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Patch 0.1.5

- Statistics Bureau has been completely redesigned
- Offline Earning calculation has been revamped - now it should better reflect your progression
- New Building: Chromium Alloy Plant
- New Building: Titanium Alloy Plant
- New Policy: Chroiron - chromium alloy plants do not use Lithium but use 2x Iron instead. Now you should be able to build space station without expansion pack
- The game can be run without internet connection (offline earning will not be generated). Web version still requires internet (duh)
- Improve Swiss Shop UI
- Improve Logistics Center UI - now it will show a warning badge if your fuel consumption exceeds production
- Add hotkey [4] for shut down/turn on production
- You can now shut down mines/oil wells/natural gas pumps now
- Sell building's hotkey has been changed from [Backspace] to [0]
- Bugfix: Slow down to save up policy should now work correctly (expansion pack 1)

There are 65 resources, 87 factories, 22 policies and 9 maps available in this version

Patch 0.1.4

- Bugfix: Sometimes grid highlight is not rendered properly after using logistics center
- Balance: Wholesale center requires 8 different resources to unlock
- Balance: Max builders upgrade base cost reduced from 50 to 25
- The last upgrade option is changed to upgrade to next multiplier instead of fixed 10x
- Logistics center now shows top 20 fuel cost routes
- Add leaderboard opt-out. PLEASE NOTE: if you want to enable leaderboard later, you need to reset your data first

There are 65 resources, 85 factories, 21 policies and 9 maps available in this version

Patch 0.1.3

- Balance: Schools now have 4x science and 2x power usage
- Balance: Wholesale center requires 10 different resources to unlock
- Balance: Universities do not require books any more (expansion pack 1)
- New Building: Polytechnics use semiconductors to produce science
- New Policy: Knowledge Through Steel - steel mills use 2x input and produce extra science
- New Map: Detroit
- New Map: Boston (expansion pack 1)
- Bugfix: Correct the description of Hearts of Iron policy
- Expansion pack owners will have a ⭐ next to the name in leaderboard as well
- You can only send one chat message every 10 seconds (doesn't apply to expansion pack owners)
- Industry Idle is coming to Apple Homepod, Amazon Echo and Google Home: https://industryidle.com/voice.html

There are 65 resources, 85 factories, 21 policies and 9 maps available in this version

Patch 0.1.2

Patch 0.1.2 is out

- Add Steam Cloud backup - now your save is automatically backed up in Steam in case your local save is lost
- Add an option to hide chat message from bottom toolbar
- Resources in the statistics bureau are now sorted by deficit amount
- Bugfix: you can now import save without expansion pack into a game with expansion pack

There are 65 resources, 84 factories, 20 policies and 7 maps available in this version

Patch 0.1.1

Patch 0.1.1 is out

- Bugfix: sometimes swiss money are not rewarded when starting in a new city
- Bugfix: world's fair policy now should work properly
- Steam only: now the game runs in background, this will increase power usage (not in-game power, the real power)
- Research lab now only shows research that can be unlocked on a certain map
- Add a settings shortcut next to the chat icon

There are 65 resources, 84 factories, 20 policies and 7 maps available