Game Updates

Minor Update #3: - Added Event: Ripe Orchard - Added Fruit: Bonus Apple (Value: 100-500) - Changed Upgrade Menu UI Bugs Fixed: - Rotten Removal was still in old UI - Diamond Apples could appear during...

Minor Update #3: - Added Event: Ripe Orchard - Added Fruit: Bonus Apple (Value: 100-500) - Changed Upgrade Menu UI Bugs Fixed: - Rotten Removal was still in old UI - Diamond Apples could appear during...

🛠️ Hotfix v0.2.1 A player reported in the comments that the assembler wouldn’t build engines — it just said “waiting for input” even though all five inputs were connected and flowing. Tha...

- Made song titles word wrap - Jukebox has master volume - Added save button to menu...

Hi everyone. Some more features (some experimental) have been added to the game. Thanks to everyone who played and sent in reports (especially about performance, those should be addressed now) Major N...

# Major New Features

## Pupa Web
- Unlocks from the Spawning Pit.
- Spawns worms that float in the sky, grant synergies, and something else...
- Buy upgrades for your worms that benefit your colony.

## Planet Watchdog
- The planet hits back.
- Reduces resource gathering by 90% while active.

## Mother's Stalk
- This one is slightly creepy.

## Other Additions
- Reworked the Environment Bar to use buff/debuff icons.
- Added Blood Fragment Fusion: fragments can pulse and merge into larger fragments, then return for increased value.
- Expanded unit production bonuses:
- Gatherers → Blood
- Burrowers → Chitin
- Balloons → Memory
- Launcher Fire → Ether
- Added Gatherer Frenzy as a Blood Hunk upgrade.
- Moved gather-related upgrades into Blood Hunk.
- Added a configurable desktop frame cap setting.
- Native desktop builds are now FPS-capped by default.

# Progression & Economy

- Changed unlock order:
- Mining Building unlocks first.
- A mining upgrade purchased with Biomass unlocks the Spawning Pit.
- Added and adjusted prestige upgrades.
- Added permanence-style retention behavior.
- Fixed blood tool reset ordering.
- Refined prestige wording:
- Frontier growth
- Cycle growth
- Row unlocks
- Better Wings
- Total point requirements
- Demo-locked upgrades
- Standardized geothermal naming across:
- Quests
- Reminder messages
- Buy page
- Placed labels
- Biomass Generator no longer starts with free Gatherers.
- Fixed progression softlocks involving:
- Portals
- Tumor growth
- Chitin requirements
- Courage requirements
- Fixed Pupa Web starter battle worm count (now starts at 1 instead of 6–7).
- Tuned Pupa Web projectile costs.
- Tuned Pupa Web synergy sounds.

# UI, Panels & Input

- Added unit count strips to building panels.
- Fixed missing Omni Gatherer counts.
- Reworked Adventure Portal panel layouts.
- Narrowed and reflowed portal panels.
- Centered Adventures and Next Expedition panels.
- Reduced unnecessary line breaks.
- Improved panel close/reopen behavior.
- Prevented panels from sticking open over empty space.
- Blocked world hover and click detection through UI panels.
- Prevented adventure CTA click-through.
- Prevented portal clicks from falling through into the world.
- Fixed top-row panel background overlap.
- Fixed training panel text wrapping, including the split "speed" label issue.
- Fixed localized UI overflow issues.
- Added broader layout and localization regression checks.
- Fixed prestige tooltip overlap and text bleed.
- Applied tooltip safety rules consistently.
- Achievement toasts no longer close UI panels.
- Disabled manual boost clicking and speed cursor behavior for:
- Spawning Pit
- Bladder
- Expanded Discord toolbar messaging to better explain:
- Joining the community
- Following development

# Audio

- Fixed music cycling so tracks no longer loop indefinitely.
- Added Pupa Web audio:
- Combat unlock
- Pupae spawn pop
- Blob touch
- Projectile sounds
- Combat sounds
- Deferred music startup after web hard resets to reduce audio contention.

# Art, Animation & Anchors

- Applied updated Omni Gatherer sprite.
- Anchored Biomass Gatherers and Mushrooms to Ground Layer 1.
- Added a Windows application icon.
- Updated executable name to:
- Into the Planet's Flesh.exe

# Performance & Stability

- Optimized web Blood Fragments.
- Improved web stress profiling.
- Improved native stress profiling.
- Stabilized late-game stress behavior and representation.
- Improved web draw queue performance.
- Reduced Firefox Omni Gatherer rope rendering cost.
- Optimized Firefox amoeba blob rendering.
- Reduced Pupa Web blob and worm render costs.
- Deferred heavy milestone checkpoint saves for:
- Hard Reset
- New Game
- Tumor Growth completion
- Expedition completion
- Eliminated 2–5 second save spikes and browser-tab flickering during those events.
- Fixed controller disconnect handling.
- Prevented controller state changes from affecting or crashing the game.
- Fixed bubble overlay shader drift during camera rotation.

Fixes Fixed equipped gear being lost when you unequip it in a raid by double-clicking or right-clicking it. Fixed a case where moving an item from your pockets to the stash could duplicate it. Thanks...

another bug spotted by https://itch.io/profile/minerva-the-wise But more importantly, the Auto Delivery System Aka Cart, require some more time to cook. currently will be disable and the task to unloc...

- Added Levels & Xp - Changed upgrades slightly - Changed UI - Added Jukebox - pure shuffle: picks a truly random song every time (could hear the same song back to back) - unique shuffle picks a rando...

This is just to archive the original exe for the game (assuming this is how its done) still not experienced with itch :p...

Skill info is now always fully visible Options to disable CRT and screen shake effects Increased maximum zoom-out on the skill tree Added a single Play button to launch the last unlocked level Added d...

A bunch of you wandered into the mine, chopped a few critters, and then... left. Fair. The Ghoul is not a natural teacher. So this update is all about onboarding and making the first few minutes actua...

New tips guide you through traits, recycling, heart crystals, and reviving fallen dwarves, plus a batch of quality-of-life touches. Guided tips The first time a dwarf falls, a tip shows you how to bri...

Version 1.4 is now LIVE Hey y’all! Been a bit since the last update so I thought I’d let you guys in on what we’ve been working on. I’ve been pushing back this update for a bit now since it’...

Reported by https://itch.io/profile/steely 1. Metallurgy Quest is ok but the following quest was broken when i change the requirement list causing the game to not load the next quest - Fixed Future no...

Hello! Version 1 of the demo is now live. Here's what's new: Speak to Coo. You can now opt in to use your microphone and literally shout (/coo) at your computer to call out in-game. Maximum immersion...

We're getting ready the Smashing Bottles ready for Steam Next Fest, and have some more bug fixes and improvements! If you haven't already, join our Discord to stay updated on our games, and Wishlist S...

A new Tavern has opened in the West District — three ways to make your time count. — Work — Put your character to work for 1 / 2 / 4 / 8 / 24 hours to earn a steady bit of gold (scaling with you...

— The Altar — A new Altar tab has opened in the Church — a place to claim lasting Blessings that empower your climb. Blessing slots: you begin with 1 and can unlock up to 5 . Extra slots are unl...

— Monsters — Monster scaling overhauled. Levels now climb more gently in the early floors, the per-floor difficulty curve is smoother, and mid-and-deep monsters are significantly weaker overall. B...

A atualização 0.0.4 Chegou dando uma aumentada no tempo do auto click, também adicionamos créditos ao jogo e efeitos visuais e vem mais por ai ok até a proxima...

What’s new Google Play (Android) Stellar Observatory is rolling out on Google Play as com.stellarobservatory.game : Play Store build — separate from the itch.io Android APK, signed for Play distri...

What’s new Google Play (Android) Stellar Observatory is rolling out on Google Play as com.stellarobservatory.game : Play Store build — separate from the itch.io Android APK, signed for Play distri...

V1.21 The version number is now displayed in the main menu V1.22 Fixed a typo in the routine shop V1.23 Fixed a bug where the tutorial floor was shown beind the actual current floor V1.24 Fixed a bug...

Hoardlings v1 just went live. What's in: 6 elements, growth stages from egg to adult, 5 dungeons (Molten Forge, Crystal Caverns, Old Canyon, Gilded Ruins, Umbral Depths), boss fights with phases and a...