Dear New Cycle Community,

We want to say hello again after a long development period. In this process, we considered and discussed in detail the feedback we have collected from you throughout our Early Access period up until this point, especially those that can get included in our roadmap for the 'Medium and Long-Term.' In response to your intense care, we have revised our already-existing roadmap to achieve a more overarching, interactive, and sustainable game world. We keep dedicating our efforts to make both the simplified and detailed version of our renewed roadmap, which will be open to your feedback in the process and available for general access soon. Therefore, thank you in advance for your understanding and interest.

Here is what we did along with the changes as bringing some late-game mechanics to an earlier phase and speeding up our preparations for a few bold additions:

* We focused more on the end-game process and the completion of the mechanics of the New Cycle world.
* Cleaned minor bugs and improved UI components that may have been disturbing the current user experience.
* Focused on resource cycle balancing for Sandbox mode to support infinite gameplay better.
* We worked on the 'Multi-production' side mechanic for the mid to end-game phases with the necessary revisions and new structures in the production tree.
* We have made inroads in the 'Logistics between in-land Regions' side mechanic we planned with the expanded map scale.
* Whilst some technical aspects (rendering performance, pathfinding algorithms, design settings from development periods) have been fine in early access, we have implemented a number of upgrade solutions in order to be ready for future scale-ups and our intention to run more content smoothly.
* Improved the tutorial menu to provide a better experience for our new players and aimed to explain the mechanics more comprehensibly.
*We realised that we could not explain some new capabilities and sections to our users very well, especially since we had serial updates close to the first release period. In this direction, we are making improvements, including more description fields, improvement of Ui indicators and changes on some definition fields.
* A series of micro-headings based on community feedback in particular.

Furthermore, we also want to share some welcome news that makes us glad this month. We were deemed worthy of awards in the categories of 'Game of the Year' and 'Best Computer Game of the Year' within the 'Crystal Pixel' game awards, which are valuable for the local ecosystem of our country, Türkiye. We hope it can be a morale booster for the Turkish game development industry in creating quality games that get worldwide recognition. Once again, we thank our community for being one of the most notable contributors to this achievement.

And we send our greetings together with our team mates and friends who attended the night

We look forward to catching you on our following post, in which we will share the roadmap and the content of the next update.

Greetings!

After the last major update content, we have identified and fixed the problem that some of our users encountered mainly in the 'Auto' save phase.

* Fixed sub-component causing crashes

Thank you for your understanding and support.

Greetings!

Thanks to your quick feedback and the intense flow of information you have provided, especially on balance, we would like to announce the new hotfix content. In particular, the 'pathfinding' mechanic, which we have improved in the new major update, has been causing problems in the save/load phase in some cases and we have worked to compensate for this.

Thank you for your participation and understanding and see the full list below:

• Save/Load: It has been observed that some devices crash due to pathfinder data while saving/loading the game. With this hotfix, this issue has been fixed and possible crash situations have been tried to be prevented.
  [**] Also, as an extra solution If you are still experiencing crashes while saving/loading, you can enable the "-noastar" launch option added.
  [**] More info about Steam Game Launch Options: https://steamproxy.net/steamhelp/en/faqs/view/7D01-D2DD-D75E-2955
  
• Fixed the situation where some production structures have 'Workforce' but this value is displayed as zero and the structure does not work.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused a problem with the normal rate of child births even if there were no empty houses (almost no new births will occur if there are no empty houses even with high morale, health and welfare levels).
  
• Vegetable and grain production cycle times (48 game hours) have been rearranged to stay within the 24-hour period (for easier reading of daily report outputs). Some production balancing was done.
  
• Changed Tier III (Filling Meal) meal production formula. While maintaining the formula ratios, the input and output ratios were increased in parallel and the number of meals that can be produced in a day in a structure increased.
  
• The production rate of the Kitchen III structure was reorganized.
  
• Fixed an issue where trains would occasionally get lost when the game was in Pause mode, even if they weren't moving, due to the track calculations continuing to run during the Pause phase.
  
• Confirmation shortcut with "Enter" key in the demolition/upgrade window has been activated.
  
• Fixed bug where the negative effect of "Wildlife Fading" also affects animal husbandry.
  
• Fixed an issue on the Great meadow map where the winter-specific effect that was supposed to block farming production was not activating.

Heyho everyone,

We just released another quick update with a number of improvements and fixes based on bug reports and community feedback we received sine the latest update, with the intention to improve the progress flow in the early game stages.

Once again, thank you for your participation and your time to make the game better.


Fixes and Adjustments

• Fixed multiple Solar Storm triggers in close year intervals.
  
• Increased the child birth rate in the Early Ages for normal difficulty.
  
• For Normal difficulty, increased the migration rate for the Early Ages.
  
• Adjusted the conditions for the occurrence of the 'Lightning Strike' event.

Heyho everyone,

We just released a quick update with a number of improvements and fixes based on bug reports and community feedback we received throughout the day.

Once again, thank you for your participation and your time to make the game better.


Fixes and Adjustments

• Fixed Campain story triggering in Sandbox mod.
  
• Fixed the Great Meadow map being named as 'mountain' in the save file.
  
• Made some adjustments to the log stock of 'Live' trees in the Great Meadow map.
  
• Added some positive support to the birth rate that can occur in societies in the 30-50 population range (to prevent new users who are playing the game for the first time and are unfamiliar with the mechanics from waiting an extra 15-20 minutes for migration in the Cycle 2 phase)
  
• The multiplier dynamics of the aging mechanics have been slightly modified so as not to cause overpowering mass casualties.
  
• Added variants to the new Tier III-type food formula for Kitchen builds.
  
• Improved the road network with an extra check for integrity.
  
• Fixed a bug in reloading some old save files after overwriting them with new saves.
  
• Fixed turn off/on minimap view function.

Heyho everyone!

The last month has been an intense period of development and expansion, and we've been eagerly moving forward to ensure that the New Cycle universe is complete in all its components as soon as possible. We are now ready to launch the content detailed below for the next major update.
With our multi-faceted approach, we're working to ensure that the many mechanics and systems work together in harmony and with a method by which every new piece will complement each existing component or form the basis for new systems in the future.

Thank you very much for your tremendous support in this process and every contribution you have patiently offered. We believe you will recognize a lot of past feedback that’s been addressed, especially under the headings of improvement and balance.


New language expansion

The Language tree is expanding, with this update releasing two new languages with all content translated and made available.

• Spanish
  
• Polish

Newly Added Maps, Structures and Resources

• New and expanded (approximately 1,000,000 Units/Area) map alternatives to the existing (approximately 360,000 Units/Area) playable Meadow variant
  Primarily, a revamped terrain view and expansive playgrounds that are nearly 4 times larger and equally resource-heavy for all mods.
  
  
• Third-level storage structure: 'Warehouse'
  The ultimate storage solution for advanced metropolitan areas with high storage capacity and a more industrial-looking form. It will consume some extra energy to stack large containers.
  
  
• Third-level kitchen 'Community Kitchen' and higher-grade ration 'Filling Meal'
  The ultimate kitchen where mechanized communities can produce daily meals with a faster and mass production approach. It allows for much more output in less time with low product loss and high machine efficiency. Higher food morale output can be achieved with the new ration type 'Filling Meal', currently available with two different recipes.
  
  
• Third-level residential structure: 'Apartment'
  A new type of not-so-comfortable but sturdy housing for developing and densely populated cities (with several UI plugins for garbage generation and related sub-mechanics not yet active, to be announced for future updates)
  
  
• Third-level customized Mushroom production facility: 'Tubule Cavern'
  A mostly underground tubular production facility designed as an artificial cave, designed to feed a large population and to counter natural Mushroom resources depleting as time progresses. A labor-costly structure with high energy requirements for humidity and heat management.
  
  
• Second-level 'Cobblestone Road' with elevated road and electricity pylons and optional lighting
  You can spend Stone and Iron to upgrade or rebuild existing roads for extra Workforce efficiency and added aesthetics. Features a new utility pole system and street props.
  
  
• Early-intermediate product processing structure: 'Small Workhall'
  A multi-faceted working structure where raw resources are converted into unprocessed food items in the form of intermediate products.

• Early-stage consumable health product: 'Herbal Tea'
  A new product that provides early Health support by processing and translating the raw material 'Herb,' which can be collected from natural sources on the map or produced by agriculture and distributed via the Tavern structure.
  
  
• The ‘Leather’ was replaced with ‘Raw Hide’ material. ‘Tanned Leather’ product added, production trees such as clothing and books were changed to use Tanned leather instead of the old 'Leather'.

New UI Elements and Capabilities

• Minimap
  Traditional minimap with access function for instant location change, scalable for fast navigation and overview with higher control, along with an enlargeable display of the playable map. The ability to mark the desired structures on the minimap through the new 'setting' button added to the structure panel, the ability to set the minimap icon type and color.
  
  
• Resource detail cards
  Left-clicking on any item on the main HUD will now access a new management panel. With this panel, all the detailed information of the selected product, its production and consumption distribution according to specific dates and its history can be quickly viewed. This panel, which can be opened more than once at the same time, will make it easier to compare and track the distribution of certain products.
  
  
• Draggable main UI elements
  In the main UI view, elements such as general effects, Scout indicators, minimap, season indicator, log entry list, etc. can be dragged to any point of the screen on demand and persist in this condition. The dragged elements self-organize themselves slightly according to the new positioning of left-right and up-down on the screen, preventing aesthetic loss.
  
  
• Create a copy of an existing structure via shortcut key
  For quick and easy build access, a copy of the selected existing build with the same rotation can be created for instant placement with LeftShift + LeftMouseClick.
  
  
• Save location for quick navigation on the map
  Currently, up to 4 custom location shortcuts can be created and instant trips to them can be made with the assigned key.
  
  
• Production structures in pause
  Constructions that are stopped by the player will now have their available labor automatically freed and added to the available labor pool. When the building is reactivated, the same workforce (if available) is assigned to the building as before.
  
  
• Fog density and adaptive distance management
  Fog density has been modified, and the system is now adapted to work with the user's preference for the camera maximum distance.
  
  
• Special On/Off function for tree layer
  All trees can be toggled off and on with a shortcut for easier viewing during gameplay.
  
  
• Log panel controls
  The built-in 'Log' logging panel on the main UI can now be optionally closed and opened, or scrolled through to view historical logs.
  
  
• Workforce and regional construction management via Region Master list view
  Quick action feature such as assigning workers, building new structures, withdrawing existing ones, etc. for all active regions via the Region main list view panel has been added.

Additional Mechanics and New Developments

• Aging mechanic
  The basic mechanics of 'aging' were added, which runs parallel to the population's game-time equation and aims to simulate the normal course of life from adulthood to old age, which can result in natural death or incapacitation. Thanks to the presence of the old-age mortality variable, birth and its influencing factors have been further balanced.

Improvements and Balancing

• Structures under construction were reworked to return the entire construction cost without loss when cancelled.
  
• A number of adjustments and changes have been made to the Bunker construction phase and parallel story fulfillment status conditions within Campaign.
  
• Updated the 'Bridge' and 'Tunnel' objects that are terrain and surface dependent on the railroad track, adding 3D assets that are more volumetrically and artistically appropriate to the integrity of the railroad track.
  
• The opening and closing animation sequences of UI panels have been sped up.
  
• For highly overcrowded settlements, the behavior models of NPC groups have been adjusted according to distance, allowing them to work more efficiently.
  
• Performance-oriented improvements have been made to the UI elements that specify the state of structures, as well as to the central working model of this particular UI element.
  
• For some structures, LOD components were added and the way they work was optimized according to the camera distance.
  
• New improvements have been made to some VFX components to work based on distance.
  
• A number of changes have been made to the general production formulas and times for Tier III level production structures.
  
• Refactored Train Fuel costs and changed the multiplier based on the active route.
  
• A number of multipliers for optional difficulty settings and their associated employee values have been reorganized.
  
• Construction costs and durations have been updated for a number of structures.
  
• As a background enhancement, an extra check and validation plugin has been added for extremely large road networks.
  
• Fixed the resource icons being rearranged on the main HUD after loading a save.
  
• Additional checks have been added for some Conveyor Belt connections after load.
  
• Updated the buildable area limits of structures to match the camera access limits of the maps.
  
• A number of improvements were made to the pathfinding and obstacle recognition methods for NPCs.
  
• Updated collision boxes for a number of map components and objects.
  
• Adjusted tier multipliers for Ration and Tool requirements for the Specialist social class.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Bunker special tutorial would retrigger after every Save load.
  
• Added the ability to delete all 'Save' records under the relevant Save register.
  
• Added auto save feature on/off status display on save records.
  
• Added a button to the 'Gameplay' settings tab to toggle the visibility of some of the main HUD components (Log, Minimap, etc.) on/off.
  
• Added a button to revert changes made to the main draggable HUD elements to default in the 'Gameplay' settings tab.
  
• Changes to some sound effects (Lightning and thunder, Structure placement Ui effect) distance and 3D reflection.
  
• Minor translation fixes implemented.
  
• Changed three character images in the message menus that work with low-resolution template forms.

Heyho everyone,

this time we just have a few fixes while we are preparing bigger updates - here are the patch notes:

• [Fixed] In build tasks, if the requested building was already built, the task did not detect it and forced the requested building to be rebuilt
  
• [Fixed] Extended top panel overlapping when HUD scale is 150%
  
• [Fixed] After load, in some cases, current electricity value shows incorrectly
  
• [Fixed] After load, paused construction sites start consuming electricity
  
• [Fixed] Conveyor effects of Cable product do not affect the building
  
• [Fixed] The 'Ghost' structure that was forgotten during the previous update tests on the 'Steppe' biome map has been removed.

Greetings!

Another patch is done, mainly focused on Improvement and Fixes, along with some Balancing:

Main Updates

• [Improved] The HUD product dashboard has been expanded. Many more products and raw materials can now be displayed on demand in a more horizontal and wider area.
  
• [Fixed] In complex and multi-connected road networks, when a road segment is deleted, the connections of some other buildings linked to the road are disconnected.
  
• [Fixed] in complex and dense road networks, some buildings become roadless after loading.
  
• [Fixed] Conveyor Belt bonuses for 'Basic Tool' produced in TIII phase not working.
  
• [Fixed] The value displayed and the value applied by the "In Good Hands" effect were mismatched.
  
• [Fixed] Full-page messages not fitting on Steam Deck devices.
  
• [Improved] Scout notification messages opening animation has been accelerated.
  
• [Improved] Increased volumes of Iron, copper, tin and coal nodes in all local biome maps.
  
• [Improved] In regional areas, the probability of Tin and Coal has been raised for the mineral deposits accessible by environmental type.

Balancing

• [Balancing] Oil and diesel production tree output multipliers and efficiency values were revised.
  
• [Balancing] Revision was made on railroad costs and disel consumption of locomotives.
  
• [Balancing] A multiplier formula has been developed that negatively suppresses childbirth in the absence of housing suitable for settlement.

Heyho everyone,

We have another patch coming in, this time adding a rebuild function when a building was destroyed, Key Bindings, Balancing Changes and Bug Fixes - but see for yourself:

Main Updates

• [New] Key Bindings
  
• [Fixed] Minerals types are mixed after region load
  
• [New] Fast navigation option between regions was needed, added
  
• [New] Added recycling raw materials from the building that was demolished to be upgraded
  
• [New] Added rebuild option for destroyed buildings
  
• [New] Added icon and header images for the newly added Cemetery I and WindTurbine II buildings
  
• [Fixed] E key also moves the camera
  
• [Fixed] At the pause state, the training building Fill All button was only adding 1 person
  
• [Fixed] At the pause state, no color showing the condition of the roads during placement
  
• [Fixed] Inability to move around the map during Pause
  
• [Fixed] Sometimes all trees disappear when returning to the main menu and starting a new game without ever closing the game
  
• [Fixed] “Application run in background" set to active by default (when off by default, some users may think the game is locked when it switches to background)
  
• [Fixed] Field camp development button not activated
  
• [Fixed] Ruins nesting issue
  
• [Fixed] Ruin progress continues when there are 0 workers
  
• [Fixed] Class management panel, after selecting Distribution, values are distorted when changing tab before the number rounding animation ends
  
• [Fixed] Pub service area perimeter does not start exactly in the middle
  
• [Fixed] Even when Conveyor System was not developed, the conveyor can be placed by pressing the blue sockets.
  
• [Fixed] In some cases the electricity tooltip panel remained open.

Balancing

• [Balancing] Revised TIII Lumbermil structure and production formulas of related products
  
• [In progress] Increased the number of mining nodes (allowing them to exist in more locations, while maintaining their possible volume so as not to negatively affect gameplay).
  
• [In progress] Reduced the global drought minus multiplier for the Meadow biome. (The drought factor, which determines the rate of replenishment of available water resources, has been reduced specifically for the Meadow biome, which offers easier gameplay)
  
• [In progress] The direct impact of the lack of available housing on the birth rate has been amplified.
  
• [In progress] Adjustments have been made to increase the output of Kitchen II and TII food types (temporary adjustment to avoid making this stage of the game too overwhelming in the absence of advanced developments and buildings such as Kitchen III, dual phase electric ovens)
  
• [In progress] Belt system feed bonus effect multiplier regulation on Metalworks