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Greetings, Hogardians!

Version 0.21, our third major update for Cataclismo, was deployed last week. Among other features, it included major adjustments for warehouses and resource-gathering. We made those changes with long-term improvement in mind but inefficiently explained why and how, resulting in some confusion and disagreement within our fanbase.

After paying close attention to your feedback, we understood that warehouses were functional and entertaining in their own way. Therefore, we are releasing a hotfix with a focus on taking the best out of the warehouses and adapting them to our current design vision.

Here are the changes along with a few bug fixes:

• Workers can bring resources to warehouses again.
  
• Warehouses are now unlocked at Prosperity III.
  
• Warehouses now cost Mistfuel*, and their other costs have been adjusted accordingly.
  
• Hardware supplies now also provide their buff to tiles vertically.
  
• Hardware supplies are now unlocked at Prosperity I.
  
• Warehouses and hardware supplies are now introduced on levels 4 and 6.
  
• Warehouses and hardware supplies have their own unlocking nodes in Endless.
  
• Quarries and Sawmills have updated production values.
  
• Adding workers to Quarries and Sawmills does not cost wood anymore.
  
• The production values for quarries and sawmills have been updated.
  
• The description of economy buildings has been fixed.
  
• Fixed a bug causing some waves to never end even if all enemies were defeated.
  
• Fixed a broken entry in the language settings.

*It is possible that existing playthroughs are affected by this change, causing the economy to be in negative values. It is easily retrievable by building mist gatherers, but you should be aware of it.

Aiming to be as transparent as possible, we feel we owe you a proper explanation of the reasons behind these changes.


First and foremost, we have always thought that warehouses acted as an exploit as they were the only way to solve the economic puzzle for the whole level. The solution was as simple as placing a warehouse close to a gathering building. This removed almost every strategic decision from resource-gathering. Now, the economy works differently.

There are two ways of reaching optimal production values for Quarries and Sawmills:

• Assigning more workers. It is inexpensive, although leads to long paths that take time to provide resources to and might not be enough to cover gatherers too far away from the Citadel.
  
• Placing a warehouse nearby. Warehouses are pricey but time and workers needed can be significantly reduced by placing them in strategic positions.

Actually, there is even a third option: a mix of both! Those two systems are not incompatible and, in fact, work best when combined. Well-placed warehouses can significantly reduce the required amount of workers and speed up your economy in the process.

Admittedly, we were too punishing with warehouses in the aim of trying to minimize the exploit. We have concluded that turning warehouses back into storage buildings does not compromise our vision and that they can add more layers to our game’s strategy.

This approach rewards smart shortcut building and optimized worker distribution, as well as strategic warehouse placement. Early Access is flexible by nature, and it is only natural that we take your input to ensure that Cataclismo is steered in the right direction. After all, you are the foundation of this castle!

Please continue giving us feedback through Steam and Discord[discord.com] so we can keep improving Cataclismo!

Fellow Hogardians!

Although we support Iris and The Order, we have a treat -no tricks- for horror fans: a new update!

Before we hand out some candy-ish features, we’re also celebrating a Halloween-themed building contest on Discord[discord.com]. Almost anything goes, whether it’s your take on Dracula’s castle, stone-made jack-o'-lanterns, or even wooden monsters.

That said, here’s what version 0.21 includes:

• Workers can now be increased or decreased for each resource-gathering building.
  
• Warehouses now only increase resource storage and no longer serve as a destination for pawns.
  
• Added a new piece to optimize resource-gathering.
  
• Highlighting pawns shows carried resources and highlights the building of origin.
  
• A button was added to instantly recalculate the path from the gathering building to the core.
  
• Resource-gathering values have been rebalanced.
  
• Removed resource-gathering improvements from Sandbox Mode. Now, resource-gathering will correspond to a normal vanilla level.

• Units that are already attacking should ignore aggressive movement orders.
  
• Now horrors from waves will be spawned in random order within a spawner
  
• Horrors will no longer be able to traverse the borders of the Wetlands in Endless Mode.
  
• Updated unit grouping tutorial keys.
  
• Improving the Partisan correctly increases his HP now.
  
• Horror dens will now gather nearby wander enemies as part of the spawned pool.
  
• The Siren shouldn’t stay at 1HP and not die indefinitely.
  
• Iris spawn behavior has been improved in the Level Editor.
  
• Waves from the second tutorial shouldn’t come from unexpected places.
  
• Unit description now auto-scrolls even if the game is paused.
  
• Horror dens and lamps are now removed from targeting to better calculate horror area.
  
• Increased explosive horror’s vertical radius.
  
• The lamp from the tutorial starts as conquered.

• Pieces rebuilt with undo will preserve the health they had when recycled.
  
• Now when a built piece is restored using undo, it will be built instantly.
  
• Building and Squad panel binding and behavior changes
  
• Blueprint flow fixes.
  
• The piece picker should work with improved entities too.
  
• The horizontal wooden surfaces of the new roofs should be walkable and deployable.
  
• Fixed the HP of the new roofs.
  
• The B key should close the building menu if it’s opened.
  
• The construction panel hotkeys now work as a combo with alt+
  
• Fixed the blueprints menu not updating while the game is on pause.
  
• Bridges and lanterns are available on Skirmish levels.
  
• The collision between the recycle, undo, and piece picker buttons has been solved.
  
• Healing pieces by undoing shouldn’t work any longer.
  
• The roof corner with support and the roof with support can now be saved as blueprints.
  
• Solved an error causing players to exit building mode with deplanized pieces without any confirmation pop-up.
  
• The waves panel was broken in the SavesEditor prefab.
  
• Smoke should be disabled if a piece isn’t conquered.

• Horror units and dens and human units limits UI implemented for Level Editor
  
• An exclamation mark particle was added to notify an aggressively moving unit that an enemy had been detected.
  
• Changes in UI to better indicate whenever resources are not being produced/consumed during the night.
  
• Added UI scaling (experimental).
  
• The camera position will be restored after skipping events when needed.
  
• The execution text will no longer be visible in-game when the UI is disabled.
  
• Solved the errors caused by opening the menu just before the final UI fade on level The Defense of Hogar.
  
• The icons of different tools from the Terrain view in the Level Editor shouldn’t remain highlighted after deselecting them.

• Changed the level flow in The Defense of Hogar to lessen player frustration after listening to our community.
  
• Small adjustments to Pallid Bay.
  
• Improved the spark buff.

• Removed the speedrunning achievement.
  
• Added accessibility settings (UI scaling, background for subtitles…).
  
• Subtitle background can be enabled for animatics from the options menu.
  
• A new setting allows the player to start a load a save file with the game paused by default.
  
• Improved feedback for capability action buttons.
  
• Added the option to key bind the bug reporter.
  
• Dither distance slider has been added to the options menu.
  
• Added a perla escape tutorial to the tutorials menu.
  
• The pop-up asking for player confirmation (exiting/loading a game and whatnot) can now be confirmed by pressing the space bar.

• Added custom error message to handle missing maps trying to be loaded.
  
• Adjusted Wetlands to restore ambient music after an event starts.
  
• Fixed tactical buff soft lock in the tutorial.
  
• The bug reporting panel now hides correctly after pressing Escape.
  
• Fixed soft locks on the first level.
  
• Fixed weird behaviors in the terrain editor.
  
• The cursor is set when leaving the Entity Editor.
  
• Revised the amount and frequency of notifications to reduce noise.
  
• Fixed memory leaks.
  
• The game shouldn’t stop working anymore if GameAnalytics initialization fails.
  
• Fixed infinite loading screen when returning to the war table in some cases.
  
• The “restart level” option shouldn’t be shown upon victory anymore.
  
• Explosion range modifications.
  
• Fixed an issue causing some behaviors to miscalculate the occupied tiles.
  
• Time Anchors in custom levels now have a correct diurnal thumbnail.
  
• Fixed a soft lock situation caused by players holding the click button when loading a level from the war table.
  
• Updated InitialSave on level Mistfuel Firepower.
  
• Fixed weird deploy problems and overlapping exploits.
  
• Fixed pause not being triggered during the victory screen if the last chain was skipped on The Defense of Hogar.
  
• The camera height button colliders have been revised so they can be easily clicked.
  
• Bug reporter now should close when pressing Escape.
  
• Other bugs related to the Bug Reporter.
  
• Drag deployment should obey the CTRL key to apply aggressive movement.
  
• Removed the ProsperityProgressBlocked notification.
  
• Players can select a block underneath the Elite’s Quarters when clicking in the middle of it.

That’s it! As always, thank you for your tireless support. Your feedback on the Steam forums and reviews, as well as on our Discord server, has been priceless. Let’s keep improving Cataclismo together!

Have A Boo-tiful Halloween! 👻

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Fellow Hogardians!

We're deploying a new hotfix to solve the following issues:

• Fixed a bug causing waves to occasionally never end on levels featuring the Siren.
  
• We also solved the issue of the Siren remaining with 1HP forever.
  
• Iris now appears after deleting her in the Level Editor.

Now through October 10, defend humanity’s last bastions and reclaim the world in Cataclismo at a 35% discount.

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We’re excited to see how you rebuild and defend humanity’s future.

Happy gaming!

Fixed several issues with the community-made blueprints.

Dear Hogardians!

Two months into Early Access and with over 2,000 very positive reviews (!), it’s again time to thank you for your overwhelming support.

How? In the best way possible: with a new major update!

But before we dive into a sea of features and fixes, we want you to know that your previous bindings will be lost due to recent changes input-wise. Please keep in mind that this is an Early Access, and sometimes we need to modify and even reset certain things. You can rebind your shortcuts in the Settings menu. Sorry for the inconvenience 🙏

Version 0.20 includes:



Added several new roof and awnings pieces, making building roofs more intuitive and agile.
For the sake of balance, roof tiles are not walkable anymore. This turns roof pieces into a tactical element to protect your units from rain instead of a cheaper alternative to other pieces.


Wetlands have been unlocked in Endless mode. Rain will put your survival strategies to the test, with roofs playing a key role to withstand as many nights as possible.


Welcome to Pallid Bay, where horrors rise from a Mist lake's shores craving Hogardian blood. Towers will be pivotal to overcoming this handcrafted map!

• Iris needs to be manually summoned back from the core when she’s been defeated.
  
• Spawner exit is restricted to forwards only in Endless mode.
  
• Unit selection is now preserved while zooming in Map View.
  
• Updated spark buff cooldowns.

• Added Save and Load time anchor options to the pause menu in Sandbox Mode.
  
• The Map View button is highlighted on wave anticipation for better readability.
  
• Wave pointers will show all horror types coming from a spawner during a wave.
  
• A shortcut has been created for the improve entity action.
  
• Burning, Piercer, Spark, Lamp, and Banner small pieces are now draggable.
  
• Blueprints and custom levels downloaded from Steam’s Workshop should be available without reloading the game or refreshing the Community Levels menu.
  
• Added information pop-ups to the Community Levels scenario options.
  
• Extra tiles of separation between dens have been added.
  
• Improved navigability in all biomes.
  
• Invert Level Editor terrain camera axis depending on global settings.
  
• Distance dithering improved for pieces, and their shader has been slightly cleaned up.
  
• Added a prompt informing about the progress being lost if you leave a Level Editor or Community Level via the defeat screen.
  
• The construction panel should now show the estimated maximum production.
  
• General balance update.

• Horrors should now attack without getting stuck in any mode! We’ve deployed a solution that detects stuck horrors and automatically kills them after a while.
  
• Seeds work differently now, so previously generated seeds might have changed.
  
• Added a custom error message addressing missing maps trying to be loaded.
  
• Discrete rotation pivot only changes if the camera is moved.
  
• Added save redundancy to custom levels.
  
• Improved save info resilience on loading to better prevent corrupted saves.
  
• Improved pivoting in pieces such as masonry guild.
  
• Stress Modify stone stress rules so that it can't overhang after an arch.
  
• The Sirena’s catapult attack has been balanced.
  
• The Level 1 shelter mesh has been polished.
  
• The Metropolis achievement is now available in Skirmish and Endless.

• Blueprint flow fixes.
  
• Mistfuel gatherers have been added to blueprints.
  
• Fixed the blueprints menu not updating while the game is on pause.

• Endless mode now automatically removes non-day saves older than 3 in-game nights for improved performance.
  
• Mist height on borders has been modified in Endless mode.
  
• Updated map archetypes.
  
• Rock prohibition close to the core works as a circle instead of a square.
  
• Sound fixes in all Endless mode biomes.

• Fixed several buttons overlapping in Level Editor.
  
• Horror units, dens, and human units are correctly limited in Level Editor to avoid soft locks and other issues.
  
• Fixed 1920x1200 resolution settings causing some UI elements to be left out of the frame in the Skirmish Level Editor.
  
• Continuing a Level Editor save from the Community Level tab no longer blocks the game.
  
• Deleting local Level Editor files does not affect local saves.
  
• The reset button no longer appears on custom levels if there is no initial save found.
  
• Solved an issue causing save data not to load properly on custom levels under specific circumstances.

• Enemy eggs are now less performance-intensive
  
• Modified the resource cap on level 0.2 to avoid players filling their military capacity before the level asked them to train lobbers, which led to players needing to kill their own units to progress.
  
• Iris' resurrection achievement should be functional.
  
• Killing Iris on level 2-1 now triggers the defeat screen.
  
• Units will serialize their targeting type.
  
• Fixed some issues while placing the bomber's workshop.
  
• Wave pointers will no longer disappear unless spawner points have no more pending spawns.
  
• Fixed an error causing the Siren's brood to be counted as spawned by a random spawner.
  
• Fixed an issue on Medium difficulty causing Iris’ HP to get incorrect bonus HP values from Leather Undershirt and Chainmail Undershirt.
  
• Placing a unit behind a banner that was placed right above it blocks the attack path in front of it.
  
• Big Den’s Horror Area shouldn’t be enabled if the construction state isn’t adequate.
  
• The waves detail panel should now display enemy portraits in all modes.
  
• Horror dens now gather nearby wandering enemies as part of their spawning pool.
  
• The color of the Siren’s catapult has been fixed.
  
• Improvements in unit placement when they’re too close on drag.
  
• General unit placement bugs.

• Fixed scenario pieces using the wrong materials.
  
• Tweaked the stress configuration to behave as expected.
  
• Improved islands in Wetlands.
  
• Fixed unusual Mist in The Forest Garrison.
  
• Fixed mist pits are being substituted for mist lakes in Defense of Hogar. Addressed an error making some pieces disappear when exiting the building mode.

• The resources cap shouldn’t show the “per minute” suffix in production information anymore.
  
• Knowledge points animation should be well placed independently of the screen aspect ratio.
  
• The horrors dropdown menu should now expand to the left.
  
• Crit text is now visible when UI is hidden.
  
• Fixed some photo mode texts that are not being localized.
  
• Fixed several typos.
  
• Fixed the description in scenario 7.

• Binding changes regarding piece category shortcuts, which should open the panel instead of closing it.
  
• Fixed the pause snapshot not playing when switching to building mode if the automatic pause was activated.
  
• Global Stats should be saved if something is modified on LevelCompleted.
  
• Fixed an error causing snapshot not to be properly set if exiting a mode using ESC while automatic pause was enabled.
  
• The transition from nighttime to the day after surviving the first horror wave was not working in very specific cases, but it should be fixed now.
  
• Smoke and flames shouldn’t be active for preview dens, strongholds, and the citadel.
  
• The Bug/Improvements Reporter now closes after pressing Escape.
  
• General fixes regarding time anchor save slots.
  
• Lateral buttons on the scroll wheel will be ignored when scrolling.

Phew! What an update, huh? In all likelihood, it is the most extensive one we’ve deployed to this day. Again, this wouldn’t have been possible without your feedback through Discord, Steam forums, and reviews.

Please keep sharing your thoughts.

For Hogar!
Hogardian Herald

Fellow Hogardians!

While we work on the upcoming major update, we’ve thought it’d be nice to host another community event on our Discord server[discord.com].

This time, we’d like to see how you recreate emblematic buildings and landmarks from the real world using the Sandbox Mode. It’s time for you to become...

🏰 REAL CIVIL ENGINEER 🏰

The challenge's rules are as follows:

Play in Sandbox Mode and build a structure that resembles any given monument from the real world. From the Eiffel Tower to a local landmark or a football stadium with horrors as the audience. Anything goes as long as it’s inspired by a real-world, relatively famous building.

The devs will act as judges, and give more points to:

• Actual resemblance with the inspiration.
  
• Aesthetics.

Take a few screenshots of your creation, and post them in the #blueprints-levels-seeds channel along with the tag “Challenge”. Don’t forget to enclose a photo of the real-world building you used as an inspiration!

The event will start RIGHT NOW and will end on Monday, September 16th so everyone has enough time. No more photos/videos will be accepted after that. We’ll then review the submissions before announcing the winners a few days later!

The 3 most skillful engineers will get rewarded with:

• The Engineer role on Discord.
  
• A spot in our Discord's Hall of Fame, where your name will remain for eternity.

That’s it. Now, get creative!

Hogardian Herald