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I finally had time today to stream the whole thing and check out the demo. And I have to say, I'm confused on the one hand and shocked on the other.

Okay, let me start with the positives: the new map looks more detailed, it's been made with more love. I'm happy that you can now build your house all the way around and don't have to leave it open. There's one more building to construct, I know that from another streamer. And the atmosphere is still incredibly awesome.

Now for why I'm confused. Why can't I enter any of the buildings anymore? I could in the alpha. This makes the electronic lockpick completely useless as a blueprint. Why do I still have to search for blueprints in chests? Why aren't there any quests that reward blueprints? The miner and the repair tool are essential items, and I don't want to spend 1.5 hours searching the area for them, hoping to find them by luck in a sandstorm that already makes exploration extremely difficult when you desperately need something. After 2.5 hours, I still haven't found a single blueprint that in any way advances terraforming.

And now, why am I shocked? Fourteen months have passed, so why has so little happened in the game? The map? I'd say 3-6 months, and the rest, I'd say 2 weeks of development (that's my opinion as a backend/frontend developer). I'm still seeing a huge problem with the graphics performance. I have a Ryzen 7 5700X with 64GB of RAM and an RTX 4070 Ti Super, and even though I start at 60 FPS, why do I only get 20-30 FPS after two hours (CPU is the limiting factor), even though I've barely built anything?

But I'm really disappointed with the current state of things. My viewers and I see a lot of potential in the game, and we would be very happy if much more were to happen soon.

Now for something more personal: what needs to happen, or how can I help, to speed things up? Have you already implemented multi-language support in the backend? If so, I can at least provide you with the German translations.

I hope to hear from you again soon, whether it's about the game in general or how I can help in any way.

And when it rain, why it is inside wet and not outside?