Terraforming Begins

🏜️ Terraforming Begins

This is the biggest update yet—and it brings Sandscapes closer to its original vision: a living, breathing sandbox where creativity meets emergent ecosystems.

🎨 Brush Panel Overhaul

The brush system just got a major upgrade:

• Custom Brushes: Users can now design their own brushes:
  • Color Cycling Brushes with adjustable speed, blend modes, and random opacity—endless possibilities.
  • Static Brushes for precise, personal expression.
• Local Storage: Your custom brushes are now saved locally. Plus, a handy reset palette button in settings.
• Improved Navigation:
• Scroll the brush panel with two fingers or click-and-drag.
• Visible brushes are now capped at 36, making mobile interaction smoother and more intuitive.

🧱 New Brushes & Emergent Behavior

• Wall Brushes (x5): These use cellular automata to grow organically as you paint. They also support color cycling for dynamic visuals.
• Cloud Brush: A game-changer! Spawns rain particles that evaporate over time. Can randomly spawn seeds, which grow into flowers and trees. This marks the beginning of Sandscapes as a terraforming experience—start with sand, end with life.

🖼️ Export Enhancements

• You can now download your canvas with a transparent background, perfect for layering or remixing.

🔧 Tweaks & Experiments

• Water Brush: Now seeps into the ground and disappears instead of pooling. Still buggy, but heading toward more realistic behavior.
• Lava + Water: Interaction now produces steam, adding a bit more elemental drama.

🐛 Known Bugs

• Sand-on-Water Duplication: When sand lands on water, it sometimes duplicates the water. Still investigating.