ShantyTown
Steam News 6 April 20261mo ago

Building Competition 8:

ShantyTown's Final Building Competition! ...before release! Big congrats to the last creative mode winner Rourkie on Discord who, after winning 2nd place 3 times in a row, finally took the crown with their very clever u…

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changedOn the Marsh Pipe MapThe theme of this competition is "Neon" so feel free to use the story mode or creative mode to create something electrifying on Marsh Pipe!
changedOn the Marsh Pipe MapRemember you can change neon signs with the default buttons Q/E as well as V and C to change the orientation, variant and color respectively. Try it out!
changedHow It WorksThis competition will be set in the Marsh Pipe map, the last map of the demo. There you can build whatever you like using the creative mode or story mode .
changedWant To Join?Please do! Everyone's welcome! Just download the demo and play the Marsh Pipe map which is the last of 3 maps in the demo.
changedWant To Join?[dynamiclink href=" https://store.steampowered.com/app/3701340/ShantyTown_Demo/ "]Then, head over to to the Discord channel and submit your photo along with a brief in-world description of your location! This can be a little history of the location you've built, an explanation of why you created it like that, or even a bit of creative writing!
changedUpdate 0.9.04 is Here![dynamiclink href=" https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2434600/view/509609752800528416 "]Old builds will have to be cleared for this update. Check out the update for more info ^

ShantyTown's Final Building Competition!

...before release!

Big congrats to the last creative mode winner Rourkie on Discord who, after winning 2nd place 3 times in a row, finally took the crown with their very clever use of signs and other objects to make this bridge on "Bunny Bay"!

This is the final week! Last chance to win a full game key with your demo creations!

This Week's Competition: "Neon"

On the Marsh Pipe Map

The theme of this competition is "Neon" so feel free to use the story mode or creative mode to create something electrifying on Marsh Pipe!

Remember you can change neon signs with the default buttons Q/E as well as V and C to change the orientation, variant and color respectively. Try it out!

How It Works

This competition will be set in the Marsh Pipe map, the last map of the demo. There you can build whatever you like using the creative mode or story mode.

How To Win

Judging will take place on Discord where you post 1-3 images and a little description to the #submissions channel. We'll do a community vote based on how many trophy emojis your submission gets!

What Are The Rules?

  • Post your submission before Monday, April 6th

  • Only one submission per person

  • Build in creative or story mode

What Are The Prizes?

The winner of this competition get's a full game key! The last one to hand out!

The top three builds will have their name immortalized in the game forever!

Want To Join?

Please do! Everyone's welcome! Just download the demo and play the Marsh Pipe map which is the last of 3 maps in the demo.

[dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3701340/ShantyTown_Demo/"]Then, head over to to the Discord channel and submit your photo along with a brief in-world description of your location! This can be a little history of the location you've built, an explanation of why you created it like that, or even a bit of creative writing!

The competition ends after 1 week! (April 13th)!

Hints: You can change neon signs with the default buttons Q/E as well as V and C to change the orientation, variant and color respectively.

Other news:

Update 0.9.04 is Here!

[dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2434600/view/509609752800528416"]Old builds will have to be cleared for this update. Check out the update for more info ^

Cheers to the winners and best of luck

-Dev

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Steam News / 6 April 2026

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