Big Update to Townbuilder & Friends' Kickstarter launched
almost 3 years ago – Mon, May 01, 2023 at 07:42:08 AM

Greetings Architechs,

Loads of new features!

A couple of days ago, we released the stretch goals of the Desktop App Kickstarter.  But good news; you don't have to buy the Desktop App to get to use them! They are now all available on the web version of Townbuilder for everyone, including YOU!

You can check out everything that has changed in our Progress Update [4]!

I'd like to use this opportunity to shout out two friends of mine, Olli and Thorsten (who also worked on the asset packs of Townbuilder) have just launched their first Kickstarter, and it's just 24 bucks. Here's an excerpt from their Kickstarter video:

They offer a set of five medieval 3D printable buildings. Basically, they took everything they learned working for Townsmith and freed themselves from the restrictions of modular asset packs :P

But of course, I'm not giving our fresh competition a shoutout for altruistic reasons ;). We made a deal that if City of Gorenstaedt does well, they'll add ALL BUILDINGS TO TOWNBUILDER FOR FREE! Then you guys can customize and expand them in Townbuilder with all your assets!

So if these might interest you, check out their campaign now and make use of the 20% early bird discount!

Below, I'll leave you with some pictures of the printed and painted Townhouse (I hope you'll understand why I want these to be added to Townbuilder :D)

Future Townsmith Projects

Now that the programming work on Townbuilder is almost complete, we plan to do another Kickstarter focussing on the Halfling asset pack we released to our subscribers earlier this year. This asset pack is amazing, and most of you have probably never even seen it! Keep an eye out for the official announcement soon.

There is also a grimdark sci-fi project in the works that we will probably reveal later this year!

We would love to develop more asset packs and add more depth to our most important ones. 

We are gathering data to decide which aspects of Townbuilder to focus on next. As part of this, we will send out a survey to our users soon, but if you have any wishes about what we should do next, please let me know in the comments!

Cheers,

Christopher and the Townsmith Team

Desktop App FronTier!
over 3 years ago – Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 06:57:29 AM

Greetings Architechs!

The Desktop App Frontier is now live! The Desktop App brings faster load times, more performance, and offline functionality to Townbuilder.

Not only is this your chance to get the Desktop App right before it launches, but we also offer hefty discounts on our asset packs and subscription!

You can use this FronTier to get up to 52% off our asset packs if you pledge as an Early Bird within the next 48 hours!

Cheers,

Christopher and the Townsmith Team

Townbuilder Desktop App launches soon, last chance!
over 3 years ago – Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 07:13:08 PM

Greetings Architechs,

I like to put the important stuff on top: This is not a new project. We are just launching the Desktop Appthat we crowdfunded earlier this year and want to give you guys another chance to join the project.

If you missed the Desktop App Kickstarter, you now have your final chance to join over 1700 backers and get 20% off! 

The Desktop App is in beta, and all Kickstarter backers already have activation codes. We will celebrate its launch with a MyMiniFactory Frontier. If you haven't seen one, a FronTier is basically a mini Kickstarter/Late pledge tool and comes with the promise of product delivery within 3 months.

We will do an Early Bird Pledge Level, which will be 20% off! And to ensure you don't miss it, head to MMF and get notified when we launch!

Did you guys know that we have been releasing an asset pack each month through the SubSystem for over two years, and we have well over 30 asset packs covering over 15 themes by now? This FronTier will also include great bundle deals on asset packs, so even if you're not interested in the app, it might be worth checking the FronTier out and saving on asset packs you're interested in! 

Desktop App...?

It's been a year since we launched our Desktop App on Kickstarter, so here is the pitch for the app:

The app allows you to work offline and is more than 5x faster than the web version. Honestly, it is kind of ridiculous how well it works, we weren't expecting how much the browser resources were limiting Townbuilder. It's available for all operating systems and comes with new tools and improved versions of all existing tools (thanks to the fantastic support of our backers that unlocked a ton of stretch goals!).

Timeline

The FronTier will launch on December 12 and run for one month. Once it finishes, we will release the Desktop App for everybody and also make it available in our store (where it will be more expensive than in the FronTier, so don't miss out!). There will be more updates to the app over the following months, including bug fixes and features from the stretch goals. We are very excited to bring 

Cheers,

Christopher and the Townsmith Team

Future Townbuilder Content Survey
over 3 years ago – Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 02:37:26 AM

Hey Architechs,

Long time no see!

We are conducting a short survey about what content you would like to see for Townbuilder in the future.

If you are still interested in getting customizable 3D printable buildings, please consider filling out the survey. It would really help us make decisions for our upcoming projects!

The survey only takes about 5 minutes to fill out! Give us your input here:

TOWNBUILDER FUTURE CONTENT SURVEY

Cheers,

Christopher

The Airports have been released! This Kickstarter is now 100% fulfilled!
about 4 years ago – Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 05:41:57 PM

Greetings Architechs,

Airports are out now!

You should receive an email with the FINAL activation codes!

Please read the wiki page to learn how to properly use them!

Only 3 weeks on the competition left!

Just as a reminder, there are only 3 weeks left to submit your entry to the competition and win prizes worth over 2800$!

There have not been many entries yet and if you have something you have been working on, now is the time to finish it!

Click here to check out the rules

TB Unlimited is fulfilled...

And with that... we are done! After 2 years the final piece of this Kickstarter has been released.

It has been quite the journey, thank all of you for sticking around for it!

I am sorry that it took so long, but it turns out founding and then funding a company is pretty difficult and time-intense :D

As many of you know, we had 2 more Kickstarters, Townbuilder SubSystem and Townbuilder Desktop App.

And they defined the future of Townbuilder for the coming years!

I will sum it up here:

• Models: The Subsystem expands the available assets of the Townbuilder with one new Asset Pack each month. Read more here.
• Software: We released Townbuilder 2 for free, which does a lot more than TB1 and does it better and faster! But we still had a couple of nice ideas for expansions and improvements. For that, we kickstarted the Desktop App, which we will develop this year. After that, Townbuilder will be in a better place than I had ever imagined.

We have so much more to create and share with you all and I hope to see you all as Backers on our next Kickstarter, which will inevitably come one day! :D

Cheers,

Christopher and the Townsmith Team