Daily Challenges
One map, one seed, one goal per day, scored in ticks - plus placement points and Cores for the fastest colonies.
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Red Planet Tycoon Devlog
Solo dev notes from the messy middle: real screenshots, design changes, build progress, and the parts of the game that are starting to work.
Language Packs, Chain Tuning, and the Sprint Wraps Up
Six new language packs, a reworked Chain bonus that rewards fully wired recipes, and the Level 31 Sprint closes out.
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Contract Rally Results and the Level 31 Sprint
The first community event is almost over, there is a clear winner, and the next one is a Level 1 to Level 31 speedrun starting August 13.
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Market Selling Improvements and Production Analytics
Smart demand-tier selling sliders, per-building supply and demand analytics, tick-range chart toggles, and Level 10 T2 Warehouse unlocks.
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Random Map Generation and Shattered Highlands
Generate procedurally seeded Martian colonies, share seed codes with the community, and master the new Shattered Highlands map.
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Supply Chains, Adjacency, and Balance Tuning
Connect factories into supply chains, relay resources through storage, and plan around the latest production and economy changes.
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Late-Game Tools, Copper, and Economy Tuning
Build smarter late-game colonies with new Boost Towers, Market Exchanges, storage, boosters, and map options.
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Terraform Campaign, Legendary Contracts, and a Smoother Mars
Terraform Mars through ten new levels, chase rare Legendary Contracts, and enjoy a smoother colony-management experience.
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Prestige, New Maps, and Daily Leaderboard Rewards
Prestige runs, two new colony maps, daily leaderboard rewards, and a few welcome balance improvements.
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Building Finder, Commander Profiles, and Paced Balancing
Locate buildings instantly, view rival commander profiles on the leaderboard, and check out paced economy balancing changes.
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Sponsored Supply Drops, Daily Leaderboards, and Balancing
Sponsored Supply Drops, yesterday's Daily Leaderboard stats, and Carbon Rock balance adjustments.
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Contracts, Booster Cards, and Market Saturation
Consumable Booster cards, contract system overhaul, dynamic market saturation pricing, and earlier dust storms.
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Android Support, Copper Mining, and Lightweight Audio
Immersive Android support, copper extractors, PWA-optimized MP3 audio, offline away upgrades, and rough ground clearing.
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Economy Overhaul, Production Charts, and Finite Resources
Live production graphs, depleting deposits with manual tapping, strict storm building rules, and a major economy overhaul.
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Balancing Updates and UI Improvements
Increased base storage capacities, cheaper outpost expansions, simplified requirements for levels 10-11, and a brand-new Stock UI grid layout.
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Map Upgrade, Craters, and Ancient Artifacts
The Mars map now has dried-up river craters, tuned resource distribution, ancient artifact rewards, and a few more tutorial screens.
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Tutorials, Music, and First Feedback
Friend testing led to the new Nova tutorial, tutorial tips, background music, bug fixes, and another UI pass.
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Cloud Sync and Mobile Polish
Cloud sync is coming together with Google sign-in, server hardening, mobile UI tuning, and a clearer next-step roadmap.
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PWA Release is Live
The browser PWA is live, with a small pass on performance, leveling, and the next mobile UI cleanup.
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Dust Storms and the Shape of Expansion
Dust storms turned empty Mars into a temporary opportunity: build outside outposts, gather quickly, and race the next wipe.
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Second Week: Starting to Look Like a Game
Week two was about defining the MVP, creating the first real loop, and finding the first real balance problems.
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Where Red Planet Tycoon Started
The first serious week: why this is a Mars game, why I chose PixiJS, and why the map editor had to come first.
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Build notes go out on Discord and Reddit first, usually with the balance reasoning attached. New to the game? Start a colony and read these in order.