What's New?
Automation & Links
The automation update adds a new key item to the game, links! Links are used to automating the task of moving items from one machine to another. With links, you can automatically fill Coal Heaters and Generators, organize Storage Units, create chains of Assembly Machines to automate crafting, and more.
There are currently two types of links in the game: Regular links and Filter Links.
The only downside of links is that they only span up to a distance of 4 tiles. This is where rails will eventually come into play (which will be added in a future update).
Rework of the in-game Manual
The manual has been reworked and improved to clarify some step-by-step processes on setting up power lines, automation, and more! The in-game manual has been expanded to cover Contracts, Automation / Links, and functionality with Assembly Machines and Factories.
More Heaters & Coal Generators
We have added two new heaters and one new coal generator to the game. In addition, temperature sensors have been added to both new heaters. This allows you to set what temperature you want the heater to start operating at.
Other New Features
- Added Basic Tree Farm
- Added 11 Steam Achievements
- Added 2 new music tracks
- Added New Research: Industry 2
- And More!
When will the game be released?
We are getting ever so close to the release of Death By FrostByte Early Access! Before we can release the game there is one last piece of content we want to implement into the game, a new Weather System. The current weather system maxes out at ~30 days. However, we want to extend the max day count to the hundreds if not the thousands. Also, this will ease up on the freezing temperature at the start of the game.
We are looking at releasing the game around mid-March of this year, and will most likely announce a set release date by the first week of March!
Thank you and have a great day!
Stormee Games
Eric