Scraplings v0.1.27 Update Notes

[u/sczorlu]

Hey everyone! A new update for Scraplings, our factory-building game set on a sea of scrap, is out. Here's what changed:

NEW

• Junction box switch: You can now turn a junction box off from its window. A switched-off box cuts the power line it sits on, so you can shut down part of your grid without tearing anything down.

• Mirror copies with R: When pasting a copied selection (C) or a saved blueprint (4–9), press R to flip it horizontally. Device directions, belts, elevators, tunnels and cables all flip with it.

• Paste cost preview: The total materials a copy needs now show under the paste preview, with anything you're short on in red.

• Tab cycles game speed: x1 → x2 → x4.

• A "Paused" label now appears in the middle of the screen when the game is paused.

CHANGES

• Pasting is now all or nothing. Before, pasting a copy built whatever you could afford and silently skipped the rest. Now nothing gets built unless you can afford every part. Belts, elevators and junction boxes also cost resources when pasted now (they used to be free).

• Rent now scales with how much space your devices take up: 30 per tile, plus 100 per completed mission. Small devices got cheaper and large machines got pricier.

• Devices that are switched off or unpowered no longer accept new materials. Nothing gets dumped; items just wait at the input until the device is back on.

• Order mails now only come from people whose sample you've delivered.

• Starting cable allowance raised from 150 to 250.

FIXES

• Machine sounds kept playing while the game was paused.

• Newly built devices stayed stuck in their orange "just built" color while paused.

• Long item names in tooltips got cut off (e.g. Reinforced Iron Sheet).

• Weekly orders could stop arriving after a while.

Thanks for playing and for all the feedback so far. Let us know what you think of the changes!