# The Ringshadow blog > The Ringshadow blog: how the game is being built, as it happens, with albums of pictures from the agents' runs. Source: https://ringshadow.com/blog/ How the game is being made, as it happens: what landed, what it looks like, and what's next. Every picture comes from the game, recorded by the agents that build it. Follow it with the [Atom feed](https://ringshadow.com/blog/feed.xml). ## Mercenaries: they mine while you sleep 14 October 2026 · M8 · 4 pictures Hire prospectors at the Citadel. In a world day each mines what you mine in an hour, even with the game closed. Read it: https://ringshadow.com/blog/mercenaries ## The world runs on after you quit 14 October 2026 · M8 · 4 pictures The local server keeps the world going on your Mac: the clock, starfalls, the Brood. The game reattaches when you're back. Read it: https://ringshadow.com/blog/world-runs-on ## Coming next: guns for the realm, and a canyon to hold 14 October 2026 · M8 Coming Four point-defence turrets on the Citadel, an AA tower, a gatling gun firing red-hot ore-and-MH rounds, and a canyon the pilots defend wave by wave. Read it: https://ringshadow.com/blog/defences ## The Brood: from a painting to the world in a day 14 October 2026 · M8 · 14 pictures The first enemies: four alien bugs that linger at deposits, bite, dive, eat ore and raid buildings. Read it: https://ringshadow.com/blog/the-brood ## Missions, the Journal and three voices 14 October 2026 · M8 · 5 pictures, 3 voices A board of missions at the Citadel, a Journal to keep them, and every briefing read aloud. Read it: https://ringshadow.com/blog/missions ## The realm: shared buildings, a tax and a shop 14 October 2026 · M8 · 6 pictures Every building now belongs to every pilot. The Citadel takes 10% of each unload and sells blueprints and supplies. Read it: https://ringshadow.com/blog/the-realm ## How we got here 14 October 2026 · M1 to M7 · showreel, 9 pictures Two days, seven milestones: our own server, a world that lasts, a hundred levels, the ringshadow sweep and starfall. Read it: https://ringshadow.com/blog/how-we-got-here