
News, Developer Journals and Updates
The Mechanist Hat Rack
We here at Mechanist don’t always manage (or want) to stay in one place. One might start out wearing one “hat” at first, but eventually find him/herself wearing a completely different (and often unexpected) one later on. Having discussed … More
City of Steam Alpha Release Date Set in July
We already announced in the most recent newsletter that the City of Steam Alpha test will be released in July. One of the most frequently asked questions we’ve been receiving since attending GDC and the pre-alpha Sneak Peek test … More
Art Dev Journal – GDC Payback
In our last dev journal we talked about the amusing cartoon avatars. This time we’d like to bring everyone’s focus back into the development side of things. We’ve been hard at work modifying armor concepts. Actually we had thought … More
Art Dev Journal– Cartooned Avatars
Good day, everybody. It’s the awesome art department again. Today we have some cool, not that development-related, updates on what has been accomplished in our department recently. Compliments are “shamelessly” expected at this point so have your hands prepared … More
House System Poll and Nexus Suburbs
In the latest Design Dev Journal, Dave explained some planned changes supposed to be implemented for the Player House System. Then we got lots of feedback from puzzled players both on the website and the forum. Yeah, Dave rethought … More
Website Updates – The World Machine, Nations and Nexus
It’s been almost a month since the Sneak Peek Test walked out of the spotlight. Everything is going fairly well so far (apart from some cutbacks). As always, we don’t want you to miss out on the grand background … More
















