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Friday Blog 252 - 0.12.1 Released with Official Translations & Year in Review
We have just released update 0.12.1! The most significant change is the addition of official game translations in major global languages. Both the storepage and the in-game content are now available in: German French Sp…
Event14 changesUI/audioGameplay - Colony Survival
Update 0.12.0 Has Been Released!
The newest update is available on Steam right now! It’s fully compatible with your pre-existing 0.9/0.10/0.11 worlds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zdFjAWNUDw Watch the release trailer here! Update 0.12.0 has a stron…
Announcement5 changesGameplay - Colony Survival
Friday Blog 251 - A Windmill for Coated Planks
Everything shown and described in this blog is not available publicly yet, it will be in the next update. Work on the projects detailed in the previous blog continued this month. We finished the mesh for the auto-crafte…
Announcement5 changesGameplayUI/audio - Colony Survival
Friday Blog 250 - Improving the Early Game, and other Much-Requested Features
The two most dramatic overhauls of the game were update 0.7 and 0.9. With 0.7, we wanted to make the game more challenging and complex. That’s why we introduced features like the happiness system. Later on, we realized…
Announcement4 changesGameplayBalance - Colony Survival
Friday Blog 249 - Update 0.11.1 Is Live Right Now! Bright Forests, Dark Tunnels
The lightmapping made visible A massive update to the lighting system is available right now! It’s compatible with pre-existing savegames. If Steam doesn’t update automatically, try verifying the integrity of the game c…
Announcement7 changesMapsGameplay - Colony Survival
Friday Blog 246 - Update 0.11 is Live Right Now!
Update 0.11 is now available on Steam! The most visible change is a total replacement of all the colonist models. In the past, we only had one colonist model. It used UV-mapped textures, and they were difficult to chang…
Patch notes5 changesGameplayWorkshop - Colony Survival
Friday Blog 245 - More Unique Colonists
The current colonist model was already in the game over eight years ago, in early 2016. The workflow for producing it was horrible. The model has a bunch of surfaces that connect and disconnect in many different spots.…
Store6 changesServerGameplay - Colony Survival
Friday Blog 244 - A New Trailer + Controller and Steam Deck Support
After six years, Colony Survival finally has a new main trailer! Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbbDsOB_3zQ Making it was quite the challenge. We really wanted to showcase the potential of the game. We need…
Store3 changesGameplayCompatibility - Colony Survival
Friday Blog 243 - 0.10.3 is Live; Controller Support, Sale & Updated Storepage
The game is currently on sale! It’s 30% discounted. If you don’t own it yet - this is a great time to purchase it! And if you do - thanks, and consider telling your friends or outright gifting them the game :) Today, we…
Announcement2 changesGameplay - Colony Survival
Friday Blog 241 - Update 0.10.1 is Live Right Now - adds Water Transparency!
The live build of Colony Survival was just updated from 0.10.0.13 to 0.10.1.0! The main change in this update concerns water. The visuals are much improved. Instead of it being solid light-blue “shaving foam”, it’s tran…
Announcement3 changes1 numericFix - Colony Survival
Friday Blog 240 - Significantly Improved Water: Transparency
As long as Colony Survival has been publicly available, people have called the water block the ugliest in-game block. It has always been a pain point. Water is actually a very strange material. Unlike sand or stone or g…
Announcement3 changesGameplay - Colony Survival
Friday Blog 239 - Announcing the Winners of the Builder’s Contest!
Two months ago, we started this Builder’s Contest, with a deadline for Jan the 5th. That date has passed and we have selected our winners! Watch the video to see their worlds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M-xUwPVuTw…
Patch notes2 changesMapsWorkshop - Colony Survival
Friday Blog 237: Builder’s Contest! Prizes for the Best Worlds
Pathros by PatateNouille We are organizing a new Builder’s Contest! The best world will win a digital Steam Gift Card worth €100, and the next spots will win €50 / €25 / €15 / €10, respectively. We are planning to use t…
Patch notes6 changesGameplayWorkshop - Colony Survival
Friday Blog 236: Update 0.10.0: Rails, Roofs & and The Rest is now LIVE!
The update has been released to the default, public branch of Colony Survival! By popular request, it mostly adds decorative items like doors and window frames. Much of that content has been detailed in previous blogs,…
Store11 changesCompatibilityGameplay - Colony Survival
Friday Blog 235 - Open Beta Progress: Rail Junctions, Signs and Better Roofs
We launched the Open Beta a couple of weeks ago and it’s going well! Many people are testing the new content and sharing their feedback. There were some technical issues and a stream of patches has been released to fix…
Announcement4 changesCompatibilityGameplay - Colony Survival
Friday Blog 234 - Open Beta & Future Price Hike
https://youtu.be/KY6LGJQBI2I The last blog ended with an open problem concerning the bottom of roofs. The response to roofs in general was very enthusiastic, but we also got a fair share of feedback surrounding that spe…
Patch notes10 changesGameplayBalance
