The End Update reworks progression and the Portal, expands AI and file processing, and adds interdimensional research and a new ending. It also brings desktop undo and redo, multiple save slots, and improvements to performance and account saving. Despite its name, this is not the final update!
Research & Progression
-Redesigned the research tree and rebalanced progression
-Reworked Advanced Research into a separate tree using Tech, Hacking and Coding points
-Added research nodes for generating each Advanced Research point type
-Added Interdimensional Communication and Alien Research technologies
Portal
-Reworked the Portal around universe modifiers, which change how you play in exchange for increased game speed
-Added 13 universe modifiers: Alien Domination, Renaissance, Unslop, Dead Internet, Alive Internet, Deindustrialization, Zipocalypse, 1984, Virus Domination, Network Maxxing, Diverse Economy, Underground and Singleton Universe
-Entering the Portal now resets your research progress
-Added two permanent completion rewards
AI & File Generation
-Reworked AI file generation and its progression
-Added LLM, Diffusion, Vocoder and Skill Combiner nodes
-Added Summarizer, Vectorizer, Upscaler, Masterer, Interpolator, Balancer, Performance Refactorer, Size Refactorer, Denoiser and DLC Generator process nodes
-Added Video Composer, Program Composer and Game Composer nodes
-Composers inherit modifiers from their inputs and combine compression and enhancement levels
-File generators now requires GPU Speed to produce files
-File generators now requires a set amount of neurons based on the quality of the file being produced
Nodes
-Added a new alien node category
-Added Computing Provider and GPU Computing Provider
-Uploader now outputs reputation, a resource that when collected grants temporary increased income from all sources based on how much reputation was collected
-Added Encoder, Decoder, Certifier, Seeder, Polisher, Perfecter, Relic Finder, Treasurer, Thumbnailer, Metadata Injector and Lossy Compressor process nodes
-Replaced separate combining and splitting nodes with nodes that support both functions
-Added Overclocked Pump
-Reworked Torrent Browsers into separate nodes for each file format
-Verifier now has a 20% chance of producing a corrupted file, down from 50%
-Reconstructor no longer adds the validated modifier
-Replaced Trojan Injector's trojan input with a virus input
-Reworked Overclocker controls
-Importers now have limited stock that regenerates over time
-Power related materials now behave like speed resources and no longer accumulate
-Power machines now have a one second buffer when turning on or off
-Quantum Computer is now capped at level 10
-Removed Lossless Compressor
-Removed Server
File Modifiers & Balance
-Created a distinction between file size and file transfer size. File size affects all kinds of processes, while transfer size affects network processes exclusively
-Added metadata, signed, relic, encoded, polished, perfected, lossy compressed, summarized, thumbnail, refactored, balanced, vectorized, upscaled, mastered, interpolated, seeded and torrent file modifiers
-Encoded files have zero upload value and require half as many cycles for CPU and GPU processing
-Signed files grant 2x upload value and 5x reputation
-Seeded files grant no Credit when seeded again
-Relic files receive 10x upload value
-Torrent files receive 5x upload value
-Polished files receive 2x quality, while perfected files receive 3x quality
-Added alien files and the alien modifier
-Compression and Enhancement modifiers no longer cancel each other out
-Compression and Enhancement now modify file transfer size instead of file size
-Validated files now gain +1 quality instead of 4x value
-Decrypted files now receive 2x quality instead of 4x
-Corrupted files now have zero quality instead of a 0.25x value multiplier
-Corrupted and encrypted files no longer produce neurons
-AI files no longer have a quality penalty. They now have research and neuron penalties instead
-AI files now apply their value bonus to the file's base value, and the bonus has been reduced to 1024x
-Infected files no longer have a direct value penalty; uploading them temporarily halves income
-Trojan-injected files grant Infected Computers instead of Reputation when uploaded
-GPUs now output 4x as much GPU Speed. GPU processes have been balanced to reflect this change/p]
Hacking
-Removed the Breach Upgrades menu
-Government Intel and Corporation Data now provides temporary bonuses when collected instead of being spent on upgrades
-You now start with Breach Corporations unlocked when researching hacking instead of Breach Anonymous
-All breach targets now output Hack Experience
-Anonymous now outputs Payload Damage based on its maximum breach layers as reward
Perks & Services
-Added Quantum Solver, which increases the limit of Quantum Solvers
-Added Note, which unlocks the Note node
-Added Market Stock, which increases importer stock capacity
-Added Work Speed, which increases factory machinery work speed
-Added Overclocked Pump, which unlocks a more powerful version of the Powered Pump
-Reworked specialization perks to stack additively rather than multiplicatively
-Replaced the Portal reset service with Rewind, which refunds Tech, Hacking and Coding points spent in Advanced Research
Desktop & Interface
-Added undo and redo option
-Schematics now preserve connection points and use selected group names by default
-Added a resource display setting for switching between stored amounts and production
-Research panels now display the nodes unlocked by each research
-Improved the resource description panel
-Reduced mouse wheel zoom sensitivity
Saves & Accounts
-Added multiple local save slots
-Added optional names for local and account saves
-Added Google and Discord account sign-in through the browser
-Reworked the account and save interfaces
-Improved automatic backups
Achievements
-Added Fully Compressed, Perfection, Hidden Gem, High Voltage, AI Bubble, Breakthrough and Entropy Undoing
-Removed Time Traveler and Wasted Effort
Performance
-Optimized connection lines and pulses using batch rendering
-Improved node LOD rendering
-Limited icon texture sizes to reduce memory usage
-Improved font and UI rendering
-Updated the engine to Godot 4.7.2
Bug Fixes
-Fixed audio cutting out after entering the Portal with an empty desktop
-Fixed a crash when saving a schematic without selecting any nodes