The Colonists News

Hi everyone,

V1.3.2 of The Colonists has gone live! Here's what new:


There are two new single player campaign missions where your goal is to earn money by buying and selling resources in the market as well as managing construction of your grand monuments.


Each custom map in Steam Workshop now has its own leaderboard where players can compete for the best time!


We have a new help site explaining more features and strategies in depth as well as a wiki containing the stats for all the buildings, resources, research, and more.
New help: https://www.notion.so/The-Colonists-Help-0f8b20f71a96426490fbfbff5511e3bb


There have been bug fixes and small improvements too, you can check out the full patch notes here: https://www.notion.so/Patch-Notes-f0b271ceafc34a3a8330adf3034cb18f


Follow on Discord for the latest on the next updates which will include a brand new AI Hard mode as well as new AI campaign missions to challenge yourself against.

We've also been testing some localisations of the game - if you're interested in contributing to a community translation of a language then please get in touch, full info here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/677340/discussions/0/1735469327939468875/


Help And Bug Reporting: https://www.notion.so/The-Colonists-Help-0f8b20f71a96426490fbfbff5511e3bb

Discord: https://discord.gg/thecolonists

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Hi everyone,


Support for Mac and Linux platforms has gone live! If you're on recent OSX version or Steam-compatible distro then you should now have access to the game in your library.


We're also now working on localisations of the game - if you're interested in contributing to a community translation of a language then get in touch, full info here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/677340/discussions/0/1735469327939468875/


Follow on Discord for latest news of the upcoming update, including new campaign maps and a new hard AI mode - https://discord.gg/thecolonists

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Hi everyone,

The Colonists are back with some big updates! Here’s what new in V1.3:


Create, share and play custom maps using Steam Workshop.
Sculpt land and sea, place trees, rocks and resources, and set your own victory conditions.





Free your train network with the new elevated railway system!
Build tracks that carry your trains through and over buildings and across shallow bodies of water.





The large harbour can load and unload three boats simultaneously and has many more stackbots to help with the extra jobs. It also has two separate entrances to filter traffic more easily. The new lugger boat is made of iron and can hold more resources than the clipper.





You can now apply rules to individual stops for boats and trains, harbours and stations now have separate rule lists for importing and exporting. Trains now block each other and stations can support multiple train stops. Trains can now also transport construction materials to stations under construction.

• New Large Storage Yard - can store more resources, has two entrances and has a bot printer.
  
• Postcard Mode - create snappy screenshots of your colony.
  
• Map Improvements - fixed black lines, added double-click to go to location, more accurate panning and zoom uses mouse position.
  
• Each research technology now has its own icon.
  
• Road posts now have a darker colour if a rule is applied.
  
• Added notification icons when a new building or a new level of a building is unlocked.
  
• Many other small improvements.
  

Thanks to everyone who has been playing the game so far, all your feedback, suggestions and bug reports have been incredibly useful!

Please get in touch if you have any issues with the latest features, we'll be continuing to improve them as well as work on more updates including new campaign maps and AI/military improvements. Vote for features you’d most like to see on our roadmap and remember you can follow development progress as well as play the very latest builds on our Discord server.


Help And Bug Reporting: https://trello.com/c/2uryGdlJ

Roadmap: https://thecolonists.featureupvote.com

Discord: https://discord.gg/thecolonists

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Hi everyone,

After a short break we're back with some updates!


Added best times leaderboards for campaign economy missions - optimise your colonies and compete for the fastest times.
Brand new robot model and animations for Forestry bot, Blast Furnace and Blacksmith bots and Baker bot.
Updated system for calculating how buildings are connected to road posts and other buildings. Each connection is now listed in a new building panel and can be visualised within the world. This refactoring also fixes some lags and freezing issues.
Forestries can now plant all types of tree available in the game with varying growth times and terrain requirements.
Updated Wheat Farm production stats and added animations for Wheat Farmer bot.
Fixed bug with Lumberbots and Minebots passing through rocks and potentially getting stuck on slopes.
Increased reputation gained per dollar transaction in the Sandbox Market.
Small improvements to tutorials in Mission 1 and 2.
[V1.2.1.1] Fixed loading old savegames which had other AI players
[V1.2.1.1] Fixed issue where building connections could get confused when removing roads
[V1.2.1.1] Fixed being able to sculpt a tile with a path on


In order to get lots more playable maps available for everyone I've been focusing on developing a Map Editor which will allow you to create, share and rate your own maps and scenarios. The first beta version has recently been made available on our development branch so if you'd like to check it out early and provide feedback and suggestions whilst it's refined please head over to our Discord for the full details.


We're also progressing on the next Transport Update which is going to include improvements to the boat and train systems as well as bridges! Look out for more news on this very soon.


Help And Bug Reporting: https://trello.com/c/2uryGdlJ

Roadmap: https://thecolonists.featureupvote.com/

Discord: https://discord.gg/thecolonists

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