Dear Community,
looking at the calendar, we realized that a new status update about what's happening behind-the-scenes is long overdue. After all, you've been eagerly waiting for some news for a while, right?
Today we'll provide some insights into a few structural and organizational topics - and announce the winner of our little community contest!
We're heading to gamescom!
We love hearing what you think about the game, no matter if it's good or bad. Without your feedback and critisism, the game would never be shaped the way we all want it to. However, reading your comments online is nice - but very often, it is also helpful to hear your opinion in person.
That's why we're happy to share that Railroads Online will be present at this year's gamescom and it will be playable with a little demo. You can find us at the astragon booth in Hall 6, B-060. If you're in Cologne, feel free to come by and share your feedback - you can even receive a little goodie!
gamescom runs from August 23 to August 27 at Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany. We plan to visit some other events in the future, so stay tuned for more details!
More support on Steam!
The team is growing! You've already seen Kitsune, CaptainChooChoo (both being part of the development team) and Sandy being active in the Steam Forums and they will continue to do so in the future. Our new moderators will ensure better moderation, more answered questions, improved community interaction, and a higher number of reported bugs being tracked!
Congrats to the winner of our community contest!
Hundreds of players joined our community contest, which we started a few months ago, and we had a lot of fun going through every single save game. It took some time, but we finally have a winner: Congrats, CaptainBCXD!
CaptainBCXD created a world with one of the most creative way we've ever seen the splines being used. Not everything is still possible in the current version of the game, but as we're celebrating the entire history of Railroads Online, we were still amazed by their work in the past.
The bridges in particular are amazing, with the use of rails almost appearing like we're looking at a cable-stayed bridge. The ones made out of concrete are also beautiful, seemlessly blending in with the also elegantly created depots and railyards.
During gamescom, we'll publish a special trailer highlighting some of our favorite community creations!
Welcome back, Discord
Yes, it's happening.
We've restructured and overhauled the official Discord server for Railroads Online where some of you are already a member. At the moment, we're working on the last steps until we re-open the server where you can chat with other players about the game.
The re-opening will be announced in a separate post.
A new chapter
A new partner is joining the development and we're currently working on the last contractual details to finalize everything. We know you really want to know more but as soon as we can, we pinky promise to share all the news with you. It... took some time :')
And that's all for today! Have a good time in the valley and never stop shaping the world of Railroads Online ❤
Your Railroads Online Team
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