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The World Turtle is carrying entire civilizations through space and it is in trouble. World Turtles is a colony builder where cooperation rather than conquest is the actual mechanic. Harvest, build, research and keep the turtle going, because nobody else is going to. World Turtle
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Good day, fellow Meeps! After 16 months of development, my second game's Steam Page is live! I've learned so much during, and following, the launch of World Turtles and I'm now ready to set out on that road again, with a backpack filled with the experience and skills I've gathere
Good day, fellow Meeps! Congratulations to our friends from Animal Shelter 2, who have just released their game! 🎊 On this special occasion, we have a special bundle - Turtles in Animal Shelter for you! 👇 Turtles in Animal Shelter View game page Additionally, the game publisher
Good day, fellow Meeps! Here are the patch notes for version 1.04, which has just been released: Expanded the range you can see into space before having Lookout Towers, to make steering easier as you can plan ahead better. Fixed a bug that caused some Reeve customization not to b
Good day, fellow Meeps! For patch #3, which is now live, I've standardized camera rotation and scrolling across frame rates, and the camera movement is smoother. I've been spending some time on the "behind the scenes" of the threading and have decreased the "overhead cost" of the
Good day, fellow Meeps! I'm uploading Patch #2 with a few small additions / changes, plus an impactful one (in some cases): Added: "Reduce Cutscenes" option under Game Options | UI. This will prevent the cut scene while, in some cases, still displaying only the message. Fixed: Af
Good day, fellow Meeps! I'm uploading Patch #1 with a few small changes: The "Mouse Scroll" icon looked more like a "Click Scroll Button" icon. Arrows added to the icon to clarify. In the farming tutorial, once in a blue moon (by random numbers and very specific lay of the land),
Good day, Fellow Meep! It's been four and a half years since I first started tinkering with a hex grid map and thought "wouldn't this look neat on a Discworld-like Turtle!" It's been quite the journey... so far! First off, I wanted to thank everyone who's supported me in whatever
Good day fellow Meeps! With launch date almost here, I thought I'd share the final two additions for now. Naval Expeditions Once you have constructed a boat yard, your Reeve can embark on expeditions across the waters. Search for distant neighbors, special islands and medicinal h
World Turtles is set to launch on April 15th! 🐢 Sail Across Space on Turtleback The World Turtle carries entire civilizations on its back through outer space. Cooperation, rather than conquest will save the day, so prepare to harvest, build, research, and explore the void in thi
Good day fellow Meeps! I've got some exciting updates to share! Customize Your Reeves You will be able to customize your Reeves (one Male and one Female), and these settings will be used whenever a Reeve joins your Realm. Diplomacy / AI Realm Interactions I've added diplomacy / i
Good day fellow Meeps! Development around the new controllable Meeps (which I call Reeves) is progressing well, and I've expanded on a number of things in the last month and a half. Controllable Reeves I've completed the way Reeves are selected and displayed, allowing the player
EDIT: I am working with Alexander to try and find different ways to automatically "whitelist" videos. As of 08Jan2023, if your video description contains "World Turtles", you should be fine. We're also looking at the possibility of videos tagged with the YouTube "World Turtles" m
Good day fellow Meeps! After spending loads of time on the recent UI update, I've started working on new gameplay features again. First off, I'm adding the functionality to allow manual control over certain individual Meeps. These Meeps will be required to perform special tasks r
Hi everyone! If you were thinking about getting the game, now is a great time to do so as we are part of the Steam Winter Sale through our publisher Freedom Games! From December 21st until January 4th , the game will be on sale for 30% off! Make sure to check out Freedom Games' W
Good day, fellow Meeps, The World Turtle has shed a few scutes and its new shell is finally ready! But, along with the brand new UI comes some gameplay updates too, and another tutorial, focused on steering the World Turtle towards food in space. There are also a few short cutsce
Good day, fellow Meeps, I considered carefully whether I should mention this here, and finally decided I should. I recently took a 4-week "working holiday" with my wife and kids - we camped in tents for 3 nights driving down to stay with good friends for a couple of weeks before
Good day, fellow Meeps! It's been a while since the last update, and I wanted to post some screenshots of the new UI/UX progress, to show off what I've been working on with the UI team. Almost all of the required artwork pieces have been completed, but I'm also spending a lot of
Hi everyone! We're excited to announce that World Turtles will be showcased at DreamHack Beyond on August 18th, 2023! Check out the Summer Indie Showcase at . We’re super excited to see you! If you want to join the community, join our Discord! Thanks for your support and we’re su