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Premium keys do not transfer over to steam. You can download the non-steam desktop client instead from here:

https://market.ape-apps.com/app/my-colony
2d ago
Hello, I bought the premium of My Colony few years ago and I can't find the way to redeem it on steam. I know I should have a file to get the key on steam, but I can't find it anywhere.
What am I supposed to do?
2d ago
Hi everyone,
I've created a simple web tool for Minecraft players called Minecraft Circle Generator – available at https://minecraftcirclesgenerator.com/. It uses HTML5 <canvas> and vanilla JavaScript to draw pixel-perfect circles for use in Minecraft building dynamically.

The issue I'm facing is that the tool works perfectly in Chrome and Firefox, but in Safari (both on macOS and iOS), the canvas either doesn't render anything or behaves inconsistently (e.g., circle doesn't show up until resizing the window, or clicking the grid size button doesn't redraw properly).

Has anyone else encountered similar Canvas or JavaScript rendering issues, specifically with Safari?
Are there any known limitations or fixes (like forcing a reflow, changing how canvas is initialized, etc.)?

Any help would be appreciated!
2d ago
I am having issues with builder bots not completing building even though I have the required resources. When trying to then cancel the building the building disappears however if I click the area i placed it, it will say it’s still there. It also doesn’t allow me to place other buildings over the top.

I have also had instances where my statistics don’t display and come up as undefined.

I am playing on the current version of the game on an IPhone 13 IOS 18.3.2
4d ago
Okay, I just started doing some testing by opening different folders on my Apple Studio.

Thus far, I can determine that Network Browser has no problem with dashes and apostrophes being in file and folder names.

However, then I tried opening another folder where again, Network Browser just hangs.

So I went to the very same folder on my iPhone using the FileBrowser app in order to determine what is in the troublesome folder.

Well, it only contains three plain text files, all three of which have file names which are only 8 characters long, followed by the .txt file extension.

One of the file names includes a dash, which as I said, does not appear to be a problem for Network Browser.

The largest of the three files is only 56.7 Kb in size.

FileBrowser has no problem opening any of these files, but Network Browser can't even list the three files. As I said, it just hangs with a white screen, and the progress bar moving back and forth as it tries to list the folder contents.

I don't know if the above info will help or not, but there it is for what it is worth.

I will do a little more experimenting in order to determine if any other characters are causing a problem.
5d ago
Wow! A response! I had just about given up getting any kind of support here. 😄

Okay, well, what I can tell you is that I use Network Browser to connect to my Apple Studio. As you may possibly know, with macOS, the only character which cannot be used in folder and file names is the colon, because it is used in path names.

Every other letter, number and symbol is permissible in both folder names and file names.

Aside from uppercase and lowercase letters, I do normally use spaces, underscores and dashes in my file names, and less frequently, apostrophes and question marks. Maybe even double quote marks here and there.

Could this be the problem?

I don't know if you noticed or not, But I made a few other posts here about four weeks ago which also remain unanswered. I offered some comments and app suggestions in those. Can you please answer those as well? Thanks!
5d ago
I am currently playing on mobile IOS, I have been having issues with multiple things - often my builder vehicles will freeze or stop building something. When I cancel the building process the building will still stay behind however I would not be able to interact with it. I am also having issues with loading stats on my game, it is just coming up as undefined. It makes it extremely hard to play the game as I am having to delete saves and restart to overcome this.
6d ago
Since I have been giving my other Steam released titles an asset and title screen facelift, I decided, "why not My Empire too?" So here we are My Empire v2.1.0, available now!


The new title screen is interesting on this release. I basically tool the old feature image for My Empire, which consisted of the title logo, the Legion and Frigate units, just superimposed on a brown parchment texture, and asked Chat GPT to spruce them up a bit. I think the result turned out pretty cool!

The new builds of My Empire should be hitting all platforms over the coming days. As with the new My Colony and Antiquitas builds, macOS on Steam has returned to the lineup, so the few mac users out there can rejoice and be glad!

Thanks for playing!

https://myempire.ape-apps.com/

#myempire
6d ago
I released patch 2.0.1 today for the chat clicking issue
8d ago
Hi,
LIS Rover cant build small solar panel, as is said in encyclopedia, it should be able. this makes it almost impossible to start palying as LIS
9d ago
I can no longer click users names in the chat box on the right hand side of the screen to view their profile info including accessing gifting options. The dialog box does not pop up. Tried in Chrome, the new windows app and in Steam.

If i go to my Commonwealth, I can get to commonwealth member's profiles to access gift options. If I have multiplayer notifications enabled, I can click names as they pop up on the left side of the screen.
9d ago
I was loading from the local save. Tried to back it up and load from that file - same endless load. Tried to load backup in web version - same...
9d ago
Ok thanks for letting me know. Might be something wrong with my MS Store code
10d ago
There is no built in limit. It must be running into a parse error with a filename it does not like.
10d ago
bastecklein said:How many did you purchase and from which app store (google, iphone, paypal, etc) and I will get it fixed for you @DarkPhoenix

Just 100 and the Microsoft store
Order Number: 5698091584
10d ago
Are you playing using the Windows Store version of the game?
10d ago
How many did you purchase and from which app store (google, iphone, paypal, etc) and I will get it fixed for you @DarkPhoenix
10d ago
Are you loading from a backup file or a local/cloud save? If it's the latter, maybe you could back it up to a file and try loading from that.
10d ago
Hi,

I have done some break from MC2 and now I can't load my save. Game just stays at loading screen (I have waited for a few hours). I am using Win10 but game is not native app - iirc used "install" button from the web app.

Thanks.
10d ago
Following the recent My Colony v2.0.0 release, all engine updates and features from that update have now been ported over to it's sister game Anitquitas, and v2.0.0 is now rolling out to all supported platforms!


Of course, since My Colony received a minor promotional graphics overhaul, I did not want Antiquitas to feel left out of the fun. The game now sports a new title screen and updated icon, as well as minor UI refreshes throughout.

In addition, and as with My Colony, the macOS release has returned to both Steam and the stand-alone Desktop installer (available on the Ape Market).

https://play.antiquitas.app/

#antiquitas
10d ago
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Ape Apps, LLC is an independent software development company founded in 2010 by Brandon Stecklein. Over the years, Ape Apps has published over 400 apps and games across various platforms. You can get in touch with Brandon on Twitter or by leaving a post on his wall @bastecklein
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