Hey Explorers, The Monthly Summary for August is here! I managed to make solid progress this month, even if things were a bit lighter than u

Hi Explorers, The Monthly Summary for July is here! It’s been a great month of development for TFE. I've implemented the pause & resume mech

Hi Explorers, The Monthly Summary for June is here! It’s been an intense month of development for TFE and I've made some good progress on th

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Hi Explorers, It has only been 48 hours since I launched the Pre-Alpha and the new Patreon tiers, and I am honestly blown away. In just two days, this amazing community has managed to double the mont...

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Hi , The Monthly Summary for April is here! Make sure to read to the end of this post, its worth it 🙂 April was absolutely packed with exciting stuff: I focused heavily on developing a Bot AI, which i...

Hey there, the Monthly Summary for March is here! March was heavily focused on the new gate siege and yard combat, and I'm really happy with how it is shaping up🙂TFE Development Summary - March 2026Ga...

Hey there, the Monthly Summary for February is here! February was a massive push for the Combat System and unit responsiveness. It's one of those areas that takes a lot of invisible work to feel "righ...

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Hi The Monthly Summary for January is here! Welcome to the new year. It will be a quite exciting one for TFE, thats for sure 🙂 TFE Development Summary - January 2026Topbar UI Rework🛠️ Refactoring of P...

Hey there, the Monthly Summary for December is here! Because of Christmas, Holidays etc. December wasn't as productive as other months, but still I got some stuff done: TFE Development Summary - Decem...

Hey! I'm here with the monthly development summary from November, enjoy🙂 TFE Development Summary - November 2025Resource Broker & Character Improvements 🛠️ Implemented Urgencies for Production Buildin...

Hey! I'm here with the monthly development summary from October, enjoy :) TFE Development Summary - October 2025Minimap 🛠️ Click on MiniMap relocates player camera 🛠️ Buildings register with MiniMap 🛠...

Hey! I'm here with the monthly development summaries from August and September, enjoy :) TFE Development Summary - August 2025 📽️ Lots of work for the Gameplay Video, which was shown at gamescom 🛠️ Mo...

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Hey! This month was a lot about preparing the first Playtest. I invested a bunch of time into making sure that the playtesters have a somewhat smooth experience. I'll give a short conclusionof the pla...

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Hi together and welcome to the next devlog! A fantastic year 2024 came to an end. Let me give you a small rundown what happened the last couple of months and why 2025 will be an even more fantastic ye...