Aven Colony update: improved ice & more!

Aven Colony

Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.

Hi everyone, Just a quick heads-up that we've put up another update for Aven Colony! This update completely revamps the game's ice effects, in addition to a few other fixes. [img]http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28666429/9de0208cebda64a451fb01f1d0607098d54a05ea.jpg[/img] [img]http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28666429/3357466a42e6829e551fb8c529c8f76abdfc8d04.jpg[/img] [h1][b]Additional Changes[/b][/h1] [list][*]There's now an option in the Gameplay options sections to disable the visor frost effect. [*]Improved battery indicator: now has a green outline when active. [*]The indicators at the bottom of the screen have been reformatted to not overlap at 1600x1024. [*]Any "Build N buildings" mission objective now instantly completes if you hit the building limit [*]Due to a slight change in ocean currents, Serpent Isle water now freezes during winter, just like all other parts of Aven Prime [*]Fixed a rare stability issue related to expeditions [*]The startup logos are now the same as on console (Mothership & Team17 logos) [/list] In case you missed it, we recently released Content Drop 3 to PC ... be sure to check out our post [url=http://steamcommunity.com/games/484900/announcements/detail/3330846125844964424]here[/url]! [img]https://media.giphy.com/media/5wFUyCwuhrFsBmUZL9/giphy.gif[/img] Also, don't forget that we're holding a competition for the 3 new challenge maps! Be the first player to record a full playthrough of any of the 3 challenge maps at Insane difficulty as per the [url=http://steamcommunity.com/app/484900/discussions/0/2860219962092783773/]Rules[/url], and you could win some of the fabulous prizes shown below ... in addition to fame, glory, and bragging rights for all eternity! [img]http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28666429/e671ca76a55d981d7b51e12f577af6ca20761356.jpg[/img] We are hard at work bringing content drop 3 to console. We're also expecting to deliver the 4th challenge map (which will also be available as a sandbox map) in the first week of March. Thank you for being part of the Aven Colony community! Paul