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• Click-and-drag in wire mode has been updated to move in the plane of the screen instead of in the XY plane, which should make wiring 3D circuits easier.
• Many typos that were discovered during the translation process have been corrected.

• Force beams: A whole new concept that you should test out. They can attract or repel distant objects.
• Electrical contacts! Credits for the idea go to MP0011.
• Partial tubes - you can now make half-tubes, quarter-tubes, etc.
• A new input system for keyboard presses and slider bars. This replaces the keyboard option in batteries; see how you like it.
• Fixes for Linux 32-bit
• Lots of other bug fixes
• Load/save menus now respond to your key presses, jumping to files that start with the button you push, so it will be easier to find your saves.

This minor bug fix improves some selection issues with wires, and also a minor fix to the new precise function editor.

• This release vastly improves the efficiency of turning wire mode on and off for large machines.
• You can now precisely control the position of vertices in the function design menus. Some other minor bugs have also been addressed.
• Also, this version provides experimental support for 64-bit Linux (tested on Ubuntu 9.04).

• Fixed a major memory leak causing Golems to leave a large RAM footprint.
• A new experimental feature will now check for available memory at startup. If not, an option is provided to use a smaller amount. You can also force this option by running with the command line option golems.exe -setup.
• Added deselect mode for ctrl-select feature.
• The linux version does not work on 64-bit machines with 64-bit java, however there is a workaround to this problem.

• The linux version does not work on 64-bit machines with 64-bit java, however there is a workaround to this problem.

• Scrapped the old 'Group mode', and replaced it with 'Layer mode'
• Interactive physics - you can now pick things up and throw them while your machine is running.
• New and improved Ball And Socket joints (re-sizable).
• You can turn axles into Ball Bearings.
• 5 new textures, including concrete, wood, galvanized metal, barrels, and metal boxes.
• You can now write text on your machine (find it in the Appearance menu tab).
• Oscilloscopes, so you can see what your machine's functional components are doing as it runs.
• You can now name your machine internally and add a description.
• The ability to organize your machine into several different layers, and lock or hide those layers individually.
• You can now make video recordings of your machines running.
• Many, many, many bug fixes and minor improvements.

We've skipped right over version 0.53.7, which was a testing release on the forums. Many bug fixes and minor improvements (such as more reliable undo/redo). Improvements have also been made to memory usage on large machines.

Major additions:

• Tubes
• Backgrounds (ie, Skyboxes). You can now select from a variety of backdrops for your machine, including star fields and clouds. You can also just select a solid colour of your choice.

Rockets now have particle effects. You can choose from some supplied effects, or design your own.

Golems now supports group assignment! Select any set of objects, and then press 'g'. Then go to group view to see and select the groups you've created.

• Collision detection has been improved so that if one structure is completely contained inside another structure, it no longer 'pops out' in physics mode.
• Finally, the sizes of save files are dramatically reduced.

Design mode now has support for box selection: Hold down ctrl (or comand on Macs), click and drag the mouse select all the objects inside a box.