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๐ŸŽจ A colour-coded world: water, mountains and land

16 July 2026

Sometimes a small tweak makes the whole game clearer. From now on, every area you fly into has a natural colour, so you can read the map in a heartbeat. ๐ŸŽจ

๐ŸŒˆ What the colours mean

  • ๐Ÿ’ง Blue โ€” water: lakes, seas and oceans.
  • โ›ฐ๏ธ Brown โ€” mountain ranges.
  • ๐ŸŒณ Green โ€” land: countries, regions, provinces and nature areas.

Rivers stay water-blue lines, just like before. It's the same colour code mapmakers and atlases have used for hundreds of years โ€” so it feels familiar straight away.

๐Ÿง  Why colour helps you learn

Our brains remember pictures far better than words. When a lake glows blue and the Alps turn brown, your memory links the place to the kind of place it is. That makes it easier to recall later โ€” colour is a quiet little learning trick.

๐Ÿ’ก Did you know?

On almost every map in the world, water is blue and high mountains are brown. It's such a strong habit that when mapmakers once printed land in unusual colours for fun, people found the maps almost impossible to read!

๐Ÿš How to play

Nothing to switch on โ€” just play any map with regions, lakes or mountains and you'll see the new colours right away. Fly safe! ๐ŸŽจ๐Ÿš