I've notice there has be no updates on this game since jan 2023 this is now Dec 2023. Only links I can see lead to chats about this being slow work back in 2022.. so Is this game dead in the water? as it is looking that way

A better hud as the big text on screen takes out the immersion. Also, do we always need the nice iron ore after we have discovered it once? It gets annoying after the first time.

Do ore nodes respawn in this game? Is it possible to run out of locations that can be mined? Can the game be played endlessly?

We added support for placing buildings today. Check out the announcement here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/1233170/announcements/detail/3057358262191776497

The main focus with Utopia Colony is to provide a relatively realistic experience of what it would be like to be a miner on Mars in the near future. The game is currently a third-person simulation / adventure space / sci-fi game. We have a soft-building approach in this game, which means that it is not necessary to do a lot of detailed building in this game, you can build whole structures with little effort (when you have the credits). We think a mix of mining, building and adventure is what would make for...