This is a small patch - it does add some progress on mars, but you cannot access it without cheats (and doing so is a bad idea, it might cause problems with your save later).

Changelog

• Added elemental damage system (same as original Aground). It'll be used for elemental spellbooks later, and mods can use it now.
  
• Added toggle all option to select structure window (com station/device)
  
• Fixed a splitscreen controls bug, and a few other minor fixes.

This is a small update that has some minor improvements and bugfixes. I've mostly been working on Mars, and while that's not ready to upload, I did decide to make a sneak peek video for it:

Changelog:

• Doors now auto-close when mount beetle explorer
  
• Transfer all now ignores the top row of player inventories if there is more than one row.
  
• Optimized oxygen so that it doesn't hang when filling very large areas
  
• Game now keeps track of items collected
  
• When the cryopod crashes at the beginning of the game, you now lose health
  
• Chromium is now mined faster at rigs

It might take some time before Mars is ready, but I hope you're looking forward to it!

Today's update adds the surface to CaptAIn's Colony! It's a single island that you can develop however you want and even invite colonists to help out! The island also adds grass and trees, which you can move to other planets (even the moon, as long as you make a greenhouse and place an oxygen generator inside). I made a quick video showcasing the new island (and the space station, which I've never made a video of before):

The full changelog is as follows:

• Added colony surface
  
• Added interstellar teleportals (unlocks on reaching colony surface)
  
• Added dirt blocks that grow grass on top on planets with oxygen
  
• Added trees - can be found on the colony surface, or revived from coal
  
• Shovel and painter now show all sides of block properly (but it still shows the wrong offset and rotation for ramps)
  
• Painter can now paint glass blocks
  
• Glass ramps are now created using glass items (instead of shovel)
  
• Added option to auto-eat from largest food stack
  
• Added deferredInit which makes the infoInit block run AFTER all mods are loaded (for modding)

I'll be switching back to Mars and the next stage of the magic path (I already have a few of the combat books done), I hope you're looking forward to that!

This week's update is not a big one, but I've been working on spellbooks that will unlock on Mars, and have plans for allowing you to descend to the colony world in a future update as well!

The full changelog is as follows:

• Added bombardment shield (talk to anomaly to unlock) - you can finally stop meteors from falling!
  
• Added a new hairstyle, and improved the ponytail and bowl hairstyles
  
• Added incinerator structure that permanently destroys items (unlock in blueprint printer)
  
• Allowed renaming vehicles
  
• Fixed requesting items through teleportals with multiple belts leading to the same teleportal
  
• For modders, added dropLoot function to enemies, and allowed stackable="number" for custom-sized item stacks
  
• Help I'm stuck will now return you to the start even if you somehow end up in an undefined location.

After the colony update, I switched back to the magic path. I'm currently working on adding Mars, but it is not done yet. However, all of the utility spellbooks are done, so I decided to post an update so you can play around with them! Here's a video of me using all the new spellbooks:
You may notice that you can no longer craft the book of summoning in the magic lab - it unlocks with the rest of the spellbooks. Simply talk to the anomaly, and you'll either get a quest, or they'll immediately unlock spellbooks depending on your progress.

Changelog:

• Added 5 utility spellbooks
  
• Added quest to Anomaly to unlock them
  
• Added mars orbit (the planet itself will come later)
  
• Items can now be requested through teleportals
  
• Added feed slot to dragon - works like the trash slot and accepts shift+click (much easier than the feed button, and you can leave food in the slot for it to eat automatically when hungry)
  
• Added rename worker bot button
  
• The Next/Prev Tool keys will now switch tabs in the structure selection window

Updates may slow down a bit at this point, as our modeler is sick and I'm missing things I need to complete mars. But, I'll keep you posted with progress, and I might post more videos as I go!

The first interstellar planet - CaptAIn's Colony, is ready to visit! There's a short questline there, and several easter eggs, and I think it came out really cool in the end! While I might eventually allow landing on the surface of the planet, everything currently takes place in the space station in orbit around CaptAIn's Colony - let me know if you're interested in some sandbox building on the surface!

Changelog:

• Added colony world orbit - the planet's appearance will change as the colony grows too!
  
• Added transitions for moving between planets
  
• Added pomp hairstyle (we're planning more, as well as edits to the original hairstyles)
  
• Added transfer station, storage and gravity generator
  
• Added trash slot to inventory window - lets you quickly drop items. Shift+click auto-moves items to trash slot
  
• Allowed dismantling of moon lab debris
  
• Added alloyed steel (craft in assembler or factory)
  
• Jump must be pressed mid-air to fly (holding it will now do a normal jump, you have to hit jump twice to fly)
  
• Book of summoning now sorts objects
  
• Added place limits to orbit so that a ship never gets stuck on placed blocks immediately after entering orbit (existing blocks will remain and can be mined, but not replaced).

I hope you enjoy this update - there is only one planned major event/questline after this before the end of the science path, which is pretty exciting! I think I'll switch back to the magic path now for a bit though - it's time to add mars!

You can finally complete the Interstellar Drive quest! The first interstellar planet isn't done yet, but I'm getting close (hopefully next week), and this update includes a lot of other improvements as well!

Changelog:

• Interstellar Drive questline complete
  
• Kitchen and factory mounts added
  
• Added spellbook model+animation
  
• Allowed transfer directly between vehicles and storehouses - simply select a storehouse while riding vehicle,
  
• Added transfer all buttons - will transfer all items into/out of storehouses (excluding none priority items)
  
• Changed the default controller mapping, and allowed setting a separate menu select and in game select (so bumpers could be used to mine, while A is still used in menus).
  
• Added deadzone option - increase as needed to stop controller drift
  
• Added controller vibration - can be removed in settings
  
• Fixed oxygen bug

I hope you're looking forward to seeing the colony world - I think it turned out really cool!

Remember that Evolve Dragon button you couldn't press before? You now can and evolve your own dragon to follow you or ride it! I also added the Book of Summoning (the first spellbook) so you can move your dragons (and caught wyrms), as well as NPCs! To celebrate this update, I decided to make a video where I fly a dragon around the surface, and to space (because why not?):

Changelog:

• Added dragon evolution
  
• Added book of summoning (plus paper and ink to craft it)
  
• Added ceiling lights (check blueprint printer)
  
• Painter can now paint numbers on walls
  
• Added glass ramps - old saves will have to buy the ramp blueprint again to obtain it
  
• Manned crafting structures will now collect items from belts even if NPC is away
  
• Added medium priority to storehouses
  
• Increased o2 generator to 330 blocks per unit
  
• Wyrms can now free captured wyrms if they attack wyrm traps
  
• Sorting items will now sort by item id if they are the same type

I think at this point, I'll switch back to the science path (and the interstellar upgrade) while I wait for more models to be made for the magic path. I have a sneak peek of something I've already been working on for it:

The magic path is underway, and while a pure-magic run will not be possible (you start the game with relatively high science), it adds a lot of abilities that compliment the science path nicely.

Changelog:

• Added the Anomaly - check the wyrms tunnels around the old bunker, this is where you'll get quests for the magic path.
  
• Added first few magic path quests and achievements.
  
• Wyrms now respawn in those tunnels.

I don't want to spoil too much, but the magic path ends currently once you've made the magic laboratory. The Alter and Blood gems have placeholder icons, and the evolve dragon button is intentionally disabled - if you're a modder and try to enable it, you do so at your own risk haha!