Good afternoon everyone,
Before I address the original concern of the topic, I need to address how this topic devolved over the last few hours. A user came to the Discourse and shared a request that A21 be uploaded to Humble Bundle. While the post was short, it was direct and to the point. Emotions then got a bit high and users started attacking each other. This violates not only the Stonehearth Golden Rule but also rule 4. While many people find Steam the most convenient way to download Stonehearth, there are numerous perfectly valid reasons why a user like Humble Bundle. No one should be attacked over their choice of game distribution system.
As to the request itself. As has been shared in the past, there are a couple of reasons why the Humble Bundle update is delayed compared to Steam.
- The Humble Bundle process is much more involved than Steam, and takes longer to complete.
- Humble Bundle does not have an auto-updater. If A21 was pushed to Humble and a new A21 build was needed, there is no good way to alert users that they need to update.
For both of these reasons, there will always be a delay between the Steam release and Humble. From the past few alphas, ~7 business days seems to be the average release timeframe. Given that the most recent Steam stable patch was on Tuesday, if another patch does not come out you can likely expect A21 on Humble sometime next week.