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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Players seem to love imprisoning all the depressed contagious villagers regardless of the game

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The issue with adding new resources to the game is that Pips always find a way to make everything worse!

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

This might have been buried in the changelog, but the side Buildings UI now has some cool new features! - Check exactly what buildings you have in the village - See if you have inactive or unavailable buildings - Paging

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

So, what's your favourite expedition in the DLC? Here is mine!

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Ok, I am adding in the new update information to the Agepedia about how to use the new Machines!

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Players asked if cats can ride horses. If you know me, you know the answer already.

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The new DLC added a lot of uses for the new exotic resources... and I had my fun in adding some more media references!

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Social commentary on balancing the new DLC is spot on

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

It looks like players are adapting to the new mechanics in... unique ways

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

What's that? Subtle critique inside the game? How quaint!

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I like how this player here is enjoying the new mechanics... even if in a bit of a morbid way

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I had a lot of fun coming up with ideas for the three new elders, using the new mechanics! :D

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

dotAGE: Trade Secrets is out NOW on Steam with a new release trailer! - Send Pips to explore the wilderness - Craft boats, build carts, and tame horses - Trade coins and send trade expeditions - Three new elders with unique mechanics!

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Look what old friend I found in my parents house

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Fun dotAGE fact: did you notice the animated seagulls in the intro animation? They have no practical purpose in the game, but it's a reference to one of my favourite game intros! Can you guess which one?

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Yes I went to check out several schools for my little girl a few weeks ago

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I'm adding some hints to introduce elders (also for older ones!)

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Based on what you build, you will get different expeditions available! For example, once you build the Docks, you will have access to water expeditions. Of course, until you also build some boats, you are not going to get very far...

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

The addition of horses opens up new ways to gather food, with 'Harvester' buildings being able to reach and deplete all creatures in a tile in a single turn! (Also, this might be the only description that breaks the fourth wall in the game)

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

It all starts with a Gate, a special building that lets you access the outside world by sending Pips out, or welcoming the Goldlings that want to trade with you!

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Reveal time, AGAIN! It's time to showcase a new DLC Elder... Granny! - Singleton time: no more than ONE building of each type - Play in her small Garden - All Professionals can work anywhere! - She makes food! - Go on special Trade Expeditions to gain more buildings!

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Reveal time! The upcoming Trade Secrets DLC will have new elders! Meet Wanna, the Merchant! - Access seasonal, always changing markets - Focus on Trading expeditions - Pay a wage to your Pips or they'll go on strike! - Make lots of money!

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

MTG-style expansion icons always make me fuzzy

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

YES there is going to be a new Cat achievement of course

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Brand new, definitely non-trademarked VIPs, are coming, too!

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The new Trade buildings will use a new mechanic, requiring you to create a road connection to the outer world so that outside merchants can reach you!

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Who said money cannot buy happiness? It will, soon, in dotAGE!

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Ok, I finalized the Exploration UX for the new DLC! - Send Pips out, they get back after a few days - Pay costs to send them out - Gain rewards, and avoid risks! - Three picks, in two sections (Exploration & Trade) This complements very well the event system!

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Ohhh I love how elegant this feels mechanically :D

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Hard at work at completing all new buildings! Having fun with some cool new ideas :D

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I finally completed the Heroes collection 😶‍🌫️

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Hmmm what are you playing on? Windows? Did you try one of these options in the Controls settings? Probably disabling Lock cursor could help!

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Having fun making new buildings for the DLC! The basic trade buildings allow Traders to generate few coins with common resources. Sometimes, you get a Greengrocer

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Adding expeditions allows me to add new ailments, and I'm having fun with that!

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Join us for the #TurnBasedThursdayFest tomorrow March 9h at 1 PM EST, dotAGE will be there with an exciting announcement in an exclusive preview!

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Hello Elders! The free Lava Update is almost here, and it's bringing new stuff to the game! Now live on experimental! - New Lava resource with a new terrain, new buildings, and new events - New Apocalypses! - A lot of event balancing and UX changes and more!

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

What is this, a Thanksgiving miracle? An auto-flipping review!! Love to see it! Thank you! :D

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Hehe a screenshot from a player who clearly knows who is the boss!

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Have you found all Fish-related events? I did have a lot of fun adding those!

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Experimenting with adding new sections into the Agepedia... for stuff to come! 👁️

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Hello Elders! This is just a quick post to celebrate with you all the second birthday of dotAGE! It has already been two years since release! Thank you to everybody who purchased the game and all players who made this a reality!

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Michele Pirovano - making Dotage @dotage.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Version 1.8 (now on experimental) adds a new Boon choice step, at the start of each village! This spices up early game, trying to make each village more unique from the start! New boons favour fishing, harvesting, and making many Pips!

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