Developer posts and news about this game.
This update fixes the broken UI that appeared when switching to Japanese or Chinese. The problem was caused by the font atlas exceeding 16,384 pixels, a size not supported by many GPUs. The atlas is now capped at 16,384 pixels, meaning you’ll still need a GPU capable of handling
You asked for it, here it is. The game is now available in the following languages: Simplified Chinese Japanese German Brazilian Portugese French I've also fixed a couple bugs: Fixed bug where lumberjacks would cut sapling that is not the lowest base tier. Introduced a save file
Bug fixing continues! Thanks for your reports. Queen bees from flowered trees will now prevent the lumberjacks from cutting their trees. Achievement 1024^2 + 0 now works even if you create multiple Mega Colonists at once. The run timer is now properly saved (some of you unlocked
Quick patch, mainly to fix a broken feature. "We Don't Need Tower" No longer prevent from disabling the construction of towers. Fertilizer should no longer be able to jump from the ground to a fully fertilized sapling. Moles income rate is now properly reset and can no longer get
Summary I've fixed the freezing issue that was getting worse over time played. Other bug fixes Quality of life improvements Gameplay balance according to your feedback Bug Fixes Fixed the worsening freezes over time. Coming back to the tech tree after the ritual should no longer
I keep working on bugs! Lumberjacks/Engineers should no longer circle in the middle of the map: this happened if they had targeted an unreachable tree. Trees will no longer spawn in unreachable areas of the map. Flowered trees no longer absorb melted fertilizer. Mega Colonist no
Mainly fixing a couple small bugs: Fixed bug where mole underground would level up flowered tree changing the flower sprite into fruits. Fixed bug that prevent from unlocking the the house technology when winning the game. Reduced the amount of snow sprites cause it looked a bit
This small patch fixes minor issues that have been frequently reported. Thanks for your feedback! Auto-Flowering is no longer automatically set to 1 when the Flower Spawn Rate is high enough to get the combo all the time. Because most of you got confused and thought it was a bug.
Dear friends, What an amazing ride 2024 has been. I hope you had a great year. I started Idle Colony in February, and I couldn't imagine that 10 months later, it would be the successful release it is today. And it all started as a questionable game jam game: (Yes it was a complet
Dear friends, We're getting closer and closer to the release date. I'm happy to announce that I will be shipping in time. I'd like to present you a new trailer for the game, (the release date is at the end of it): You can now have access to a brand new demo! It is now an accurate
Dear friends. Because images are better than words, I'm happy to share with you this very short video about everything I've been working on during the last month. NOW WITH A GOOD MICROPHONE OMGGG Here's the points we go across during this 2min. devlog: Automation of the wood New
Dear friends, I'm making good progress on the development. I've been lucky enough to find a place to live for the summer and I'm working full time on Idle Colony. I've got a strong deadline for releasing the game this year and I have a solid idea of what all the features will be.
This small update fix some concerning bugs and bring some gameplay balance with the goal of providing a less frustrating experience on a couple points. It should also make the pace of the demo a bit faster. There will be less frequent updates going forward (except for major issue
Given your feedback, some things aren't easy to understand, and many of you don't like the upgrade pannel on the left by default. My goal with this update is to make the ui clearer, and the prestige goals more intuitive. As always, your feedback is very welcome so we can keep imp
The hint "Left click to create path" won't appear unless you have the technology unlocked The main menu button "New Game" will now actually reset all of your progression, with a double security check. You can now prestige without any technology points in order to reset your run a
This update focus on artistic choices and quality of life improvements. In theory it should be compatible with your save files, but I cannot guarantee it a 100%. Let me know if you had any issues. Because I splitted some tech into multiple ones while making sure that you still ha
Dear friends, First I just wanted to say thank you. You've been more than 9000 people to play Idle Colony demo in less than two weeks. It's not been two months since the Steam Page opened and you're already 5500 to have wishlisted the game! Additionally, 1200 of you have been kin
This is a small patch about important issues that I couldn't leave pending until the next update. Fixed the crash when resizing the upgrade window. This is a temporary solution as this makes the scrolling area move the tabs with the content. Also, I reduced the clicking rate need
Hey folks, Come have chat today and ask me anything you'd like to know about Idle Colony and it's development. While answering your questions, I'll be making a goofy attempt at speedrunning the game. See you at 9pm CEST (12pm PST)
I'm adressing some of the issues you have been reporting to me: Quality of life / UX Tech tree open after prestige Tutorial font size increased Some popup font size increased WIP popup no longer in front of main menu Feedback request happens only after coming back twice from a ru