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An alchemical automation game of ever-changing logistical puzzles across six Elemental planes. Each Element transforms how you generate power, move resources, and defend your factory. Cultivate your own garden of possibility with dozens of uniquely shaped structures in this hex-grid sandbox.
283 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
15 months, July 2025 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 167 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 116 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
MoteMancer was released on 14 Jul, 2025.
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66 achievements in total.
50 developer announcements, Nov 2025 to Aug 2026 · times in UTC
I have been talking about this feature for literally a year, and today is finally the day to put it in the game. MoteMancer has many unique rules and behavior and systems, and just a lot to learn in general, so naturally one of the things…
CyanAvatarWhen I was at school for computer animation, we had a saying - "Is it enough to fool the bartender?" The thing about graphics in general is you can spend almost an infinite amount of time making something better and at some point you must…
CyanAvatarAs I've been looking through the toolbox for ways to bring buildings to life, one nagging problem has remained unsolved: particle interactions with portals. MoteMancer's solution to Portals is not super common among games. That brings the…
CyanAvatarThank you for all the suggestions and reports. Many of these improvements came directly from forum posts and in-game F1 feedback. Thank you for helping make MoteMancer better!…
Patch notesWhen I first implemented underground belts, I made them a fixed length of three underground spaces because it was easier while I was still figuring out conveyor belt code in general. Over time, though, I realized the fixed length had a…
CyanAvatarEven though Art is the focus, there's still room to slip some quality of life and bug fixes in :) v0.5.044 Quality of Life Blueprints now support horizontal mirroring with H. This is rebind-able but not present in the blueprint window yet…
Patch notesHappy glorious Monday! First, a huge thank you to everyone that's been playing the Attunement Update and sending in bugs and suggestions. Today I wanted to celebrate some of the discoveries from the last few weeks and share some fun bug…
CyanAvatarThanks for the bug reports and suggestions! Hotfix v0.5.025 Torrential Streamway structures tick twice as often to solve mixed-streamway-chain compression. This could be a slight perf hit for Torrential-heavy bases, but still probably…
Patch notesGreetings MoteMancers! If the last update shook the foundations of the elemental planes, this update is poised to hone and refine your alchemical journey. The Attunement Update brings character customization, major performance improvements…
CyanAvatarI've always been a super math nerd, especially when it comes to color math. I used to say "Math is my paintbrush". While working as an FX artist I used math to shape and sculpt procedural textures like clouds or fire or water to great…
CyanAvatarWhen I teach design, I often reference Quantic Foundry's Gamer Motivation Model, because it is one of the most concise images I know of. I play tons of games in just as many genres, but Completion is definitely one of my primary motivators.…
CyanAvatarHappy Monday! I'm still knee-deep in tutorialization and performance, but I thought today it would be fun to talk about how MoteMancer fell into using both 2D and 3D pipelines simultaneously, and the opportunities it ended up providing.…
CyanAvatarGreetings Mancers! Experimental has been pretty stable, so the updates to help performance are being rolled into the live game. There are more coming, but it's a good break point to migrate what's working well into the main build. There's…
Patch notesHappy Monday! Many players have been asking about MoteMancer's specific plans for performance improvements, I'm happy to say the current Experimental branch is live with the opening salvo. No plan survives contact with practical reality…
CyanAvatarThe Experimental branch is now live with a series of performance improvements implemented. Many of these came with significant refactors of existing systems. If you'd like to test your game in experimental, the transfer should be safe and…
Patch notesI spent some time recently just watching players hit the opening of the game and reading feedback about early experiences, and it’s been illuminating. Nothing is fundamentally broken, but players are getting in their own way, and that’s on…
CyanAvatarPolish and Behavior * Inventory items will now highlight contextually depending on the active structure window. * All structure and research progress bars have new elemental art. * Timers and %'s are shown as well on progress bars. *…
Patch notesThere are so many places to add FX and polish, and this week I found myself drawn to the unassuming progress bar. It’s a great warmup before tackling heavier pieces, and it’s always worth adding a bit of delight wherever you can. These bars…
CyanAvatarPolish & QoL * Tutorial games now only allow Twinseed, World Veins, and Ancient Spindles (this change is to lower complexity for first-time players). * Tutorial ? helpers now only show on the currently active step if available. * Pipette…
Patch notesIt's so wonderful to have a community invested in modding, sharing blueprints, and theorycrafting. Earlier today, the community took a step further and added MoteMancer to FactorioLab.…
CyanAvatar* Mod icons now fallback to the ? icon instead of a white square. * Infinite reach mod no longer breaks Meteor Swarm * Fix a few bad icon references in tutorial banners * Shift clicking a crafting button will now queue the maximum number of…
Patch notesQuality of Life * Blueprint creation now has 3 selection modes: Rectangular, Diamond, and Radial. Use X to swap modes or click the HUD icon. * Copy mode shows grid like connected structures do * Blueprint shader is now a little more legible…
Patch notesI received a very fair critique from multiple sources: If your game is all hexagons, why are you using that tired old rectangle selector for blueprints? I love this kind of feedback because it points directly at one of the most important…
CyanAvatarSteam Workshop Mods are coming to MoteMancer. Happy Monday! Mods have been part of the plan for MoteMancer from the beginning. The automation genre itself was born from mods, so it only feels right to pay that forward. I’ve spent a lot of…
CyanAvatarPolish & QoL Change single blueprint ghost placement to Shift from Alt, no longer requires blueprint tech. Control click on a structure can once again refill from your inventory repeatedly using successive stacks (regression from…
Patch notesThe new Foundations update brought a lot of great discussion about all of the new game modes available, but one of the conversations in particular reminded me of the greatest question you can ever ask yourself or others while discussing…
CyanAvatarFixes from reports from the weekend: Large number display no longer throws an exception if "Infinity" or > 1trillion gets passed in. Fix a rare case where mote patches can be destroyed mid Sovereign Manaheart burst. Capture doodad size at…
Patch notesThanks for all the reports, have a great weekend! Bug Fixes The Action Bar should now correctly save when you clear a button. Collector UI when World Veins is active now shows the Collector inventory count again. Change how tutorial detects…
Patch notesThank you for all the bug reports and feedback on the Foundations update! Foundation Fixes and Tuning: Jeweled/Chromatic Fields - Icons for Multi-Mote Patches on the Map now match the Foundation icon. Miner displays (tooltip and window)…
Patch notesMoteMancer's third Major Content Update is Live! Foundations are modifiers that change the rules of the world and open the door to endlessly varied playthroughs. With the new Enduring Research system, your most optimized factories can now…
CyanAvatarHappy Monday! I wrote an extensive post about Runeshroom Rituals in the past, and recent design developments got me thinking about extending the ritual suite. With the Foundations update arriving shortly, I want to talk through 2 new…
CyanAvatarHappy Monday! Today I want to talk through a unique opportunity that presented itself when it came to tutorializing MoteMancer. MoteMancer is going to get two tutorial paths. It is not something I would typically do, much less advise, but…
CyanAvatarSystems Design is probably my main discipline. It’s the thing I can’t shut off when my brain wanders. Today I thought I’d share a bit of the process and headspace behind it through an example that will be landing alongside Foundations. Time…
CyanAvatarMoteMancer's sandbox has a very high skill ceiling. There are multiple ways to solve logistics problems by design, and players will naturally gravitate towards solutions that are intuitive to them. Another part of the fun though is…
CyanAvatarShort and sweet today because I have a lot of things to do! While working on Foundations, I read some feedback that talked about the pain of random resource distribution and (so far) lack of knobs/sliders for world generation. It's always…
CyanAvatarI've had two ideas in my head from very early on: some way to do infinite research, and some way to have very loose meta progression. It turns out, I think I can thread both needles. Happy Monday, let's get into the weeds.…
CyanAvatarHappy Monday! Affixes/Modifiers have been officially renamed to Foundations, and they are the central feature in the next upcoming patch, planned for February. Today I want to share some of the thought behind Foundations and give some…
CyanAvatarI don't spend many of these devlogs talking about design philosophy (though it happens regularly in our discord). Today’s topic is worth talking through carefully, even for my own sake. MoteMancer has two mid-game flow points that could be…
CyanAvatarQuality of Life Echoflare now drains much less Power per Structure placed. Paths and Lights no longer block Open-Air Slipstream allows all Logistics Structures rather than air/water specifically Runeshroom and Entropic Alembic now show an…
Patch notesHappy 2026 fellow Mancers! Today I want to share a nuanced take on what the short, medium, and long term plans are for MoteMancer now that I've had a few weeks to step away and see it from the outside. You know it's a good break when you…
CyanAvatarReleasing the Elemental Mastery Update was a great way to close out the year. Since MoteMancer entered Early Access in July, the game has grown in meaningful and foundational ways, both in content and cohesion. Before looking ahead, it’s…
CyanAvatarThanks all for the reports! Locked vs freeform now remembers its state between sessions. Picking up entities now shows the total you have as well as amount picked up. Added Vulkan support. The player now sorts in front of most buildings…
Patch notesThanks so much everyone for sending in suggestions and bug reports. Snuck a bunch of quality of life in while bug fixing, enjoy! Quality of Life Pickup action (F) will now keep picking things up while held down. Spell Function and Locked vs…
Patch notesMoteMancer's second Major update is now Live! Elemental Mastery brings a massive amount of additional content to your alchemical garden. The Research Tree has been infused with dozens of new researches, complete with new spells, new…
CyanAvatarWe're about a week out from the Elemental Mastery Update! There’s still plenty of work to do and bugs to fix, but an alpha build is available if you'd like to jump in early. There are tons of new toys available, but today I wanted to…
CyanAvatarIt's time to get back to being super nerdy and technical today! There are many problems that don’t reveal themselves until you’re deep into development, and MoteMancer’s art pipeline is absolutely one of them. I have many years experience…
CyanAvatarOne of the last things I added into MoteMancer before EA Launch was a way to do in-game feedback (shoutout to Easy Feedback Form on the Unity store!) and it was one of the best decisions I ever made. Not only have I gotten hundreds of…
CyanAvatarMoteMancer's community continues to blow me away. The best proof of that? Our freshly minted MoteMancer Wiki. Entirely community-driven, already full of depth, and growing by the day. While I was preparing for the seismic restructuring of…
CyanAvatarIt’s been a busy few months in the lab, and MoteMancer’s world keeps growing more intricate with every patch. I’ve been doing a lot of technical logs lately, so let’s take a breath and look ahead together. The Long View MoteMancer's Early…
CyanAvatarThere's definitely been a trend from a handful of modern automation games to have resource gathering come from an infinite node of some kind. Personally I always liked games that had resource patches that slowly ran out, because it gave you…
CyanAvatarEverything Steam lists as add-on content for this game, newest first. Prices are left out on purpose: the store answers this page in one currency and it is not the reader's.
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| MoteMancer Original Soundtrack | WindowsmacOSLinux | 14 Jul 2025 |
What Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
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| Launch | MoteMancer.exe | windows 64 |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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