Today it is not an usual update. We had a lot of meetings in the past few weeks, because we needed to see the bigger picture of where our game is heading. Thanks to our testers, who reported that information and game mechanics was really fast going and in overall a lot of mechanics were fast paced. So we decided to make a couple of big changes in gameplay, which I can already confirm were pretty good decisions and the game is already looking much cleaner, slower paced, clearer and more chill to play. For example: [*] This is a colony sim game, so we expect that your colonists won't see all the changes they are working for, but their kids and grandkids will. We had morning, afternoon and night “shifts” which are gone. Now you will see only 1 "shift" and that is our complete cycle, where colonists either work, study, relax or sleep. This results in 3 times faster aging for your colonists. [*] Lots of colony sim games have a truckload of different item types and we are no fans of that. So we cut out almost a half of the current items and made it more understandable and simpler. For example you don't need 4 different goods for your colonists, instead you can have only 1 Basic goods and it will be the same. At least you don't need to worry about 4 different item chains. [*] We stretched out game mechanics from each other. BIG time. So you don't have to face the pressure of something going bad. Now you can sit and enjoy building your colony. Of course you have to keep an eye for basic needs for your colonists. Without food and a functional atmosphere no one can last forever. [*] Our graphic designer made a lot of changes to our current and new assets to set the right mood and they are a little bit more moody and depressed, but with the expansion and new research, the building will get more colorful and brighter. [*] In our demo tests we were missing your ultimate goal, which is of course survival, but you need some kind of higher goal and that would be the terraformation! So you can escape the depths of the planet and start to thrive on the surface. Well that was the couple of main changes which are undergoing. In a few weeks we should put it all together. Cheers, Your ExoColony Team!