I have some mixed feelings with the 0.6.0 update. While I think the currency system is a nice addition to the game, some of the consequences they bring may not be up to spec with the games current stage of development.
The problem I am seeing with the currency and upgrading is that it is not promoting the users ability or skill to manage resources in creative ways. So far the only thing its doing is to make the player wait, and I mean by a lot. Sure, Expeditions are like a minute and the actor creation is like under 2 minutes, but the grind to create the wealth and access to new upgrades and actor features is incredibly boring with wait times. There is no meaningful in between gameplay. and having to do several expeditions and several actor generations will produce hours of waiting for the user.
I would probably recommend reducing wait times or increasing the significance of the upgrades to the machines, along with probably adding other means of activities like the user being able to manual generate resources, or special activities that will promote unique actor customization, like doing tasks to unlock special accessories or body features that can be used from the Library.
I am kind pretty new to the game. I haven't really played before the 0.6.0 updates, so I can't speak on the differences from before or if I am sohow missing how to work certain features (Like Contracts, atoms and the Fusion Machine. I haven't been able to get to any of those, if those are even features yet)
Also, I have experienced several crashes with the game. Mostly, I think are cause by expeditions. The flying bots particles might not agree with my PC too much so I basically play on the lowest setting and so far that has reduced my crashes but not completely. Also, I guess my machine can't really handle more than 2 or 3 actors spawned at the same time. I am wondering there could be some optimizations for stuff like that. (I run a Ryzen 7 and a RTX2060 for reference.)
Anyways, its a good looking game, and I hope to stick around for its future improvments.