TerraScape news & patch notes

• Added the next bunch of upcoming Weekly Challenges (yeah they're handcrafted ːtssmileː)

• Added scroll buttons to the player hand if the player has more cards than there is space for

• Added sound effects to all ingame scroll buttons

• Added build up animations for Merged Building Great Plaza

• Changed Gods Plaza Merged Buildings services and rewards to fill the service-gap between the Dromos and the Kenbet - the Shrine was replaced with the Plaza in it's layout

• Fixed inconsistencies of the map preview between host and client(s) in lobby of Ancient Egypt multiplayer games

• Fixed the game over screen showing up at the start of multiplayer coop games although it's not game over

• Fixed overflow of long words in multiplayer lobby map selection list

• Fixed the achievement "Complete Book 1" (Ancient Egypt DLC) not being unlocked, if already achieved (unlocks retrospectively now)

• Fixed an issue, that locked scenarios were startable, despite previous scenarios not being completed yet

• Fixed goal and locked icons offset in scenario descriptions in main menu

• Fixed Kenbet localization in German (Ancient Egypt)

• Fixed missing Clay resource asset on undo of the Clay Pit merge

• Fixed an issue, that evolving buildings fall back to its default level on rotating or cycling trough variants (Ancient Egypt DLC)

• Fixed an soft lock issue in Medieval scenario 5 because of a missing side quest

• Fixed some quests not showing the corresponding decks of buildings

• Fixed some missing unlock condition texts in scenario descriptions (Ancient Egypt DLC)

• Fixed an issue with a staying deck tooltip when using the deck selection keyboard shortcuts very fast

• Fixed that Bazaar and Farmhand Camp were placeable on Nileside biome

We're also currently working on the new Kingdom mode and improving adjusting the logic and difficulty levels. There will be another update soon based on your feedback that will include several improvements. Thank you very much for your messages, comments, and great feedback!

We’re excited to bring you a substantial new update for TerraScape, packed with core improvements and a major expansion to the Egypt DLC. This update focuses on improving performance, refining gameplay systems, QoL, and expanding strategic depth with a lot of new content - especially within the Egypt experience.

TerraScape RISE Update

Version 2.1.0.0

Kingdom Mode Refresh

The most significant improvement to the game is the overhaul of Kingdom Mode and its map generation, both of which are included in the Ancient Egypt DLC. There are now several terrain themes with different landscapes, biomes, and challenges, enabling you to specialise in particular decks. As the difficulty increases, you must think more strategically and proactively

Better Overlays

To provide the best possible overview of the strategies, we have improved the existing overlays and added a brand new one: the Biome-Overlay. The Synergies-while-Building overlay has also been updated and now acts as a heatmap-like overlay

Last but not least, we improved the game's overall performance. We added UI improvements, more tooltips and indicators, and of course, we eliminated bugs - we’re doing our part! 😀

Ancient Egypt DLC

Additional Campaign

The Egypt experience grows significantly with new story and gameplay content: We added a new chapter with 6 new scenarios and questline.

Egypt Puzzles

Puzzle mode, which was popular in the Middle Ages theme, has now made its way to Ancient Egypt. The DLC offers an additional 15 Egypt-exclusive brain teasers to solve and perfect

New Merged Buildings and Monuments

We have added five new merged buildings and three epic monuments inspired by ancient Egypt: The new merged buildings fill the remaining gaps in the service biomes, adding strategic depth to the game and creating many more combination possibilities. This update also introduces three new monuments to build. To make them really desirable, they come with their own new biome, which changes things considerably and makes Monuments far more valuable.

Other Additions

To top it all off, there are also new extra cards, new resources and a new biome. Some Merged Buildings now yield cards that can change the biome directly, or simply give you the ability to remove deserts right away. The new resources add an element of suspense: you never know which ones you’ll uncover, or if you’ll uncover any at all.

Ancient Egypt Achievements

After much consideration, we decided to include achievements for the DLC. The DLC is extensive and offers great challenges, so it would be a shame if it didn’t have its own achievements. We know that some people aren’t happy about this, or that not all achievements can be earned with the base game alone. However, perhaps that's a good enough reason to check out this DLC, which has turned out really well. Promise!

Overall the Ancient Egypt DLC Balancing was updated with a lot of new Influences, ⚠️ some changes in Merged Building formations ⚠️ and the Nile Seasons were improved for more fair multiplayer games.

Full Changelog

TerraScape

• Added whole new map gen for random Terras for way more Terra variance

• Added scroll indicators and Buttons to Glossary

• Added local highscore to workshop maps

• Added local medal ratings to workshop maps

• Added target scores to multiplayer coop sessions (selectable in the lobby)

• Added new overlay for biomes (F5)

• Added that people now use tools in their animations

• Added several working animations for people

• Reworked radial menus and moves sort buttons to another radial menu (gamepad: Y)

• Reworked Synergies overlay to synergies heat map

• Reworked map preview to be visible in start panel and improved its performance and colors

• Reworked gamepad controls for Trader

• Reworked Achievement ‘A Casual Challenge’ to have a target score and be available on scenarios too

• Improved performance of loading/save panel

• Improved many translations for better understanding across all languages

• Improved animal animations

• Improved visual bustle factor for many buildings

• Fixed an issue with automatic recycling of diamonds, cards, etc when finishing the game

• Fixed a bug where workshop thumbnails wouldn't load

• Fixed a bug where it was no longer possible to draw cards after hiding the UI

• Fixed cliff overlay arrows cut holes in water surfaces below if disabled

Ancient Egypt

• Added 6 new scenarios

• Added 15 new Puzzles

• Added new Merged Building Lotus Basin

• Added new Merged Building Nun Cistern

• Added new Merged Building Kenbet

• Added new Merged Building Caravansary

• Added new Merged Building Great Plaza

• Added new Monument Aswan Obelisk

• Added new Monument Step Pyramid

• Added new Monument Temple of Luxor

• Added new identifiable resource Common Rubble

• Added new identifiable resource Common Shrubbery

• Added new worthy Neter Biome now generated by Monuments

• Added new Achievements

• Added new Entries into Game Guide

• Added Tutorials for Trader and Monuments

• Added scroll function to Monuments panel

• Added a highlight for Services of the same type as the currently selected Building to the overlay that also shows Synergies while building (now F7)

• Reworked, cleaned and beautified Monuments and Trading panel

• Reworked gamepad controls in Monuments panel

• Improved overall Balancing of Egypt

• Improved Extra Cards 

• Improved visuals of for Fields

• Improved visuals of Merged Building Limestone Quarry

• Improved visuals of Monuments finished build up VFX

• Improved lighting

• Improved performance of Nile flood/drain

• Added the next bunch of upcoming Weekly Challenges

• Added new Weekly Challenges.

• Fixed some dynamic keybindings in Game Guide.

• Fixed several issues in Game Guide for gamepad.

• Fixed Game Guide to be accessible by pie menu (Y) in medieval.

• Fixed gamepad recycle button (Y) to be visible on cards in medieval.

• Fixed that the Farmstead was not generating grass on tiles with resources.

• Fixed that the Resource Overlay was showing Forrest icons on rivers that were merged by the Lumber Mill.

• Fixed that Indigo was not restored when undoing the merge of the Indigo Farm (Ancient Egypt) on Kemet III or IV.

• Added new Weekly Challenges.

• Improved colors of sort buttons.

• Fixed that the Monument Panel could accidentally be opened in base game by shortcut "J".

• Fixed that Endgame Panel was not shown, when the game was over in medieval Kingdom & Scenarios.

• Fixed wrong XP rewards in end screen of multiplayer coop sessions (Ancient Egypt DLC).

Hello Scapers!

Today we've got something special for you: our new Steam Community Items for TerraScape are now available!

These items let you show your TerraScape passion on Steam - perfect for collecting, crafting, decorating your profile, or just chatting with the special Terra-Mojis. They're our way of saying thanks beyond the game.

You can now:

• collect 6 cards

• craft 6 badges

• chat with 5 emoticons

• decorate your profile with 3 backgrounds

Additionally, we have prepared a small Patch 2.0.0.6:

• Added Place Fish Card as reward for Fish Farms (Prevents soft locking in certain scenarios)

• Improved the draw chance of Cottages after Houses are unlocked

• Improved the Tavern draw chance so it appears less often

• Improved Tavern balancing

• Improved a side quests of scenario Sailors Lore to be easier completable and no longer soft locking

• Improved spelling and formattings in german and chinese localization

• Fixed a bug where Merged Buildings removed Blockers but did not remove Resources

• Fixed Keep (Main Building) not spawning the biome Paved and removing Resources/Blocker when upgrading to higher levels

We can't wait to see the TerraScape backgrounds on your profiles! Thank you for your continuous support.

The Bitfall Studios Team

General

• Fixed several bugs that could potentially corrupt puzzle maps built in the Map Editor.

  • @MapCreators: Please check your Workshop maps and fix them - Open your puzzle map in the map editor. Look for things that shouldn't be there, e.g. stacked buildings - please fix them and update/reupload the map.

• Fixed player diamond balance (sometimes it showed one diamond less than you actually had).

• Fixed ESC closing panels and instantly opening the pause menu.

• Fixed ESC and gamepad back button working in main menu again.

• Fixed a problem where very large multiplayer save games could not be loaded or synced with clients, resulting in an infinite loading screen.

• Fixed Manor Farm not removing Blocker.

Ancient Egypt

• Preview: Added Game Guide site showing which buildings generate service biomes.

• Improved demolish penalty balancing for Merged Buildings.

• Improved readability of stone resources and quarry illustrations.

• Fixed missing diamond rating on Fields.

• Fixed Plazas not being buildable on Highlands biome.

• Fixed Buildings placed on the Nile now move with the Nile surface in the Map Editor.

• Fixed missing Weekly Challenge

Sorry - Sometimes ... things happen.

• Improved mouse scroll speed on macOS

• Improved readability of votings in Workshop panel

• Fixed icons in workshop panel sometimes getting squeezed by map name

• Fixed missing character limit on map names

• Fixed description input box not supporting multiple lines

• Fixed text sometimes overflows subscribe/publish buttons in workshop panel

• Fixed some typos

• Fixed monument image not displaying correct in crafting panel after save & load when everything was crafted

DYK: When the mummy of Ramesses II was sent to France in 1976 for conservation, Egypt actually issued him an official passport with the occupation listed as: “King (deceased)”. ːhappystar2022ː

• Added Loadings screen image on all platforms and no longer show only black screen when loading back to Main Menu or on game start

• Added that all Highland-Resources now placeable on any biome except Nile Side, Desert and Great River

• Improved Alluvial Field mechanic explanation in game guide

• Improved construction step visuals of Pyramid

• Improved construction step visuals of Bent Pyramid

• Improved construction step visuals of Sphinx

• Improved Extra-Card preview visuals of place resources cards

• Improvements and Fixes of dialogues and descriptions in Scenarios

  • English, German, Italian, French, Polish, Russian, simplified Chinese

• Fixed loading screen image to main menu on mac

• Fixed service range of placed legendary building was not shown correctly when hovering

• Fixed biome convert range preview of legendary buildings

• Fixed an issue where Nile Workshop, Clay Hut and Scout don't remove foliage on alluvial Fields

• Fixed some buildings were not the right level after loading a save game

• Fixed alluvial resources and buildings not placeable in map editor after changing cell to alluvial biome

• Fixed Nile resources and buildings do not adapt water surface height in map editor after changing cell to great river

• Fixed that Sandstone Quarry changing its ground biome to Djet 1

• Fixed that Services won't spawn on Indigo resources

• Fixed that Service ranges in multiplayer after loading a MP-save game were sometimes not correct applied or broke after placing new buildings with Services

• Fixed missing Reach-Preview and Blueprint visual on Sphinx props

• Fixed Sphinx level 5 preview in Creative Mode

• Fixed that fields didn't receive preview range and blueprint overlays

When a egypt family cat died, the household often shaved their eyebrows in mourning.

• Added tutorial hint "Empty Hands" explaining Point cost of card draws

• Added tutorial hint explaining the Alluvial Field mechanic

• Improved Ancient Egypt DLC button announcement banner in main menu

• Fixed Game breaker that Ancient Egypt DLC maps did not load when player is around level 10

• Fixed offered legendary cards in Trader always played their drop-SFX on open/select

• Fixed stutter/lag when nile gets flooded

• Fixed some scenario descriptions (german)

• Fixed some Ancient Egypt DLC Monument icons were sometimes not displayed in Buildings Overlay

• Fixed Finish Game 'Nile flood'-sfx peak in Ancient Egypt when a lot of points/cards/draws left

• Fixed Architect range and influences

• Fixed Ancient Egypt Scenario 'Chaper6 - The Scales of Fate' Side-Quest 'Place Architect with rating diamond' - can now be completed

• Fixed Extra-Cards that are tradeable have a star rating of maximum 4 stars and appropriate trade stacks

What a great and exiting yourney, thanks to all beta testers and bug reporters! You're great!

Hello Scapers,

Imagine the warm glow of the desert sun stretching across your Terra as the Nile slowly rises along its banks. New land appears. Old paths disappear. And somewhere in the distance, the foundations of a monument begin to take shape.

Today we’re delighted to share that the Ancient Egypt DLC for TerraScape is now available.

This new expansion invites you to build in a world inspired by the mysteries and beauty of Ancient Egypt. Shape fertile land along the Nile, uncover new building possibilities, and create breathtaking monument complexes that rise from the desert sands.

Many of you helped shape this journey by playing the preview at gamescom and sharing thoughtful feedback with us. Your ideas helped refine the experience and make this new chapter of TerraScape even stronger.

What’s included in the Ancient Egypt DLC

Monuments New merge mechanics allow buildings to evolve into magnificent monument complexes. Carefully gather the right materials and plan your layout to create truly legendary constructions.

Dynamic Nile Floodings The Nile breathes life into the land. Seasonal flooding can reshape the terrain, wash away buildings, and reveal unexpected opportunities for expansion.

Upgrade System Land itself evolves. Steppe becomes plowed fields, then irrigated farmland, transforming the structures built upon it and opening new strategic paths.

Terraforming Mechanics Redesign the world around you. Convert biomes, clear desert land, and reshape the terrain to craft the Terra you envision.

God Deck Progression Earn the favor of the gods. Unlock new decks tied to deities such as Ptah and Osiris, each offering new tools and strategies for building your Terra.

New Terra Generation Ancient Egypt Terras bring completely new map layouts, elevation ratios, and environmental challenges, making every Terra feel like uncharted land waiting to be discovered.

A New Map Editor & Steam Workshop Integration (Free Update)

Alongside the DLC, we’re also introducing a powerful Terra-Map Editor with full Steam Workshop integration, available to all TerraScape players.

You’ll be able to create, share, and download custom Terras directly in-game using the new browser and subscription system. Whether you want to design clever puzzle challenges or experiment with new Kingdom layouts, the possibilities are now in the hands of the community.

We’re incredibly excited to see the creative maps you’ll build and share with other Scapers.

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So what kind of Terra will rise from the desert under your hand? We can’t wait to see what you build!

Happy building, Scapers.

The Bitfall Studios Team

• Added the next bunch of upcoming Weekly Challenges

Dont eat black carrots!

• Added the next bunch of upcoming Weekly Challenges

• Some upcoming challenges will allow you to earn missed weekly rewards (+1 year ago)

Hottest dev debate of the week: Are there more eyes or more legs in the world?

• Added a bunch of upcoming Weekly Challenges

• Some internal restructurings of the Project

DYK: In fact, the floating island look was more of an accident: once we had a bug where the water was missing and it looked cool, so we decided to make it a feature.

• Improved MB Harbor ground texture

• Fixed Brewery texture issues

• Fixed Beekeeper texture issues

• Fixed Hopfield texture issues

• Fixed MB Liquor Destillery texture issues

• Fixed MB Liquor Destillery "Knabemalz" variant texture issues

• Fixed MB Vineyard texture issue

• Fixed a bug where the game speed was not applied correctly after loading a multiplayer save game

• Fixed trees on rivers not reappearing when undoing a Merge with river (Lumber Mill)

• Upcoming Weeklies & special event stuff

DYK: the very first building in TerraScape was the Windmill.

(Early TerraScape 2019 (Yes, long before Dorfromantik ːhappystar2022ː ))

Dear Scapers,

the year is slowly coming to an end, the days are getting shorter - it's chill season! Time to kick back, relax and get cozy... And what could be better than playing TerraScape during these days?

Over the past year, we’ve continuously improved TerraScape and added lots of new content and features: from a completely new deck and biome in the DAWN Update to the Trader, new buildings, and resources in the TIDE Update! Your feedback has been essential in shaping these updates, helping us enhance QoL features, create thrilling Weekly Challenges, and bring you cool Special Events.

We also recently announced the upcoming Terra Map Editor, giving you the tools to create your own custom maps and puzzles. And if that wasn’t enough, our very first DLC TerraScape: Ancient Egypt is coming soon!

So while you're getting cozy, why not nominate TerraScape for the Labor of Love Award at the Steam Awards and leave us a short review? It would mean the world to our small indie team.

Thank you all for supporting us on this journey since release!

Hello Scapers!

This is a little ‘Behind the scenes’ post to keep you all updated about TerraScape and the upcoming Ancient Egypt DLC:

This year we had the pleasure to present our first playable version of the Ancient Egypt DLC at the world’s biggest games convention: Gamescom!

Many people have played it and showered us with a lot of positive and incredibly valuable feedback on it. (Maybe you were one of them? Let us know in the comments!)

BTW, that’s us in front of our Gamescom booth ːsteamhappyː

Regarding the DLC

Because we want to integrate your feedback and make the most out of TerraScape Ancient Egypt, we decided to slightly postpone the DLC release and make sure that it reaches the level of quality and polish TerraScape deserves.

We know many of you are eager for the new content, and we really appreciate your patience and support while we take the extra time to make things right.

TerraScape Map Editor

Meanwhile we are happy to announce a brand-new feature that will come to everyone playing TerraScape: A Terra-Map Editor with a Steam Workshop integration!🪴

The Map Editor will let you create and share your own Kingdom and Puzzle Terras with the community. We're really curious to see what kinds of creative and challenging maps you’ll come up with once it’s live.

We’ll be sharing a dedicated Map Editor Spotlight news post with full details once it is ready to show.

Thank you all again for your continued support, you’re the reason TerraScape keeps growing and improving every day!

The Bitfall Studios Team

• Added new upcoming challenges

• Fixed visually inconsistent state of the 'Enable Trader' toggle across host and clients in multiplayer lobbies

• Preparations for a bigger update to come

Insight of the day: Aliens apparently didn't help build the pyramids (probably).

... Indeed.

The Halloween Terra Returns!

Greetings, Scapers!

The nights are growing longer… Our haunted Halloween Terra returns once again with mysteries, more quests, and more pumpkins! Expect ghostly decorations, a new quest, and an ambience that dances between spooky and spectacular.

For the bravest among you, a brand-new Halloween event challenge awaits. Put your Scaping skills to the test and unlock exclusive seasonal rewards. This is your chance to claim them before they vanish back into the mist.

So gather your courage, light your lanterns, and step into the shadowy world of TerraScape.

In this event, you can continue your progress from the last Halloween challenge to earn exclusive Halloween banner decorations. There is also a event challenge for the first time with quests to add even more depth to the puzzle.

When the night is dark and full of terrors, stay by the fire.

• Added Special Event content - @the reader: please act surprised 🎃

• Added Scenario high scores are shown now in the Scenario selection (just new games or loaded save games)

• Upgraded Unity Engine to address critical Unity security issue Unity CVE-2025-59489 for more details on the issue visit: https://unity.com/security/sept-2025-01

  • FYI: Steam already released a new Steam Client version blocking a game launch when an exploit attempt by Unity CVE-2025-59489 is detected - read more: https://store.steampowered.com/news/collection/steam/?emclan=103582791457287600&emgid=507340830949770870

As far as we know no users were actually affected by this issue - but anyways: stay safe!

Better save than sorry.

• just added a few upcoming weekly challenges

Believe us, they will be good!

• Scenario: Timberland

  • Fixed a missing quest.

  • Adjusted quest requirements: fewer Longhouses needed

• Scenario: Misty Mountains

  • Updated optional quest: “Place Predator” → “Place Forest”

• Scenario: Druids Forest

  • Adjusted main quest: fewer Cottages/Houses required.

  • Updated optional quest: “Place Predator” → “Remove Feature”

• Scenario: Forest of All Knowledge

  • Added Chapels to an optional quest to make Cathedral merging easier

• Added better crash reporting system

• Improved some objective ID references

👋

Patchnotes 1.2.0.7

• Prepared upcoming Special Event :)

• Reduced world hover tooltip time 🕐from 1 sec to 0.5 sec

• Fixed an issue where buildings were sometimes merged incorrectly in puzzle maps with pre-built buildings

• Fixed missing controller glyphs in tutorial and loading hints

• Fixed Localisation issues (primarily for some special cards)

"While I was waiting for the tooltip, I could have gone for a coffee. ☕"

Dear Scapers,

We’re beyond excited to introduce the very first expansion for TerraScape: TerraScape Ancient Egypt.

Ancient, majestic, and brimming with innovation — the timeless allure of Ancient Egypt has fascinated us for as long as we can remember (but at least since playing Pharaoh back in ’99 ;) ). If you feel the same way, then this DLC is going to be perfect for you!

This expansion brings completely new decks, tons of fresh synergies, and exciting new features. In Ancient Egypt, you’ll build mighty monuments — not just by combining buildings as usual, but through brand-new mechanics that will surprise you. The Nile takes center stage with its seasonal floods, which the ancient Egyptians skillfully harnessed. This unique mechanic, along with other major innovations, will reshape your subtropical Terras.

We’re aiming to release the DLC later this year, and we hope you’re just as hyped as we are.

Best regards, The Bitfall Team

Big date today: The Wandering Village Full Release is there! The Wandering Village is a game about settling on a very big creature wandering trough a wonderful but dangerous world. Its developed by our friends and partners Stray Fawn with much passion and innovation.

That's why we decided to host a very special event: as a small token of appreciation, we want to surprise our friends with a small gift 🎁 for their wonderful work and have created an event challenge specially tailored to The Wandering Village. We hope you enjoy the special challenge in TerraScape as much as you enjoy Stray Fawn's game. 🤗

Why not join Onbu (the big boy in the picture) on his journey? You can accompany him for a short time in TerraScape until 31th of July 2025, or you can get him straight away and keep him forever in The Wandering Village. :D

Not only can you unlock unique themed banner elements (and make your way up the leaderboard) by playing the special challenge - but you can also win a key for The Wandering Village by joining our official TerraScape Discord and taking part in the raffle with a screenshot of your solution!

Join TerraScape Discord

See you scaping! ːcoolstar2022ː

The BFS Team

Patchnotes 1.2.0.5

• Added a special challenge

• Added missing click sounds to some buttons in Main Menu

• Improved scroll speed in some Main Menu menus

• Improved visuals (Ambient Occlusion)

• Improved water visuals

• Fixed some loca typos

• Fixed a bug where ambient occlusion was no longer being rendered

• Removed auto exposure in high quality settings

"We need more splatter on Banner Elements ... 😈"

• fixed overall diamonds stats counter

• added some fantastic people to the credits

"No, no no no - ubuntu is a linux, not a dinosaur!" - "So. A penguin."