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Steam News · 4d
Hello ShantyTowners!Things are getting orange out hereBuilding Competition 24: "Autumn Colors"but first:New Fall: Festival of Lights Seasonal Items!Just a few lanterns to celebrate your fall festivities, with inspiration taken from festivals like Diwali, Loy Krathong and Halloween! take your pick :)How The Build Competition WorksTheme: "Autumn Colors"This is pretty vague, and up to your interpreta...
Steam News · 4d
Hi there!Just a couple of fixes and a couple of festive items to find.Patch Notes:Version 1.06.04Changes:Added Korean, Polish and Thai languages!Updated some collisionsAdded some autumn festival items!Updated names to the listPlease share any issues you find on the #BugReports channel on Discord!-Erik
Steam News · Oct 8
The warm summer days have passed for many of us, but the memory lives on. Right?If you see some summer themed items in other people's creations in ShantyTown, perhaps in the Building Competitions on Discord or somewhere else, and you're wondering where those items are, I'll share the secret of how to get them!These items are from a seasonal event that happened between June and August, northern Sum...
Steam News · Oct 4
Hello ShantyTowners!A new building competition is upon us!Building Competition 23: "Block Party"In conjunction with last week's update, which brought a heap of indoor items to be placable outdoors, I thought it would be fun to create a neighborhood get-together like we used to when we were kids (or like they did in the movies, if you're not my generation :D)How It WorksTheme: "Block Party" (basica...
Steam News · Oct 4
Hi there!Fixing some collisions and other things!Patch Notes:Version 1.06.02Changes:Added some collisions so small items can be put on tables, benches, etc.Bottles can be stackedBottles load with proper 2 sided materialsUpdated localizationsChanged the “Shop Supplies” item to “Shop Storage” and changed the icon to not be the same as misc itemsMoved the “Cooler” item to the shop items categoryAdded...
Steam News · Sep 28
ShantyTown is on a Daily Deal Discount!Due to ShantyTown's performance, Steam has chosen this game to join the Steam daily deal, which mean's we're putting the game on sale for 50% off!This is probably the lowest ShantyTown will go on sale for a while, so if you've been waiting to pick up the game, now's a good chance :DI've really enjoyed making this game, but enjoyed watching people enjoy the ga...
Steam News · Sep 27
New Update?Yes! There's quite a bit here, mostly some upkeeping updating, but also quite a few new creative items! So let's dive into it.A Lot of New Items...There are over 70 new items in 11 new groups. I tried to keep it as compact as possible.To be honest, I wasn't really sure how to handle this, but I figured I had modeled a lot of little items in the interiors of the houses and shops that spa...
Steam News · Sep 20
Hello ShantyTowners!A new building competition is in!Building Competition 22: "Overgrown"This idea came suggested from an Indonesian Gentleman in the DiscordBreak out the plants and ferns, let's make something overgrown!How It WorksTheme: "Overgrown"Just place a single building and decorate it however you like and post 1-3 images and a little description to the #submissions channel on the Discord....
Steam News · Sep 6
Hello ShantyTowners!This time we're doing a new competition idea that was recommended by a community member, MyriaDonkey, a "Single Building Challenge"Building Competition 21: "Just One Building"I put out a call for some new building competition ideas and their idea was to do your best with just one building, and I think that sounds fun! With just one upgradable object, can you make a beautiful sc...
Steam News · Aug 23
Hello ShantyTowners!The last competiton "Fishing" had some clever ways to put the poles to the water. Check out the winning creation by Ruruie on their so-called "Secret 21st Map" Do you know where in Westmarsh this was built?So what's the new theme? This week, it's just one word again:Building Competition 20: "Casino"There's an official location in ShantyTown that's called Hotpot Casino, it's a c...
Steam News · Aug 9
Hello ShantyTowners!Last week's "Bathhouse" competition had some nice little spots, here's the winner from Discord, MyriaDonkey's Smokestack Springs:So what's the new theme? This week, it's just one word:Building Competition 19: "Fishing"There's a lot of water in the world of ShantyTown, and a lot of implied fishing, so I thought it could be a good source of inspiration!So let's make something on ...
Steam News · Aug 9
Hi there!Some changes, I've had reports of "flashing water" on some graphics cards, I hope this fixes that!Patch Notes:Version 1.04.07Changes:Added a Overall Quality Slider that should help those with lower graphics settings have non-flashing waterAdded some names from the winners of the building competitionAdded a accidentally hidden shop typeMoved fishing rods to the Shop Items creative category...
Steam News · Jul 26
Hello ShantyTowners!Last week's "Rooftops" had some nice little spots, here's the winner from Discord, MyriaDonkey's Pumphouse Rooftop:So what's the new theme? This week, I want to try something different and ask ShantyTown creators to build something the game has within it!Building Competition 18: "Bathhouse"One of the last locations you visit in ShantyTown, and the last chapter of the game (spoi...
Steam News · Jul 12
Hello ShantyTowners!Last week's "Patios" had some really chill spots, it's time to relax again... at a higher altitude !The winner from that competition, Ruruie's Mapel Lodge, was a very impressive, and very realistic location. Check it out!So what's the new theme? This time we're staying chill, but elevating ourselves a bit.Building Competition 17: "Rooftop"There's something inherently satisfying...
Steam News · Jul 12
Hi there!Just a couple of fixes this time, hope things are alright!Patch Notes:Version 1.04.06Changes:The game now double checks for the end-of-game achievement when you re-open it in case that one didn't triggerMade it so if you quit while playing in the Blanklands, it should re-open in the blanklandsThe last thing you created should be saved in the blanklands when re-opening and loaded automatic...
Steam News · Jun 28
Hello Builders!Last week's "Pipes" had some really cool industrial creations. Amazing work!DeeDeeBeeBee's Floating Fish and Ships was like a dream out of one of the more unusual Ghibli movies!For something a bit more atmospheric, take a look at this other industrial masterpiece:So what's the new theme? Something a bit opposite:Building Competition 16: "Patio"If you didn't know, there's some new Su...
Steam News · Jun 28
Hi there!New update here! I'm trying to fix some issues with moving objects (especially buildings) in creative mode not loading correctly later on.Please let me know if I've broken anything! :DPatch Notes:Version 1.04.05Changes:Removed the camera shake from the trainsRemoved the brightness slider (it wasn’t doing anything)Objects will retain their original variant when moving them and cancelingFix...
Steam News · Jun 21
Feeling Hot?Kick back and check out the new summer seasonal items added into ShantyTown!A few new seating options, some grills, and some ways to keep your drinks cool have been added into the pool alongside a few other variants to other objects.How do Seasonal Items Work?In ShantyTown, seasonal items only appear on certain maps, at certain times of the year. If you play those maps and place those ...