- Machine World Retirement - 16 August 2026
Greetings,As communicated earlier, Machine World will be retired and I have now asked Valve to remove it. This means that those of you who own it may still download it, but it will no longer be visible to others or be possible to purchase. As earlier, we thank those of you who bought it for your interest and your support, and regret that this project did not work out. Best regard, Daniel
- Final update : Project closure - 8 September 2025
It’s been a long time, and I owe you clarity.The truth is simple: I couldn’t finish this game. The scope was too big, the systems too heavy, and in the end I couldn’t make it work. It was clear I would not be able to afford the required work. That’s on me.I know this will disappoint many of you, and I’m sorry. You gave your time, your feedback, and your trust, and I wasn’t able to deliver the game you deserved.Still, I want to say thank you. Your support, your criticism, and your passion mattered more than you realize. Your words reminded me that people cared, even when things were hardest.The store page will stay up for a short while so this message can be read, then the game will be delisted.This is the final update. Thank you for being part of the journey.//Dan
- Radio Silence - 16 January 2019
Hi, First of all, I apologise for the lack of communication - and updates. I understand that many of you are disappointed. As I have mentioned earlier, MW2 as of yet has far from covered the (relatively large) expenses we spent developing it. I really could not spend more funds on the project in the current state. It is unfortunately simple business, too few sales = little resources for development. I have since taken a long break, partly due to the fatigue after spending 3 solid years developing the game without any pause whatsoever. But also due to health issues (serious) in the family and other projects to ensure financial stability for the company and the family. I do not expect everyone to understand the situation, but I hope that a few of you are able to sympathise with the harsh realities of running a business, developing a good product, but sadly one that found too small an audi…
- Build EA 0.1.5.8! - 2 February 2018
Greetings, I has been a while, but we have been hard at work on the core of MW2. New features in this build: - Auto-leveling feature. Using the PDA, you can now pick two terrain points, and a width. The auto-level feature will smooth the terrain between the two points. This will allow you to very quickly create roads and paths if you do not want to use the bulldozer. - Auto-start feature. If you want to, machines can auto-startup when entering and auto-shutdown when you exit. This makes it much easier and quicker to start up complex machines (such as the helicopters for example). - Starting Area. If you leave the option checked (when creating a new game), the game will create a levelled starting area for you with a hangar. We will add to this as time goes on to create a more complex environment. If you do want to start a new game completely empty, just uncheck the option. We have also a…
- Build EA 0.1.5.8! - 2 February 2018
Greetings, I has been a while, but we have been hard at work on the core of MW2. New features in this build: - Auto-leveling feature. Using the PDA, you can now pick two terrain points, and a width. The auto-level feature will smooth the terrain between the two points. This will allow you to very quickly create roads and paths if you do not want to use the bulldozer. - Auto-start feature. If you want to, machines can auto-startup when entering and auto-shutdown when you exit. This makes it much easier and quicker to start up complex machines (such as the helicopters for example). - Starting Area. If you leave the option checked (when creating a new game), the game will create a levelled starting area for you with a hangar. We will add to this as time goes on to create a more complex environment. If you do want to start a new game completely empty, just uncheck the option. We have also a…
- Build EA 0.1.5.7 : Placement and Delivery ship - 13 November 2017
Greetings, We are happy to release a new build that continues to improve on the core functionality in the simulation. This is a preparation for the missions to come. This new build contains the following: - Major improvements to placement of the player and vehicle(s) in new game sessions. It will now be very rare to get a bad placement at game start, and the initial position will usually be very close to the shore. - The AI for the Delivery Ship is further improved and it now better finds paths to tricky shores, and is also quicker to react to changes in orders (ie. when you send it away from the shore and then change your mind, etc.). In short, it should now be much easier to use. - Many smaller fixes and improvements (performance, logging, etc.). As always, this build is first released into the Iterative branch (you have to opt in to the beta) and in a couple of days it will become th…
- Build EA 0.1.5.7 : Placement and Delivery ship - 13 November 2017
Greetings, We are happy to release a new build that continues to improve on the core functionality in the simulation. This is a preparation for the missions to come. This new build contains the following: - Major improvements to placement of the player and vehicle(s) in new game sessions. It will now be very rare to get a bad placement at game start, and the initial position will usually be very close to the shore. - The AI for the Delivery Ship is further improved and it now better finds paths to tricky shores, and is also quicker to react to changes in orders (ie. when you send it away from the shore and then change your mind, etc.). In short, it should now be much easier to use. - Many smaller fixes and improvements (performance, logging, etc.). As always, this build is first released into the Iterative branch (you have to opt in to the beta) and in a couple of days it will become th…
- Call for blueprints! - 8 November 2017
Greetings, We are currently working on additional features and content for the mission modes (part of the Early Access plan). As such we would very much like to see community content. Have you created a cool building or structure? Create a blueprint from it, and post a picture in the forums! We will let you know how to send it to us and we may include it in the game (complete with a credit with your steam name!). So, get creative. Show us what you have created! :) Best regards, Daniel
- Call for blueprints! - 8 November 2017
Greetings, We are currently working on additional features and content for the mission modes (part of the Early Access plan). As such we would very much like to see community content. Have you created a cool building or structure? Create a blueprint from it, and post a picture in the forums! We will let you know how to send it to us and we may include it in the game (complete with a credit with your steam name!). So, get creative. Show us what you have created! :) Best regards, Daniel
- 0.1.5.6 - Various fixes - 26 October 2017
Greetings, There is now a new build in the Iterative branch (will move to the default branch in a couple of days). Fixes: - The mountain slider when creating a new game now makes a difference. It will still not create entirely flat islands, but it will do what it is designed to: weight the character of the generated world. - The delivery ship pathfinding has been improved. - The feedback from the deliver ship has been improved (meaning it will indicate failure / success when navigating more reliably). Please keep in mind that the operator (you! ;-) ) has some responsibility when selecting the shore position for the deliver vehicle; If you select a too shallow (or steep) shore point, the ship will have difficulty docking. You can always reselect the docking point though and the ship will switch destination. As always, please provide any feedback you may have. Either here, or if you encou…
- 0.1.5.6 - Various fixes - 26 October 2017
Greetings, There is now a new build in the Iterative branch (will move to the default branch in a couple of days). Fixes: - The mountain slider when creating a new game now makes a difference. It will still not create entirely flat islands, but it will do what it is designed to: weight the character of the generated world. - The delivery ship pathfinding has been improved. - The feedback from the deliver ship has been improved (meaning it will indicate failure / success when navigating more reliably). Please keep in mind that the operator (you! ;-) ) has some responsibility when selecting the shore position for the deliver vehicle; If you select a too shallow (or steep) shore point, the ship will have difficulty docking. You can always reselect the docking point though and the ship will switch destination. As always, please provide any feedback you may have. Either here, or if you encou…
- Feedback, please? - 24 October 2017
Greetings, As you know, we are currently working on improvements and laying the ground for multiplayer functionality. However, we would like some feedback from you regarding what you think is a priority for fixing. What are your pet peeves and things that you would most like to see fixed ASAP? We have noted that there seems to be a divide among the players; some like the game very much and give us high praise, others seemingly do not like it at all. We would like to understand why the views are so divided, so any info or feedback you may have would be very welcome. Thanks in advance! :) Best regards, Daniel
- Feedback, please? - 24 October 2017
Greetings, As you know, we are currently working on improvements and laying the ground for multiplayer functionality. However, we would like some feedback from you regarding what you think is a priority for fixing. What are your pet peeves and things that you would most like to see fixed ASAP? We have noted that there seems to be a divide among the players; some like the game very much and give us high praise, others seemingly do not like it at all. We would like to understand why the views are so divided, so any info or feedback you may have would be very welcome. Thanks in advance! :) Best regards, Daniel
- 0.1.5.5 - Performance improvements - 23 October 2017
Greetings, We start the week with a patch focusing on performance. But it also contains tweaks to the new deform/flatten function in the PDA. - The flattening system will now remove foliage more quickly. - A number of under the hood tweaks should result in better performance - A keyboard command to measure FPS natively has been introduced. Standard key is the delete key (can be remapped of course). This function will measure the number of frames rendered per second, and will do so for 5 seconds. After the period it will show an alert with the results. Please let us know what you are seeing, and also if there are any specific circumstances when you receive especially low or high FPS numbers. Using that info we can further improve and balance performance. Best regards, Daniel
- 0.1.5.5 - Performance improvements - 23 October 2017
Greetings, We start the week with a patch focusing on performance. But it also contains tweaks to the new deform/flatten function in the PDA. - The flattening system will now remove foliage more quickly. - A number of under the hood tweaks should result in better performance - A keyboard command to measure FPS natively has been introduced. Standard key is the delete key (can be remapped of course). This function will measure the number of frames rendered per second, and will do so for 5 seconds. After the period it will show an alert with the results. Please let us know what you are seeing, and also if there are any specific circumstances when you receive especially low or high FPS numbers. Using that info we can further improve and balance performance. Best regards, Daniel
- 0.1.5.4 - Roads - 20 October 2017
Greetings, You have all requested a quick and easy way to flatten larger areas. We listened, and that function is now in the iterative build. It is found in the PDA under the building (cone) tab, and is the last icon in the row (arrow flattening ground). Basically it allows you to set two points, a width (4->10 meters right now) and then automatically flatten the area between those two points, with a preserved incline between the points. Of course, this does not replace the plans for actual road building, but is a quick and easy way for you to process larger areas for building or transport. Besides that we are continuing tweaks / fixes. As always, your feedback is most welcome! Best regards, Daniel
- 0.1.5.4 - Roads - 20 October 2017
Greetings, You have all requested a quick and easy way to flatten larger areas. We listened, and that function is now in the iterative build. It is found in the PDA under the building (cone) tab, and is the last icon in the row (arrow flattening ground). Basically it allows you to set two points, a width (4->10 meters right now) and then automatically flatten the area between those two points, with a preserved incline between the points. Of course, this does not replace the plans for actual road building, but is a quick and easy way for you to process larger areas for building or transport. Besides that we are continuing tweaks / fixes. As always, your feedback is most welcome! Best regards, Daniel
- New version - system upgrade - 13 October 2017
Greetings, We have been hard at work upgrading various systems that MW2 rely on. This is to reduce problems going forwards as well as reducing the few rare but severe problems that a few of our users have encountered. So, both the default and iterative branches have now received updates. If you opt in to the iterative beta branch (right click MW2 in Steam and select the betas tab, opt in to "iterative"), you will receive a fairly big update. This will move to the default branch as well within a few days. As always, we value your feedback and comments as we continue work on MW2. Have a great weekend! Best regards, Daniel
- New version - system upgrade - 13 October 2017
Greetings, We have been hard at work upgrading various systems that MW2 rely on. This is to reduce problems going forwards as well as reducing the few rare but severe problems that a few of our users have encountered. So, both the default and iterative branches have now received updates. If you opt in to the iterative beta branch (right click MW2 in Steam and select the betas tab, opt in to "iterative"), you will receive a fairly big update. This will move to the default branch as well within a few days. As always, we value your feedback and comments as we continue work on MW2. Have a great weekend! Best regards, Daniel
- Multiplayer and more : EA 0.1.5.3 - 6 October 2017
Greetings, Yes, it has been a little longer than usual. I personally took some time off to rest and recharge, and then have been head down in MW2 code. I have also been pondering the next steps for Machine World. So, it is a pleasure to announce that yes, we are now implementing multiplayer for Machine World 2. In fact, the update just released into the iterative branch does contain some of the net code. Now, before you get extremely excited, here is the network content of the update in the iterative branch: The update will allow you to start a network server, and to join one. It does not yet allow you to actually play together. We still want you to test this with your friends as your feedback will let us gather info on how well our host and router detection code is working. So, please try this: - Get a friend to run MW2. - Start a network game by loading or starting a new game with the…
