Before We Leave: We have a new Beta branch!

Hello everyone!

We've enabled a Beta branch for our next update! As well as the Planet Editor you may have heard about already, you can also test these changes right now too;

• Building forests without a road connection
• Building upgraded buildings directly, without having to place the base building and upgrade from there
• Technologies in the Tech panel have coloured borders according to the highest research type they need
• Large Whales have been changed so that they aren't as instantly destructive - you have one or two passes where they (usually) won't eat much of importance, so you've got some time to react and set up shield defences

And more to come soon.

A quick warning and some disclaimers;

We make absolutely no guarantees that the version on 'experimental' is bug free. We'll do our best of course, but for example it's possible that saved games on the experimental branch will get broken or become invalid by the time we move a feature to the main line. We also do not guarantee that a feature released to 'experimental' won't then get removed again! So when you opt in to this, please do so with caution!

If you're using the 'experimental' branch and encounter an issue, you can use the in-game feedback form by pressing F11. Note that this submits a game-specific log file and also some basic stats about your computer hardware each time you use it, but doesn't submit any personally identifiable information - so if you want us to follow up with you about something you submit, you need to let us know how in the feedback text! You can also chat with us in the Steam forums, in this dedicated feedback thread.

One more thing - new/changed text in the 'experimental' branch is only in English. Translation to the other languages we support is something that happens towards the end of the development process for each update.

If you've decided to jump in and play the Beta, here's how you can access it -

1. Right click on Before We Leave in your Steam library, then go to Properties.
2. In the menu, mouse down to Beta. Select that - you should now see a drop down menu.
3. Select the experimental branch. Steam will then download the branch.
4. Restart Steam and you should be good to go! Thanks for reading and have fun!