now delete and replace / refund other conveyor belt types if you have any conveyor belt type selected
• Fixed bug where admin command was not fully allowing resource deletion
• New interface option: enable / disable interface bubbles
• Reduced cloth cost of cloth belt from 2 to 1
• Fixed workers being unable to drop off items to cloth and magic belts

.023

• Added Herb resource
• Added Cloth Conveyor Belt path structure
• Renamed Bakery to Kitchen
• Added Poultice recipe at Workshop
• Added Remedy recipe at Kitchen
• Changed Plank recipe from 5 seconds to 3 seconds
• Changed Leather recipe from 5 seconds to 4 seconds
• Reduced Stone Brick recipe from 8 seconds to 5 seconds
• Reduced Population Requirement for Wagons and Harvesters
• Increased default capacity for most natural resources
• Increased supply value for Plank from 2 to 3
• Lowered research requirement for Pasture and Bakery
• Removed Save prompt when in main menu
• Added more ingredients to House upgrade

.022

• Wagons now can only carry items of the same type, which should resolve lots of confusing wagon behavior
• Increased effect of tilt shift
• Added shadows effect & video preference
• Added video preference for SSAO, Antialiasing, Vsync, Windowed mode, Resolution
• Default launch mode is now fullscreen
• Removed duplicate water effect when loading maps
• Removed pre-launch settings window
• Fixed new default terrain from being created if navigating back to launch screen from Options menu
• Fixed zoom map control being active in launch menu
• Fixed wagons only displaying 3 out of 4 items
• Fixed worker units removing items from Market when supplying other buildings
• Fixed houses sometimes showing incorrect happiness values 
• Houses will consume goods that exceed its current supply capacity if their happiness is otherwise lowered
• Workers with 'pick up' behavior will seek out closest provider building even if current inv count is 0
• Cloth is worth 5 supply, Outfit worth 15, Book worth 10
• Low Happiness penalty changed from -20% to -10%
• Very Low Happiness penalty changed from -50% to -25%
• Lowered research requirement for Forestry and Metallurgy
• Fixed gold and 'population' from being added to base inventory when deleting some workers
• Removed obsolete 'Access Configuration' from Barn
• Fixed buildings auto-outputting items when Grabber Filter should take precedence
• Fixed tooltips & cursor highlights getting stuck if alt-tabbing out of application
• Added 'save game?' prompt if game state changes after last save

.021

Released 24-Jul-2018

• Improved Supply behavior - can now supply multiple items to a building and prioritize based on building demand
• Title bar now disappears when navigating to Load menu
• Fixed some missing navigation nodes on edge of map
• Wood Wheel now costs 2 Planks instead of 4 wood
• Iron Wheel now costs 2 Iron Plate instead of 2 Iron Ore
• Iron Gear now costs 2 Iron Plate instead of 2 Iron Ore
• Lowered Stone Mason gold cost from 250 to 200
• Added tilt-shift video effect
• Improved launch menu display
• Fixed bug when dropping off item to chute in an uphill direction
• Fixed item overlaps that may occur if chute object starts rolling backwards
• When delivering goods to unspecified houses, workers will target the house with the highest demand for that goods category
• Workers holding an item can now issue 'Drop Off' command to non-storage building
• Fixed error where resources were not being refunded on building or path deletion
• Fixed error where house happiness and gold alerts would get stuck if you deleted underlying house

.020

Released 22-Jul-2018

• Fixed bug where deleting an building or worker wouldn't properly refund gold cost
• Selected objects now show context commands
• Made display of building production outlets more consistent, and also shown when Overlay button is pressed
• Added Structures into help menu
• Admin mode now allows natural resource deletion
• Added more item description text entries
• Disabled obsolete Rail Switch block
• Fixed some crashes on game load, and automatically opens output_log window on load error

.019

Released 19-Jul-2018

• Houses now provide 2 capacity by default
• Fixed bug where workers would get destroyed if you right-click-dragged onto them while on a road
• Added help lines to display highlighted or selected workers' pickup targets and dropoff destinations
• Pressing data overlay key (F) will also show all worker's targeting paths
• Fixed bug where markets would repeatedly deliver certain goods to houses that were full
• Improved prioritization of Market to sell available goods based most urgent need of nearby houses
• Having more workers than capacity (e.g. deleting too many houses) will drop Happiness to 0
• When you can't afford a building, game tells you via message what you're missing
• Lowered Wagon Gold cost to 40
• Lowered Worker Gold cost to 10 (for real this time)
• Rail Carts no longer require population capacity
• Fixed bugs that may occur after using the Flatten tool
• Made Flour worth 4 gold instead of 5
• Made Flour worth 5 supply instead of 3

.018

Released 17-Jul-2018

• Houses register with existing Markets on creation and upgrade, so they get proper delivery of goods
• Houses can now be linked to multiple Markets, not just the closest one.
• Adjusted house consumption values to strike a better balance between Gold income and Happiness maintenance
• A house supply value of < 25% will provide 0 Happiness, only drops to -1 when supply is totally empty
• Made preview highlight tiles more transparent
• Prevented workers from harvesting resources that are submerged in water
• Reworked House happiness indicators to be more obvious
• Fixed bug where currentFileName would preserve after quitting and starting new map, thus possibly overwriting via quicksave
• Increased width of inventory panel
• Lowered worker cost from 15 gold to 10 gold
• Prevented Workers from walking up terrain that is too steep
• Only water-consuming buildings display water-supply preview tiles

.017

Released 13-Jul-2018

• Better quality house goods will provide more house supply
• Houses will consume goods faster as they are upgraded
• Houses have more inventory space for goods as they are upgraded
• Fixed pathing errors that would occur when moving terrain underneath worker units
• Added preference option to disable tutorial messages
• Prevented terrain modification underneath buildings or near paths or structures
• Fixed bug where cursor would disappear after raising/lowering terrain, making repeated clicks impossible
• Fixed bug where Happiness meter would remain when deleting house
• Changed House Goods consumption rate to be more forgiving at early levels
• Chute objects will no longer go uphill, but will also behave more consistently

.016

Released 11-Jul-2018

Big change is new Happiness system. I wasn't happy with the old system where your worker cap would decrease. It was confusing and unsatisfying. Now, worker cap is persistent and simple - You get +1 capacity for every House, and +1 for every house Upgrade. Happiness is a passive bonus or penalty to production speed. Supply goods to Houses to maintain happiness.

Also made the following changes:

• Added context menu to list relevant input commands based on current cursor mode
• Added tooltips to Game Status header items
• Stopped Grabber from outputting when no viable path for item in Grabber node
• Fixed Grabbers pulling out recipe ingredients
• Fixed Grabbers sometimes losing connection to building and being unable to grab anything
• Grabbers no longer work without underlying Chute or Belt
• Grabbers work more consistently when attached buildings are added or removed mid-game
• Grabbers will update linked building when rotated
• Added more fixed framerate options
• Fixed issue where items being auto-outputted from buildings onto neutral chutes would get stuck
• Can now right-click to delete 'orphan' items without a path
• Changed Plank cost from 4 wood to 2 wood
• Cleaned out some obsolete items in Guide / Help menu, added Units category, removed Recipe

.015

Released 08-Jul-2018

• Changed header gold icon to match icon when houses produce gold
• Added video preferences panel within Options
• Added Framerate Cap in video preferences
• Fixed some inactive buttons on in-game menu
• Prevented ESC button closing menu while at Title screen
• Version notes pops up automatically if new, and displays last version launched
• Fixed load error that might occur if units were stuck in a position without a navigation node

.014

Released 06-Jul-2018

• Added terrain generation options on New Game Create
• Grain and Wood are now rollable in chutes
• Farm is available from the start
• Greatly increased framerate with GPU instancing
• Lowered resource costs of early research
• New Logic structure: Grabber, which actively pulls specified items out of building
• On new maps, primary base location takes preference for existing flat locations instead of always being in middle
• Can no longer build structures like Chutes inside of buildings, natural resources, or on top of worker units
• Fixed File menu sticking around when hitting Back
• TAB key will activate admin console in addition to backquote / tilde
• ESC will now open the main game menu if no other menu open
• Tree planter unlocks with Forestry research, doesn't rely on Forester building
• Mana Stones added to output of Mine
• Updated some resource spawn distributions
• Pushers can now have an Item Filter
• Fixed build menu buttons being disabled when they should be enabled
• Mana Transmission research now requires purified mana
• Fixed Hotkeys activating items that aren't unlocked yet
• Prevented Base deletion

.013

Released 25-Jun-2018

• Worker units are now created from the Build menu, and updated tutorial accordingly
• Increased default grain & tree capacity
• Fixed gold & research persisting to New Game if player exited previous game
• Added middle-mouse-hold camera control
• Can now remove gold with admin command 'r Gold X' where X is amount to remove
• Made terrain modifications near water much more stable

.012

Released 24-Jun-2018

• Fixed worker teleportation issue on low quality settings
• Switchted to 64-bit built to prevent some Steam plugin crashes

.011

Released 23-Jun-2018

• fixes well not working
• fixes workers not being able to harvest water
• fixed controls menu missing or having duplicates
• screenshot is now f12, to avoid conflict with typing '.' in save game name
• Made roads less shiny

.010

Released 23-Jun-2018

• First released version on Steam for private beta