Greetings, Magnates! It's been a while! There is a very good reason for that. I already talked about this on twitter, but the TLDR is that I was working with an artist to make sprites for the game, and it didn't pan out as I had hoped (and I'm not blaming anyone). During that time development was halted and I spent a lot of time thinking and coming up with new ideas for the game. Development is back on track now, with a few but important changes:

• I'm still making the art myself, but I've decided to employ a slightly different and perhaps even more retro style than before. (FYI: At the time of writing, the store page hasn't been updated with new screenshots)
• I'm changing scope on some things. Most importantly, the factory builder is getting a massive overhaul.
• I'm specifically working towards a demo. I'm trying really hard not to work on things that aren't required for a demo version.

Rewrote most of the engine to accommodate for all the new things I want to do;
• Buildings (formerly known as units) can now be 1x1 or 2x2, possibly 3x3 if I want to.
• Went back to regular tile maps rather than textures.
• Rewrote map generation, specifically ore deposits are much better now, and during map generation I can guarantee that every ore will in fact generate on the map.
• Abandoned the old made-up ores in favor of real life well known resource types (coal, iron etc).
• Remade all the assets. Added new buildings:
• Mechanical and powered miner (replacing the old miner).
• Furnace (replacing the old crucible).
• Kiln.
• Blast furnace.
• Ore processor.
• Pump.
• Pipes and liquid distributor.
• Item cache. Added new items:
• Coal, copper and iron chunks. (These are raw resource chunks that have to be processed in an ore processor to yield an actual useable ore "item".)
• Coal, copper and iron items.
• Copper, iron and steel ingots.
• Sand item.
• Coal coke.
• Silicon.
• Glass. Removed:
• All old energy related units, I want to do this differently.
• All old storage related units, I also want to do this differently.
• Some other units and tiles; some of them will make a return soon enough.
• The concept of contracts and relations, at least for the time being.
• All old items and products. Other noteworthy changes:
• Renamed bridge to intersection.
• Disabled all modding for the time being. It's not compatible with all the new stuff I'm adding.
• Rewrote the save system. Save files can be hacked now
• Ditched all of the UI(!), because it was tied to the old concepts and range of building options. It will have to change to support all the new stuff.