hi Toob & welcome back, here are some big stuff you might have missed while you were away:
Mindflayers (IPC Vampires) - https://www.paradisestation.org/wiki/index.php?title=Mindflayer
Experimentor was axed - https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/27472
R&D Network changes - https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/26420
Cloning Rework - https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/21683
The most recent station addition (NSS Diagoras) - https://webmap.affectedarc07.co.uk/maps/paradise/emeraldstation/
The station that came before that (NSS Farragus) - https://webmap.affectedarc07.co.uk/maps/paradise/cerestation/
Secondary Goals, departments requesting objectives - https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/24599
Explorer's Rework (explorers apart of supply/space mechanics) - https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/24202
Quartermaster is now a Head of Staff - https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/22133
Purchasable Emergency Shuttles - https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/23701
Cargo Mail System - https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/22269
Cyborg Overhaul - https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/25252
Shadow Demons (slings close relative) - https://www.paradisestation.org/wiki/index.php?title=Shadow_Demon
Pulse Demons - https://www.paradisestation.org/wiki/index.php?title=Pulse_Demon
Botany Rework - https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/24342
Tourist Midround - https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/26084
Modsuits (replacing hardsuits) - https://paradisestation.org/wiki/index.php?title=MODsuits
Changeling (THE ROUNDTYPE) no longer exists, now is usually mixed with other antags - https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/26620
Roundstart Blob is no longer a thing - https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/20403
Big Engineering Changes, listing a few here - https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/21406, https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/27034, https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/27361 https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/27171
Megafauna Hardmode - https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/22016
Lavaland Generation Overhaul - https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/21838, https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/26599
Economy Rework - https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/19209
War declarations activate gamma alert - https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/20570
Ghost Bar - https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/22368
Some stuff has hitscan now - https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/22754
Station Traits - https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/22334
Crawling - https://github.com/ParadiseSS13/Paradise/pull/17899
and there's a lot more stuff including new sprites, antag items, mechanics but then you'd be scrolling for ages