Friday Blog 232 - Sale! Also: Colors / Lanterns / Roofs / Steam Networking

We’re participating in the Summer Sale, and that means that Colony Survival is currently 25% off!

We’ve continued our work on the new decorative items. Most significantly, we’ve added the framework for the new “paint-feature”. Instead of cluttering your inventory with many colored variants of all “paintable items”, the stockpile will only contain the “basic” variant. You’ve got to grab and use colored paint items to paint those items in the color of your choice. Of course, there’s also a paint stripper item, for when you want to return to the unpainted variant.

This is now working in our unreleased dev-build. Windows and doors can be placed and then painted red, blue or green. It helps a lot to make buildings look more lively and unique!


Apart from that, we’ve added new lanterns which can be mounted on walls, ceilings and the ground. Roofs have been enhanced by adding a “middle roof” variant, solving a problem that happened when your roof had an uneven amount of blocks in its width.

Zun found a complex technical issue in the Steam networking part of Colony Survival. It was a rather persistent issue but he has managed to significantly improve it!

We’ve also had a little Summer holiday. I traveled to Berlin, trying to get some insight on how we can build large colonies/cities that are simultaneously beautiful, enjoyable and functional. I’ve discovered that I like subways/trains more than I thought! We've returned to work this week and are once again making good progress.


Bedankt voor het lezen :D

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