1.2 UPDATE October 17th 2022

Fixed a bug that could lead to savegames no longer loading

Implemented Outro-Video

Fixed a bug with the production components of the Large Processing Plant

Fixed pathfinding of pedestrians in the residential complex
1.1 UPDATE October 14th 2022

Fixed difficulty levels not being saved correctly

Fixed wrong description for “Extended View” technology (the tech screen had two technologies called “Proximity Sensor” )
1.0 UPDATE October 13th 2022

Completely new Tutorial to make the game introduction for new players easier

Re-Balanced difficulty levels and introduced easy level, made that default​

Overhauled Main UI and user flow

Globe map is now randomized​

Completely new resource system with production chains and 20+ materials

Island now gets green over time if player takes care of it​

Ice Storms are a new thread

Story conclusion and new cutscenes

Finalized VO
Patch 0.2.3a (April 1st, 2022) QoL improvements

Environment-Scan starts now automatically when entering a new sector.

Surround scan is now displayed in the main HUD.

Research progress is now displayed in the main HUD.
Addition

One new track has been added to the game.
Sphere - Flying Cities Early Access: Content-Patch (v.0.2.2) has been released! Content-Patch (v.0.2.2) brings, campaign difficulty modes, sandbox mode, new buildings and more!

Commanders! Today we’re releasing a content-patch. We call it patch, as it is not fully packed with new features, mechanics and more, compared to the recent major updates 'Missioning' and 'Industry & Pollution'. However, this patch brings more than just few bugfixes and improvements. Among others, we have surely taken into account all your amazing feedback, suggestions and ideas to further improve the game. Therefore, you will find some quite awesome additions made to the game, like the sandbox game, or even new buildings among other things!

And the best thing: We’re currently working hard on our next big-content update, so please stay tuned for more big and small updates and patches soon!
New content

Difficulty modes for the campaign.

Sandbox mode

More gameplay depth through building effect radiuses.
New buildings:

Power Plant - Large

Instruction Center
Revision:

New technology tree with many new technologies.

Simplified conversion feature for elements.
Note on savegame compatibility

Older savegames are compatible, but the techtree will be reset when converting. In this case, a warning message will appear before loading, informing you that the techtree will be reset.
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Please continue to give us feedback and help us make our Sphere - Flying Cities even better.

And, as always, thanks for flying with us!
Sphere Changelog 0.2.0 Dec 16th 2021 Additions

New game mechanic: Air regulation within the biosphere Counteract Air pollution within the dome caused by various buildings with air collector plants, air circulation towers and refineries

New building: air collector

New building: Air circulation tower

New building: Refinery

New building: gas-storage

New Ressource: "Compressed air"

New Ressource: "Oxygen"

Visual effect of air pollution inside the dome Improvements

Improved building-animations

Various Bugfixes
Update 0.1.6 Nov 15th 2021 Additions

Better Tutorial explanations and tutorial videos.

UI information on requirements to unlock locked buildings.

We have added new female models for colonists
Tweaks

Reproduction of colonists now also takes available living space into account.

Smaller localization fixes.
Update 0.1.5 Oct 29th 2021 Additions

New Splash Screen at game start that explains the most important controls and mechanics

The info-ticker in the top left of the screen now displays even more useful information
Tweaks

Changed elements conversion rates to 1:16, 1:12, 1:8, 1:4

Increased energy consumption of repair station from 5 to 30

Increased workers needed for construction station from 1 to 2

Halved the water output of the Hydro Tree
Update 0.1.4 22nd Oct 2021 Additions

The game's settings menu is now accessible in game

(some settings are only available in main menu though).

Maximum storage capacity for food, water and materials is now shown in main HUD.

Maximum housing capacity is now shown in main HUD.

Food, water and material numbers now turn red when getting too low or running nearly full.

Material consumption is now shown in power plant info panel.

Convert button for elements is now always shown, and is greyed out, when conversion is not possible.

Research button in HUD now has a tooltip to indicate that a running technology center is needed for research.

The Healthbars of damaged buildings is now permanently visible.

The acess-arrows for buildings are now shown in red, if not connected to a road.

In shield view, protected buildings are shown green, and unprotected buildings in red.
Tweaks

The camera stops rotating now, when a cutscene starts while the camera is moving.

Building priorities now correctly goes from 0 to 10 instead of from –1 to 11.

Housing buildings, parks and storage buildings cannot be toggled off anymore.

Harvesting drone models have been rotated 90°.

The health bar of the hydro tree building is now visible.

Fixed some problems with building hitboxes.

Sectors on the world map now also flash correctly when the game is paused.

The toolbar cannot be toggled off anymore.
Bugfixes

Fixed a bug that incorrectly displayed shield levels between 8 and 10.

Fixed a bug that resulted in resources that go over max storage not saving correctly.

Fixed: manual save is not being canceled by auto-unsave anymore.
Update 0.1.3 - Oct 17th 2021 Fixes

We fixed a bug that made it impossible to rescue new colonists

We fixed a bug that lead to building priorities being reset after loading a savegame.

We fixed a bug that disconnectrd buildings from the street grid after loading a savegame

We fixed a bug that reset shield strength to level 1 after loading a savegame

We fixed a bug that led to buildings, that had active repair orders on them being subsequently removed after loading a savegame
Update 0.1.1 - Oct 15th 2021 Tweaked

We have drastically reduced the amount of particle storms above threat level 1 that players encounter early on in game.
Added

-We have introduced an option in the settings menu to switch off flight start and arrival cutscenes.

We have introduced an option to rotate camera with Q and E keys.

We have added an explanation of the icons, hovering above the buildings to the main HUD.