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1.5 Mod Updating: Another happy landing

Hello everyone and welcome to another Vanilla Expanded 1.5 mod updating... update. I bring to you good news: Most of Vanilla Expanded mods are now compatible with RimWorld 1.5.

While there will inevitably be some bugs, I think it's safe to say we will manage to have the entire suite ready for the public release of the n...

1.5 Mod Updating: Land-ahoy

Hello everyone and welcome to another Vanilla Expanded mod updating post. We have had significant progress when it comes to updating our mods. There are still a few outliers left - but we're trying to work on them as smoothly as we can.

All in all I am very optimistic that we can update all currently scheduled for updat...

[Release] Vanilla Base Generation Expanded

Due to Kikohi leaving the modding scene, we had to reupload the mod on my account. 1.5 and forward, you will need this one instead of the old one.

[Teaser] April's Fools, yo

Hello everyone! Just a quick teaser before I head off for a short Easter break.

We're doing a mild april's fools joke this year. No new mods, just a texture swap.

All cheese* is becoming a cube.

Enjoy.

*This will support Vanilla Cooking Expanded and any cheeses added by Sarg in any other mods.

1.5 Mod Updating: Uncharted Waters

Hello everyone!

I know everyone is very excited to start playing their 1.5 RimWorld save, and we're working in overdrive to ensure that everything is as smooth as it can be.

You probably remember the infographic I posted when the 1.5 announcement first appeared. Well, just today we have pushed quite a few, very st...

[Release] Vanilla Temperature Expanded

This is our final promised release for 1.4, and we are now going full steam ahead into updating everything to 1.5. I'm sure you will enjoy Temperature Expanded - it's a simple mod, but I think it adds quite a lot of QoL features.

Introducing "Vanilla Temperature Expanded," a mod that adds a detailed and controllable cen...

[Release] Vanilla Ideology Expanded - Sophian Style

Vanilla Ideology Expanded is a mini-series of mods aimed at expanding the content in ideology - be it memes, relics and symbols or icons alike.

This mod introduces a brand new style, inspired by that of the Empire from Royalty DLC. Featuring numerous new textures for many structures and weapons in the game, this mod al...

[DEVBLOG#263] Vanilla Temperature Expanded - Infographics

Hey everyone!

Welcome to another development blog. We are wrapping up our work on Vanilla Temperature Expanded, finally, which means it will be releasing within a few days. We really want to release it as soon as possible, so that we can all fully focus on updating VE mods to 1.5.

I will only mention briefly that ...

Roadmap for Mod Updating and 1.5

Hello everyone and welcome to an updated roadmap, which accounts for the upcoming 1.5 update.

The update didn't catch us by surprise - it was about time RimWorld received a new update, but that does not mean that it will be an easy feat to update all the mods. While I knew about the update ahead of time, the same can't ...

RimWorld - Anomaly and our plans

I’m over the moon to chat about the latest bombshell from Ludeon Studios: RimWorld - Anomaly, their brand-new horror-themed expansion. I won't lie, since I'm a Ludeon graphic artist, I knew about it for quite some...

It will awaken...

As you have probably seen, Tynan Sylvester has dropped a little teaser.

https://twitter.com/TynanSylvester/status/1767219961326375166

[DEVBLOG#262] Vanilla Temperature Expanded

Hey folks and welcome to a development blog outlining our focus for Vanilla Temperature Expanded.

A lot of people have always told me that they love my smaller, more focused Vanilla Expanded mods. You know, the ones that take a very narrow slice of the game and sufficiently expand it. For example, Vanilla Nutrient Paste...

Roadmap March 2024

Hey folks and welcome to a brand new roadmap post, in which I will give you a quick catch up as to what exactly we have been working on.

As some of you may know, my game, called Cursed Crew, has released on 26th of February. If you haven't seen it already, I really recommend it! Roolo, Smash Phil and I ...

Cursed Crew is available now!

Hey everyone! The game I worked on with Smash Phil and Roolo is out now! You can get it HERE.

Cursed Crew is a really cool 'high stakes' rogue-like crew mana...

[Survey] Insectoids 2 - Geneline colors

Hey everyone and welcome to a very important survey that will help shape our remake of Vanilla Factions Expanded - Insectoid.

I come to you with a very critical question, and since you play this game quite a lot, you should be able to advise me on the correct direction.

Vanilla Factions Expanded - Insectoid 2 will...

[Release] Vanilla Races Expanded - Pigskin

Vanilla Races Expanded is a brand new series of mods to enhance Biotech features, add to the storytelling and the world-building of RimWorld, and to introduce new, cool types of xenohumans, complete with their own unique genes, behaviors, mechanics and items.

Our goal for Vanilla Races Expanded - Pigskin was to make the...

Typical Tuesday Suggestions - 20/02/2024

Hello you beautiful people. I come to you with a brand new typical tuesday suggestions thread in which you get to tell me exactly and specifically what you're looking for from one of our upcoming projects.

I have previously men...

[DEVBLOG#261] Vanilla Races Expanded - Pigskin infographics

Hey everyone and welcome to another devblog. The work on Pigskin xenotype is wrapping up and we are slowly progressing to release. The mod has just now entered testing on our testing discord, which you can join by following the link below:

https://discord.gg...

[Survey] Helping out a student. Paid mods: yay or nay?

Hello everyone!

This time, the survey is a little bit different.

I am trying to help a Law student with their thesis. They are writing their work about Modding, and how paid mods affect the community.

I'd like to ask you for your opinion: Do you think allowing modders (lets use RimWorld as an example) to cha...

[DEVBLOG#260] Vanilla Races Expanded - Pigskin genes

Hey everyone and welcome to a brand new development blog.

This time, I'd like to talk about Porky. I think this is a subject we definitely need to discuss - there's no going around that. Whether you're vegan or carnivore, VRE-Pigskins will make you question everything you know about your moral compass.

We all know...

[Release] Vanilla Recycling Expanded

Vanilla Recycling Expanded is our spin on recycling in RimWorld. No longer you will be left with hundreds of wastepacks that you will try to send away into distant parts of the world to forget about them. No longer you will have to try and cheese the game to get rid of pollution. Vanilla Recycling Expanded actually gives wast...

Cursed Crew Free Demo as part of Steam NEXT FEST!

Yo ho! You can now play the free Cursed Crew demo during Steam Next Fest until Feb 12!

If you don't know what Cursed Crew is - it's a game I'm developing with Roolo, author of What the Hack and Giddy Up, and Smash Phil, author of the Vehicle Framework!

You can download the demo by...

Roadmap February 2024

Hey there everyone and welcome to a brand new roadmap post, in which I will tell you a little bit about the progress for the upcoming few mods!

Vanilla Recycling Expanded has entered beta testing. So far, the feedback has been positive - it's not completely bonkers or OP, but it's always hard to balance a mod...

Typical Tuesday (Wednesday) Suggestions Thread - 31/01/24

Hello everyone to this short and sweet new Typical Tuesday Suggestions thread.

This time around, I am interested in your thoughts about Vanilla Races Expanded - Pigskins. What sort of functionality would y...

[DEVBLOG#259] Vanilla Recycling Expanded - Infographics

Hello everyone and welcome to another development blog!

As I have previously mentioned, we're back on track with mod development, tackling quite a few mods at the same time. My first priority is to get Recycling Expanded out to you, and then continue working on Vanilla Exploration Expanded, as well as Vanilla...

[Update] Vanilla Persona Weapons Expanded - Eltex Staves

Hello everyone!

I'm writing to you from Poland now, where I'm back in action with my fancy PC. I have resumed work already and the first thing I want to deliver to you is the update to Vanilla Persona Weapons Expanded that I have announced quite a while ago.

This update adds a new weapon to the game - a persona el...

[DEVBLOG#258] Vehicle upgrades - Mule

Hello everyone!

The day of my move is approaching fast - in fact, tomorrow I'm packing up my laptop and the day after I will be on my way.

That being said, I know I'm your favourite workaholic, and I have been hard at work coming up with cool upgrades for a different vehicle: Mule.

Mule is a great way to del...

[DEVBLOG#257] Vehicle upgrades - Traveller

Hello everyone and welcome to a brand new development blog.

Sorry for the radio silence - as I mentioned before, January is incredibly busy for me. For the last 2 weeks I've been packing everything into cardboard boxes and everything I own, more or less, has been shipped to Poland already, as I'm moving there in 5 days....

Roadmap January 2024, Special edition!

Hello everyone and welcome!

This is yet another roadmap update for Vanilla Expanded mod series, this time however with some additional interesting statistics.

Last year has been a blast. Despite me wanting to slow down with mod releases due to the stress it causes, we have still managed to release 19 great mods t...

Vanilla Expanded Bug Reporting

Hello everyone!

We have launched a brand new platform for reporting bugs related to Vanilla Expanded mods.

From now on, we will NOT be accepting any bug reports anywhere outside of that Google Form.

Please make sure you submit your bug reports, whenever you catch any, using that form, because I worked very h...