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48 Hours In: You are incredible! 🏰
Hi Explorers, It has only been 48 hours since I launched the Pre-Alpha and the new Patreon tiers, and I am honestly blown away. In just two days, this amazing community has managed to double the monthly income on Patreo…
Store7 changesGameplay - The First Explorers®
Pre-Alpha Access, Patreon Relaunch & New Trailer!
Hi Explorers, Today is a massive milestone for The First Explorers and its development. I have decided to open up the development process even further and give my Patreon supporters Pre-Alpha access, starting TODAY. Sup…
Event11 changesGameplayUI/audio - The First Explorers®
Development Summary - April 2026 & a little teaser
Hi , The Monthly Summary for April is here! Make sure to read to the end of this post, its worth it 🙂 April was absolutely packed with exciting stuff: I focused heavily on developing a Bot AI, which is capable of build…
Patch notes16 changesFixServer - The First Explorers®
Development Summary - March 2026
Hey there, the Monthly Summary for March is here! March was heavily focused on the new gate siege and yard combat, and I'm really happy with how it is shaping up🙂 TFE Development Summary - March 2026 Gate Sieges & Yard…
Patch notes13 changesFixGameplay - The First Explorers®
Development Summary - February 2026
Hey there, the Monthly Summary for February is here! February was a massive push for the Combat System and unit responsiveness. It's one of those areas that takes a lot of invisible work to feel "right," but the foundat…
Patch notes20 changesFixBalance - The First Explorers®
Development Summary - January 2026
Hi The Monthly Summary for January is here! Welcome to the new year. It will be a quite exciting one for TFE, thats for sure 🙂 TFE Development Summary - January 2026 Topbar UI Rework 🛠️ Refactoring of PlayerState clas…
Patch notes5 changesFixGameplay - The First Explorers®
Development Summary - December 2025
Hey there, the Monthly Summary for December is here! Because of Christmas, Holidays etc. December wasn't as productive as other months, but still I got some stuff done: TFE Development Summary - December 2025 Character…
Patch notes2 changesFixGameplay - The First Explorers®
Development Summary - November 2025
Hey! I'm here with the monthly development summary from November, enjoy🙂 TFE Development Summary - November 2025 Resource Broker & Character Improvements 🛠️ Implemented Urgencies for Production Building stacks (Empty…
Event4 changesFixGameplay - The First Explorers®
Development Summary - October 2025
Hey! I'm here with the monthly development summary from October, enjoy :) TFE Development Summary - October 2025 Minimap 🛠️ Click on MiniMap relocates player camera 🛠️ Buildings register with MiniMap 🛠️ Territory bor…
Patch notes3 changesFixGameplay - The First Explorers®
Development Summary - August & September 2025
Hey! I'm here with the monthly development summaries from August and September, enjoy :) TFE Development Summary - August 2025 📽️ Lots of work for the Gameplay Video, which was shown at gamescom 🛠️ More character syst…
Patch notes4 changesFixPerformance - The First Explorers®
New Gameplay Video out now!
Hey, I'm super excited to present you the new gameplay video showing what I was up to since last year: New Gameplay Video New Screenshots Alongside the new gameplay video I also have new screenshots for you: I hope you…
Patch notes3 changesGameplay - The First Explorers®
Live on Stage at gamescom & Development Summary - July 2025
Hey, I have exciting news for The First Explorers. Let's dive right in: Live on Stage at gamescom! Steam post image Find Your Next Game Show Yes that's right. I will reveal all new Gameplay in the Find Your Next Game Sh…
Patch notes12 changesGameplayPerformance - The First Explorers®
Development Summary - June 2025 & First Playtest Was A Success!
Hey! This month was a lot about preparing the first Playtest. I invested a bunch of time into making sure that the playtesters have a somewhat smooth experience. I'll give a short conclusionof the playtest after the dev…
Patch notes2 changesWorkshopGameplay - The First Explorers®
Playtest #1 Applications Are Now Open!
Hi together, end of June is coming and that means that the first closed playtest for The First Explorers is just around the corner. Here are the infos regarding the application process: - Playtest #1 is running from Jun…
Announcement - The First Explorers®
Dev Blog #29: Recipes for Success
Welcome back, Explorers! We're continuing our journey into the heart of The First Explorers ' mechanics. In previous blogs, we touched upon gathering resources and setting up basic production. Today, we're going to delv…
Patch notes12 changesGameplayPerformance - The First Explorers®
Devlog #28 - Recap and Plan for 2025
Hi together and welcome to the next devlog! A fantastic year 2024 came to an end. Let me give you a small rundown what happened the last couple of months and why 2025 will be an even more fantastic year for The First Ex…
Patch notes3 changesGameplay
