Space Scrubbers. The most satisfying job in the solar system.

A round after the fourth co-op playtest: displays, map, onboarding, economy and several buildings.

New

• Moon card: A card above the minimap shows the time, finished and remaining sectors and the cleaned share of the moon.
• Minerals: Carried minerals appear as coloured chips with a count under the container.
• Control hints: After every tool change, the keys of the tool in hand appear briefly as key caps next to the equipment bar, also for vehicles and the watering can.
• Minimap from the start: The minimap is there in every world right away; Radar, Radar II and Radar III each unlock a further zoom level, the last one 300 m.
• Live view on the planet map: Below about 80 m the map fades into the real world seen from above: terrain, dust, buildings, conveyor belts, vehicles, vacuum robots and players, by day and night. Places, players, robots and sectors can be chosen there as on the globe; zoomed out the map shows again which sectors are still to be cleaned.
• Camera flight: A new world opens with a short flight from the launch pad past the rocket into the hall; any key skips it.
• Hint cards: In a new world, cards show the first steps one at a time until each goal is done: cleaning, emptying, the rocket launch, the star map, the tool rack, sectors. They can be dismissed one by one and switched off in the settings.
• Track several achievements: Up to three achievements can be tracked at once; each gets a compact row under the minimap with badge, next tier and progress.
• Vacuum robots find their way: Vacuum robots plan their way round buildings, foundations, belts, masts, vehicles and players and no longer drive onto foundations or the base's plates. A robot that gets stuck all the same backs off, plans again and at last hops to the nearest free spot.
• Reset a robot: A chosen robot can be reset on the planet map; it then stands beside its station with its tank and battery.
• Factory products earn coins: A rocket launch sells the factory products in storage too; a dust block earns twice its dust, glass, filament and oxygen bottles a little more than theirs. In the station control, each product kind can be set to sell or to keep for the star map.

Improved

• Notices: Messages are smaller, fit their text, stay at least four seconds and queue up instead of overwriting each other; warnings are highlighted in orange.
• Goal line: The line next to the balance names the next tool on the star map with the price of the way there.
• Screen edge: The top left of the screen is clear; the co-op status sits small at the bottom left.
• Signs: The signs above the stations are smaller and appear only up close; the hookup masts no longer carry one.
• Planet map: The map zooms down to 30 m in finer steps than before; dragging in the close view moves the ground with the mouse.
• Launch console: The console screen shows the sold and the kept products, and the revenue includes them.
• Merger: The merger now carries a glass lantern with a rotor like the splitter; three blue arms mark the inputs, an orange one the output, and the arrows on the ports stay in plain view.
• Ramps: Ramps no longer end with an edge at the foot; the deck runs into the ground, so players and vehicles get up and down without snagging.
• Tool shop: The counter in the hall is newly furnished, with a terminal, a card reader, shelves with spare parts and a price screen on the wall.
• Hand tools: The toothbrush, hand brush and vacuum cleaner stay above ground and dust even while held; walking through dust lifts the head onto the dust layer instead of gliding through it, and the vacuum cleaner rests closer and higher.
• Disc brushes: The sweeper truck's disc brushes are about a fifth smaller, the sweeper's a little smaller, the rollers longer; the vehicles' width talents add up to +30 % instead of +54 %, so the discs stay handy even with every talent.
• Robot stations: Robots wait outside a station's lane, and the one next in line docks first; several robots plan their work one after another instead of all at once, and the game no longer stutters while they do.
• Vehicle cleaning front: The cleaned front of the sweeper truck and the sweeper follows the brushes, around the disc brushes and back to the roller between them, instead of stopping as a straight line in front of the roller.

Fixed

• Achievements: The achievements Cartographer, World tour and Together counted the starting place or the player alone in a new world; every counter now starts at zero.

Menus and equipment are easier to use. New displays help with choosing tools and expanding the base.

New

• Custom controls: Keyboard, mouse and controller buttons can be reassigned. In-game hints follow the chosen controls.
• Multiple saves: New games are saved separately. An overview shows each company, day and cleaning progress.
• Ramps: Vehicles can now reach raised building platforms.

Improved

• Menus: The main menu and pause menu have clearer layouts. Settings and important game information are easier to find.
• Star map: This is the new name for the abilities overview. Paths to new tools are clearer, with a recommendation leading to the hand broom.
• Tool rack and garage: Tools and vehicles are displayed with their properties. Each player can gradually expand their canister without losing its contents.
• Vehicles: The push sweeper and sweeper truck have been reworked and can be used from either side. The push sweeper clears wider paths.
• Base and factories: Buildings and displays have been improved. Factory information explains output and resource use more clearly.

Fixed

• Buildings stand upright on the base and launch platforms.
• Vehicle displays and factory parts appear correctly.
• The password for a shared game is visible before joining.

A performance pass after the fourth co-op playtest. The look of cleaning is unchanged.

Improved

• Cleaning: Cleaning with the toothbrush, hand brush and vacuum cleaner no longer stutters at a regular beat.
• Vehicles: The sweeper truck and the sweeper clean at a much higher frame rate; the frame time while driving is almost halved.
• Station control: The star map on the monitor redraws only when something on it changes and rests while nobody stands at the monitor.
• Displays: The compass, the minimap and the equipment bar take less processing time, with no change to what they show.
• Figures: Fellow players, robots and the figures in the gallery cost less, especially at a distance.
• Shadows: The "Medium" and "Low" settings draw shadows up to 100 m and 80 m instead of 150 m, easing weaker graphics cards; "High" is unchanged.