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Color editing, drawer improvements and more! v5.48
Every now and then it's great to do a "spring cleaning" kind of update, that includes lots of quality-of-life improvements and fixes a ton of small jobs I've had on my to-do list for ages. This update includes a lot of…
Patch notes17 changesFixGameplay - Rolling Line
Mountains and Rivers map jam favorites!
Congrats to everyone who took part in the Mountains and Rivers map jam event! There were 85 entries and it was really hard to narrow down my favorites to just a few. As with all these map making events, I always play th…
Patch notes5 changesMapsWorkshop - Rolling Line
Caves! v5.47
As mentioned in the previous news posts, I'm currently working on a new official map set on the West Coast of New Zealand! For this update I'm going to release a preview chunk of the map which features a some rather uni…
Patch notes16 changesMapsGameplay - Rolling Line
Mountains & Rivers map jam! v5.46
It's about time for another community map making event! This time It's themed around the brand new terrain system update. While the name is the "Mountains and rivers" jam, this can include all kinds of terrain, like des…
Event18 changesFixMaps - Rolling Line
Rolling Line's 8 year anniversary + New map announcement! v5.45
Time really flies... Rolling Line is celebrating its 8th birthday today! That means 8 years since it's release back in 2018. As you might already know, I'm just one solo developer. I've been working on this game as a fu…
Store34 changesFixWorkshop - Rolling Line
New terrain system! v5.44
This update is a big one! While multiplayer was the biggest update for the game overall, this one is the biggest improvement to map making since Rolling Line's release. You can now make proper 3D smooth terrain in-game,…
Patch notes16 changesWorkshopBalance - Rolling Line
Undo/Redo feature! v5.43
For people that have been playing Rolling Line since the early days (almost 8 years ago!) an undo/redo feature will be like a dream come true. It's something that's been on my "nice to have" features to-do list, along w…
Store29 changesFixGameplay - Rolling Line
Coal & ore loading! v5.42
To kick off 2026 I was looking for a new feature that was gameplay themed and gave people something new to do on their maps (and for multiplayer operations!). The freight loading system is still quite "work in progress"…
Store24 changesFixMaps - Rolling Line
Christmas! + Map event shoutouts v5.41
It's time for Christmas! This update wraps up the Multiplayer Map Jam and includes a bunch of shout-outs of my own personal favorite maps from the event. It's also a good time to enjoy a bunch of snowy themed maps and m…
Patch notes21 changesMapsWorkshop - Rolling Line
Map event extension + weekend multiplayer festival! v5.40
Due to lots of requests to extend the end date of the Multiplayer Map Jam, I've decided to extend the event by an extra week with a new finish date of December 22nd! And along with the new end date, the final weekend of…
Security31 changesFixMaps - Rolling Line
Multiplayer update feedback form
I hope everyone's enjoying the multiplayer map jam event! There's already some great entries there. I'm doing a quick survey to see what people think of multiplayer so far, what kinds of bugs they are experiencing, and…
Announcement1 changeMaps - Rolling Line
Multiplayer map jam! v5.39
With multiplayer officially released, it's time to really make the most of it! When you experience a map with multiple people it really changes how you view it, and lots of different design ideas suddenly become more im…
Patch notes43 changesFixMaps - Rolling Line
Server browser! v5.38
The release of multiplayer has been amazing! I'm loving seeing all the stuff that people are up to (like this screenshot above by Trainmann!), it really is a dream come true to finally see Rolling Line multiplayer in ac…
Store19 changesFixServer - Rolling Line
Multiplayer! v5.37
The day has finally come! Rolling Line now has multiplayer. It's been the most highly requested feature since day one, and I've always dreamed of adding it. Working on multiplayer was always going to be a massive undert…
Patch notes21 changesGameplayCompatibility - Rolling Line
Waybills! v5.36
As multiplayer moves closer and closer to a full release, here's another feature which I've made as part of multiplayer that is already ready for release now! During multiplayer beta testing, it quickly became obvious t…
Patch notes6 changesCompatibilityWorkshop - Rolling Line
New main menus & multiplayer news! v5.35
Hello everyone! Updates have slowed down recently and you can probably guess why, I'm heavily at work with multiplayer! There is currently a private beta for multiplayer with over 50+ people in it, and I'm even getting…
Patch notes18 changesFixCompatibility
