V0.1.6:

Updated ascension tree and screen controls:

Ice biome will remain unspoiled so you can go explore it.

So will plants, but here are the Dude animations:

And the difference between old walk and new walk animations:

v0.1.6 Patch Notes

New Content

• Added cave vegetation:
  • Decorative floor plants
  • Hanging cave plants
  • Light Plants that permanently reveal a large surrounding area
  • Three rare Buff Plants:
    • Movement Speed
    • Mining Power
    • Increased cash & instant deposits
• Improved cave generation with rare themed caves containing special plants.
• Added the Frozen Biome.
• Added Freezerite.
• Added the Frozen Pickaxe:
  • Immune to ice slow effects.
  • Lower mining power than an Adamant Pickaxe.
  • Grants additional movement speed.
• Added a rare frozen survivor encounter with a hidden secret achievement.

Gameplay

• Rebalanced ore generation across the world.
• Reduced excessive ore and gemstone spawn rates, especially in deeper layers.
• Early-game ore generation remains mostly unchanged.
• Adjusted late-game dude progression.
• Added Dude Traits:
  • Unlock at Level 10.
  • Positive, negative and rare traits.
  • Trait reroll system.

UI & Quality of Life

• Added an in-game Log:
  • Dude level ups
  • Achievements
  • Quests
  • Unlocks
  • Renames
• Added a Debug Log for internal game events.
• Added an option to hide the Log button.
• Improved statistics:
  • Separate Blocks Dug and Ores Mined.
  • Better playtime formatting.
• Achievement categories now behave more consistently through Ascensions.
• Added a reminder when reaching the bottom of the current world, suggesting an Ascension.
• Simplified the Dig Preference system.
• Improved menu layouts, headers and scrollbars.
• Improved the depth information card.
• Refreshed the ladder statistics icon.

Save System

• Improved save handling across different launch methods.
• Import and export of saves via JSON.
• Fixed several save persistence issues during loading and after Ascensions.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Frozen Biome generation after Ascension.
• Fixed world regeneration after refreshing immediately following an Ascension.
• Fixed leftover biome data creating duplicate Frozen Biomes.
• Fixed clipped frozen survivor generation.
• Fixed ore generation inconsistencies after Ascension.
• Fixed dudes exceeding inventory capacity after loading while returning home.
• Fixed Light Plant glow appearing through unexplored fog or without an actual plant.
• Fixed Ice Chest interactions.
• Fixed Buff Plant interactions.
• Fixed dude inventories being lost after refreshing the game.
• Fixed open dude tooltips preventing XP gain.
• Improved XP calculations for better compatibility with Ascension upgrades.
• Fixed a Pickaxe equip/sell UI exploit.
• Various UI polish, balancing and stability improvements.

Enjoy,

Val