After nearly a year of work, we've finally got a relatively playable version of the dev branch! Here's a list of some of the new features and content:

• Happiness mechanic - As your colony grows from a quiet farming village to a bustling city, their demands increase. Feed them well and give them luxury items to keep them happy. Or don't, and watch your science speed & productivity plummet while recruitment costs dramatically rise.
  
• Co-op - It's now possible to share a colony with friends!
  
• Dozens and dozens of new items and jobs - fishermen, cooks, diamonds, tea, coffee, silk, and last but not least, potatoes!
  
• Entirely new world generation - It uses a combination of temperature and "rainfall" (not visible, but a lush forest obviously has more rainfall than a desert) to determine what the area should look like.

• Three exotic regions - There's now a Far East, Tropics and New World, each with their own unique science, jobs and research!
  
• Multiple colonies mechanic - Craft a Colony Starter Kit and start new colonies.
  
• Glider - Research and craft a glider and take to the skies for rapid exploration and travel!
  
• Trading - Set up traders to sent items and science from one colony to another, or to other players in multiplayer.
  
• New Unity Version - Includes a multitude of updates which solve common problems
  
• Dramatic optimization - Terrain should load a lot quicker, and you ought to be able to have a lot of extra colonists!
  
• New save system - Savegames are 10 times smaller, making saving and loading 10 times as quick. They're also 10 times less likely to corrupt! It's also prepared to deal with the Steam Workshop.
  
• Easy co-op hosting - It's no longer necessary to browse through the installation folder and find a separate server. Set up a multiplayer server with friends right from the main menu!
  
• LAN support - By popular demand.
  
• Plenty of other small optimizations - You can now recruit as many colonists as you've got unfilled jobs or beds in one click, or enter a custom number. A lot of old and ugly hand drawn icons have been replaced with rendered icons. Some job blocks have been replaced as well.