Go-Go Town! News

[p]Hey Mayors! [/p][p]We’ve been keeping this one under wraps for a while, but the time has finally come to shout it from the rooftops: [/p][p][/p][p]We’ve had tons of requests for a Switch version since day one, and it’s finally happening. We can’t wait for you to clock in as mayor wherever you are- whether that’s your couch, your commute, or your cozy gaming nook.[/p][p]In the meantime, we’re still building toward a jam-packed 1.0 launch on PC, so stay tuned for more updates, optimisations, and surprises coming your way soon (hello, online co-op!!)[/p][p]As always, we are SO appreciative of all your support and cannot wait for more people to get their hands on the game. [/p][p]Let’s go-go![/p][p][/p][p]Emily & the Go-Go Town! team[/p]

[p]The Tourist Trap Update is here, and with it comes a bustling mix of new visitors, specific requests, unique landmarks, and some good ol’ industrial-grade expansion.[/p][p]There’s absolutely loads to unpack and major changes to how tourism works as well as lots more complex buildings to do, and we’re SO excited for you to dig in. [/p][p]Here’s what’s new:[/p][p][/p][h2]🗺️ Tourists With Opinions (And Desires!)[/h2][p]Tourists now have personalities, preferences, and demands. Each type brings their own set of desires - Entertainment, Rest, Hunger, Health, Exploration, and Shopping -  and how well you meet those needs affects your town rating.[/p][p]Build with a balance in mind… or don’t. But don’t be surprised when they complain to the boss (that’s you)! [/p][h2]⭐️ Food & Shopping Ratings[/h2][p]Every recipe now has a star rating! Some tourists have expensive taste, others are happy with a hot dog on a stick. Offer a mix of 1, 2, and 3-star items to satisfy everyone, or risk scaring off your posh punters and your bargain-hunters. 
[/p][p][/p][h2]💬 Tourist Thought Bubbles[/h2][p]You’ll now see exactly what tourists think with new emoji-style thought bubbles - happy, frustrated, or looking for something that doesn’t exist yet, because you forgot to build it. It’s all tracked in your Tourist Tracker hub, which you can turn off if the crushing weight of public judgement becomes too much. 
[/p][p][/p][h2]🧢 Hot New Bombshells Enter the Villa Town [/h2][p]Our new tourist type, Easy-Goers, are chill and easy to please - so they're going to be with you from the moment you start building a new town, to give you a bit of breathing room while you’re working things out. You’ll know them by their snazzy straw hats.[/p][p]Plus: We’ve officially added Robots, Dinosaurs, Aliens, Clowns into the tourist pool to join the Ghosts, Mummies, and Werewolves! They’ll all arrive via a new method though…
[/p][p][/p][h2]🏟️ Transit Terminals[/h2][p]Want more aliens? Build the Moon Terminal. More clowns? Build the... well, Clown Tent. These new Tourist Spawners let you control who visits your town. And yes — you can build them and leave them OFF if you want to ban clowns forever.
[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]⛰️ CLIFF. TERRAFORMING. IS. HERE. FINALLY!!!!![/h2][p]Need space for your mega-stadium? Tear down that cliff. You can now build and destroy cliff tiles across the main map after you unlock \[REDACTED]. Go nuts.
[/p][p][/p][h2]🧑‍🏭 New Townies[/h2][p]With new tourists come new townies! One for each exotic tourist type. Recruit them to unlock their transit terminal and attract more of their kind.[/p][p][/p][h2]🏗️ Major Landmarks + Tier 3 Industry[/h2][p]Want to supercharge your tourism game? Build one of four Massive Landmarks:[/p]

• [p]Stadium (Entertainment)[/p]
• [p]Hot Springs (Health)[/p]
• [p]Conservatory (Rest)[/p]
• [p]Lighthouse (Exploration)[/p]

[p]But you’ll need serious infrastructure — including the new Factory and Tier 3 materials like Reinforced Brackets, Encabulator Cubes, and more. It’s time to upgrade your industry![/p][p] [/p][carousel][/carousel][h2]🛢️ YUM GREASE™️+  New Recipes[/h2][p]Yes. YUM GREASE™️ is real. Use it in your factory for that extra slide. Plus, cook up:[/p]

• [p] Lava Lamps[/p]
• [p] Dirty Mags[/p]
• [p]Seafood Sticks[/p]

[p]A balanced diet, right?
[/p][p][/p][h2]🔧 + QoL Improvements & Preview Branch[/h2][p]There’s a bunch of small improvements and fixes too — from UI tweaks to performance boosts. And for those who like living on the edge, remember you can opt in to the Preview Branch to test upcoming features before they go live (don’t worry — your save is safe).[/p][p][/p][h2] …and just one more thing (ok, three)[/h2][p]We’ve got a few things that we’ve saved for launch—not even the Preview Branch has seen these yet! [/p][p][/p][h3]WATERFALLS[/h3][p]While you’re tearing down your cliffs, don’t forget to save a few to add waterfalls to. Add water close to the edge of the cliff, and it will make a waterfall. This means you can add water tiles to the cliff level too, so feel free to build out a series of very high lakes to admire.
[/p][p][/p][h3]WATER JETS[/h3][p]Got a body of water (either natural or man-made) that you want to spruce up? Add a fountain jet! You can rotate between three variants (up high, low arc and high arc) to create the fountains of your dreams.
[/p][p][/p][h3]NEW TERRAIN TILES[/h3][p]With our new urbanism, we’ve added four new terrain tiles to collect and augment in your town. They’ll rotate in to Tiny Timba’s shop to purchase! (and we’ve also adjusted the borders on other tiles so they match a bit better!)
[/p][p][/p][p][/p][hr][/hr][p][/p][h2]💬 Tell us what you think![/h2][p]We’re always listening, like a true omnipotent force. [/p][p]So whether your town is a five-star utopia or a flaming bin alley with a Lighthouse, we want to see it! You can find us here: [/p][p]Join the Discord[/p][p]Bluesky[/p][p]Twitter[/p][p]TikTok[/p][p]Thank you SO much for helping us shape Go-Go Town! We’re just getting started, so stay tuned for more exciting updates coming soon! [/p][p]
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[h3]Major5 - Tourist Trap[/h3]
[h3]0.6.98.20437[/h3]
[h3]Tourist Updates[/h3]

• Behaviour, preferences, and desires... tourist AI has had an overhaul!
  • Tourist types now have distinct preferences, desires and traits. Fulfilling these affects their EGO review of your town.
  • Build menu objects are marked as showing how effective they are at meeting desires. These are:
    • Entertainment
    • Rest
    • Hunger
    • Health
    • Exploration
    • Shopping
  • Food and shopping items now have a 3-star preference system. You'll need to offer a wide variety of items to keep your tourists happy!
• Reduced tourist train frequency from 6 trains to 4 trains a day
• Removed "exotic" tourist types from arriving on the train (Exotic townies will still appear on the train)
• Updated the spawn balance of the regular tourist types to have a better mix of each tourist type

[h3]New Tourist Type[/h3]

• Easy-goers: A simple tourist type that as long as their most basic needs are met, they're hard to displease!

[h3]Tourist Thought Bubbles[/h3]

• Tourists will periodically share their thoughts on what they're experiencing, giving you an insight into their behaviour and needs.
• New options in the Gameplay tab, allowing you to choose how vocal they are.

[h3]Townpedia Updates[/h3]

• Added new guide entries for each tourist type which describes what desires they require as well as what traits they have
• Added guide entry for explaining tourist desires

[h3]Tier 3 Industry[/h3]

• Build the Factory to fuse togethor resources from multiple industries
• Produce space-age wonder materials! perfect for advanced large scale projects (as well as more specialized use-cases...)
  • Expandable Rod
  • Encabulator Cube
  • Reinforced Brackets
  • Structural Plating

[h3]New Fishing Industry Resource[/h3]

• Craft Yum Grease from Deep Sea Cutlets
• Added recipes to select fitouts to use Yum Grease
  • Lava Lamp added to the Crafter medium fitout
  • Seafood Sticks added to the Fish N Chip Shop small fitout
  • Dirty Mag added to the Book Nook small fitout
• Yum Grease is also used in the manufacturing of Tier 3 materials!

[h3]New Townies[/h3]

• 7 new exotic townies to invite to live and work in your town!
  • Each townie will offer a new Transit Terminal to build...
  • ...Some of their townie friends will need to be in your town before they appear though!
• 2 new "regular" townies. Yep, totally normal.

[h3]Transit Terminals[/h3]

• You'll now be able to build Transit Terminals to allow your more... exotic tourist types to visit.
  • 7 new Transit Terminals to build
  • Ability to open/close each terminal, allowing you to customize your tourist flow.
  • Please note this changes the spawn behaviour of existing 'exotic' tourists.

[h3]Major Landmarks[/h3]

• Invest your hard earned resources into constructing new Major Landmarks:
  • Lighthouse
  • Conservatory
  • Hot Springs
  • Stadium
• These iconic buildings aren’t just for show; they'll help tourists fulfill their desires.

[h3]Terraforming Updates[/h3]

• At a certain point, you'll unlock the ability to edit and place elevated tile types. This gives you access to:
  • Cliff
    • Clear out extra land or add Cliffs where you'd like them!
  • New Cliff Water terraforming tile
    • Make elevated bodies of water
    • Produces waterfalls when on the edge of cliffs
  • Forest Edge
    • Dense forest foliage
• We've refined the Sand, Slow-Sand, and Dirt tile visuals for a more natural, organic appearance.
• Footpath tile updates and additions
  • Footpath tile types now have colored edging to improve the previous 'gray outline' visual
  • We've made 4 new tile types to decorate your town with, check with trader Tina Timba
    • Olde Towne Pavers
    • Peach Piazza
    • Scalloped Flagstone
    • Arcade Blocks

[h3]Customization Options[/h3]

• Houses/Apartments are no longer random; choose which variation you want with the 'Cycle Visual' feature in build mode
• Added new visual variants for certain directional barriers and lampposts
  • Lamp Post
  • Gothic Lamp Post
  • Metro Lamp post
  • Park Light
  • Firefly Lamp Post
  • Hanging Lanterns
  • Lantern Lamp post
  • Bamboo Barrier
  • Green Bamboo Barrier
  • Wood Fence
  • Highway Barrier
  • Roadworks Barrier
  • Rose Bush Barrier
• Flaming Barrel
• Water Jet; a new water based decoration that can be angled and rotated for water displays
• "Pink Flamingo" has been renamed to "Plastic Flamingo", and now supports custom painting

[h3]Courier Delivery Priority[/h3]

• Manage the courier delivery priority on fitouts, food carts, market stalls and the new factories.
• You can now set the courier delivery priority to High, Standard, Low or None

[h3]UI Improvements[/h3]

• Added new User Icons for tourist types (Aliens, Clown, Dino, Ghost, Mummy, Robot, Wolf)
• Added a tally to show the number of fitouts built in town when inspecting in the manage menu
• Added support for showing item tags on recipe cards
• Show desire panels when hovering and moving props

[h3]Audio updates[/h3]

• Trains now CHOO-CHOO and have arrival/departure whistles
• New voice types for Aliens, Dino's (Grarr), and another neutral tourist variant type

[h3]Misc. Changes[/h3]

• Moved the fireworks launchers to the basic category and the wishing well out of the statues group in the build menu
• Added map filter for new tourist spawners
• Small adjustments to early game pacing to make it easier to generate EGO and unlock early EGO packages
• Increased the input storage size of the Book Nook small fitout so that it can fit new recipes and has more room for ingredients
• Added Tripod Work Light to Trader Griswald's inventory.
• Rich tourists drop coins 50% of the time
• When leaving town, tourists now react with their EGO review BEFORE visually exiting
• Updated Hypnotron visual

[h3]Bugfixes[/h3]

• Fixed an issue where workers would ignore newly placed transition levels (ie mines) until they quit and reloaded the game
• Fix crashes when clown spawners were set to disabled
• Fixed issue where prop colliders could persist after build mode, causing tourists to get stuck
• Resolved issue where tourists would complain about rest if they had filled their idle stat
• Reduced the distance that clown shoes are heard at
• Squared up the garbage bin offsets for rotation alignment
• Fixed issue where you could terraform cliff and water tiles under POI objects
• Coins dropped by rich tourists will now vanish after an hour
• Rich tourist wallets will no longer get bigger each time they drop a coin
• Various performance improvements
• Fixed some rules allowing undesired terraforming beneath players/actors
• Prevent overlapping tourist speech bubbles
• Fixed a bug in which a passenger could store a vehicle sending the vehicle (and the driver) to Limbo.

[p]Hello Mayors! 
[/p][p]With the Steam Summer Sale kicking off (and Go-Go Town! at our deepest discount yet!: 25% off!) we wanted to talk a bit about our upcoming Major Update, Tourist Trap. It’s coming out July 15th / 16th (depending on where you are in the world!) [/p][p]
But first! We’re so excited that we’ve got a great bundle with our friends at OddSparks and Little Big Workshop! You can nab all three games in a bundle, or fill out your building & automation portfolio if you’ve already got a copy of Go-Go Town![/p][p]
[dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]We've got two main pillars of Tourist Trap, a huge overhaul to how tourists operate, and new industry features (more things to build, more complicated recipes), so let's dive in! [/p][p][/p][p]Tourist Updates 🎟️🏋🏼🛀🏾🔭 Tourists have always been opinionated, but now they're even moreso! Each type of tourists has their own preferences, desires, and traits, which influences how they rate your town. There are six desires: Entertainment, Rest, Hunger, Health, Exploration, and Shopping, and items will show you which category they are. Make sure to include a range of interests as you build up your town![/p][p]Food & Shopping Star Ratings ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Recipes for food and shopping now have star ratings, and your tourists will seek out things to eat and buy at different levels. Got too many 1 star food options? Your posh tourists will turn down their noses. But if you only have 3 star options, you'll annoy tourists with 1 and 2 star tastes—adjust accordingly! [/p][p]
[/p][p]Tourist Thought Bubbles 💬 You'll see little dialogue options pop up when they're pleased, angry, or looking for something your town doesn't have. This is all tracked in the Tourist Tracker, and don't worry—you can turn it off if it's too much!
[/p][p][/p][p]New Tourist Types 🧑🏽‍🌾 Worried about how all the picky tourists will influence your early gameplay? Don't worry! We've added a new type, Easy-Goers, that are pretty easy to please, and they'll show up when you build a new town. You'll be able to recognize them from their snazzy straw hats! PLUS we'll now officially have tourists like Dinosaurs, Robots, and Clowns to the tourist pool—but they've got a special way to arrive...[/p][p]Transit Terminals 🌋🌕🎪 Want those exotic tourist types in your town? (That is: Mummies, Werewolves, Aliens, Robots, Dinosaurs, Ghosts and Clowns) Each of these will now come to your town from a specific spawner. Build it, and you'll have your town flooding with that tourist. Don't ever want Clowns? You can always build their spawner and just never turn it on!
[/p][p][/p][p]New Townies 🐺👽🦖 And of course, we always need new Townies to put to work be valued members of our community. There will be 7 new townies, one each for the exotic tourist types, and they'll help you invite more of their kind into your town with that recipe for their specific Transit Terminal.[/p][p][/p][p]Major Landmarks 🏟️♨️ We've added four new BIG buildings you can build to support tourism in your town. Build the Lighthouse, Conservatory, Hot Springs, and Stadium to boost your tourists' desire for exploration, rest, health, and entertainment. These take up a lot of room and even more complicated materials, so start carving out space!
[/p][p][/p][p]Tier 3 Industry 🏭 If you want to build those Major Landmarks, you're going to have to build a Factory first. This will help you create new Tier 3 items: the expandable Rod, Encabulator Cube, Reinforced Brackets, and Structural Plating, all of which will be used in large-scale building. To make them, you'll need a lot of Tier 2 materials, so it'll put your supply chain to the test!
[/p][p][/p][p]Yum Grease! 🛢️ Want to get things moving in your factory? Maybe a way to... grease the wheels? Put your Deep Sea Cutlets in the Fish thing, and you'll make YUM GREASE™️. We've also added three new recipes to shops, so you'll be able to make Lava Lamps, Dirty Mags, and Seafood Sticks. Yum![/p][p][/p][p]Cliff Terraforming is here! ⛰️ Need more room for those major landmarks? TEAR DOWN THE CLIFFS! Once you've \[ REDACTED ], you'll be able to build and destroy cliffs to your heart's content across the main map![/p][p][/p][p]There's also a ton of QOL updates, and even some sneaky things we haven't even released to our Preview Branch yet! If you want to check it out now, you can opt in to our Preview Branch via the instructions below, which is where we test things out before they go live. Your save file will be safe, don’t worry! [/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]Stay tuned on our social media for more deep dives about things in Tourist Trap, and we can’t wait to hear what you think of it![/p][p]Cheers,[/p][p]Emily and the Go-Go Town! team[/p]

[p]G’day mayors! [/p][p]Since we launched into Early Access one year ago, we’ve been totally blown away by the support and love the community has shown Go-Go Town! The last year has been absolutely chocka with activity:[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]And the rest of this year has even more things to come, as you might have already seen in our updated Roadmap: [/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink](but just in case you haven’t...) [/p]

• [p]Major Update 5: Tourist Trap launching on July 15th/16th (depending on where you are in the world)*[/p]
  • [p]Huge updates to tourist behavior[/p]
  • [p]Control which supernatural and otherworldly tourists visit your town[/p]
  • [p]New industry buildings and large-scale landmarks to build[/p]
• [p]Online Co-op (Major Update #6 if you’re counting) coming in late Q3 [/p]
  • [p]The one you’ve all been waiting for! [/p]
  • [p]Play with friends online and create the most chaotic town yet![/p]
• [p]Major Update 7: Wheels In Motion coming in Q4[/p]
  • [p]Stuck with a van in a color you don’t like—not anymore![/p]
  • [p]Lots of new updates to how you store, manage, & customize vehicles[/p]
  • [p]Yes, this means you can color the pillbug (you’re welcome)
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[p]*and if you want to get a sneak peek at Tourist Trap (which includes ability to destroy and build \[REDACTED]!, it’s currently available in the Preview Build right now![/p][p]So what’s after that, you might ask? Great question! Between all the incredible feedback we’ve received (and implemented!), new content added, and ramping up development for online co-op, we finally took a breath and locked in a release window for V1 (EXCITING!!). So mark your calendars because…[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]We’re reading your feedback, hearing your requests, and we have a lot of exciting things planned for V1 - some we can talk about, some we might not be able to share for some time! 😉But we’re so excited as to what V1 will bring.[/p][p]So from the bottom of our hearts, thank you SO much for sticking with us so far, and we cannot wait to see around town in 2026 for the full game launch. [/p][p]The Go-Go Town! team[/p]