Mars Exodus

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• Patch Notes·27 Sept 2026Official

  Update 25: Curfew

  Mars now runs on a clock. BetterLife gives you a job and a ration by day, the underground gives you work after curfew, and both keep a record of what you did. Start a new game. Saves from Update 24 are not supported. The Day Loop A day lasts 45 minutes. Work from 06:00, curfew at 20:00, sleep until the next morning. Morning statement at 06:00. BetterLife files your social credit changes with a reason for each, issues your ration by standing, and rolls the day's weather. Company assignments replace the terminal shift. Each day brings one job in the world, due before curfew. Twelve assignments, one per skill, with survival work coming up most often. Pay rises with rank: 20 credits as a Worker, 45 as an Overseer. Company Training at the BetterLife terminal is optional. One session counts per day, and 3, 8 and 15 sessions promote you to Operator, Overseer and Director. Missed work costs you. A day without a finished shift is 50 social credit at the next statement, and each assignment left open is 20 more. Curfew. BetterLife warns at 19:30 and calls curfew at 20:00. Scanner drones photograph anyone they catch outside after that. Real sleep. A bed fast forwards to 06:00 and saves the game. Taking damage wakes you up. The ration now includes Soy Drink alongside Soy Food. The company farm in the jail yard: beds that grow on their own. Harvesting without the harvest assignment costs 15 social credit. Night Work 26 faction jobs across the nine faction leaders, offered only after curfew. Ask "Any work?" in their dialog. Paid in dollars, in person. Hits and sabotage end with reporting back, stash runs and fetches end with handing the goods over. Pay scales with the ring the job sends you to. One job per leader per night. Open jobs lapse at 06:00 and cost loyalty. Finished jobs move your standing with the factions involved. The underground gathers at campfires after curfew until 02:00, then goes to bed. At 20:00, up to two leaders you are on good terms with call you in for work....
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• Patch Notes·17 Sept 2026Official

  Update 24: The Economy

  Update 24: The EconomyEverything in the game now has a price, and that price is set against a working day of forty credits. Merchants buy, stock runs out, food rots, corpses carry what their faction carries. At the far end of it there is a rocket you can build and a launch pad you can put it on, which is the first time Mars Exodus has had a way to end.Economy and TradePrices rebuilt from scratch. Every item is tiered against a forty credit working day, so you can read a price tag and know whether it is a night of work or a month of it.Merchants buy your loot. Every trader has stock, runs out of it, and puts in requisitions for goods they cannot source.Faction corpse loot. Bodies carry what their faction carries: a patch on every member, weapons appropriate to the area, trade goods on the people who deal in them.Seeded loot areas. Containers and world spawns are populated per area instead of drawing from one global pool.Spoilage. Food degrades over time.Recycling pays by value. The recycler returns materials based on what you fed it, not on weight.Hand recipes. A set of recipes that need no workbench, for when you are out in the rings with nothing.Item pass. 49 unused item types removed, the magnesium and tungsten chains reinstated with real sinks. 299 item types in total.New item icons, rendered from the models themselves.Leaving MarsWin condition implemented. Build a rocket and get off the planet. It takes four hull parts, three tanks of ammonium perchlorate fuel and one uranium core, behind the Rockets technology.Hull parts cost 200 electrical steel, 100 titanium and a component each. Titanium and tungsten come from the outer rings, uranium from research sites, steel from faction trade. The endgame drains the whole economy.The Launch Pad, a sealed site in the Outskirts that accepts the rocket and stages it. In Early Access the launch window is "pending administrative review" and staging the ship is the finish line. The launch and the ending ship with 1.0.Automatio...
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• Patch Notes·15 Mar 2026Official

  Update 23: Character Overhaul

  🆕 New Content & AssetsCharacter Overhaul: Implemented a massive character customization system including male and female meshes across various ethnicities (Asian, African, Caucasian). Added a wide range of wearables: gas masks, welding helmets, NVGs, tactical belts, and military uniforms.Environmental Props: Added new industrial and urban assets like a pseudo-Duga radar site, tall Asian gates, arcade machines, vending machines, and train cars.World Expansion: Introduced the Nuclear Power Plant modular layout, air filter columns, and several new propaganda and decorative props (statues, washing machines, bicycles).🌍 World Building & VisualsCity Consolidation: Cut several low-priority areas (Old Town, Corporate Plaza, Museum) to focus density and scope within the main city hub.Atmospheric Polish: Migrated key materials to BetterLit, increased Soviet-style textures to 8k, and added grittier details like junk piles and wreckage at fuel stations.Level Design: Added utility pole paths every 50m, fixed dozens of floating props, and improved ground-level navigation by adjusting doorway heights and collider accuracy.⚙️ Systems & MechanicsCharacter Systems: Reworked the outfit category and file structure; implemented character randomization for military NPCs and added gender-saving functionality.Cinematics & UI: Rebuilt the character creation camera system using Cinemachine with category-specific zoom pivots. Added a day/time display to the inventory screen.Tutorials & UX: Added in-game movement and flashlight tutorials. Refined keybindings (Flashlight to L, Log to H) to resolve conflicts.Technical Migration: Upgraded the project to Unity 6.3 and fully integrated the New Input System.🐞 Fixes, Optimization & CleanupThe Great Purge: Deleted over 3,000 files by removing the Obi physics system, unused HDRP assets, and deprecated modular architecture to drastically reduce project bloat.Performance: Reduced physics solve iterations (3 to 2), decreased MSAA/render scale, and enabled...
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• Patch Notes·2 Feb 2026Official

  Update 22: The City

  🆕 New Content & AssetsExpansion of Arsenal: Integrated a wide range of weapons including the Vector, Kar98K, AsVal, P90, M1911, and M4A1.Survival & Medical: Added detailed medical props (drip stands, hospital beds), new consumables (canned goods, pickles), and substances (vodka, cannabis).Characters & Factions: * Implemented a new Character Customizer and randomization system.Added Blood Eagle (formerly Euro Military) and other faction-specific assets like patches and flags.Added "Mother," "Miner," and "Atlas" statues.Props & Environment: Populated the world with bus stops, transmission towers, electrical boxes, car wrecks, and even 6 baby cribs for the hospital area.🌍 World Building & VisualsCity Development: * Added City Walls, urban blockade bridges, and Soviet-style apartment buildings (Krushchevkas).Created the Noble Courtyard, Anime District, and a Ferris Wheel monument.Scaled the city down significantly (now 0.049 $km^2$) to increase density and focus.Atmosphere & Lighting: * Migrated hundreds of materials to the BetterLit shader for improved visual fidelity.Heavily adjusted Post-Processing: Desaturated colors, darkened the tone, and added distance fog for a grittier "hardcore" feel.Added "Radiation" road signs and a 75m tall Soviet statue at the city center.Terrain: Implemented Microverse for generation, connected road systems with roundabouts, and added guard rails.⚙️ Systems and MechanicsMovement Overhaul: To lean into the "Stalker" inspiration, player movement was nerfed. Removed double jumping, dashing, and grappling hooks. Lowered camera height by 3cm.Hardcore UI/UX:Inventory now uses a thinner grid with 40 slots; equipment slot refactor initiated.Removed "gamey" elements: hidden damage numbers, kill indicators, and the enemy awareness canvas.Reduced hotbar to 4 slots.Audio: Integrated FMOD for weapon handling and environmental music. Added specialized tracks for different factions and areas (including Classical, Metal, and Phonk).Technical Migration: F...
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• Patch Notes·2 Dec 2025Official

  Update 21

  Update: Fleshing out the world🆕 New ContentNew Weapons: Added a massive arsenal including the Vector SMG , Kar98K rifle , AsVal , P90 , M1911 pistol , Bullpup Shotgun , M4A1, and G17.New Consumables: Added food items like canned beans, pretzels , canned milk/peas/tomatoes , and pickles/olives/honey (which leave empty glass jars).Substances: Added vodka, beer, and cannabis (seeds, buds, and joints).Wearables: Added faction patches , watcher masks/helmets, and gas masks.Props: Added medical equipment (hospital beds, drip stands), furniture (couches, chairs), and shipping containers.🌍 Visuals and WorldNew Areas: Added major locations including a Nuclear Power Plant , Research Lab with guard towers , a Closed City area , and a Favela (renamed from Ordem Alta).World Building: Added a graveyard area , a large warehouse area , and a water treatment plant.Atmosphere: Made the game significantly darker and grimier to match a "depressing" and gritty tone.Terrain: Implemented Microverse for terrain generation , connected extensive road systems , and added crater areas with car wrecks.Sky & Weather: Started work on a weather system and adjusted star brightness.🖥 UI and UXHardcore UI: Redesigned the inventory and HUD to be "sleeker," less saturated, and darker to fit the hardcore genre.Inventory: Increased player inventory size to 40 slots and adjusted grid visualization to be thinner.Settings: Added video settings for Anti-Aliasing, Max FPS limit, and screen resolution.Localization: Added flag icons for language selection and localized various items.⚙️ Systems and MechanicsMovement: Slowed down player movement speed, removed double jumping, and removed grappling hooks/dashing to match the hardcore genre.Audio: Integrated FMOD for weapon sounds (reload, equip/unequip, shooting) and quieted down footsteps and general noise.Time: Slowed down the day/night cycle significantly.Weapon Viz: Implemented a weapon visualization system to handle animations and recoil.🐞 Fixes and Improveme...
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