Utopia Colony - Update
Utopia Colony has got an update!
We have added more sound effects, improved animations, and improved the loading process. These are a few updates to make the game experience better, based on feedback from players.
Going forward, we have decided to co-develop Utopia Colony with another game we recently launched in Early Access on Steam, called Belt Colony. Co-developing the games is a new strategy or way of thinking, that we are excited about. We think it may help us to develop, and understand, the games from a broader perspective than if we simply develop them one-by-one.. Currently, Utopia Colony and Belt Colony have a similar set of features, concepts, background stories, etc., but, the main content (e.g. 3D models), etc. are different. This is a part of the plan going forward... Different ways of mining, for example, could be used in both games, even though 3D models, etc., are different.. For us as developers, it is also quite helpful to be able to take a step back and see these space miners of the near future from a whole new perspective and to discuss this with another set of user perspectives. We see already now from feedback that this gives us a whole new perspective, especially a broader perspective, on what would be better games...
We made a update video for this purpose, at the launch event for Belt Colony in Las Vegas recently:
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
The purpose of Early Access on Steam is to enable game developers, like us, to sell the game while it is being developed and to gather input/feedback from users. We have been struggling with reviews lately, and we have got very few new users, and input from new users, as a consequence of this.
We would appreciate it, and it would help us, if more users perhaps could:
Our intent/purpose/goal with these games is simple.. We want to make Utopia Colony and Belt Colony a fun, interesting, and entertaining series of space mining and outpost building sim games. We need help to make this a reality, and we appreciate anything you can do.
We recently made bundles for our games on Steam to make it easier to purchase the games:
It is also possible to buy a bundle if you have one or more of the games from before.
Here are links to the bundles:
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/28238/Miner_Bundle/
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/28248/All_Games_Bundle/
Stay tuned. More improvements are coming. We hope to see you on Mars and in the Asteroid Belt!
We have added more sound effects, improved animations, and improved the loading process. These are a few updates to make the game experience better, based on feedback from players.
Going forward, we have decided to co-develop Utopia Colony with another game we recently launched in Early Access on Steam, called Belt Colony. Co-developing the games is a new strategy or way of thinking, that we are excited about. We think it may help us to develop, and understand, the games from a broader perspective than if we simply develop them one-by-one.. Currently, Utopia Colony and Belt Colony have a similar set of features, concepts, background stories, etc., but, the main content (e.g. 3D models), etc. are different. This is a part of the plan going forward... Different ways of mining, for example, could be used in both games, even though 3D models, etc., are different.. For us as developers, it is also quite helpful to be able to take a step back and see these space miners of the near future from a whole new perspective and to discuss this with another set of user perspectives. We see already now from feedback that this gives us a whole new perspective, especially a broader perspective, on what would be better games...
We made a update video for this purpose, at the launch event for Belt Colony in Las Vegas recently:
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
The purpose of Early Access on Steam is to enable game developers, like us, to sell the game while it is being developed and to gather input/feedback from users. We have been struggling with reviews lately, and we have got very few new users, and input from new users, as a consequence of this.
We would appreciate it, and it would help us, if more users perhaps could:
- Give us input / feedback in the Community Hub on Steam. The feedback could be anything you like. Things you'd like to see added, see less of, etc. We have a questionnaire that can be filled out. Perhaps also respond to other peoples posts to voice opinions, support them, etc..
- Buy Utopia Colony and Belt Colony, if you are interested in the games. There are many who have the game(s) wishlisted, so we guess many are waiting until the game is finished or get further along.
- Give us a thumbs up / write a positive review, if you like the game. Reviews are very important on Steam and directly affects new user growth.
Our intent/purpose/goal with these games is simple.. We want to make Utopia Colony and Belt Colony a fun, interesting, and entertaining series of space mining and outpost building sim games. We need help to make this a reality, and we appreciate anything you can do.
We recently made bundles for our games on Steam to make it easier to purchase the games:
- The Miner Bundle consists of Utopia Colony and Belt Colony that are currently being co-developed.
- The All Games Bundle consists of all our games.
It is also possible to buy a bundle if you have one or more of the games from before.
Here are links to the bundles:
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/28238/Miner_Bundle/
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/28248/All_Games_Bundle/
Stay tuned. More improvements are coming. We hope to see you on Mars and in the Asteroid Belt!