Welcome back, Universe Architects! Thanksgiving has passed with a lot of updates and excitement. We released the latest installment of the Civilization: Neolithic Age update and our third limited-time event of the year, Explore: Music – Good Vibrations. We hope everyone has been enjoying the new content. A big thank you to our beta and Steam players for keeping a watchful eye out for some bugs last month. Thanks to their vigilance, we were able to apply hotfixes early. For context, in September, we saw an uptick in crashes. To resolve those issues, we updated our Unity from version 2020.3.33f1 to version 2022.3.10f1. And it worked – the game’s crash rate on Android went down from 3-4% to less than 1%. Along with the Unity upgrade, we also updated our APIs and Ads SDKs. Unfortunately, this resulted in the Cell to Singularity banner blocking the exit button for some players, meaning they were unable to exit ads. We also saw some reports of players losing their Darwinium inventory. Thankfully, we were able to resolve both issues quickly, and we strongly advise all our players to update to the latest versions to address most issues they might encounter. The Marketing/ Community team has also been reaching out to players from our various socials to provide help where needed. A thank you again to the community for supporting each other. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34010837/c5c17cf2320db52476fab8edd9e84f1fc3927712.png[/img] [b]Quick tip:[/b] Another solution to restore any lost inventory is to use the backup save option. The game autosaves progress in different intervals in the background. Players should take advantage of this feature as their first line of defense in protecting their save files. If you have already updated to the latest version and still encounter problems, please do the following: [list] [*] Email [b][url=lunch@computerlunch.com]lunch@computerlunch.com[/url][/b] with your platform/device and the latest build version number. [*] If multiple devices are used, mention the build version numbers installed. [*] Give a detailed summary of the issue. [/list] More quality of life improvements are in the works for next year. The goal is to avoid disruptions while continuing to add lots of new content to the game: [list] [*] We are working on an anti-cheat system for Research Race events. The challenge has been for the system to recognize and separate out players who do not use legitimate methods to finish the race. [*] We are also testing several new performance optimizations. This should help the game to run smoothly, even on older phones. [*] An in-game news feature system is also planned, to share the latest news and updates in the game. This feature is especially important for instances where players are required to update their game versions in order to enjoy the latest content. [/list] We are excited to hear players’ feedback for the Explore: Music – Good Vibrations garden. We are currently experimenting with various formats and approaches to in-game events, and are curious about what players like, so make sure to share your thoughts with us. Stay tuned for December as we mark the last livestream of 2023 to celebrate all the content released over the year. (The November livestream was skipped because of Thanksgiving). This November, we are grateful for you, our players. Cells has grown bigger and better thanks to your continued support. The year hasn’t ended yet and we have a jam packed schedule of content ready for you to enjoy over the coming holidays. Can you guess what’s next? [previewyoutube=iahgUvDN5jQ;full][/previewyoutube] Beyond Episode 21 is coming soon! Semblance’s journey continues as her projections have yielded inconclusive results. Her quest for another rare, earth-like planet that could sustain life continues. After re-calculating her trajectory, it looks like she might have found something, an echo of something similar. Keep an eye out for Beyond Episode 21: Echoes of Earth to find out more. Always thankful, stay cellular! - The Cells Team