Welcome Universe Architects,

We last left off dissecting the remains of massive stars. Their supernova explosions left behind beautiful nebulas. Yet, not all nebulas form this way.

As we venture through interstellar gas and dust, what could Semblance find in such chaos? It’s time to rock the cradle. A new star is born in:

Death leads back to new life. Some nebulas leave remnants of their explosive past lives and form into cradles that become the harbingers to new activity. Zoom in close and marvel at this strange afterlife in the Beyond garden.

• Nurture the beginnings of new life featuring four famed generators — Eagle, Pillars of Creation, Orion and Horsehead.
  
• To date, a total of eight real life nebulas have been brought to life in 3D.

The Ancient Maya called the Orion Nebula- the “cosmic fire of creation.” It is the closest stellar nursery close to Earth. Now let's follow Semblance beyond the familiar and uncover where stars are born.

• Learn how stars are formed with eight new enhancement trait cards such as Proplyds, The Spire, Trapezium Cluster and more.
  
• Discover stable stars on a new Astronomy Mission with Protostars.

As new stars are born, more constellations and achievements begin to surface. Mark them on your map of the universe and find them all.

• Collect ten new achievements — two for each nebula and one for each constellation.
  
• Two constellations have manifested in the night sky: Serpens and Auriga.
  
• Experience the benefits of the Auriga constellation as it shortens the red dwarf mission duration up to 6 hours.

• A tutorial has been added to the Beyond to improve first time user experience.
  
• Revised difficulty of early Beyond ranks.
  
• Changed the color of the confirm button to the original blue.
  
• Want an ads free experience? Introducing a new in-app purchase, available in the Darwinium store for iOS, Android and Steam: Infinity Pass.
  
  • Note: Boosts, Dwarfs and Geodes, costing 2 Darwinium, are free with an active Infinity pass. The pass will run for 30 days after purchase and will not automatically renew. It is available for re-purchase after it expires.

With E24, Semblance has concluded her journey with the stars. The life of a star is a continuous cycle of death and rebirth. Isn’t evolution on Earth much the same? Built from the changes of the past, something new arises. As Semblance ventures out for more answers, what lies beyond nebulas? Find out in the next episode of the Beyond.

It’s been almost a year since we started working with Steph, from Pariah Interactive, on the creation of the nebulas. We hope players enjoyed learning about the nebulas as we enjoyed designing them. While this is not the end of the Beyond, we will be saying goodbye to nebulas as we move on with Semblance.

We will also be releasing our next Explore Event soon. Thank you to our beta players for their continued feedback. We enjoyed the discussions and commentaries regarding the content. For those who are interested in other potential event topics, we released a survey on Monday asking for player opinions: link[forms.gle]. We encourage our players to fill out the survey, if they have not done so already. We are curious to learn what our players are interested in.

Lastly, as a reminder to players from our last dev diary, we will be sunsetting the Research Race in favor of a new leaderboard system. We have redesigned this system from the ground up and are analyzing the data that has been collected in the backend. We are also closely monitoring the feedback we’ve received from beta. We are happy to report that we have a much more robust system that can identify cheaters and take appropriate action. We believe this new system will be a successful evolution to the Research Race. We will share more in our upcoming livestream in May.

Looking ahead, stay cellular!
The Cells Team

Hi Universe Architects,

Coming hot from the release of our latest dev diary, new Civilization content has been added to the Main Simulation. The three metal ages are coming to an end with the arrival of the final epoch — Iron Age.

As a replacement to bronze, iron became more widespread with the discovery of steel. The Iron Age gave rise to many cultural achievements and political reform, influencing both the West and the East.

Did you know that iron was more accessible to the public than Bronze? It led to the production of weapons that allowed nations to build bigger armies. Other accomplishments to human culture and history were made and declined during the Iron Age. Learn more about these accomplishments by unlocking six new trait nodes such as the library, catapult, Astronomical calendar and more.

The advent of iron paved the way to advancements in weaponry and organized community systems. Experience history with five new animated unlocks in the Civilization garden.

• Catch a glimpse of the Legionnaire on the bridge.
  
• Observe an engineer at work on the Aqueduct.
  
• Join senators in the plaza to discuss governmental matters.
  
• Ignite gunpowder to set off fireworks.
  
• Look around to find more.

Relive an important historical moment at the tap of a finger through a new secret achievement in the updated Iron Age garden.

Five new artifacts await in the Augmentation Store. Add a piece of history to your simulation — Parthenon, Great Library of Alexandria, Great Wall of China and Colossus of Rhodes.

• Improvements to text and overflow issues.
  
• Updates to the Stores’ UI.

We have updated our game transfer system where save files will auto upload to the cloud the moment the device has internet connection. To ensure all save files are intact, please manually upload your save files to the cloud. Players will also need to opt-in to this autosave feature.


We recently released our dev diary for March- April along with an updated roadmap. If you’ve missed it, find it here. We hope players are excited for the future revamped multiplayer features. History was built from the joint unity of human efforts and multiplayer is a natural progression of evolution in our game. We are building a system where players can both enjoy a solo and collaborative experience. Join our beta + Discord and contribute your feedback to the development process: link

The next Beyond episode is currently undergoing polish and will be ready for release soon. We’ve seen what happens when a massive star explodes, and yet some bring new life. Join Semblance as she journeys into the gas and dust to observe the miracle of life. Beyond E24: Cosmic Cradles will rock the simulation soon.

We’d also like to hear more of our players’ thoughts regarding Explore Events. We released a survey last year to gauge player interest and it’s time to bring it back. Some ideas from the past survey have already been implemented in the game. As we plan out our next roadmap, we’d like to hear from players what our future Explore events would be next. Thank you everyone for your support, watch out for the survey soon.

Stay cellular!
The Cells Team