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Swarmdustry reaches 10'000 wishlists! Thank you!
Thank you everyone for the support! This is an awesome milestone for an indie dev. Reaching this point at times felt like an uphill battle and the road has not been easy. But thankfully there are awesome people like you…
Announcement - Swarmdustry
0.4.8 Patch notes
0.4.8 patch is out. This is a QOL patch meant to improve the feel of the game. When placing trails over obstacles, you will now auto place tunnels as well if you have them in your inventory. It prioritizes using the low…
Announcement10 changesFixGameplay - Swarmdustry
It's Official. Swarmdustry is Coming.
The wait is almost over, Hive Engineers. Swarmdustry enters Early Access on August 20th. Prepare to carve out a place in a hostile alien ecosystem where every resource must be harvested, every creature must earn its kee…
Patch notes1 changeGameplay - Swarmdustry
The Swarm must grow!
Steam Next Fest HYPE!
Announcement - Swarmdustry
Swarmdustry will participate in Steam's Next Fest!
Hi everyone, As Steam Next Fest is approaching fast, over the past 2 weeks I've been focusing on mostly bug fixes and preparing the demo to be in the best state it can be in. As of now, we'll be in a code freeze and no…
Event5 changes1 numericGameplay - Swarmdustry
Dev blog #13
So today went live the patch 0.4.1. Here are the changes. Snatchers are introduced as a new type of unit. They act as an alternative to grabbers. More info in Dev blog #12. Added Tab mode. Chests can now have their slot…
Store22 changesGameplayUI/audio - Swarmdustry
Game Update 0.3.8 - Localization
The game is now translated into Chinese Simplified, Japanese, French, Turkish, Spanish, German and Portuguese. As promised in dev blog #10, this was done via professional translators! Translation into other languages wi…
Announcement1 changeUI/audio - Swarmdustry
Dev blog #12
Let's talk about grabbers. Grabbers are heavily inspired by factorio's inserters. They look the same and they behave (mostly) the same. They work great and they get the job done, i.e. transfer an item from an entity to…
Announcement4 changesMapsGameplay - Swarmdustry
Dev blog #11
Hallo. For this blog I'm mostly gonna talk about the demo and what comes next. I'm also gonna drop a bunch of stats because numbers are fun. First of all, thank you to all those who tried out the demo! About 2600 people…
Patch notes5 changesFixPerformance - Swarmdustry
Swarmdustry Demo Out Now!
The wait is finally over. The demo is out now! Give it a try and let me know what you think of it in the discord, steam discussions, reddit or even the demo review page. Please keep in mind that localization for the dem…
Announcement2 changesUI/audioMaps - Swarmdustry
Dev blog #10
Hello everyone, today I want to talk about weather and localization. But before that, I want to share some thoughts about the upcoming demo. I've been really busy this past month getting the demo ready for the public. I…
Announcement6 changesUI/audioBalance - Swarmdustry
Demo Launching April 16!
The wait is almost over. The Swarmdustry Demo will officially be released on April 16! In the demo, you'll get your first chance to command the Swarm and begin building your living industrial network. Grow your colony,…
Announcement2 changesServerGameplay - Swarmdustry
Dev blog #9
Hello hello beautiful people, today we'll talk about UI and other small improvements made to the game over the last few weeks and the challenges that came with them. First off, UI. When we did playtesting some time ago,…
Announcement6 changesUI/audio - Swarmdustry
Dev blog #8
Hello there, it has been a while. Many things have changed since the last blog, so let's jump straight into it shall we? I've been focusing a lot on the feedback gathered from playtesters late last year, especially in t…
Announcement5 changesGameplay - Swarmdustry
Dev blog #7
Mod support is finally here! You can modify any entity or genetic code in game and even add your own with no programming skills required. It's as simple as dropping a png, a sound file or a json in the right folder. I w…
Announcement4 changesUI/audioWorkshop - Swarmdustry
Week 1 Alpha update
Hey y'all! It's been one week since we opened the very first alpha build of Swarmdustry and what a week it's been! We have had over 30 people play the game and the feedback had been amazing! I want to give a huge shout…
Patch notes9 changesFixUI/audio
