PostCollapse

Released: Jan 11, 2018
Platforms: Windows
Last updated: 04 Sep 2026, 02:20 GMT

Updates & announcements

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10 Jul 2018Developer post
PostCollapse 1.17 update
Postcollapse update 1.17 is now available. This update adds a few graphics and performance improvements, and bug fixes. Here are the details: Bloom The game now uses a Bloom effect to render the world, making it look quite a bit nicer. You can disable this effect in the settings
Postcollapse update 1.17 is now available. This update adds a few graphics and performance improvements, and bug fixes. Here are the details:

Bloom The game now uses a Bloom effect to render the world, making it look quite a bit nicer. You can disable this effect in the settings dialog. This screenshot shows the game with and without the effect: It's subtle, but improves the graphics quite a bit.
Performance improvements Performance of the prodedural world generation has been improved a bit, resulting in faster loading times.
Fixed a problem causing the game to stutter when switching between windowed and fullscreen mode sometimes.
Fixed a few problems in the translation
Hope you'll like this, feedback is welcome as always!
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12 Jan 2018Developer post
PostCollapse 1.16: End of Early Access
Postcollapse update 1.16 is now available. This update takes the game out of "Early Access". After more than 15 early access updates and a lot of constructive feedback from the players, PostCollapse has changed significantly since the first release on Steam. See this screenshot c
Postcollapse update 1.16 is now available. This update takes the game out of "Early Access". After more than 15 early access updates and a lot of constructive feedback from the players, PostCollapse has changed significantly since the first release on Steam. See this screenshot comparison for example: The left shows the first released version of PostCollapse, and the right one how it looks now: The world is much more detailled, has better graphics and much more content. The game has evolved quite a lot during the early access phase. The game now has reached a state where it feels like how it was supposed to be: You get the right feeling of solitude, and that you are alone and have to work for your survival. Also, although everything is still 100% procedurally generated, it doesn't feel that much articifial anymore, thanks to the feedback of all the players. The major features introduced in the Early Access where the following:

A 'minecraft' mode which enables you to modify every building in the world
The possibility to create own buildings
Radiation zones
A 'hardcore' mode
The possibility to create fences and cupboards
Realtime shadows
Steam Trading cards
Much improved graphics
More types of animals
Tons and tons of gamplay tweaks
Translations for Spanish, Russian and German
Improved sound track
Minimap and zoomable map
and much more
In addition to this update removing all the early access warnings and similar, also a few game play changes are introduced:

The Fishing rod doesn't break that often anymore
Fixed stability problems which appeared on some systems after the Windows Creators Update was installed on them
The finding probability of various items have been adjusted a bit
Fixed a translation bug in russian
Improved placement of containers for some special cases
Performance improvements for terrain rendering
Note that this isn't the end, and the game will still be updated regularily, of course. Thanks to all the players who have brought the game with their feedback as far as it is now. Further constructive feedback is of course still welcome!
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12 Jan 2018Developer post
PostCollapse 1.16: End of Early Access
Postcollapse update 1.16 is now available. This update takes the game out of "Early Access". After more than 15 early access updates and a lot of constructive feedback from the players, PostCollapse has changed significantly since the first release on Steam. See this screenshot c
Postcollapse update 1.16 is now available. This update takes the game out of "Early Access". After more than 15 early access updates and a lot of constructive feedback from the players, PostCollapse has changed significantly since the first release on Steam. See this screenshot comparison for example: The left shows the first released version of PostCollapse, and the right one how it looks now: The world is much more detailled, has better graphics and much more content. The game has evolved quite a lot during the early access phase. The game now has reached a state where it feels like how it was supposed to be: You get the right feeling of solitude, and that you are alone and have to work for your survival. Also, although everything is still 100% procedurally generated, it doesn't feel that much articifial anymore, thanks to the feedback of all the players. The major features introduced in the Early Access where the following:

A 'minecraft' mode which enables you to modify every building in the world
The possibility to create own buildings
Radiation zones
A 'hardcore' mode
The possibility to create fences and cupboards
Realtime shadows
Steam Trading cards
Much improved graphics
More types of animals
Tons and tons of gamplay tweaks
Translations for Spanish, Russian and German
Improved sound track
Minimap and zoomable map
and much more
In addition to this update removing all the early access warnings and similar, also a few game play changes are introduced:

The Fishing rod doesn't break that often anymore
Fixed stability problems which appeared on some systems after the Windows Creators Update was installed on them
The finding probability of various items have been adjusted a bit
Fixed a translation bug in russian
Improved placement of containers for some special cases
Performance improvements for terrain rendering
Note that this isn't the end, and the game will still be updated regularily, of course. Thanks to all the players who have brought the game with their feedback as far as it is now. Further constructive feedback is of course still welcome!
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01 Dec 2017Developer post
PostCollapse 1.15 update
Postcollapse update 1.15 is now available. This update adds some new gameplay features and a few minor improvements, here are the details: New camp fire features Additionally to the existing features (a warmer place to sleep and light), camp fires now have two new additional func
Postcollapse update 1.15 is now available. This update adds some new gameplay features and a few minor improvements, here are the details:

New camp fire features Additionally to the existing features (a warmer place to sleep and light), camp fires now have two new additional functionalities: You can now add wood into an existing camp fire (just click onto the wood in the camp fire to open the dialog) and make it burn longer. Works for hard wood, soft wood and paper. You can now cook meat with a camp fire. Just click onto the wood in the camp fire, and add raw meat which you can get from hunted animals, and the meat will be cooked. See below for details.
New Item: Cooked Meat You can create cooked meat now with the new feature mentioned above. In the game, this is easier to digest than raw meat, so you will get more calories from cooked meat. So cooking your hunted meat now makes sense now.
The auto-save functionality is now longer stalling the game so often now
Water rendering is now faster on slow systems
Fixed a bug causing earth to appear blue when using the shovel
Fixed a crash when the game is being run in an emulator (yes, some people apparently do that)
Hope you'll like this update, feedback is welcome as always!
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01 Dec 2017Developer post
PostCollapse 1.15 update
Postcollapse update 1.15 is now available. This update adds some new gameplay features and a few minor improvements, here are the details: New camp fire features Additionally to the existing features (a warmer place to sleep and light), camp fires now have two new additional func
Postcollapse update 1.15 is now available. This update adds some new gameplay features and a few minor improvements, here are the details:

New camp fire features Additionally to the existing features (a warmer place to sleep and light), camp fires now have two new additional functionalities: You can now add wood into an existing camp fire (just click onto the wood in the camp fire to open the dialog) and make it burn longer. Works for hard wood, soft wood and paper. You can now cook meat with a camp fire. Just click onto the wood in the camp fire, and add raw meat which you can get from hunted animals, and the meat will be cooked. See below for details.
New Item: Cooked Meat You can create cooked meat now with the new feature mentioned above. In the game, this is easier to digest than raw meat, so you will get more calories from cooked meat. So cooking your hunted meat now makes sense now.
The auto-save functionality is now longer stalling the game so often now
Water rendering is now faster on slow systems
Fixed a bug causing earth to appear blue when using the shovel
Fixed a crash when the game is being run in an emulator (yes, some people apparently do that)
Hope you'll like this update, feedback is welcome as always!
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02 Oct 2017Developer post
PostCollapse 1.14 update
Postcollapse update 1.14 is now available. This update adds a single new gameplay feature and a few minor improvements, here are the details: Possibility to create own buildings The most requested feature since the last update was the possibility to create own buildings from scra
Postcollapse update 1.14 is now available. This update adds a single new gameplay feature and a few minor improvements, here are the details:

Possibility to create own buildings
The most requested feature since the last update was the possibility to create own buildings from scratch, so that you don't have to use an existing building and modify it. This is now possible. It was quite an undertaking to make this work together with the procedural generated world and the other buildings. It works like this: Right-click, select "construct" -> "facilities", and there are now three new entries, for creating various sized platforms for new buildings. Then you can select a place where to build the building. The game engine wasn't designed initially to support a feature like this, so there are constraints where you can place new buildings. The game will show red markers when you try to build the platform where this is not possible, like too close to another existing building, or on a tile border. In a future update, maybe it will be possible to lift these restrictions, but let's see. The building platform is then created with a click, and you can then continue and modify your building like any other building in the world, and fit it to your needs by adding and removing blocks as you like.
Performance improvements when there are many animals in the vicinity
Fixed a translation bug in russian when creating fences
Hope you'll like this, feedback is welcome as always!
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02 Oct 2017Developer post
PostCollapse 1.14 update
Postcollapse update 1.14 is now available. This update adds a single new gameplay feature and a few minor improvements, here are the details: Possibility to create own buildings The most requested feature since the last update was the possibility to create own buildings from scra
Postcollapse update 1.14 is now available. This update adds a single new gameplay feature and a few minor improvements, here are the details:

Possibility to create own buildings
The most requested feature since the last update was the possibility to create own buildings from scratch, so that you don't have to use an existing building and modify it. This is now possible. It was quite an undertaking to make this work together with the procedural generated world and the other buildings. It works like this: Right-click, select "construct" -> "facilities", and there are now three new entries, for creating various sized platforms for new buildings. Then you can select a place where to build the building. The game engine wasn't designed initially to support a feature like this, so there are constraints where you can place new buildings. The game will show red markers when you try to build the platform where this is not possible, like too close to another existing building, or on a tile border. In a future update, maybe it will be possible to lift these restrictions, but let's see. The building platform is then created with a click, and you can then continue and modify your building like any other building in the world, and fit it to your needs by adding and removing blocks as you like.
Performance improvements when there are many animals in the vicinity
Fixed a translation bug in russian when creating fences
Hope you'll like this, feedback is welcome as always!
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21 Aug 2017Developer post
PostCollapse 1.13 update
Postcollapse update 1.13 is now available. This update adds a few gameplay and technical changes, here are the details: Nicer environment Improved vegetation drawing, for example bushes now look a bit more interesting and less blurry Watering indicator The game now better display
Postcollapse update 1.13 is now available. This update adds a few gameplay and technical changes, here are the details:

Nicer environment Improved vegetation drawing, for example bushes now look a bit more interesting and less blurry
Watering indicator The game now better displays which tiles you have watered with the watering can: you can now actually see the water sinking into the ground. The tiles which have been watered are now drawn a bit darker directly after watering them, and fade back quickly.
Software audio mixing Audio output is now done in software by default, which should reduce issues some people have reported with their sound hardware
Stability improvements For some systems, where unlocked achievements sometimes could cause crashes, a few stability improvements have been implemented
Hope you'll like this, feedback is welcome as always!
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21 Aug 2017Developer post
PostCollapse 1.13 update
Postcollapse update 1.13 is now available. This update adds a few gameplay and technical changes, here are the details: Nicer environment Improved vegetation drawing, for example bushes now look a bit more interesting and less blurry Watering indicator The game now better display
Postcollapse update 1.13 is now available. This update adds a few gameplay and technical changes, here are the details:

Nicer environment Improved vegetation drawing, for example bushes now look a bit more interesting and less blurry
Watering indicator The game now better displays which tiles you have watered with the watering can: you can now actually see the water sinking into the ground. The tiles which have been watered are now drawn a bit darker directly after watering them, and fade back quickly.
Software audio mixing Audio output is now done in software by default, which should reduce issues some people have reported with their sound hardware
Stability improvements For some systems, where unlocked achievements sometimes could cause crashes, a few stability improvements have been implemented
Hope you'll like this, feedback is welcome as always!
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17 Jul 2017Developer post
PostCollapse 1.12 update
PostCollapse update 1.12 is now available. This update adds a few gameplay and usability changes, here are the details: Fences It is now possible to construct fences. Two types of fences are available: A small one for fencing in your garden and protecting your plants, and a bigge
PostCollapse update 1.12 is now available. This update adds a few gameplay and usability changes, here are the details:

Fences It is now possible to construct fences. Two types of fences are available: A small one for fencing in your garden and protecting your plants, and a bigger one for your house.
Destroying facilities You can now always destroy created cupboards and fences (right-click onto them, choose 'destroy')
Safe DIY cupboards Constructed cupboards in your headquarter now behave the same as pre-existing cupboards and other containers: Putting items into them will guarantee that you won't loose them. They will stay inside always. Note that this only applies to contructed containtainers inside your head quarter.
Adjusted Tiredness in Hardcore mode You don't get tired that fast anymore in hardcore mode, so you can be awake a bit longer.
Spanish There is now a fourth in-game language supported: Spanish
A few minor bug fixes here and there.
Hope you'll like this, feedback is welcome as always!
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17 Jul 2017Developer post
PostCollapse 1.12 update
PostCollapse update 1.12 is now available. This update adds a few gameplay and usability changes, here are the details: Fences It is now possible to construct fences. Two types of fences are available: A small one for fencing in your garden and protecting your plants, and a bigge
PostCollapse update 1.12 is now available. This update adds a few gameplay and usability changes, here are the details:

Fences It is now possible to construct fences. Two types of fences are available: A small one for fencing in your garden and protecting your plants, and a bigger one for your house.
Destroying facilities You can now always destroy created cupboards and fences (right-click onto them, choose 'destroy')
Safe DIY cupboards Constructed cupboards in your headquarter now behave the same as pre-existing cupboards and other containers: Putting items into them will guarantee that you won't loose them. They will stay inside always. Note that this only applies to contructed containtainers inside your head quarter.
Adjusted Tiredness in Hardcore mode You don't get tired that fast anymore in hardcore mode, so you can be awake a bit longer.
Spanish There is now a fourth in-game language supported: Spanish
A few minor bug fixes here and there.
Hope you'll like this, feedback is welcome as always!
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09 Jun 2017Developer post
PostCollapse 1.10 update
Postcollapse update 1.10 is now available. This update adds a few gameplay and usability changes, here are the details: Minimap There is now a minimap which you can switch on to view while playing. You can enable it with the new checkbox which appears under the map which you can
Postcollapse update 1.10 is now available. This update adds a few gameplay and usability changes, here are the details:

Minimap There is now a minimap which you can switch on to view while playing. You can enable it with the new checkbox which appears under the map which you can open with the 'M' shortcut.
Construct Torches It is now possible to construct torches from piece softwood and hardwood. It might be a bit easier now to do useful things during the night.
Zoomable map There are now zoom buttons on the map which you can open with the 'M' shortcut. This allows for example to zoom out and look for other cities to discover.
Finalized Hardcore mode The 'hardcore' game mode is now out of beta. A few minor values were adjusted here and there, but apart from that it is now as it was from version 1.09. But feedback is of course still welcome.
Performance improvements Performance of the realtime shadows in the game has been improved (around 5-20% depending on your hardware), resulting in better frame rates.
Important and not-so-important lables on the map now have slightly different colors
Fixed a bug where setting the shadow option to "automatic" (which is the default) would turn off shadows always on some hardware.
Fixed a bug causing info texts at game startup not to be visible sometimes when the game is run on a big resolution screen.
Fixed a bug making it possible to water the ground although the inventory menu is active
Hope you'll like this, feedback is welcome as always!
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09 Jun 2017Developer post
PostCollapse 1.10 update
Postcollapse update 1.10 is now available. This update adds a few gameplay and usability changes, here are the details: Minimap There is now a minimap which you can switch on to view while playing. You can enable it with the new checkbox which appears under the map which you can
Postcollapse update 1.10 is now available. This update adds a few gameplay and usability changes, here are the details:

Minimap There is now a minimap which you can switch on to view while playing. You can enable it with the new checkbox which appears under the map which you can open with the 'M' shortcut.
Construct Torches It is now possible to construct torches from piece softwood and hardwood. It might be a bit easier now to do useful things during the night.
Zoomable map There are now zoom buttons on the map which you can open with the 'M' shortcut. This allows for example to zoom out and look for other cities to discover.
Finalized Hardcore mode The 'hardcore' game mode is now out of beta. A few minor values were adjusted here and there, but apart from that it is now as it was from version 1.09. But feedback is of course still welcome.
Performance improvements Performance of the realtime shadows in the game has been improved (around 5-20% depending on your hardware), resulting in better frame rates.
Important and not-so-important lables on the map now have slightly different colors
Fixed a bug where setting the shadow option to "automatic" (which is the default) would turn off shadows always on some hardware.
Fixed a bug causing info texts at game startup not to be visible sometimes when the game is run on a big resolution screen.
Fixed a bug making it possible to water the ground although the inventory menu is active
Hope you'll like this, feedback is welcome as always!
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01 May 2017Developer post
PostCollapse 1.09 update
Postcollapse update 1.09 is now available. There is only one big cosmetic change in this update: The game engine now is able to draw realtime shadows. The game graphics look a bit more interesting because of this. The performance impact should not be too high, since the technique
01 May 2017Developer post
PostCollapse 1.09 update
Postcollapse update 1.09 is now available. There is only one big cosmetic change in this update: The game engine now is able to draw realtime shadows. The game graphics look a bit more interesting because of this. The performance impact should not be too high, since the technique
07 Apr 2017Developer post
PostCollapse 1.08 update
Postcollapse update 1.08 is now available. This update adds a few cosmetic changes, but also includes some minor gameplay adjustments wished by the community: Damage of arrows is a bit higher now, so it is much easier to go hunting Fridges now rarely contain things which are not
Postcollapse update 1.08 is now available. This update adds a few cosmetic changes, but also includes some minor gameplay adjustments wished by the community:

Damage of arrows is a bit higher now, so it is much easier to go hunting
Fridges now rarely contain things which are not to eat or to drink
Boars are now not as aggressive and are not attacking the player from an area far away
Much nicer looking trees
The starting point for a new game will from now on no longer be next to an impact zone
Various performance improvements
Captions of message boxes are now a bit easier to read
New axe model
Fixed a bug causing mouse control not to return sometimes when closing a message box with 'escape'
On slow systems, the frame rate dropped when there where many animals in the vicinity, this has been improved now. The game now should run very fast even on those systems.
If the game wasn't able to start up correctly the last time, it asks the user if it should start with default settings
Hope you'll like this, feedback is welcome as always!
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07 Apr 2017Developer post
PostCollapse 1.08 update
Postcollapse update 1.08 is now available. This update adds a few cosmetic changes, but also includes some minor gameplay adjustments wished by the community: Damage of arrows is a bit higher now, so it is much easier to go hunting Fridges now rarely contain things which are not
Postcollapse update 1.08 is now available. This update adds a few cosmetic changes, but also includes some minor gameplay adjustments wished by the community:

Damage of arrows is a bit higher now, so it is much easier to go hunting
Fridges now rarely contain things which are not to eat or to drink
Boars are now not as aggressive and are not attacking the player from an area far away
Much nicer looking trees
The starting point for a new game will from now on no longer be next to an impact zone
Various performance improvements
Captions of message boxes are now a bit easier to read
New axe model
Fixed a bug causing mouse control not to return sometimes when closing a message box with 'escape'
On slow systems, the frame rate dropped when there where many animals in the vicinity, this has been improved now. The game now should run very fast even on those systems.
If the game wasn't able to start up correctly the last time, it asks the user if it should start with default settings
Hope you'll like this, feedback is welcome as always!
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03 Mar 2017Developer post
PostCollapse 1.06 update
Postcollapse update 1.06 is now available. This content update adds some major new features wished by the community: You can now choose between two game modes: Standard and Hardcore. Standard is how the game worked until now. In the new Hardcore mode, everything runs a bit slower
Postcollapse update 1.06 is now available. This content update adds some major new features wished by the community:

You can now choose between two game modes: Standard and Hardcore. Standard is how the game worked until now. In the new Hardcore mode, everything runs a bit slower: Days last longer, injuries are more serious, winters are harder and similar. This mode is for players which have more time to play than casual players, and want to spend more time in the game. The mode is beta, values in this mode are already roughly balanced, but feedback is still much appreciated!
There is now a new type of building to explore: Churches are now scattered accross the country and cities.
The houses are no longer only filled with rectangular cupboards but more interesting furniture like kitchens, lockers, sofas, etc.
The game now has fall damage: When you climb onto the roof of a building and jump down, you will likely injure yourself now.
Some of the windows in the houses are now filled with broken glass
Improved the textures of some of the walls of the buildings in the game (see image above)
The game is now a bit brighter since it looked too dark on some systems
You need now a lot less water for surviving the winter (about half)
There is now a new music track (created by Johannes C. Meffert) which plays when an animal is attacking.
Hope you'll like this, feedback is welcome as always!
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03 Mar 2017Developer post
PostCollapse 1.06 update
Postcollapse update 1.06 is now available. This content update adds some major new features wished by the community: You can now choose between two game modes: Standard and Hardcore. Standard is how the game worked until now. In the new Hardcore mode, everything runs a bit slower
Postcollapse update 1.06 is now available. This content update adds some major new features wished by the community:

You can now choose between two game modes: Standard and Hardcore. Standard is how the game worked until now. In the new Hardcore mode, everything runs a bit slower: Days last longer, injuries are more serious, winters are harder and similar. This mode is for players which have more time to play than casual players, and want to spend more time in the game. The mode is beta, values in this mode are already roughly balanced, but feedback is still much appreciated!
There is now a new type of building to explore: Churches are now scattered accross the country and cities.
The houses are no longer only filled with rectangular cupboards but more interesting furniture like kitchens, lockers, sofas, etc.
The game now has fall damage: When you climb onto the roof of a building and jump down, you will likely injure yourself now.
Some of the windows in the houses are now filled with broken glass
Improved the textures of some of the walls of the buildings in the game (see image above)
The game is now a bit brighter since it looked too dark on some systems
You need now a lot less water for surviving the winter (about half)
There is now a new music track (created by Johannes C. Meffert) which plays when an animal is attacking.
Hope you'll like this, feedback is welcome as always!
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13 Jan 2017Developer post
PostCollapse 1.05 update
Postcollapse update 1.05 is now available. This update improves the performance of the game and adds lots of cosmetic changes, but also includes some minor new features wished by the community: There are some changes which make the world a bit more interestingly looking. Some of
Postcollapse update 1.05 is now available. This update improves the performance of the game and adds lots of cosmetic changes, but also includes some minor new features wished by the community:

There are some changes which make the world a bit more interestingly looking. Some of them already made it into an unannounced minor update a few weeks before, so you might have seen this already if you updated recently: - Some houses and special areas are now surrounded by fences - There are now flowers fields - The grass now looks a bit nicer - Buildings placed on hills are no longer placed at unrealistic heights
The game now supports Steam Trading cards
Added support for Y inverted mouse input (see Settings -> Input)
Lots of performance improvements. For example when lots of chained fences come into the view some systems slowed down significantly. This is no longer the case. Also the game slowed down sometimes when there where many animals in the vicinity, this is also no longer the case.
Cupboards in buildings now have correct lighting when standing in front of them and using a match stick or torch in the night.
The endgame screen now is a bit bigger so you can see the statistics better, and has its own music (created by Johannes C. Meffert)
Grass and leave movement is now also very smooth on fast systems (it was stuttering sometimes on some systems)
There is now a hint printed when the player doesn't notice that there is a game action menu
Fixed a bug causing fleeing deers sometimes get stuck on fences
I'm already working on the next update which will include new and more gameplay additions. Hope you'll like this update anyway, feedback is welcome as always!
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Possibility to create own buildings

Possibility to create own buildings