Eremite Video games and Hooded Horse have launched the Towards the Storm Rainpunk replace, lastly supplying you with the possibility to harness the devastating energy of the rain to your personal ends. The replace additionally revamps the Blightrot mechanic and brings in a complete bunch of smaller adjustments and fixes.
In line with Eremite, it was all the time the plan to evoke each the “harmful and useful qualities” of Towards the Storm‘s rain, and whereas the previous comes throughout within the recreation, there was “one thing lacking” when it got here to the latter. That is what the Rainpunk expertise being added within the replace is meant to carry; it permits you to set up Rain Engines in buildings to enhance effectivity. There’s additionally a brand new Infused Rainwater useful resource that powers Rainpunk equipment.
The Blightrot mechanic can also be getting an overhaul, which is instantly tied into Rainpunk. Moderately than being generated passively every manufacturing cycle, Blightrot is now tied to Rain Engines. Boosting manufacturing with these engines ends in a better Blightrot footprint, which can spawn parasitic cysts extra rapidly. Blightrot can also be extra harmful as of this replace; it’s going to unfold to neighboring buildings as a substitute of capping at 3 cysts per constructing.
The purpose behind this transformation was, based on Eremite, to extend participant company. Gamers had identified that the unique Blightrot system was mainly “a tax on gasoline and workforce”. With that in thoughts, Eremite wished to introduce extra technique and let gamers determine whether or not Blightrot was one thing they wished to threat in change for elevated manufacturing effectivity.
There are additionally loads of different adjustments in Towards the Storm‘s Rainpunk replace, together with bug fixes, improved UI design for the Coaching Expeditions panel, and a stage cap improve, amongst different issues. Make certain to check out the complete changelog to rise up thus far with every little thing that is modified within the replace. Shortly after Rainpunk’s launch, a hotfix arrived to appropriate some bugs the devs missed the primary time round, so ensure that to present {that a} look as nicely.
You possibly can seize Towards the Storm proper now on Steam, the place it is at present in its Early Entry section. It will price you $19.99 or your native equal. In the event you’ve simply began the sport and are questioning the way to fight the constantly-falling rain, remember to take a look at our Towards the Storm guides!
