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As our prosperous community continues to grow and evolve, it has become apparent that we need more eyes on our Discord channel as well as in the forum since the team is unable to follow many of the conversations that develop. We want to especially thank the player that initially posted this idea on the forums.

In case you were unaware, the background history of Prosperous Universe begins with an asteroid destroying the cradle of humanity. Therefore, it seems incredibly appropriate that we chime in on June 30th when the world celebrates Asteroid Day. As the official website states, Asteroid Day is "the United Nations sanctioned day of public awareness of the risks of asteroid impacts."

Check out what the dev team has been working on this week

Prosperous Universe has been in development for 4 years, and while the support from the community with supporter packages has been highly appreciated and has helped us tremendously, it unfortunately is not a viable long-term sustainable model. The funding for the game runs out next year; hence, a switch to the previously announced monthly subscription model has become a necessity. Rest assured that PrUn will remain free-to-play, as promised, for anyone who does not want to upgrade to PRO! Since Ignition also marks the release of one of the most requested features to date in ship building, we felt that now would be as good a time as any to take the big step into Early Access. Thank you again for all of your support during the First Access phase!

Economics is not like other fields of science. Chemists and biologists have the luxury of being able to perform experiments in a laboratory and seeing if their theories are substantiated or not. Economists cannot perform experiments without potentially creating disastrous consequences leading to unemployment, market crashes, or recessions. So, how can we observe and test economic theories without the fear of a financial catastrophe? Why not simulate an open economy with real supply and demand, multiple currencies, and incentivize participants to produce and profit?

Dear licencees,

just wanted to make you aware of the maintenance release that went live today. We focused on fixing issues and bugs that originated from the Populous release, but managed to include some unrelated changes and fixes as well.