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• Announcements·15 May 2026Official

  1.0 Release!

  1.0 release notesStory: Game Ending & Victory ScreenSurpassing Voss Dynamics now triggers a full ending sequence with Dr. Chen dialog, victory screen, character epilogues (Chen, Rico, Helena), and credits rollPrestige-aware titles: Victory (0), Paragon (5+), Ascension (10+). At prestige 10+, Helena remembers the time loops and acknowledges them publicly"Continue Playing" enters sandbox mode with persistent SAND badgeLate victory trigger: fires when PH5000 is produced even if champion was reached earlierGame over now shows context-sensitive Helena reactions — dismissive for nobodies, disappointed for players who made it far, bitter at $1M+ revenueFive new Helena reactions for DC4000 through PH5000 — from her R&D lab failing at multi-core for 18 months, through a board no-confidence vote, to a Project Luminance flashback where Titan spent $800M on a paperweight while the player built one for a used carVisual OverhaulAll 11 ultra quality effects activated (glow, metallic sheen, holographic sweep, rim lighting, circuit patterns)Multi-core wafer visuals: DC4000 frequency rings, QC6000 cross-bridge arcs, HC8000 hexagonal hub, OC10000 heat spreaderEarly machine overhaul: Etcher counter-rotating rings + beam refraction, Bonder copper trace pulse + gold sparks, Packager film roll unwind + piston animation + heat sealer glow, Generator flame tongues + steam wisps + power cable pulse + turbine vibrationTier 0-4 wafers now have distinct surfaces (matte, polished, octagonal scoring, dicing marks)Belt item particles for T7+ chips: silver sparks, golden bursts, energy motes, prismatic sparklesProgrammed chip edge glow animation, packaged chip rim highlightsPhotonic Chamber ImprovementsPhase Coherence Analysis (Tier 10 research) reveals one component's phase offsetLocked MSE display during processing (shows frozen value from cycle start)PH5000 tier multiplier pricing ($175K base, spectral purity up to +50%)Quadratic defect curve rewards precision, punishes sloppy tuningGel drain an...
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• Patch Notes·26 Mar 2026Official

  0.5.1

  Version 0.5.1 Hotkey & Menu Improvements Escape opens Settings when idle: Standard game behavior — Escape still closes modals and deselects first, but opens Settings when nothing to dismissF1/F2/F3 now customizable: Help, Settings, and Main Menu keybinds moved to the Keybindings settings panelNew hotkeys: Research Tree (F), Goals (G) — all customizable in Settings > KeybindingsAction panel buttons: Added Research and Goals buttons with iconsCompact hotkey badges: Small key indicators now visible on action panel buttons even in icon-only modeBug Fixes Difficulty persists through prestige: Difficulty setting no longer resets to Medium after prestigeBatch Etcher multi-pass: Now accepts etched, treated, and implanted wafers for multi-pass etching (matching Basic Etcher behavior)Puzzle scaling fixed: Mini-game puzzles no longer distort when UI scale is changedGenerator puzzle solvability: Fixed 3 causes of impossible puzzles — switches on path tiles, broken diode logic, and scramble overrideResearch tutorial for experienced players: Tutorial now shows a “Well done, you already figured it out!” message if you unlocked wire bonding before the tutorial triggersLarger updates coming soon. I aim to get to 1.0 release in the coming month!
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• Patch Notes·12 Mar 2026Official

  0.5.0 Update

  μFab v0.5.0 — Quantum Chips, Photonic Overhaul, Variant CardsNew Endgame Tier: Quantum Chips (QT15000)The quantum pipeline adds two new machines — the Quantum Splitter and Quantum Combiner — and the highest-value chip tier in the game. Split silicon into entangled alpha/beta wafers, etch them in separate dimensions (Pocket Dimension and Temporal Rift), then recombine into quantum wafers worth 1500x. Requires new Tier 9 research. - Very WIP currently, may be buggyPhotonic Chamber OverhaulLasers now display spectral colors based on frequency. Phase offset joins frequency and amplitude as a third tunable parameter. Processed wafers carry a spectral purity rating (up to +50% sell bonus). The chamber's processing animation now escalates through 4 visual phases. Defect tolerance is significantly more forgiving.Variant Card Pick SystemAfter each prestige, choose 1 of 3+ variant blueprint cards to permanently add to your collection. New prestige upgrades add extra card choices, copies per run, and rerolls. Rico's Junkyard is now a collection browser.Multi-Core TiersCore Combiner upgrades to Quad (QC6000), Hex (HC8000), and Octa (OC10000) cores via research. Manual mode selector lets you pin a specific core count.Also in this update: - Logic Gate Skin System (4 unlockable skins) - Purifying Etcher variant - Analog wire visuals & chip designer improvements - Sell confirmation toggle - Power ripple effects - Steam Cloud Saves fully fixed (cross-PC restore, prestige data synced) - Balance pass (variant tiers, research costs, chip prices, void/ley line tuning) - Major performance improvements across the board - 20+ bug fixes Full changelog available in-game.
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• Patch Notes·3 Mar 2026Official

  0.4.2

  ● μFab v0.4.2 Update Logic Gate Skins Complete your NAND challenges to unlock 4 new gate visual styles in the chip designer — each with unique shapes, animations, and rendering: - Neon — wireframe gates with pulsing cyan glow and energy sweep animations - Silicon — rectangular IC packages with metallic finish and part numbers (7400, 7408...) - Brass — octagonal gear-tooth bodies with rivets and spinning cog accents - Holographic — flickering translucent gates with scanlines and falling data-rain Select your style in Settings > Skins. Multi-Core Chips Core Combiner now upgrades to 4/6/8-core via research. New chip tiers: QC6000 ($220K), HC8000 ($420K), OC10000 ($800K). Pin to a specific core count with the manual mode selector. Variant Card Picks After each prestige, pick 1 of 3+ variant blueprint cards to permanently add to your collection. New prestige upgrades let you see more cards, get extra copies, and reroll. Other Highlights - Purifying Etcher variant — removes a defect from etched wafers - Controller → Source action — trigger sources to produce on demand - Splitter warnings — pulsing amber triangle on unconnected outputs - Analog designer — better wire colors, gate overlays, and a new tutorial step - Firmware medals — gold/silver/bronze gate targets replace vague hints - Steam Cloud saves fixed and working properly - 7 variant tier rebalances + Quantum Analyzer, Premium Market, Precision Bonder buffs Performance Major optimizations across the board — cached belt neighbors, batched spatial hash, dirty-flag depth sorting, numeric hash keys, body sprite caching for ChemicalBath and Buffer. Expect 15-25% FPS improvement in large factories. Bug Fixes Research tutorial no longer re-triggers, ghost buildings after prestige fixed, quit game zombie process fixed, puzzle memory leaks patched, and more.
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• Patch Notes·18 Feb 2026Official

  Update 0.4.0

  μFab v0.4.0Performance, Polish & New Visual Effects A major update focused on making the game run significantly better, look more impressive, and fixing a pile of bugs. Major Performance Overhaul This update includes the largest performance pass yet. Expect meaningful FPS improvements, especially in late-game factories: Belt system rewrite — empty belts exit in 3 lines instead of running full logic; neighbor lookups, corner pivots, and input configs are all cached. 15–25% FPS gain with 200+ beltsLoads of other optimisations, too long to list. Frame Rate Limit Setting (Settings → Graphics) New option to set your target frame rate: 30 / 60 / 120 / 144 / 240 / Unlimited.Bug Fixes - Cloud save completely broken — cloud-save-manager.js was using the wrong localStorage key prefix for all read/write operations. Conflict detection, sync, restore, and auto-resolve all silently failed. Fixed - Machines invisible on first load — machine depth sort cache wasn't invalidating after loading a save, so nothing rendered until you changed floors. Fixed - Terminal scripting — fixed 5 broken default snippets, added missing wait()/delay() builtins, fixed *=//= operators, rewrote syntax highlighter to fix broken nested span markup - ControlMachine — storage threshold display always showed null, ultra energy lines rendered fully opaque, second input line missing at low/medium quality, range indicator missing at low quality - Floor navigation keys (\) now visible in keybind settings
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