UPDATE 1.3

1.3 lays the groundwork for all future content in the app by rebalancing each region, extending gameplay, increasing rewards, and building a robust model for future content!


1.3.0

New Company Levels

  • Added 10 new Company levels
  • Adjusted the Company EXP equation


Prestige Changes

  • Added Region Development
  • Region Development is a measure of the “completeness” of a region and is based on the number of upgrades you have obtained in a region.
  • Beat your previous best to prestige and earn more contracts, contracts scale exponentially as the development percentage grows. 
  • Click the star in the top right of the Region Development widget to see details on how it is calculated
  • NOTE: You will still be able to upgrade your products and sand past the level required for region completion.
  • Contract upgrades costs now scale slower and are now predefined
  • Increased the Multipliers of the “Multiply all Profits” upgrade
  • Increased the additive multipliers of the “Export Profit Multiplier”
  • Increased the power of the “Contract Potency” Upgrade


Product Upgrades Changes

  • All product upgrades are way more powerful
  • All product upgrades follow a unique sequence of improvements
  • Most product upgrades have been renamed 
  • Adjusted the base cost of product upgrades


Product Improvements Changes

  • Reworked all product improvement milestones
  • Adjusted base product times (mostly to speed them up)
  • Adjusted the base cost of improvements


New Tooltips

  • Redesigned all tooltips in the app
  • All tooltips in the app were rewritten
  • Separated “Info” and “Era’s Notes”
  • Info: The quick details of what an item, area, or boost does, and where it can be used.
  • Eras’ Notes: The lore based sometimes insane subtext of ERA.
  • Added tags which link to related tooltips in the app to provided additional context where needed.


EXP Indicator

  • Added an EXP indicator bar when you gain EXP.
  • Notifies the player of the EXP earned from an action.
  • Notifies the player of the progress made to the next company level.
  • Visible on the Workshop Page when crafting, the Exchange when exchanging, and on the Region Factory Page when earning vials from tapping and exporting.


Boost Adjustments

  • Time Warp Added - Watch an Ad in the Market to instantly move 30 min forward. This can be claimed for free with the no Ads Boost. (Replaces Ad Boost Multiplier)
  • Added new check mark indicators to the Ad Gold in the Market. It is also freely claimable each day with the no ads boost providing +9 gold per day.



QOL Updates

  • Added a link to the patch notes in Settings
  • Redesigned the settings page for better visibility
  • Added the quantity of items you have for a craft in the corner of the Workshop window
  • Add the ability to craft ‘Max’ in the Workshop
  • Added tooltips to the Region Factory Page
  • Added tooltips to the currency indicators
  • Added a bundle to remove all Ads from the game


Bug Fixes

  • Fixed how the sand speed boost is applied to product so it is consistent and accurate
  • Large company names no longer run off of the screen, making settings un-clickable
  • You now get the correct amount of chips when claiming more than one sand capacity level at a time
  • Daily Dividends “!” should no longer appear after claiming
  • Buttons will now press in more reliably when tapped