Galacticare

Patch v1.1.0Challenge ModeChallenge Mode is available is an optional setting that can be enabled when starting any level (both story and sandbox) if you enjoy suffering and miseryIn order to experience challenge mode on a level you’ll need to start again from scratch, it cannot be enabled in an already-existing hospitalAll career progress (research, consultants, unlocks, etc) is shared between challenge mode and regular modeEach level has an additional cosmetic reward available for reaching a 5 star hospital rating in challenge mode (it’s quite hard)Several new achievements are also available for reaching 5 stars in challenge modeAll of the features and changes listed below are exclusive to challenge mode, and do not impact regular gameplay!Mutated Conditions!Conditions have begun to mutate into deadly new strains, and it’s a race against time to research the cures before your hospital is flooded with death and disaster. Put those nerds in the Research Lab to work before it’s too late!Conditions now randomly mutate, massively increasing their treatment difficulty, health decay rate, and patient spawn rateMutated conditions do not benefit from any existing research bonuses (they are effectively research level 0)All mutated conditions are the same difficulty level, regardless of their original difficultyMutations must be researched (via normal means or by making use of the Research Lab) in order to re-discover the treatment, at which point the mutation is clearedSuccessfully clearing a mutation results in a bounty of credits and LoamiteMore Patients!Infection rates have surged and HEAL’s “KPI safeties” were switched off because they were illegal, so keep an eye on the shuttle bays – the goddamned patients are coming in hordes!A new “Challenge Spawner” system will progressively increase the number of patients spawning, regardless of if your hospital is also growing in sizePatients are more likely to require rooms you haven’t yet built and enter with less health than usualMore Death!The cost of MEDI’s body-disposal tech was extortionate but, with the state of these patients, it’s about to save us a fortune on body bags.Conditions of every danger level will cause patients to deteriorate faster than before - even danger level 0 conditions have health decay now!Treatments are harder to perform, and more likely to result in patient fatalities if your doctors are unhappy, tired, or poorly trained