Timberborn News

Thank you for the feedback, everyone, please keep it coming so we can make Update 4 truly worth the hype! Here are today's changes.


We've just transferred all existing in-game models to our custom 3D model format - Meshy. In short, this results in better optimization for everyone and makes our work easier - but it's also important to our dear modding community. In the coming days, we'll provide you with documentation on how to use our Meshy implementation so that you can continue turning Timberborn into a Beaver Train Simulator and so on.

• All in-game models now use the Meshy format.
  
• Optimized the new distribution system so your beavers can export goods at even higher FPS.
  

You love the districts so much we're making it easier to add new ones faster.

• District Crossing: unlock cost reduced from 1000 to 600 SP.
  
• Increased water sources' strength on Craters.
  

• Updated models for Campfires (both factions).
  
• Fixed a minor visual bug in tanks.
  
• Slightly adjusted the blueness of Blueberries because it made our 3D Artists blue.
  

• Path tiles now display the distance to the parent District Center in their panel.
  
• Selecting a Slope now shows range lines and the heatmap, similar to stairs and paths.
  
• Added missing flavour texts (for now, in English only).
  

• Fixed a bug with status icons not disappearing after hiding the UI. In case you didn't know, Ctrl+H does that.
  
• Fixed a bug with goods not being balanced out between districts if only one side of a District Crossing had workers.
  
• Fixed a crash caused by removing a District Crossing.
  
• Fixed impatient patients that would casually leave Medical Beds to fulfill their needs.
  

Here's a hotfix patch to make your weekend Timberborning a little more hassle-free.

• Fixed several crashes occurring after selecting an object.
  
• Fixed Floodgates' height resetting after loading the game.
  
• Fixed Floodgates showing incorrect height in the preview state.
  

Alright, here's a hotfix for the experimental branch to wrap up the day. Thanks for the reports!

• Fixed a crash related to the new animation system.
  

Thank you for all your reports and feedback! Please keep it coming, and good things will happen to you.


The optimizations will continue until the morale improves.

• Updated the animation system for buildings. This should slightly improve the game’s performance. (A similar update for character animations was already included in the original Update 4 release).
  

We’ve realized Hydroponic Garden could use a little more variation in its recipes.

• Mushroom: cost reduced to 40 water (from 50), growth time reduced to 8 days (from 10), yield reduced to 45 (from 60).
  
• Algae: cost increased to 60 water (from 50), growth time increased to 12 days (from 10), yield increased to 70 (from 60).
  
• Food Factory: output for Algae rations increased to 6 from 3 (production time and cost remain unchanged).
  

• Added new sounds for Fermenter and Wood Workshop.
  
• Water-requiring buildings will no longer play their water-ish sounds even when placed in water-free areas. Muh immersion!

• Platforms can once again be placed on top of Medical Beds - now with 94,3% less clipping!
  
• Natural resources such as trees no longer aggressively self-spread onto higher tiles and threaten the beavers with “The Last of Us” scenario.
  

• Fixed a crash caused by deleting Rubble right as it was to be picked up.
  
• Fixed a bug with lazy distributors that wouldn’t care enough to pick up single leftover pieces of goods.
  
• Fixed a bug with corner-cutting distributors that would just rush to their destination, ignoring the paths carefully placed by the player.
  
• Fixed the broken custom goods recovery rate available as part of the custom difficulty setup.
  
• Fixed Fermenters and Coffee Breweries using up energy even when not working.
  
• Fixed some visual bugs with backpacks and carried goods.
  
• The settlement panel will no longer crash when the player interacts with a dead beaver.
  
• Fixed a weirdly specific visual issue with Tapper’s Shack doorstep interfering with decorations’ AoE indicators.
  

World Earth Day is upon us (April 22, remember)! And to celebrate, Earth Appreciation Festival is back to Steam, with our studio as its (co-)organizers!

Until April 24, 2023, check the festival’s page to see the selection of ~150 awesome games, both released and upcoming. The titles we have either help us appreciate nature’s beauty, or show the bleak fate the Blue Planet may meet if we do not change our ways.

Obviously, Timberborn is available with a 20% discount and, just like last year, we will donate 15% of the revenue during festival to the Viva! foundation, and its charity efforts such as the Fox Asylum in Korabiewice, Poland. Thanks to your generosity last year, we helped renovate the Asylum and built a dedicated hospital for our furry friends. Let’s see what we can do this year!



This year’s Earth Appreciation Festival is coorganized by Slug Disco (makers of Empires of the Undergrowth) and Stray Fawn (creators of The Wandering Village).

Speaking of The Wandering Village, we’ve just launched a bundle with this fantastic, colorful (and yet post-apocalyptic) city builder set on the back of a humongous beast. If you’re a Timberborn fan, we’re sure you’ll enjoy this one too, especially if the extra discount. Get it below!

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/31818/Timberborn_and_The_Wandering_Village/