Welcome, Prospectors to 2024's first edition of Weekly Apart our, tbh, not so weekly but still, err, regular dev blog update on all things Dawn Apart! To kick off the new year in style we decided to make the creation of our automation game even more transparent. As our trusted [url=https://discord.gg/M7Cagwx7V5]Discord subscribers[/url] know, we have a whole section on our server called Glass Factory where we share a bunch of WIP footage, concept art and tech details so you can follow the development as closely as possible and almost in real time. If you just want to wait for the demo (it's coming!) and the subsequent EA release (and enjoy the occasional newsletter such as this one) then that's perfectly fine of course. But if you want to stay up to date on the latest voxel hairstyles of in-game prospectors, take a deep dive into the fire fighting mechanics that we are finetuning right now, or have a look at the latest digging animations then you might consider [url=https://discord.gg/M7Cagwx7V5]joining our Discord[/url], if you haven't already. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43212903/16c08dc729bf10f18a0ae6007ab94a3eddefc54c.png[/img] And since we're getting great feedback from the community we have decided to take this approach one step further: While not going into full Truman Show mode yet we do want to make the incredibly complex (and fun!) process of making Dawn Apart even more tangible and immediate for you. That's why we, starting January 24th at 10 AM CET and so far limited to one day of the work week, invite you to join our daily stand-up meetings. On those Witchcraft Wednesdays (named after our studio [url=https://www.industrial-technology-and-witchcraft.com/]Industrial Technology and Witchcraft[/url] or IT&W Games in short) you can get to know us and the process better by joining our actual daily video conference where we discuss orders of the day, share footage of current builds of the games, and make all kinds of shenanigans. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43212903/6a2aae8ec68c388d9fde50414c302770444dc59f.png[/img] So please join our server, tune in next Wednesday and say hi. While you can just take in all of that as a fly on the wall, there we'll definitely make room to interact and answer all your burning questions. See you soon [url=https://discord.gg/M7Cagwx7V5]on Discord[/url]!