Welcome to this new devlog about the "Oxygen Update"!

This update focuses on introducing a key aspect of gameplay that revolves around survival in the game. In most survival games, meeting basic needs like sleep, food, and drink is essential, and in space, the management of oxygen becomes a vital factor. The colonists depend on oxygen to survive, and it's the player's responsibility to effectively manage the colony to ensure their oxygen requirements are fulfilled.

Oxygen consumption:

• Each colonist now carries an oxygen canister in their inventory. They use the oxygen from the canister and exhale carbon dioxide into the surroundings.
• When colonists venture outside the base, they rely on the oxygen in their canisters. Periodically, they need to replace their empty canisters with new ones filled with oxygen or other breathable gas combinations.
• Inside a pressurized base, colonists can remove their space suits and breathe normally.
• Working without a space suit grants colonists a speed boost, enabling them to complete tasks faster.

Oxygen production:

• Gas canisters can be filled with various breathable gas mixtures or, ideally, pure oxygen. Since colonists only consume oxygen, they can spend more time outside the base with a canister filled with pure oxygen compared to other gas mixtures.
  
• Players can produce oxygen by growing plants that consume water and carbon dioxide from the environment.
• Oxygen can also be extracted from ores, particularly Quartz, which consists of Oxygen and Silicon. By placing quartz into the arc furnace, players can extract oxygen, but it needs to be cooled down to a suitable temperature for humans.
• Constructing an air vent and connecting it to the space suit support via pipes allows the automatic refilling of canisters inside the space suit.
• Players can also utilize the Gas Canister Filler, a new machine, to fill canisters and store them in anticipation of any unpredictable events.
• In the future, additional options will be implemented, such as obtaining oxygen from ice crushing or starting to commerce with Earth.

Later, other options will be implemented, to get oxygen from ice, or to commerce with Earth.

We hope you have a great time watching this episode and feel enthusiastic about the advancements we've achieved in our game. If you have any questions or comments, don't hesitate to reach out to us.

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