https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2669487810

Giant snowflakes are an immediate threat to this snow valley, and hyperloop connections are our only chance. 35 Passenger Flow trains aside this is a battle against time, funds shortage and impulse to run a locomotive through a snowman.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2669211043
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2671519052

Highly detailed layout, many places to visit, even more delivery quests to complete and few restraints or secondary objectives that can slow us down - this level duo is perfect for getting your Christmas a bit more train-y and puzzl-y :)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2669868481

A simple level in winter-y colours, Blue has track tile limit, a tricky bridge placement problem, compact layout but only 20 minutes of having a blast overcoming all that.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2670634512

Fastest locomotives, carte blanche to build all the tunnels and bridges, 27 minutes to explore and at least 40 different quests to complete! Sure, Christmas isn't coming tomorrow, but we might as well begin preparations :)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2670281648

Expanding a newly established city is a slow and difficult task, especially with the barbarians lurking too close, but thanks to TV2 Logistics we start with steam engines — before discovering animal husbandry :) Some planning and earning after we fund several construction projects, continue expanding our research tree and ultimately enter a golden age, with 5 stars and many seconds left on the timer :)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2674128401

At last, we get to drive on the same tracks famous crimson red GWR 5900 steam locomotive does when carrying students to a certain school of witchcraft and wizardry. We even get to build some more of these tracks (but not too many) and make some gold while we're at it. Yule ball is nigh and requires chocolate, bats and Christmas trees as well as an array of magical potions. Underwater facilities will arise from the bottom of the Lake, cauldrons will breathe purple clouds again, great feasts with endless tables and ballroom dancing with the Tournament champions will take place and Christmas will come.

@Gelledee is first week of December 2021 champion! A €10 Steam gift card will be delivered to them by our contact ASAP.

Don't forget to tell us about your TV2 workshop adventures and visit our Discord server for an upcoming LPT challenge. Until next week!

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*Do No Stop Any Trains
*Do Not Destroy Any Track Tiles
*Do Not Reverse Trains
*Do Not Use Pause

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:tv2computer: Our Twitter.

Farewell, Spooky Druda, and hello, Plumkiss! Wait, what? Who? Oh, you’ll see. That’s right, the holidays are here and festive surprises await! Snow is falling in Ardent City, which has been lit up and is merrily twinkling, and a certain little winter wonderland event zone known as Grinchta’s Lair has arrived! Grinchta, wicked and green as ever, has not only brought with him an all new evil cohort who dwells in a secret hideaway, but get ready for new quests, new outfits, new flair, a new mount, and more!


Additionally, this fun-filled wintry build also contains a number of needed game improvements to help bring good cheer. Happy Holidays, Everyone!

Finally, a new global update that will expand the boundaries of the game in almost every sense. A new content that will make the beginning, middle and late stage of the game much more interesting. Now the game has a little more weapons, mobs, food, evolution, minerals, etc. The behavior of some mobs has been redesigned globally, and some have simply been improved. Well, the most important thing is a completely new map. The size of the new card is several times larger than the size of the old card. Since the old card caused a resolution bug, it is now hidden for monitors that are not suitable for it.
It is important to clarify that most of the bugs were discovered by the Vardis player, who not only reported them, but even figured out himself what triggers most of them. This update came out thanks to the help of this player, thank you Vardis. The update turned out to be the biggest of all time, so probably some new bugs went unnoticed. If you find any bug, please let us know in the discussions.

- New evolutionary stages of burdock:
- Stage 1: Everything is like the last burdock;
- Stage 2: Changes the appearance, and releases 2 more projectiles when bursting;
- Stage 3: Absorbs other burrs by increasing the number of shells, such a burr has no limit, can
accumulate enough shells to cause a lot of damage.
- Depending on the stage of the burdock, its appearance changes;
- There can no longer be more than 501 burdocks in the laboratory at the same time;
- Now the burdock arranges a little less chaos than before;

- New condition of the Rabbit: Infection with poinella
- After eating the ripe fruit of the poinella, the hare changes color, the spores of the poinella do not
harm him, but give natural protection from enemies;
- If the horseshoe crab attacks such a rabbit, it will quickly get poisoned and die from the poison of
the poinella, the rabbit will not receive damage at the same time;
- Rabbits now eat burdock seeds;

- Improvement of the poinella:
- Now she is eating insects, accumulates juice in herself;
- When the juice has accumulated enough, the poinella produces the fruit of the poinella;
- Now I'm happy to hunt flies too;

- New mineral: Crystal of Life;
- Can fall out when mining a stone starting from the 8th level of intelligence;
- The chance of Crystal falling out increases with intelligence;
- When eating, it gives a good supply of V-matter, restores a little health
and gives + 100 units. to upgrade your strength, which increases your strength by 100% if it is below 100;

- Beavers:
- Beavers now make a sound when gnawing wood;
- Now they are starving more slowly, almost twice;
- Now they are saturated faster, almost 5 times;
- When trees are gnawed, leaves fall from them, this is done in order to make it easier to notice where the beaver eats the tree;
- Now they don't rest against the walls of the laboratory;

- Birds:
- Now fly off the tree if the beaver nibbles it;
- Added new sounds for the appearance of the bird;

- Added a new mob:Ladybug;
- Edible, gives a little satiety and characteristics;
- It may appear when a strawberry or a harze flower grows in the laboratory.
- It is always a sign that one of these plants has grown somewhere;


- Extra bee:
- Extra Bee projectiles now deal damage to walls;


- Mites:
- With a long fast (about 4 days), the Mites swells and explodes, so now there will be no such thing that the Mites will accumulate for a long time in the laboratory;
- Exploding Mites cause damage to walls. Small, but now it makes more sense to think about the presence of walls made of harder materials in the deep stage of the game;
- Explosive bugs now also inject Mites into "explosive stasis";
- Frogs now happily eat dead Mites;

- New food and what is associated with it:
- All dishes give much more characteristics than their ingredients together, and also have a positive effect on the health of the main character;
- Added a new dish: Vegetable Stew;
- Added a new dish: Fruit Sweetness;
- Added a new dish: Meat Stew;
- Added a new dish: Rabbit meat with mushrooms;
- Added a new dish: Honey Apple;
- Honey apple, in addition to good characteristics, also saves you from Mites, as well as an Orange;

- General:
- Windows are now not only opened by pressing buttons on the interface, but can also be closed by pressing again;
- The game is now automatically paused when it becomes an inactive window;
- A normal hammer now has a 1% chance of breaking when used and uses 2 energy units.;
- A primitive hammer, has a 2% chance of breaking when used, 3 units of energy are spent for use.;
- Added a new wound effect, allowing you to notice the attacker a little better;
- Swords now deal very little damage to the Horseshoe Crab, as this is not an effective weapon against it;
- Various game hints have been added to the world selection menu, while there are not many of them;

- Redesigned The Main Skill - Shield:
Previously, this was the least used skill, so all changes are aimed at strengthening this ability. I would be grateful if
you share your opinion on the current state of this skill.
- Redrawn shield graphics;
- The duration of holding the shield now depends on strength and energy;
- The shield will last much longer now;
- The shield now repels the boar;
- The shield also absorbs all damage if the damage is less than the current hp;
- The shield is not able to withstand damage greater than your hp;
- The shield consumes less energy than before;

- Rats redesigned:
- Added attack sound;
- Added the sound of taking damage;
- Bites have become more arbitrary;
- The bite damage has become much more;

- Redesigned Chisel:
- RMB on a large and medium cobblestone with a chisel now produces 1 ordinary stone, the cobblestone, as with mining, loses 1 unit of strength;
- RMB on small stones breaks them into 5 ordinary stones;
- It is a very convenient way to get a lot of stone without extracting extra sharp stones, silicon, grinding stone and everything else.

- New weapon: Bone Spear
- Has a completely new attack mechanics, and is completely different from all other weapons;
- Uses boar tusk, thread and logs in crafting;
- Is the best weapon for punching panzer mobs;
- Has a repulsive effect for small mobs;
- The attack speed is not great, so it is not an unbalanced weapon;

- New Container: Iron Box;
- Has the largest inventory in the game (5x5) ;

- Walls:
- Most of the blocks have become stronger, made in order to increase the endurance of buildings against attacking wall mobs;
- Blocks of boards and logs have 15 units of strength, this has not changed;
- Reinforced boards of 40 units of strength, there were 30.
- Stone brick 50 units of strength;
- Brick 100 units of strength, it was 80;
- A wall of armor 50 units, there were 30;
- Iron plate 150 units, there were 100;
- The iron block is 250 units, there were 150;
- The simulator unit is 80 units, there were 50;
- The other blocks remained unchanged;
- Added sounds of the main character hitting the wall blocks, for all walls;
- The drop of the wall block now falls in the center of the place where it stood;


- New block: Glass panel;
- Has a low strength of 10 units;
- Acid of burst mites and extra bee shells do not harm the glass;
- Put using glass in construction mode;
- It can only be placed as a wall, it is impossible to put it as a floor;

- Brand new item: Magnifying Glass;
- An item for the late stage of the game;
- Allows you to check the current hp of any creature;
- Has a complex crafting recipe;

- Added a new secret item;
- Can be obtained in survival mode;

- Processed poisoning by Poinella:
- Now while the character is infected, his health gradually drops to 2-3 units, after which he stops falling;
- Even restoring health, will continue to drop to 3 units while the infection is active;
- The rate of health drop now depends on strength, the higher the strength, the slower it decreases;

- New Map: Grassland;
- The size is much larger than the standard;
- More trees;
- More cobblestone;
- More animals;

- Fixed the following bugs:
- A small bucket contained more water than a large one;
- The perfect leaf could be reproduced;
- Fly swatter broke the use of boomerangs;
- A juicy apple did not give 40 satiety, but set the value to 40;
- Dried hare skin was translated incorrectly;
- When Mowing camellia, a duplicate of Object 20 was created;
- Windows and interfaces could overlap each other;
- A perfect leaf could fly over the walls;
- The primitive hammer did not break the trap and the goat;
- The usual hammer did not work correctly;
- When frying a blue mushroom, a fried white mushroom was obtained and vice versa;
- Salads could be reproduced;
- Mashed potatoes could be reproduced;
- The stone brick wall was duplicated when breaking;
- Swords could fly under the walls;
- The shells from the blowpipe did not always show damage when hit;
- The brick block had an incorrect drop;
- The fortified tree had an incorrect drop when breaking;
- The iron plate block had an incorrect drop;
- The iron block had an incorrect drop;
- Extra bee could fly through blocks of walls and doors;
- The anvil broke items in the inventory;
- When there was a full inventory, the final item from the anvil disappeared;
- The anvil could not be destroyed;
- The stone Sword did not cause damage to the Bee Queen;
- The Iron Sword did not cause damage to the Bee Queen;
- Fixed a lot of different resolution bugs, including 2560 x 1440; (If you still have some visual bugs, please let us know about it).




- Fixed translation:
- Carcass now renamed in "Frame"
- "Recreable" -> "Creatable"
- "Sharpened Walls" -> "Sharpened Walls"
- "Iron Carcass" -> "Iron Frame"
- "Cheerfullness" -> "Vigor"

I know that sometimes we don't have the most correct translation. If you notice this, let us know in the discussions.

Hello everyone,

The next Garry's Mod update is coming soon!

The current plan is to release the next Garry's Mod update on 15th of December at the usual 4PM GMT.
The update will be mandatory for all server owners, so mark the date and time. Servers will need to be updated before people can join them again.

You can preview the list of upcoming changes here:
https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vTzEJEpdEje8e-FgsbyWGydu_Ez7p82MwOUPmRlUAAJ-KpkNJhHctyadZosfUYjVTz26KGip7bI7M9T/pub

Please note this list is still work in progress and is subject to change.

We kindly ask anyone willing to help us test this update before it releases (especially modders and server owners), to minimize any potential problems with the update.

You will find instructions on how to test the upcoming update below.

You can report any found issues in the comments below, on our official Discord server or on our official bug tracking repository on GitHub: (be sure to search before posting)
https://github.com/Facepunch/garrysmod-issues
https://discord.com/invite/gmod

The Pre-Release and x86-64 Steam beta branches for Garry's Mod has been updated and contain all the changes that will be included in the next update.

If you want to set up an Dedicated Server instance using the Pre-Release branch, see this article: https://wiki.facepunch.com/gmod/Downloading_a_Dedicated_Server

How to switch game branches:

1. Exit the game
   
2. Right click on Garry's Mod in Steam and select Properties
   
3. Go to the Betas tab and select your desired branch

None - This is the normal version of the game
Pre-Release - This is the next update
Dev - This is a bleeding edge version of the game, expect it to contain more bugs than usual

• Skate Activity - Players have mentioned sometimes not receiving a mood boost for jumping over puddles, so we decreased the hitbox size of puddles to be more forgiving.
  
• Dance Activity - Some players are having a difficult time with dancing in general, so we doubled the hitbox size of the arrow captures.
  
• Achievements - Due to the "Trillin'" song being extremely difficult, we changed the "Pro Dancer" achievement to be rewarded for receiving an "Excellent" or higher on all 3 songs.

We appreciate your feedback and thank you for playing The 2020 Trail!

Hey everyone,
Stephen here with a new progress update. We've been quiet for a while but for good reason - we completely changed the beginning.

Well, it didn't suck, it lacked cohesion… which I guess kind of made it suck.

After releasing the game into early access, we watched a TON of playthroughs, chatted with our players, spend some time playing the game ourselves, and realized that we could do better..
This is the reason we do early access - to be able to make big changes based on your playthroughs.
We also know if we didn't change it now, we wouldn't ever change it. So we decided to take a step backward, and make a better gameplay loop.



"A core gameplay loop is a gameplay loop in which a highly specified set of actions undertaken by the player, most often the main actions defining the game.
In Call of Duty or Battlefield, the core gameplay loop is more or less targeting enemies, shooting them, and seeking out new enemies."
[Credit: [url=https://www.gamedesigning.org/learn/game-loop/]Perfecting A Core Gameplay Loop[/url]]


The original gameplay loop was as follows:
1. Get a task from the Heartbox 2. explore the dark or automate 3. to get an upgrade item 4. Upgrade the Heartbox while at the same time maintaining the fuel depot.



The two separate tasks in steps 2 & 4 made the experience very confusing for new players, and lacked a primary overarching goal for the players. Also, after watching all the playthroughs, nobody was automating fuel into the fuel depot.

We needed a single, cohesive gameplay loop that fit well with the story AND fit well with the overarching goal - to light the world (which by the way wasn't very apparent thanks to our messy gameplay loop)

We hired AntiElitz, a Factorio speedrunner, for several brainstorming sessions to help explore how to make the game better. Between the two of us, we came up with a new game loop:



We've already tested it out with new players to great success, but we've broken the second half of the game. We'll need more time to re-build a cohesive experience.


now relies on fuel/min. The more average fuel/min, the more lightbulbs are supported
is a creature that automatically harvests plants on the ground and drops them onto gravpipes

is a chest that automatically dispenses items at a set rate. You can currently choose any interval between 1/min up to 60/min.

4. All of the tutorials in story mode are different to reflect the new flow
5. A brand new training area to teach players how to use the pickerpal

1. We will be experimenting with a new battle system!
2. Adding a new type of fuel - Shroom Fuel
3. Making our creatures less dumb. Let's be honest, they're dumb. They bump into everything, their animations slip across the ground when they walk. It's time to polish them up and get them to feel good.
We have a couple of other secret items in the work, but you'll just have to wait.

This next patch will take some time, but it will be our biggest yet!

Talk to you soon,
Stephen + The Isto Team.

Hello everyone, this update was something I've wanted to push out for this game for a while now, and I'm very happy to say it's finally here!

This update moves the game and it's assets to a totally new engine, and, as a result EVERYTHING wrong with the previous build has been fixed, EVERYTHING! The major changes include:

1. The game is now in 1080p HD!!!
   
2. The game no longer lags, freezes or holds up in the courtroom, assets are loaded in instantly!
   
3. Skipping now works properly and will never break the game
   
4. Saving and loading now also work fine as intended
   
5. The jury status is always displayed in court
   
6. Spelling and grammar fixes
   
7. Overall game size has been reduced from 400MB to around 180 MB.

Overall I am very pleased with this update and I hope those who bought this game can enjoy it to it's fullest now, and if you haven't bought it, then now is a great time because as of this post this game is currently 50% off, it's steepest discount yet!

Thank you and have a wonderful day!

We are working hard to get awesome looking effects for what we call the Elemental Puzzle.
More updates coming soon!

Arietta of Spirits is on sale for a week!

Grab the game now for only $8.99!

Oh, it’s the most wonderful time of year!

The Globlorbians have aggressively turned down Athena station’s thermostat to -10C to begin their hibernation…

The Hamboids have sharpened their fighting sticks and prepared their ceremonial Death-fight cage…

And we humans have already begun putting off buying gifts until the last minute!



However, there is one special tradition that brings everyone together aboard the Athena:

The Christmas Ship Decorating Contest!


Every year, Wing Commander Winters holds a festive competition to see which crew decorate their ship with the best Christmas livery!

Whilst these festive decals may not ward off asteroids or cease the endless suffering of death via black hole - they are a great way to get into the Christmas-Spirit!


Join in with the fun by submitting your best in-game Christmas livery design for a chance to win:

1st Place:

1. A Curve Digital Master Steam Key (Unlocks EVERY Curve Digital game up-until Jan 2022 on Steam!)
   
2. Early access to a code that unlocks Christmas outfits for your crew in Space Crew: Legendary Edition!
   
3. A TOP SECRET code that unlocks an exclusive Space Crew Legendary Crew member in-game

Two runner-ups will receive:

1. A TOP SECRET code that unlocks an exclusive Space Crew Legendary Crew member in-game

How to enter:

Post a screenshot of your ship livery on Twitter using #ChristmasCrew and make sure to follow our Twitter

OR

Post a screenshot of your ship livery on our official Space Crew Discord in the #User-content Space Crew channel using #ChristmasCrew


Wing Commander Winters will be looking for the perfect liveries that celebrate the holiday spirit - Bonus points for creativity and thinking outside the box!

The competition closes on midnight GMT on the 12th December.