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Version 0.35.1: Shortcuts that land, a poll card and tidier menus

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Version 0.35.1: age gate requirements and research links take you to the exact thing, a card for each new feature poll, Our promises in every language with language packs for offline play, a tidier menu and Settings, and new developer tools for testing.

New

  • When a new poll opens, a card shows it as you open the game, so you can vote right there. It comes up on each open for a week from the first time you see it, or until the poll closes or you vote, and never at the same time as What's new. Tap "Don't show again for this poll" to skip it, or turn it off in Settings → Online.

Changes

  • Age gate requirements are now links. Tap a building-level requirement to go to that age's buildings, with the best one to level highlighted; Materials take you to the Twig Yard, where they come from; cards, captures and waves to where you earn them. Tap "time in this age" for a quick note on how it works: it keeps counting while you're away, and it shows how long is left.
  • Research shortcuts go to the research itself: goal Go buttons, the gate in the pinned research bar, "Needs the research" on building cards, "Needs" and "Opens with" in the research tree, and the next age in Coming next all open the right age's tab with that research highlighted. If it's running or queued, the pinned bar or queue shows it; if it's already done, the game says so.
  • Tapping a "Research finished" reminder opens Research at what's running now or the best next pick.
  • Shortcuts move keyboard and screen-reader focus to where they land, so you can carry on from there.
  • Settings now holds only settings, in its four tabs: Accessibility, Sound, Display and Online. Saves, Privacy, Help and support, and About each have their own square in the menu, and nothing shows up in two places any more.
  • Start a new colony has moved from Settings › Display to Saves, next to your cloud save, transfer code and earlier colonies.
  • Check for updates lives on About, beside the version number. When an update has downloaded, an Update now square still appears in the menu.
  • Send feedback has its own square in the menu's Community group, so Help and support is just for writing to us about a problem.
  • In Everything in the game, Cloud save is now called Saves, like its square.
  • The Settings sheets look and work like every other sheet: tap outside one to close it.

Fixes

  • Research goals' Go buttons opened the research points total instead of the research.
  • Goals opened from the main menu went only to the tab, not to the building, activity or Codex question like the Goals bar does.
  • Our promises opens again when the game is in a language other than English. It could show the game again instead of the page; now it opens in a sheet inside the game, and so do the privacy policy, the terms and About.
  • If part of your language isn't on your device yet (you're offline, or a download didn't finish), the page now says so instead of closing, with Download language pack and Show in English. The Codex does the same, and the offline language notice has a Download button too.
  • Settings → Display has a new Language pack row: it shows whether your language is downloaded for offline play and how big it is, with a Download for offline button.
  • The privacy policy, About and Our promises pages now point to where things really are: Delete my online data and usage counts are in Menu › Privacy, and Help and support has its own square in the menu.
  • The daily gifts card waits its turn instead of opening on top of Satant's offer or another popup.
  • Screen readers now call the menu button Menu (it said Settings, but it opens the menu).

Read these patch notes on news.fractalax.games

Categories: Updates