The Ground Rules - New Update, v0.90.190

Hey engineers!

We're continuing to making the final preparations for our grand v1.0 release! In this update, we've added a bunch of neew sounds and the long-awaited improvements of terrain visuals!

[h2]v0.90.190 Released![/h2]

• Improved tile junctions' look
  
• Improved terrain look
  
• Added shadows for hills
  
• Improved animation of the Catopia Ark engines
  
• Added sounds for the Catopia Ark
  
• Added ambient sounds for Zeppelins
  
• Added sound for Dynamite explosion
  
• Added sound for passing over trees while riding a Hoverboard
  
• Added sound for hovering mouse pointer over an active element
  
• Improved feedback upon interacting with soil, water, and lava
  
• Increased time interval between new cats appearing and new items being requested at the early stages of the game (suggested by Cyber)
  
• After researching the Smart Cat Store, a new quest emerges, with some Dynamite as a reward - to provide an option for terraforming at earlier stages of the game
  
• UI/UX fixes
  
• Improved adaptive interface
  
• Improved tutorials
  
• Copywriting fixes
  
• Big update for Chinese copywriting
  
• Improved tooltips
  
• Performance optimization
  
• Game engine version updated
  
• Bug fixes (kudos to S'Kleer, Cat (the Black))
  

[h2]Re: Factory[/h2]

In this section of patch notes, we answer the questions from the community that were submitted via the in-game feedback form and/or seemed especially interesting to us.

We have received bug reeports from the players Nameless and el stefano but the text of their messages got lost due to technical issues. If you're reading this and the bug(s) in question is still there, kindly send us a report again.

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