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Courtyard & Onboarding Update

Courtyard & Onboarding Update

0.17.0

10 October 2026

Areas

36 changes in this update

World

Rebuilt the hub as a walled courtyard with a park and pond

Tasks

Added the Head Home tutorial task
Added a tip when you reach a task's district or plot

Building

Hold the mouse to keep placing or breaking blocks

Prestige

Prestiging now skips the tutorial and gives you its rewards

Chat

Chat shows full leaderboard tags
Chat announces new prestige levels

UI

Shops and stations have a short first-time tour (? replays it)
Inventory tabs appear as you unlock them
The Crafting Table opens on your current task's recipe
Added a first-time tutorial to the world map
Leaderboard ranks use the same colors as chat tags

Visuals

Sharper textures on props, held tools and creatures

World

Deeper green-blue water

Tasks

Shorter tutorial hints

Prestige

Raised the prestige tribute

Performance

Lighter default settings on small graphics cards
New Textures setting to halve texture memory
The world map uses less video memory
Far-away players' powers and demolition cost less framerate
Particle effects cost less framerate

Tools

Better metal on the grenade launcher and sledgehammer

Building

Fixed placed blocks with shrunken textures
Fixed placed flowers missing their stems

UI

Fixed chat sometimes opening scrolled to the top

Visuals

Fixed pale outlines on tinted blocks
Fixed snow on held tools

Performance

Fixed a crash while loading on 2 GB graphics cards

Traveling

Fast travel no longer shows the world building in
The world in front of you loads first after travel

Audio

Voice chat is louder and carries further

Demolition

Fixed blocks left floating after collapses
Fixed acid grenades not working while other acid spreads

Power-ups

Fixed ore rocks floating above grass

Interaction

Small and moving things are easier to use

Achievements

Fixed Employee of the Week not unlocking