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Formation Builder Idle Playtest
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v0.4.2: Smoother Progress, Clearer Formations
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v0.4.2: Smoother Progress, Clearer Formations
Formation Builder Idle Playtest
· published
16 Jul 2026, 12:48 UTC
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New Features
Added placeholders when heroes in a saved formation are unavailable.
Offline progress now shows skipped waves when you return to the game.
Added a pause control for wave progression, while still allowing you to advance waves manually.
Added an optional confirmation before using a prestige warp.
Mission choices now clearly distinguish abandoning a mission from completing it early.
You can now select a hero placed in your formation to open their details from the hero tray.
Workshop hero pickers now mark heroes who are already in your formation.
Workshop mission offers now show when they will become available again.
Quality of Life
Offline progress now advances at the same pace as active play and applies skipped waves correctly.
Updated Idle Mastery to change it to a DPS Talent.
Simplified the Workshop station interface.
Made hero tiles more compact and improved hero tray scrolling.
Workshop mission timers now show the full number of minutes remaining.
Fixed the talent tutorial appearing before its window had closed.
Bug Fixes
Fixed prestige progress so your highest credit for a run is retained.
Restored worker and machine experience contributions to mine leveling.
Updated mining tooltips to better explain experience and machine rewards.
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