Last week we've been at the United Nations Climate Summit and became a founding member of the Playing for the Climate Alliance. Read more about how Eco aims to adress climate change: https://www.strangeloopgames.com/strange-loop-games-becomes-founding-member-of-the-playing-for-the-planet-alliance/ http://pbs.twimg.com/media/EFxfxrLWsAAK1q7.jpg

A beautiful town with a pond from our community member Kaapo. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/EEzTxk5XoAEE0rC.jpg

Can games change the way we experience ourselves and the world? A masters student at the university of Oslo is trying to find that out with the help of Eco. If you are interested in taking part in a study, sign up here: https://www.callforparticipants.com/study/9YIX8/the-transformative-potential-of-video-games http://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDp70olX4AIN0Sb.jpg

We have released Eco 8.3, an update focused entirely on performance improvements: https://steamcommunity.com/games/382310/announcements/detail/1615025306686762074 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDDN4SUWkAEHxHG.jpg

@BioGridGame love the sim you're building, can't wait to play it.

RT @jkrajewski: Perils of a player-run economy: one Eco player quit and left a negative review because his rug business was driven to bankr…

For those who didn't notice yet: Eco is 15% off in the steam summer sale which lasts one more day. Good time to get it, if you don't have it already :) https://store.steampowered.com/app/382310/Eco/ http://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-7rrZAX4AAj9fS.jpg

RT @jkrajewski: Reading 'The Art of Community' by @jonobacon, so many good insights for how to structure the community of our game Eco. Fro…

Excavator about to get a sound upgrade from our audio director @VideoGameAudio https://twitter.com/VideoGameAudio/status/1143606696733892608

We have released Eco Update 8.2 with a lot of bugfixes, performance improvements and vivox voice chat on Steam and our Website today. Have a lot of fun! Release Notes: https://steamcommunity.com/games/382310/announcements/detail/1622900263726988053

We know you've been asking for more options to build great looking buildings in Eco, so here is a little sneak preview for Update 9.0. Hope you like it! http://pbs.twimg.com/media/D9LOmoYW4AAF8Kh.jpg

Eco is doing it's first discount ever, being 10% off on Steam for World Environment Day. Get it while the the sale lasts! https://store.steampowered.com/sale/worldenvironmentday

With the upcoming changes to laws and government, introducing constitutions, we also thought about ways how several different governments could exist next to each other. Check out our newest newsletter to get to know what our vision on that is: https://steamcommunity.com/games/382310/announcements/detail/1629653127994357345

Some time ago we've shown new machines for ore processing that we plan to implement into the game, today we are ready to show you our concept of how mining and ore refinement will work in Update 9.0: https://www.strangeloopgames.com/mining-with-realism-wet-and-dry-tailings/ http://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video_thumb/D6SNux2W4AAhCQM.jpg

The Design Pillars of Eco: This week we dive into the core of Eco’s design, and the principles that guide development. These go back to the beginning ideas of what Eco would be, and are used to this day to determine what we bring next in the game. https://steamcommunity.com/games/382310/announcements/detail/1655546286055781741 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5b0_-yVUAAwOKW.jpg

Today we have a cool short video about underground builds for you to watch: https://youtu.be/Q4X6iipzWlk Diggy Diggy Hole!

RT @jkrajewski: My talk at Venture Beat Games Summit was posted, talking about using games for roles beyond entertainment: education and co…

http://mmorpg.com has published their recent interview with John Krajewski, CEO of Strange Loop Games and Designer of Eco. Read through it to get to know where Eco originally started, how it developed and where we are going to head: https://www.mmorpg.com/interviews/eco-getting-educated-1000013574

RT @jkrajewski: New article on the future of Eco, and how we want to build it into an educational movement! https://www.strangeloopgames.com/the-eco-movement-eco-peaks-newsletter/

RT @jkrajewski: Really nice article on Eco from @RedThomas_ and @MMORPGcom: "In the end, this is a game that I really like on so many level…