Devlog update - 07.08.2026 — Dead Reckoning: The Long Drift Steam update #1131682

Hey all! Just some updates. Colony work is going well and scope is expanding. As well, identity wiring has now begun as I have the scaffolding in place to start having impactful events. The biggest changes are to resource management in the colony; I don't want to explicitly declare things as this round will go through much more rigorous testing as it will have a large content update, but the colony phase will now be 100 years. As the scope creep is huge, this will be a release outside of the cadence I've been delivering on. Identity in 0.40 was completed, but there are still 7 society paradigms I need to flesh out and integrate (which I just discovered won't fire in 0.40 because of work needed in 0.50). I estimate an end of August release for 0.50 on main, and I'm aiming for the scaffold 0.50 to go up on experimental next Friday. Once again, suggestions and comments are always welcome. I...