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My Colony v2.0.0 Released
Today I am announcing the release of My Colony v2.0.0, which should be rolling out to all platforms and devices over the coming days. There isn't anything in the way of new content, but under the hood the game has undergone major changes, so let's see what happened!
Firstly, since the sheer scale of the technical changes was so great, I decided to bump the game up to v2.0.0, and to help celebrate the version bump, I decided to spruce up the game's icon and title screen a little bit. Nothing major, just a little coat of paint. Hope nobody is too offended by the change!
Moving on to more technical stuff, many of you noticed I have not been very active in the community over the last few months. I have nonetheless been quite busy with Ape Apps, as I have been under taking the massive task of updating and modernizing all of my code and libraries across the entire business. I have been converting all of my code into modules so that I can reuse things easier, and I have been moving things to version control to better keep track of everything that I have. This has been a massive undertaking, especially getting all of my old apps and games onboard with the new changes, and My Colony was one of the larger projects that I have, so it required a ton of changes.
One of the main challenges was updating the game to work with the new version of my Scroll2d Engine, which itself has also been converted into a module, and even open sourced. For those curious about the Scroll2d engine that powers My Colony and a handful of my other games and apps, you can now find the Scroll2d code on GitHub (although I have not had time to document anything yet):
https://github.com/bastecklein/scroll2d
My new process for app building that I am rolling out, My Colony included, is going to make it a lot easier and faster for me to update and fix things. For other developers and tinkerers out there though, there is one downside to my new process. Since the game is now completely module based and packaged together with a bundler, it's not quite as easy as it once was to pull open the source code and see how things work (which is how tools like Coloniae came about). I think the tradeoff it ok though, since the game will be alot easier for me to maintain going forward.
On the Desktop side of things, all desktop packages (except for Windows on ARM) are now digitally signed, so you should no longer get security warnings and popups when trying to play the games after downloading. In addition, My Colony for macOS has returned to both Steam and as a standalone desktop app, since I know there are a handful of Mac players out there who were not happy when I discontinued the macOS builds.
Looking ahead, although most work in the My Colony Universe will be focused towards My Colony 2, I have been toying around with the idea of using AI to remaster all of the building graphics for the original My Colony. I have done a few tests and I think it is doable, but I don't trust it enough yet to do it properly full-scale. Potentially though, I might be able to make the game look pretty good, but we will see.
Anyway, a lot technically has changed in this update, so if you find issues, post them here and let me know. I want to be sure that the MC1 update is solid before porting it over to Antiquitas.
Thanks for playing My Colony!
https://mycolony.online/
#mycolony
Firstly, since the sheer scale of the technical changes was so great, I decided to bump the game up to v2.0.0, and to help celebrate the version bump, I decided to spruce up the game's icon and title screen a little bit. Nothing major, just a little coat of paint. Hope nobody is too offended by the change!
Moving on to more technical stuff, many of you noticed I have not been very active in the community over the last few months. I have nonetheless been quite busy with Ape Apps, as I have been under taking the massive task of updating and modernizing all of my code and libraries across the entire business. I have been converting all of my code into modules so that I can reuse things easier, and I have been moving things to version control to better keep track of everything that I have. This has been a massive undertaking, especially getting all of my old apps and games onboard with the new changes, and My Colony was one of the larger projects that I have, so it required a ton of changes.
One of the main challenges was updating the game to work with the new version of my Scroll2d Engine, which itself has also been converted into a module, and even open sourced. For those curious about the Scroll2d engine that powers My Colony and a handful of my other games and apps, you can now find the Scroll2d code on GitHub (although I have not had time to document anything yet):
https://github.com/bastecklein/scroll2d
My new process for app building that I am rolling out, My Colony included, is going to make it a lot easier and faster for me to update and fix things. For other developers and tinkerers out there though, there is one downside to my new process. Since the game is now completely module based and packaged together with a bundler, it's not quite as easy as it once was to pull open the source code and see how things work (which is how tools like Coloniae came about). I think the tradeoff it ok though, since the game will be alot easier for me to maintain going forward.
On the Desktop side of things, all desktop packages (except for Windows on ARM) are now digitally signed, so you should no longer get security warnings and popups when trying to play the games after downloading. In addition, My Colony for macOS has returned to both Steam and as a standalone desktop app, since I know there are a handful of Mac players out there who were not happy when I discontinued the macOS builds.
Looking ahead, although most work in the My Colony Universe will be focused towards My Colony 2, I have been toying around with the idea of using AI to remaster all of the building graphics for the original My Colony. I have done a few tests and I think it is doable, but I don't trust it enough yet to do it properly full-scale. Potentially though, I might be able to make the game look pretty good, but we will see.
Anyway, a lot technically has changed in this update, so if you find issues, post them here and let me know. I want to be sure that the MC1 update is solid before porting it over to Antiquitas.
Thanks for playing My Colony!
https://mycolony.online/
#mycolony
My Colony v1.37.0 Released
Small quick update for the original My Colony today. Should fix a bug that would allow a player to edit the costs of units and buildings during gameplay. Enjoy!
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My Colony 2 v0.49.0 Released
Today I am releasing the v0.49.0 update to My Colony 2 which should be landing on all platforms over the coming days. Special thanks to @therealchromedino and @RekEm1999 for contributing content to this release, so let's take a look at what is new!
There are a handful of fixes in this update to MC2. Firstly, you should now see colonists walking around your settlements again (if you have it enabled in engine settings). This feature died when the game was switched over to simulated structure updates (since the colonists were placed based on where people lived/worked/etc). I still need to work out how and where it places colonists for a cleaner and more evenly distributed look, but right now it's better than it was before!
Next up, I think I have defensive structures finally working again. This is another thing that died with the simulated structures update, but I think I have it working now. I have not actually tested this out, so you can let me know, but I think it's back up and running again.
I have added the Dusk Fruit related content to the game, submitted by @therealchromedino several months ago. This includes the Umbral Genetics tech, Dusk Fruit resource, and Dusk Fruit Lab structure.
There are also a handful of new structures submitted by @RekEm1999 which include the Hacker Camp, Pottery Works, Medium Server Farm Operation, Data Interceptor and the Integrated Sugar Factory. A big thank you to both contributors for adding new content to the base game!
That is all for this update. Let me know what issues you find, what I broke, or what you would like to see added. Thanks for playing My Colony 2, and stay tuned for more!
https://mycolony2.com/
#mycolony2
There are a handful of fixes in this update to MC2. Firstly, you should now see colonists walking around your settlements again (if you have it enabled in engine settings). This feature died when the game was switched over to simulated structure updates (since the colonists were placed based on where people lived/worked/etc). I still need to work out how and where it places colonists for a cleaner and more evenly distributed look, but right now it's better than it was before!
Next up, I think I have defensive structures finally working again. This is another thing that died with the simulated structures update, but I think I have it working now. I have not actually tested this out, so you can let me know, but I think it's back up and running again.
I have added the Dusk Fruit related content to the game, submitted by @therealchromedino several months ago. This includes the Umbral Genetics tech, Dusk Fruit resource, and Dusk Fruit Lab structure.
There are also a handful of new structures submitted by @RekEm1999 which include the Hacker Camp, Pottery Works, Medium Server Farm Operation, Data Interceptor and the Integrated Sugar Factory. A big thank you to both contributors for adding new content to the base game!
That is all for this update. Let me know what issues you find, what I broke, or what you would like to see added. Thanks for playing My Colony 2, and stay tuned for more!
https://mycolony2.com/
#mycolony2
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My Colony v1.36.0 Released
Today I am posting the v1.36.0 patch for the original My Colony, which should be hitting all platforms in the coming days.
A recent update to Android seems to have been causing memory issues when compressing/decompressing game files. Although there is nothing I can do about how the Android system works, this update does add a change where compressed data is now split up into chunks and worked on piece by piece. The hope is that working on smaller data chunks will help prevent memory errors, but let me know how it works for you, as mileage my vary depending on device.
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A recent update to Android seems to have been causing memory issues when compressing/decompressing game files. Although there is nothing I can do about how the Android system works, this update does add a change where compressed data is now split up into chunks and worked on piece by piece. The hope is that working on smaller data chunks will help prevent memory errors, but let me know how it works for you, as mileage my vary depending on device.
#mycolony
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My Colony v1.35.0 Released
There is a minor update for the original My Colony today, for v1.35.0. This patch updates some libraries that the game uses and also adds support for new Dark Mode and Tinted Mode app icons on iOS 18.
https://mycolony.online/
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https://mycolony.online/
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