Cataclismo News

• Campaign Mode – Final Act: 6 new scenarios, concluding Iris’ story (approx. 20 hours total).
  
• Survival Mode Overhaul: Rogue-like structure replacing Endless Mode; choose Boost Cards after waves, manage rock-paper-scissors mechanics, and encounter entirely new maps.
  
• New Biome – The Depths: A murky biome now playable in Campaign, Survival, Skirmish, and Level Editor.
  
• Darkness Mechanics: Strategically illuminate dark areas to combat hidden horrors.
  
• Opaline Horrors: Pearlescent enemy variants, more aggressive due to prolonged darkness.
  
• Iris Renegade Update: Iris receives a full hero makeover with new Ecos-casting skills.
  
• New Skirmish Maps: Two handcrafted scenarios set in the Depths biome.
  
• Quality-of-Life Improvements: Better blueprint usability, accessibility settings added (brightness controls, blood disable option).
  
• Bug Fixes & Stability: Resolved issues with stability, visual glitches, pathfinding, and UI inconsistencies.
  

• Improved performance through new culling techniques.
  
• Added culling for building particles.
  
• Distance-based culling for particles implemented.
  
• New Level of Detail (LOD) introduced for basic pieces.
  

• Blueprint System: Players now start with Basic Blueprints from the beginning.
  
• Photo Mode: Added a close button and adjusted the toggle flow.
  
• Skirmish Updates: Minor adjustments made for smoother gameplay.
  

• Players now select a Boost Card after each wave.
  
• Booster Inventory Panel added for reviewing boosters.
  
• New main and secondary quests included.
  
• Progression system reworked to improve pacing.
  
• New biome added with unique environmental features.
  
• Map generation mechanics improved with additional terrain parameters.
  
• New survival map sections added: Depths & Outskirts.
  
• Difficulty adjusted for better gameplay pacing.
  
• Survival Quest Panel updated for ease of use.
  

• Balance Adjustments: Changes implemented across multiple systems.
  
• Blueprint System: Blueprints can now be deleted from any height.
  
• Blueprint System (Steam): Players can unsubscribe from blueprints directly in-game.
  
• Accessibility Options: Added a disable blood setting.
  
• Kickstarter Rewards: New Backer Piece – Mistlight allows troop teleportation.
  
• Kickstarter Rewards: Backer Monolith displays names of Kickstarter supporters.
  
• Kickstarter Rewards: Exclusive Kickstarter Skeleton units added.
  
• Kickstarter Rewards: Supporters now receive a Backer Badge on the War Table.
  
• Procedural Map Generation: Players can generate fully playable procedural maps or terrain-only maps for the Level Editor.
  
• Community Content: Community levels can be sorted by date.
  
• Photo Mode & UI: Resuming from pause now disables Photo Mode.
  
• Photo Mode & UI: Blueprints now prioritize inventory pieces when available.
  
• Photo Mode & UI: Inventory now contains updated pieces.
  
• Survival Level Validation: Players must survive until Wave 12 to complete a survival session.
  
• Accessibility Option: Brightness settings added.
  

• Height filter button now properly updates cursor and deselects pieces.
  
• Softlock issue in Level 8 resolved.
  
• Birds no longer disappear or glitch.
  
• Stretched blueprint images corrected.
  
• Building aggro now dissipates correctly.
  
• Spawn behavior offsets causing enemy placement issues corrected.
  
• Undoing recycled pieces (CTRL+Z) no longer restores HP.
  
• Height properly clamped when deleting blueprints or dragging pieces.
  
• Terrain correction in Level Editor improved.
  
• Nighttime enemy spawns now correctly limited to previously used spawners.
  
• Tutorial skipping bugs fixed.
  
• Socials Panel UI state refreshes immediately.
  
• Bomber Workshop selection through Fog of War disabled.
  
• Pathfinding recalculations causing accessibility issues fixed.
  
• Floating stairs exploit patched.
  
• Double-counting enemy deaths from falling pieces corrected.
  
• Hardware Supply Piece group deploy orders now propagate correctly.
  
• Iris Orb particle duplication issue fixed.
  
• Skip Wave button no longer skips time during active waves.
  
• Custom Skirmish wave timer duplication fixed.
  
• Infinite deploy loop for large units corrected.
  
• Various UI inconsistencies fixed, including drag deletion visuals and resource popups.
  

• Lamps in Level 2-2 adjusted for better visibility.
  
• "Edit Level" button disabled during scene unloading to prevent crashes.
  
• Gatherer path recalculations after loading fixed.
  
• Blueprint UI interaction in Level Editor corrected.
  
• Skirmish map spawning issues resolved.
  
• Camera placement issues in Entity Editor after terrain generation fixed.
  
• Resource gatherer initialization errors resolved.
  
• Loading custom levels without active game no longer breaks functionality.
  
• Wave direction indicators hidden in narrative levels to prevent spoilers.
  
• Mist no longer displayed on reserved stone tiles in map previews.
  

• Blueprint visibility corrected; pieces no longer appear behind floors and show correct costs.
  
• Building aggro inconsistencies resolved.
  
• Filter buttons now display active key bindings.
  
• Particle jobs scheduling improved to prevent unauthorized functions.
  
• Reinforcement buildings instantiate correctly.
  
• See-Through Mode now properly hides addons again.
  
• Egg-related softlock bug fixed.
  
• The pointer setup crash issue was resolved.
  
• Notification system bugs fixed.
  
• Resource bar icons display correctly.
  

• Bird behavior adjusted for smoother movement.
  
• Endless Quest System avoids similar consecutive quests.
  
• Decoy Trap size reduced for better placement.
  
• Supply Chain Gatherers pawn count modification temporarily disabled to prevent assignment issues.
  
• Defend Quests now count only killed pieces for completion.
  
• Navmesh adjustments; Citadel collider fixed for improved navigation.
  
• Survival saves are separated from older saves.
  
• Pieces Panel icons are organized better.
  
• Survival Quest titles are labeled properly as secondary quests.
  
• Quest Panel UI adjusted.
  
• Wave Difficulty no longer displayed in wave detail popup.
  
• New Merlon portrait variations added.
  

Horde-survival RTS Cataclismo is making the jump out of early access today with its 1.0 launch. A destruction-oriented combination of dark fantasy tower defense and piecemeal base building reminiscent of Lego, the Digital Sun strategy game first arrived in July 2024 and has since earned itself a 'very positive' Steam rating, with 91% of user reviews recommending it. Following more than a dozen major updates since, it's now feature complete for launch, and its Steam release is being joined by GOG and the Epic Games Store.

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