Techtonica

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42118931/ad59f37132525bd3be4030392900e567f01009ec.jpg Hello Groundbreakers! I’m Greco and I’ve been working on optimization for Techtonica since I joined the team in January. I'm going to explain some of the optimization work that has been done in previous updates and what’s coming next for 1.0. One may ask what does optimization mean in practice? Fundamentally, program optimization is about reducing the amount of resources we need to achieve the same result, this includes memory usage, CPU usage and GPU usage. Usually this is achieved through a combination of better algorithms and taking into account the “low level” hardware details, the main constraint in modern PC and console hardware is memory bandwidth, therefore most of the optimization efforts focus on improving the memory layout of the data so that we can maximize the throughput of the core game loops. One great way to learn about this is to study Data Oriented Design, here’s a good video introduction: The Unity game engine has some technology built around this concept of DOD, in Techtonica we’re mainly using 2 things: The Burst compiler and the Job System. Unity has a separate compiler from the buil

We’ve got some big news - we'll be launching Techtonica out of Early Access on Nov 7 for Steam, Xbox Game Pass, and newly announced PlayStation 5! The Going Up update (previously 0.6) has grown and morphed into full launch with a massive content release that's over a year in the making! We’re introducing a new desert biome, a world map revision and expansion, access to the elevator, the jetpack upgrade for the hoverpack, as well as new machines, production loops, intermediates, resources, and much more. And most importantly, a complete narrative with an exciting ending! The dev team have been pouring their hearts into Going Up and we're truly excited to get this into your hands. In particular we want to thank our community for all their feedback during the Early Access period - the suggestions we’ve received have been the basis for much of the content we’ve added, and we wouldn’t have been able to make Techtonica without you. We’d also like to thank our secret cabal of experimental testers for trialing all these changes early and helping us fine tune everything for the general population. And with that let’s dive right into the 1.0 Road Map and Preview Video so you c

Techtonica launched into Early Access 1 year ago, and what a year it’s been. With 5 major updates and 4 minor updates, we’ve been chugging along with development as fast as we can. We truly appreciate the support of all our Groundbreakers! In honor of that, I’m pleased to announce our largest update thus far, Going Up. Let’s check out the Roadmap. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42118931/5e7ec06e0fdce0a3cd89357c29e65789a1e3b27b.png Over the coming months, we will start peeling back the curtain on what this update entails, but we’ll leave you to speculate for now. We mentioned previously that we’re switching to a longer development cycle for this one, so blogs will also slow down. As soon as we can show you the new content, we will!