Developer posts and news about this game.
I am very sorry, but Embark development will continue next year. I tried to finish Embark last year, and I think with the updates last year the game looks great now but there are still fundamental flaws in the gameplay loop. Development has not been great this year. I haven't bee
The focus with this update has been to improve the playability of the game, especially for new players. I've probably missed some things, let me know if anything confusing was left out. New in-game help system to explain things in game (will be improved with more images shortly).
Work on fixing issues with room system. Will reset room temperature when first loading saves. Still trying to track down some annoying bugs with the rendering of room selection areas too.
Added option to restrict worker for building construction to specific colonist. Added option to filter building construction materials based on item (click on an ingredient in the construction panel). Also can filter individual components based on item quality.
Fixed bug with room formation. Fixed room UI not updating when switching rooms. Fixed workshop order filter worker panel overlap. Also added sorting by worker skill. Improved performance of colonist selection UIs. Fixed bug with equipping of items introduced in last update. Tweak
New building markers to indicate pipe and mechanism connection points. UI tweaks to fix overlapping. Performance improvements for late game slowdowns caused by wild animals breeding out of control. Fixes for animal pen jobs. Forbidden items now show up in the stock panel item fin
Added ability to assign tamed animals as pets (select through main colonist tab). Pets will follow colonists around and slightly improve colonist mood. Effect increases as colonist spends more time with pet. (Experimental, might be removed)Colonists will ride larger pets into bat
Work in progress improvements to animal pen and the animal taming system. Number of available tiles per animal in an animal pen now contributes to animal pen job quality. 100% quality at 10 tiles per animal. Animal pens now have a water connection. Fresh water is optional and inc
Settings for pausing the game when an event happens should now work. Improvements to item models and textures. New item icons. Fixed items dropping on slopes disappearing. New NPC houses on maps.
Fixed bug causing water movement to generate massive lag. Fixed bug causing archers not to shoot after saving and loading. UI improvements.
Fixed bug causing wall builders to get stuck sometimes. Added decorative slopes to build wall tool. 0.915c Fixed bug with creatures loading in invalid state and perma idling. New model for rail station building.
Fixed UI for healthcare settings. Fixes for AI faction squad assignment (should stop weird attacks with only one or two creatures). Fix ladder under construction not transparent. New model for water wheel. Fixed issues with water wheel building. 0.914b Fixed building accessibilit
Fixed new game customize menu not updating correctly. New burning oil building model. Fixed item quality filter for building. Fixes for new building models not setup correctly. Fixed repairing of buildings. Added sand areas to terrain generation.
New ballista model. Fixed sleeping positions for fancy beds. Fixed UI issue with colonist inventories. Hauling colonists who get interrupted now drop items immediatly. Colonists will now use best weapon in inventory when training melee combat. Fixed archers not shooting when they
Fixed bug causing colonists to sometimes use random items as bandages. Fixed expanding stockpiles not updating correctly. Slightly increased priority of construction hauling jobs.
Still hunting for reported issue with items disappearing. Any leads much appreciated! Fixed building of irregular shaped buildings (like water pipes). Slight nerf to item quality rolls when making items. Fixed bug with stat rolls causing stats to have a much lower effect than int
Colonists should no longer shelter from the cold when no warm target can be found. Fixed colonists not checking for space correctly before taking items. Fixed colonists unassigning items when they fail to pick it up. Fixed bug when finding equipment for uniform.
Fixed creatures still using stamina when sleeping. New models for saltworks and mechanical forge. Non-player corpses now forbidden by default unless slaughtered in animal pen. Fixed build wall hauling jobs not working if no materials outside of stockpiles. 0.910b Tweaked lighting
It has been a long time since the last update, but this is the biggest update for Embark yet. Rewrite of colonist task system. This should resolve the remaining issues with colonists not doing what they were supposed to. It should also help with items and buildings getting stuck
One aspect which I've always felt Embark is lacking in has been the lack of direction in the art and UI. I am excited to announce that Andrew will be working full time on turning Embark into a game with a cohesive art style and modern user interface. In addition to this I will al