Greetings, pioneers!

We are thrilled to announce that Brave New Wonders will be at the Taipei Game Show! 🎉

📍 On-site Exhibition:
If you're in Taipei, come and visit us! Get hands-on with the latest demo and experience the magic of AI automatons firsthand. We can't wait to see you there!

🌐 Online Exhibition:
Can't make it to Taipei? No problem! Join the fun from anywhere in the world through the online event. The best part? You can download and play the latest DEMO now on Steam at home!

✨ Traditional Chinese Localization:
We've just released an update for the Demo, now supporting Traditional Chinese! Dive into the world of Brave New Wonders in your preferred language.

Whether you're attending in person or from the comfort of your home, we hope you enjoy building your own magical factories. Share your feedback and creations with us on Discord or socials!

See you on the floating islands!

Best,
Sala @ City From Naught

Hello Pioneers!

We’ve been hard at work refining the world of Brave New Wonders, and our latest update is all about making your automation smoother and your exploration more rewarding!

• We have updated and consolidated transition conditions to replace clunky old conditions with something more standard. You can now use any standard comparator (≥, >, =, ≠, <, ≤) to set precise conditions for your units, such as: “show {red} signal when {Crystal ore} count is {>} {50}”

• Don’t worry—any of your existing behaviours will still work! However, the old command formats are being retired. You will no longer be able to use the old commands for new behaviours.

• Economy Tab Update: The economy system now includes time windows, continent filters, and detailed import/export data to help you manage your global network.

• AI Tutorial Update: improved clarity and guidance in the AI tutorials.

• Personalization: You can now edit the names of your individual units! Give your favourite automatons the names they deserve.

• Power Oversight: Manufacturer power information is now visible when hovering over the building.

• Better Visibility: We’ve improved the on-screen arrows for better navigation and set the Behaviour View to zoom out by default for a better overview.

• Memory Leaks: Fixed several memory leak issues that were causing the UI to disappear during long play sessions.

• Visual Polish: Added circular progress bars for Manufacturers so you can track production at a glance.

• General Fixes: Prevented empty name entries in the parameter view, fixed a visual glitch for pinned items, and added the ability to cancel behaviour generation if you change your mind.

Your feedback helps us squash bugs and create a more immersive experience every day! 

Thank you, Pioneers! 

Sala @ City From Naught

Hey Pioneers,

We are excited to bring you a new batch of fixes and some highly-requested features to make your factory automation journey even smoother!

Here is what’s new in this latest update:

• Shortcut Control Remapping: Many of you asked for it, and we wanted to get it into your hands as soon as possible! While we haven’t made the UI pretty for this part of the menu yet, the control remap feature is now live and functional. Thank you for your patience as we continue to polish the interface!

• Auto-Reset on Stall: To keep your production lines moving, we’ve added a "dead man’s switch" for your intelligent automatons. If an automaton gets stuck while getting or depositing an item for more than 15 seconds, it will now automatically reset itself to get back to work. (This behaviour can be turned off in the behaviour editor)

• UI Refinement: We’ve made several tweaks to the user interface to improve your overall experience while commanding your tribe.

• Signal Editor Stability: Fixed a crash that occurred when changing the signal color within the signal behavior editor.

• Power Pole Fix: Dismantling multiple power poles at once no longer causes the game to crash. 

• Memory Optimization: We’ve identified and plugged several memory leaks, which should lead to better performance over longer play sessions.

We read every piece of feedback to help us improve, and we are so grateful to have you building this world with us. If your input helps us make the game better, we’ll be sure to thank you in the end credits!

Happy building!

Sala @ City From Naught

Hello Pioneers! 👋

We are back with a fresh update for the Brave New Wonders Demo! The team has been reading every piece of feedback you’ve sent our way, and today we are thrilled to bring you a patch focused on making your factory automation adventure smoother, smarter, and more immersive.🛠️✨

Here is what’s new in this update:

We heard your love for the command system. To help you become an automaton god, we’ve overhauled the learning experience:

• New AI Command Tutorial: A fresh guide to help you master the basics of custom commands.

• UI/UX Improvements: The interface for customizable instructions has been polished for better usability.

Keeping track of a massive industrial empire just got easier!

• Economy View Update: You can now see exact numbers for items produced and consumed, giving you precise control over your supply chains.

• Itempedia: Confused about what a resource is for? The new Itempedia shows usage and recipes for any given item!

• Smoother Controls: You can now move your Pioneer using WASD while in focus mode.

We have tweaked the numbers to make progression feel just right:

• Streamlined Relics: No more waiting! You now acquire technology instantly when discovering a relic, letting you expand your tech tree faster.

• Power System Update: To encourage better grid planning, each basic powerpole is now limited to 6 connections.

• Easier Unlocks: We’ve made it easier to unlock advanced automaton behaviours so you can get your hands dirty with custom commands sooner.

• Construction & Map: Adjusted costs for several structures and streamlined certain areas of the map for better navigation.

• New Music Tracks: Enjoy fresh tunes while you build and explore.

• New Voice Acting: Added Chinese voice acting to the opening cinematic!

We can't wait to hear what you think of these changes! As always, your feedback helps us build a better world together. Jump in, command your automatons, and let us know your thoughts in the community discussions or Discord[discord.com] channels!

Happy Building! 🚀

Sala @ City From Naught Team

Hey Pioneer,

We’ve been listening to your feedback and are excited to roll out a new patch focused on two key areas:

🚦 Miner Traffic Improvements
We’ve made optimizations to help reduce traffic jams in your mining operations. Additionally, you’ll now receive clear in-game notifications when congestion occurs, so you can react and adjust your logistics accordingly and more efficiently.

🤖 Enhanced AI Behaviour Editor
Many of you have been diving into the behaviour editor without tutorials—and we love seeing the creativity! To support your experiments, we’ve added more warnings and suggestions in the editor. Looking ahead, we plan to prioritize more hints and guidance for both AI and manual behaviour editing in future updates. Stay tuned!

Thank you for your ongoing feedback and passion!

Hey Pioneers!

Thanks to your valuable feedback during our messy demo launch week! We've deployed a new update packed with bug fixes and highly-requested features. Here's what's new:

🛠️ Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a crash that could occur after editing prompts.

• Resolved a game freeze when clicking the world map.

• Fixed an issue preventing the tech tree from opening.

• Addressed a bug that prevented building in certain areas.

✨ New Features & Improvements:

• Smoothed out the "traffic jam" behaviour.

• Added prompt messages localization.

• You can now delete previously saved behaviour templates.

• Updated drone behaviour to include picking up specific item types.

Thank you for your continued support and reports! As always, please let us know if you encounter any new issues in the discussions.

We have finally arrived at this undiscovered territory, pioneers.

🚂The Brave New Wonders Demo is now available for you to explore. This first slice drops you onto the shattered islands landscape of ruined structures, blocked passages, forgotten old world machines, and exciting mysteries waiting to be discovered.

In this demo, you’ll be able to:

⚒️Gather resources across the ruined island and open hidden routes to unlock old technology.
🏭Build your first factory and expand to the entire automated production lines.
🤖Command AI-powered automatons using text instructions that convert into clear, editable behaviours.
🚢Build airships and push toward the icy frontier ahead.

It’s a focused look at the world we’ve been building — one where exploration, rebuilding, and discovery blend into a satisfying loop of automation and growth.
We’d love to hear how the experience feels for you.

Demo available now on Steam:

https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/app/3437380/Brave_New_Wonders_Demo/ 

If you encounter anything unexpected, have thoughts on pacing, or want to share your builds, feel free to drop them in the discussions here[discord.com]. Your feedback at this stage genuinely helps shape what comes next. Loved the demo?

We'd be thrilled if you could share your thoughts in a Steam review! It's super helpful for our team. Thank you so much!

See you in the sky,

Sala @ City From Naught

We’re thrilled to announce that Brave New Wonders is part of the MIX Fall Game Showcase 2025 in Seattle! 🎉

✨ You can play our latest build both onsite at the MIX event at Block 41, 115 Bell St at 7–11pm and PAX WEST at PAX TOGETHER D4G booth.

✨ Or online from home! The playtest will be available for the full duration of the showcase - so jump in and start exploring, automating, and building your own wonders!

We can’t wait to hear your feedback. Come and play!

Hey Pioneers!

We’re excited to announce that Brave New Wonders is joining Steam's Automation Fest this week! 🎉

During the event, we’re opening up the playtest to everyone — all Steam playtest requests will be automatically approved. This open access will last until July 21st, when we'll return to limited playtests. So now’s the perfect time to jump in and invite your friends to join the adventure!

Don’t forget to submit feedback surveys if you spot bugs or have suggestions! We’re listening. If your feedback helps us improve the game, we’ll thank you in the credits!

Let’s build Brave New Wonders together!

Go have fun!

Sala @ City From Naught