Mod content by Pandaros and Xweert

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Here's how to join the beta
Expected time of official launch: in 2-3 weeks
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A couple of days ago, Zun started suffering a pretty severe stomach ache. He's been having this problem once or twice a year for a while now, but the pain mostly seems to disappear after a couple of hours. But not this week.

The pain kept coming back in waves. Eating seemed to increase the pain. Yesterday, late in the evening, he decided to visit the after-hours doctor service at the local hospital. They completed some scans and are suspecting gallstones. He slept at the hospital and they're performing more tests and scans now. They're currently planning to keep him there until at least Monday.

Suffice to say, progress was less than hoped for this week. We haven't changed our expected release date though. We're pretty happy with the state of the beta. While there are definitely things that can be improved, there do not seem to be any major problems at the moment. Here's a list of things we still want to do before release:

• Balance recipes: change the cost, food value, happiness value
  
• Add a compass, to make it easier to find your colonies
  
• The updated science menu is way more clear in regards to what you actually unlock. Unlocks that were in the past separated for clarity, can now be merged. For example crossbow bolts + crossbows could be one research, same for matchlock guns and their ammo. Kilns and bloomery can be combined too.
  
• Update the F1 help-menu
  
• Update the UI to explain why players cannot access their old worlds anymore and how they can fix that (use the 0.6.3 branch)
  
• Add a splash screen with some general info
  
• Make a new trailer