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Steam News14 August 202510mo ago

Demo Update #2

Hey everyone! A huge thank you to everyone who’s been playing the Desktown Demo 💛. We’re excited to share the second — and most likely final — update for the demo!

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Hey everyone!

What changed

1 fix3 additions3 changes0 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Events
  • UI and audio
addedA huge thank you to everyone who’s been playing the Desktown Demo 💛. We’re excited to share the second — and most likely final — update for the demo! With this update, most of the features, bug fixes, and polish are done. From here, we’ll be focusing on adding more content for the full release.
addedHere’s what’s new:
changed✨ Decorations Can Give Resources – Placing decorations now rewards you with resources! We noticed many players skipped decorating their cities, so we hope this feature makes it both prettier and more rewarding.
added🏗 Move & Destroy Areas – You can now reposition or remove entire areas by double clicking on the area that you want to move/reposition.
fixed🖥️ UI Display Fix – Fixed an issue where the game didn’t display correctly for players with side taskbars.
changed🛰️ Satellite Word Improvements – Expanded and simplified the possible words to make guessing easier and less confusing.

A huge thank you to everyone who’s been playing the Desktown Demo 💛. We’re excited to share the second — and most likely final — update for the demo! With this update, most of the features, bug fixes, and polish are done. From here, we’ll be focusing on adding more content for the full release.

Here’s what’s new:

  • Decorations Can Give Resources – Placing decorations now rewards you with resources! We noticed many players skipped decorating their cities, so we hope this feature makes it both prettier and more rewarding.

  • 🏗 Move & Destroy Areas – You can now reposition or remove entire areas by double clicking on the area that you want to move/reposition.

  • 🖥️ UI Display Fix – Fixed an issue where the game didn’t display correctly for players with side taskbars.

  • 👥 Better Layer Sorting – Civilians and decorations now layer properly based on their position.

  • 🛰️ Satellite Word Improvements – Expanded and simplified the possible words to make guessing easier and less confusing.

  • 🛠 Other Small Fixes – A handful of tiny improvements and bug fixes we may have forgotten to list 😅.

We’re now fully shifting our focus to marketing and preparing for the full release in October 2025 🎉. Make sure to wishlist so you won’t miss it!

Thanks for playing, The Desktown Team

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Steam News / 14 August 2025

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