Let Them Trade News

[p]Just in time for the new update, we recorded a new gameplay stream - this time with interview![/p]

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The town crier has a whole stack of news for you today, so let’s start with a look at the headlines: [/p]

• [p]Map Building Contest: Show off your creativity and win prizes! [/p]

• [p]3 New Maps added to Let Them Trade. Who will rise to the challenge first? [/p]

• [p]Master both lands and the seas in an Upcoming Update; Roadmap below[/p]

[p] [/p][h2]Map Building Contest [/h2][p][/p][p]In case you missed it, as a thank you to our Steam Workshop community and to encourage more players to discover the world of custom maps, we started a contest last week! [/p][p][/p][p]Read more in the last Steam news 
Participate in our Discord [/p][p] [/p][h2]Today’s Update: 3 New Maps [/h2][p][/p][p]While you are supporting the kingdom's expansion with your own creations, we also added three new challenges of our own to the game. Let us know which one is your favorite![/p][p] [/p][p][/p][p]Great River [/p][p]Spacious lands cut apart by a wide stream. Time to build some bridges! [/p][p] [/p][p][/p][p]All That Glitters [/p][p]Let’s turn the resource economy on its head: in lands full of shiny materials, the basics have become sparse and therefore the most valuable. Can you thrive in these empty halls of gold? [/p][p] [/p][p][/p][p]Snake River [/p][p]This river gets dirtier the longer it flows onwards through the continent, on account of the trash some people (not naming names) throw into it. Therefore, high society insists on settling upstream, and your logistics will have to accommodate them. [/p][p] [/p][h2]Future Roadmap [/h2][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]The King has considered many of your townhall suggestions, and declared two new ventures are to be pursued: [/p][p] [/p][p]Seafarers [/p][p]Travel via roads is not always the most efficient solution. Harbors will be built to enable the flow of resources through the kingdom’s waterways. Your knights will also be trained in basic seamanship for exploration purposes. [/p][p] [/p][p]Landscaping [/p][p]Not happy with the lands surrounding your most lucrative settlement? Research enables our kingdom’s builders to convert some tiles into a more fitting type, but beware: such endeavors are going to be costly. 


--- [/p][p]Thank you everyone for supporting our indie game on its journey so far. Providing new content to such an engaged community is always a blast – we cannot wait to see what you will make of it! 

As always, we are looking forward to hearing from you on our Community Discord.[/p][p] 
On behalf of The King,   
Spaceflower [/p]

[p]The King demands an expansion of our territory 🗺️ [/p][p]Not only are we working on an update containing three additional maps ourselves (to be released at the end of this month) but also organized this fun opportunity for you to get involved! [/p][p]We even plundered The King’s personal coffers for some rewards 💰 [/p][p][/p][h2]Timeline [/h2]

• [p]Today (19th of January): The contest begins! Use the ingame map creator and submit your Steam Workshop link on our Community Discord in the #map-contest channel  [/p]

[p]Check out our tutorial on custom maps & the Steam Workshop functions below! [/p]

• [p]9th of February: Submissions close [/p]

• [p]16th of February: After a brief period of consideration, we present you with the developer-selected finalists. The whole server can now vote on their favorites [/p]

• [p]20th of February: The voting period ends and three winners are announced 👑 [/p]

• [p]TBD: The winning maps get added to the base game in a future update [/p]

[p] [/p][h2]Prizes [/h2][p][/p][p]1st place – 50 EUR Steam Gift Card + Let Them Trade OST 
2nd & 3rd place – 20 EUR Steam Gift Card + Let Them Trade OST [/p][p] [/p][h2]Tutorial [/h2][h3]How to upload a custom map [/h3][carousel][/carousel][p]
After using the Map Editor to design your level, making it available to other players is simple. [/p][p]Click on “Play” and select your custom creation in the second column. Then find the cloud-shaped upload symbol, double-check name and description, and commit with a last button click. [/p][p]This is where it will show up afterwards: [/p][p]https://steamcommunity.com/app/1313290/workshop/[/p][p][/p][h3]How to download a custom map [/h3][carousel][/carousel][p][/p][p]Found something you like while browsing the Steam Workshop? [/p][p]Subscribe to it, and the next time you click the "Play" button in the main menu, the map will be available in the third column. [/p][p]Don’t worry, adding maps this way works regardless of whether you are currently running the game or not. [/p][p] 
---[/p][p]And with that, go forth and be creative! We cannot wait to see what you come up with. [/p][p] [/p][p]On behalf of The King,  
Spaceflower 
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[p]Fixed: Output resources for potatoes, wheat, and coal were incorrectly removed after donating or collecting coins from a city on the Happy Holidays map after a game has been loaded from a save slot.[/p]

[p]Hey folks,[/p][p]'Tis the season and we are trying our best to get you into a festive mood! That's why we made a special winter update for you to enjoy while you snuggle up with a warm blanket and a hot cup of chocolate*.[/p][p]And to boost your mood even more, you can get Let Them Trade in this year's winter sale with a 30% discount! [/p][p]*sustainably sourced and with oat-milk of course[/p][p][/p][h2]Winter Map[/h2][p]We created a special map that is covered fully in snow! Of course, this affects the production of food resources and therefore creates a challenge for you to keep your inhabitants happy. And it just looks cool. [/p][p][/p][p]We tried to strike a balance between aesthetics and readability, that's why you can see the resource tiles when you zoom out, but get a view of the cozy winter wonderland when you zoom in. [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]Holiday decoration[/h2][p]We at Spaceflower like to take our winter holidays seriously and that's why we had to decorate the room around the game table to fit the mood! We hope it gives you the same fuzzy feeling it gives us! [/p][p][/p][h2]Turning off the room[/h2][p]Speaking of the room: You can finally turn it off! Quite a few of you wished for that to get the last bit of performance out of the game and we hope it helps! Reworking our lighting for the last update made it easier for us now to make the room optional, that's why we can include that option now. [/p][p]Let us know if it helps with performance, for example on the Steam Deck! [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]Smaller improvements[/h2][p]We improved the transporters (again), also reworked some stuff so they don't get overloaded as quickly. (again)[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]We are participating in Steam's Winter Sale and that means you can get Let Them Trade with 30% off! That is our biggest discount yet and you know what to do with it. Treat yourself and get the game now or get it for a friend who likes cozy city builders. Or gift it to your favorite economics teacher / professor. The ideas are endless, the sale is not. Get it while you can![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]As is tradition when a year comes to an end, we took a step back and looked at the year that is behind us. And what a year it was! The first public playtest of Let Them Trade, the release of the demo and of course the final release of Let Them Trade - all of that happened this year. [/p][p]And that is where we want to thank you - our community. We never expected Let Them Trade to blow up on release like it did. But we are very happy that it got such a positive reception from so many of you. [/p][p]Thanks for letting us know by leaving a review, by joining our Discord to tell us, by creating videos and streams, by gifting the game to your friends or simply by playing! [/p][p]We hope you get the chance to unwind from another crazy year and get to spend time with your loved ones and with people close to you. And even if that is not possible, we wish you all the best and hope you have some time to relax, reflect and refresh,[/p][p]We hope we made your year a bit better by releasing Let Them Trade - you certainly made ours! And we are very excited about what's to come. Our next project is already in-progress and we can't wait to show it to you! [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]See you all next year,[/p][p]Spaceflower[/p]