Long time no see! It's been a while since an update or news announcement has been posted regarding Polyion and its early access development. I'm happy to say that next month will be when we begin the road to full release, starting with a new change and expansion to the game. As you can probably tell by the title of this post there is a new mode coming to the game known as EXPLORERS/EXPLORE, this will take the place of the current mode and make it the main experience in the game. However, the timer-based mode will still be available to play. (The game will have three modes after this update including; EXPLORERS, SURVIVAL, CREATIVE). As part of the explorers update, you will be able to build your world across a large open water while collecting resources to place said tiles. Points of interest are also scattered across the map and when you build on one of these an effect will be applied to the world which could decrease and/or increase tile costs, the rate at which resources spawn in etc. A proper trailer will be released just before the update comes out, along with up-to-date screenshots and an additional news post to make sure current players are kept in the loop. Thanks to everyone who's stuck by even with the long hiatus. Thanks, Luke (WideLuke)