Moving the email list to Substack
Also Next Fest is coming up!
Moving to Substack
Hey email list people! Thanks a ton of signing up for email updates from me, that really means a lot. I know I haven’t been using this very much, but am hoping to more this summer, as we have more demo updates and get closer to launch in September.
I’m moving this email list to Substack since the previous service I was using (SendGrid) is getting rid of their free plan. I don’t think using it in this way is quite what Substack is for, but I think it will work well. Let me know if you have any feedback on this.
But otherwise I plan on using this in the same way, sending y’all updates about the game. Which brings me too…
Demo Update for Next Fest!
There is now some big news to share with y’all, which is that a major update will be released for the demo during the upcoming Steam Next Fest! That’ll go live on June 9th, just under 2 weeks away.
The update will feature:
A new weapon to manufacture, Bombs! Plus lots of upgrades for them
A Materials Production system! Open mines and refineries to produce all of the materials for you
A Stock Market system! Buy stocks to passively accrue dividends, earn upgrades when you control certain percentages of each stock, and privatize a stock once you own 100% to earn a large capital gains payout
Tons more research upgrades
A visual update for the research panel, to make it more interesting
Auto selling weapons
Over a dozen achievements to unlock
Global leaderboards to see how you compare to everyone else
An initial storyline
An Initial dark mode
Lots of performance improvements
Lots of bug fixing
Lots of balancing
So get ready for that update, I’ll send you an email when it’s live.
Oh also, as a little treat for making it to the bottom of the email, here’s the new trailer if you haven’t seen it already!