We've released another hotfix for some additional stability problems and gameplay issues players have encountered in Milestone 5. Please do report any bugs you encounter on the bug reporting subforums and we'll do our best to look into them!

Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue where UFO crews were not randomising correctly, so you'd keep encountering the same species over and over (usually Sebillians). This behaviour was accidentally introduced a few weeks back in the 5.32.0 hotfix.

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Removed Double XP

4th June - 12th June

It's 12th June 2025, that means the Double XP in Classic Gamemode & Endless Bats is removed!

Gems odds will stay:

In the last update: Insteed of guaranteed a Cyan Gem Spawn at 20 000 Points you only need 1000 Points before Endless UFO

This will still be in the game to make it easier to achieve cyan gems.

Hello everyone! We’ve just pushed an update for Unknot! that includes multiple bug fixes. Full patch notes below:

1. The game now launches in windowed mode by default, resolving black-screen issues on certain resolutions.

2. Updated the fallback solution for cases where knots are invisible.

3. Adjusted the clear conditions in some levels, making them easier to complete.

4. Reworked the completion logic to fix a bug where levels sometimes failed to clear even though no overlaps were visible.

5. Fixed an issue where non-English players were switched to English when entering Level 2.

Thank you for playing the Unknot! demo! If you encounter any issues, please report them in the community or by email.

We've been hard at work here, but can't really tell what we've been doing, because it's cosmic top secret. However, we have released a new trailer with some update visuals. And also updated the screenshots.

We ran an external alpha test with good, actionable feedback and are now working on some new features for mid and late game. Namely, a RETALIATION SYSTEM! Corporations will strike back at you for failing in your operations and they might even blow up your operators. Stay tuned for some images!

In three to four weeks, we'll be opening up a registrations for our open beta test via Steam's playtest feature. If you are keen to try the game out before we launch our demo, be sure to follow these updates. We'll be posting it only on Steam.

Meanwhile, keep yourselves discrete and under the radar.

Hi, Steam!

We’ve been working hard on a PlinkIdle demo. It's tightened up from the original game we launched on web, prettier, and way more playable with a new core loop.

We’re aiming to release it during a focused event instead of throwing it into the Next Fest firehose. Thanks so much for wishlisting and following!

We're really looking forward to engaging with the community here.

Hey Martians! 👋

Our internal Co-Op testing is steadily moving forward, and we’re excited to share the progress with you. While developing multiplayer for a complex sandbox like Occupy Mars is no small feat, we’re seeing real momentum — and this build brings us another big step closer to public testing.

This week’s internal update focused on stability, synchronization, and multiplayer logic across various systems. Here’s what we’ve improved:

🛏️ Sleep system stability: We fixed many edge cases involving sleep mechanics — progress not triggering, incorrect max durations, interruptions caused by low oxygen/water despite having enough, and camera or UI issues during interactions.

💾 Save/load reliability: Improved spawn positions, inventory loading, session syncing, and addressed bugs with saves not overwriting properly.

🔌 Cable & pipe syncing: Floating plugs, desynced cables, blocked interactions — now cleaned up and syncing correctly between host and clients.

🧰 UI & interaction fixes: ESC/menu/board interactions work reliably again. No more getting stuck while configuring setups or trying to accept requests.

🌐 Multiplayer connection stability: Better handling of joins, rejoins, and complex in-game actions like simultaneous saves or crash-recovery. More reliable all around!

We’re still fine-tuning a few of the trickier bugs:

• Plug and connector desyncs in very specific scenarios

• Rare disconnects when 3rd player joins or rejoins

• UI issues during rapid saving or loading by multiple players

Once we’re confident in the build’s stability, we’ll invite small test groups to help us stress test the systems in real-world gameplay. When ready, Co-Op mode will be released as a free update for all existing Occupy Mars players.

We’re nearly there. Thanks for being patient while we build a rock-solid multiplayer experience. See you on Mars (with your crew) soon!

Occupy Mars team

Delicious and Fresh Update! (Full Release)

1. Some stages have been improved.

2. Other systems have also been enhanced and refined.

Welcome to our second update post. If you haven't guessed, we're committed to making Occlude absolutely fantastic for everyone.

I hope we've shown this by doing two updates in four days alone!

You can read about the changes we made in the first 24 hours to the demo here.

If you're a fan of studios who listen to feedback and games with this level of love in them, please consider wishlisting the game.

Each wishlist boosts us in the Steam algorithm and helps us reach an audience on an increasingly crowded Steam.

Our second update brings more highly requested changes to the Occlude demo. Lower down you can read what we're changing for launch based off your feedback.

Players have been requesting help for when their game gets 'locked' - Either when they need to undo a move or can't make any more moves.

For both of these cases the Redeal and Undo buttons will now animate. We hope this removes the frustration some have felt not knowing if they can advance or not!

Players have also requested a wider Hint system which may take more time. We'd like to see if this change helps before committing to a kind of larger, more design fiddly change such as that.

We're a small team, working on an even smaller amount of time, so we sadly have to pick our battles.

A number of players find that moving cards is sluggish and difficult.

So, we've sped up the movement of cards when being dragged. Fling those cards around and please do tell us how it feels!

This was a great first step, but we also got feedback that shifting cards to the Foundation was laborious. No more - You can now double click to send a card straight to the Foundation.

This has meant we've swapped marking cards to a right-click. We know this many make one Ritual marginally harder, so let us know if you like/dislike this change.

Players found that with extra big Tableau piles, cards were wandering off the screen and became unclickable.

Like we said in the last post, we had a fix in mind for this, and now as of today Tableau piles will resize when lots of cards are placed on them.

This works for all game resolutions and is weirdly really fun to do.

A bug we started to track after posting our last update was players continuing or loading back into games to find they are playing a different Ritual.

This was actually a fun bug - The players weren't actually playing different Rituals, just the asset for the Ritual Card wasn't updating properly. Joy.

This update fixes this, so now you won't see the wrong Ritual Card when returning to a game.

There were a few other places this was occurring that weren't reported we also fixed, because we're nice like that.

This responds to 3 of the 5 major bits of feedback we mentioned in the last update. The other 2, plus the many suggestions, ideas and input we've received, are going to take a bit longer to respond to.

Some have forced us to redesign the game and do so very carefully, but we're confident these changes make Occlude better for everyone.

Though a lot of feedback liked the current difficulty, many felt it was too punishing.

Many more specifically asked for a casual mode and we're now working on this.

Our current thinking is that this would have an unlimited undo and two purgatory slots, as well as its own set of seeds that are easier to complete.

Naming to be confirmed, as "casual" sounds a little derogatory for our liking.

We also realized that lots of players simply didn't expect the 'Occlude Experience' - A tricky game of Solitaire where Redealing is encouraged and failure expected. That's on us.

We're look at messaging to make it abundantly clear to players what the game is about, while pointing to this "casual" mode as an option they may be interested in.

By doing this, we don't affect the many players who like the current challenge of Occlude, who still get the difficulty and chewy version that's closer to this demo.

For both modes of Occlude we're generating new seeds to go into the game using a much altered seed generation system.

These new seeds will be solve-able for all combinations of Final Cards. Our original thinking was that players wouldn't mind an occasional Redeal, but feedback has shown quite the opposite.

These will also allow for simpler first moves so you can get a game started faster.

For non-"casual" mode the seeds will be slightly easier than the demo but still tough, and for "casual" mode these will be considerably easier all round.

We're also looking at detecting when players are struggling and throw them a bone with an easier seed.

This is a massive undertaking and has taken us away from the many other features we want to add to Occlude, but we're confident it'll improve the game for everyone.

Our current very basic Tutorial is not cutting the mustard! Feedback was really clear about that.

We're allocating time to work on a more in-depth Tutorial that will guide players through the start of a game better.

Tutorials are generally awful to make in games, so how extensive this will be down to how much time we get for it. Tiny team, tiny budget, tiny amount of time.

You want somewhere to see how many Coins you've earned, a few stats and even revisit old narrative that showed up? Sure thing!

We had planned this for launch, but your feedback has made us change how this will look - You clearly want lots of information about your runs and we want to give it to you.

Players want both more of a meta-narrative to the game and more Rituals to complete.

That's a nice and easy bit of feedback to answer - We have both, but you'll have to wait for the full game to see it.

Thank you all again for your feedback.

I can't lie, it's been tough read in places, but most of you have been wonderfully polite and understanding about the difficulties of indie game development.

That feedback has made Occlude fundamentally better - Better than when we first released the demo and better for launch.

We now have a clear path to follow when Occlude hits your Store page on the 10th of July.

If you appreciate what we're doing, go wishlist Occlude. Like I said above, it helps us more than you can imagine.

I'll keep up the updates and let you know how your feedback shaped the game.

Thanks again,

Sam

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