Hello everyone,

A new Patch (3) for Alpha 61 and Alpha 61.E1 (regular and experimental) is now available!

Change-log:

1. Fixed: Instant wet/dry objects after being taken out of storages (Pocket, chest etc.)
   
2. Fixed: Continuous "Wait Time" after having exited the wait (Standing up)
   
3. Fixed: Dew catcher producing too much water while the Player was sitting & waiting
   
4. Improvement: Reduced computing load for Wet mechanic for each stick/wood, bottle, pot etc.
   
5. Fixed: All buoyant wood and coconuts were too jumpy in the water while floating
   
6. Fixed: Too fast water evaporation rate from Cooking Pot used on Camp fire
   
7. Fixed: Too fast cooking time for Boiled Meal, Soups and Stews
   
8. Fixed: Too slow water filling-up speed for opened water holders (submerged in ocean)
   
9. Fixed: Fastening/loosening Rudders, Sail masts and Sails sometimes takes no time
   
10. Fixed: Fastening/loosening Doors and Windows sometimes takes no time
    
11. Fixed: Fastening/loosening Candle-, Lantern- and Torch Wall Holders sometimes takes no time
    
12. Improvement: Completed Spanish localization
    
13. Fixed: Big time jump after game load when there is many not finalized blueprints

Please note: If you think the cooking process is too fast for some recipes in waiting mode (sitting on the ground), please consider using a smaller campfire.

We would like to thank you all for your support, bug reports and feedback.

Best regards,

G4GTeam.

Hello everyone,

A new Patch (2) for Alpha 61 and Alpha 61.E1 (regular and experimental) is now available!

Change-log:

1. Fixed: Dropping Palm fronds from hand not possible
   
2. Fixed: "Survived Days count" increased every time when loading the game
   
3. Fixed: Occasionally Building/Crafting recipes took more time to complete
   
4. Fixed: Occasionally disabled profile buttons in Profiles screen
   
5. Fixed: Possible to enter bad Seed format in Edit Seed dialog
   
6. Fixed: Pressing Escape was not closing the Profile name edit dialog (but closing the entire Profiles screen instead)
   
7. Fixed: Pressing Escape also closes the New game screen not only the actually opened Edit seed dialog
   
8. Fixed: Pressing Escape also closes the New game screen not only the actually opened Starting island customization dialog
   
9. Fixed: Pressing Escape was not closing the actually opened Island view screen but was showing Main menu video background
   
10. Fixed: Pressing Escape in Starting island customization dialog closes all the opened dialogues (Island view and New game dialog too)

We would like to thank you all for your support, bug reports and feedback.

Best regards,

G4GTeam.

Hello survivors!

Over the coming days, you might see a different Game Icon for Escape the Pacific in your Steam Library and on your Desktop.

The new Game Icon represents a Sextant and looks like this:


Depending on when you installed the game, you might see it straight away or at a later stage. The thing is, Steam doesn't provide much information about when and how the new icon will be visible for everyone.

The image is courtesy of Stanley London, the manufacturers of the very same sextant. Go check them out at www.stanleylondon.com


Stay tuned!
G4GT

Hello everyone,

A new Patch (1) for Alpha 61 and Alpha 61.E1 (regular and experimental) is now available!

Changelog:
01. Fixed: Corrected the stone type requirement for the Hammer crafting tutorial
02. Fixed: Incorrect subpage content shown when opening the Journal
03. Fixed: Incorrect Achievements content filter when opening the Achievements subpage in Journal
04. Fixed: Showing random Hint in Hints subpage in Journal even when no Hints were shown in game
05. Fixed: Too slow Player stats increase/decrease when old game (pre-Alpha61) was loaded
06. Added: French localization (new texts)


We would like to thank you all for your support, bug reports and feedback.

Best regards,

G4GTeam.

After more than 4 years we are still here and continue releasing updates full of new features, to build the game you love to play ːsteamhappyː

The past years weren't always smooth. As a team, we have lost valuable team members along the way, but at the same time we have gained even more valuable ones. It wasn't always easy but we survived. It wasn't always stress free, but we managed to thrive.

As a community, we grew in the past years to numbers that we would have never imagined. We grew not only as players and developers, but also as friends. Besides sharing gameplay stories we reached a level of trust where sharing personal stories about life, family, pets and hobbies became the norm.

Even though we are rather small compared to other games, we call all community members to vote for Escape the Pacific. Do not vote for us, the developers. Vote for you and the community you helped building around Escape the Pacific!

We are here to stay, deliver and provide a great gaming experience.
With your help we will succeed ːsteamthumbsupː

How to vote/nominate:
Find Escape the Pacific in your Library, click on "Store Page" then click “Nominate this game for an award” and select the category "Labor of Love"


Thank you!
G4GT

Hello Survivors,

This build brings you a redesigned Main Menu, a reworked Time Flow system, a new island type full of Mangrove trees (for you to use it as a salt mine) and an improved waves system with nicer looking shore waves.

Watch this YouTube video where we showcase this update
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmxSWZjZm3o

Game Menu Redesign
As part of our continuous improvement, we started updating the user interface. The first step is a brand new Main Menu design. Starting a new game and customizing it, is now much simpler and more straightforward. In the future we want to further expand the game customization settings and give you more options to immerse yourself in the game. In future updates we will also redesign the in-game user interface.

Reworked Time-Flow System
Based on player feedback and due to many optimization issues with all the different time-flow values we had, we decided to rework the entire system. In short, we have removed all time flow options from the game and introduced a 24 hour time-flow mode. This mode is not selectable from the game settings as you are used to. This mode will run in the background and will advance the time of day based on time intervals for each action performed. This means that now 1 in-game day will technically last 24 real life hours and every action (craft, build, chop etc.) will speed up the time by the time it takes to complete. For example, every hit with the axe advances the time forward by 5 minutes.

Mangrove Island
Mangrove islands give the player the opportunity to gather the much needed salt to survive. Given the nature of Mangrove trees, the majority of the island is always submerged under water, which makes it not the most pleasant place to build a shelter.


Shore Waves
The newly introduced Shore waves not only make the ocean look nicer but also introduces a new level of gameplay difficulty. If you want to set sail the easy way, you now have to find the side of the island that has the lowest waves. The same applies for getting off the raft when reaching an island. The size of the waves depends on the wind conditions. As a rule of thumb, the waves are the highest on the up-wind side of an island and are the lowest on the opposite side.


Changelog:

New features:

1. Redesigned Main Menu
2. Reworked Time-Flow System
3. Mangrove Island
4. Shore Waves

We will continue prioritizing fixing new and also old bugs.

The next planned additions are: Reworked tutorials, new Clean Water source, Mud material, Primitive Stove, Water filtering, Map UI, Old Telescope, Old Pistol, Spear, Dolphins, Simple Quests, aging of Building modules and many more.

We have set up a Patreon for those who wish to support game development. Announcement page is here: Patreon News.

The entire team is thanking you for your support, suggestions and most of all for your patience.

Do you like our game and want to help even more during development? We look forward to every positive review posted on our Steam page and thank everyone who decides to support us along the way!


G4GTeam.

If you have any further questions do not hesitate to ask us. We will try to answer your questions in detail.


Patreon
Discord
Twitter
Facebook
Youtube

Hello everyone,

A new Hotfix (2) for Alpha 61.E1 (experimental) is available!

Changelog:
01. Fixed: Sometimes not correct clouds/ocean color after loading a game from ingame Pause menu
02. Fixed: Not hidden Sleep screen in case of player Death during sleep
03. Fixed: Not disabled Environment tab in Settings when opened from ingame Pause menu
04. Added: Smooth time advance when performing actions (Shadows are not jumping anymore)
05. Fixed: Water collector provided clean water when submerged in the Ocean
06. Fixed: Not shown player's Wet status in Inventory on some screen resolutions
07. Fixed: Not shown player's Salt status in Inventory in some localizations
08. Fixed: Visible attachment rope for the Rudder model blueprint before being attached

We would like to thank you all for your support, bug reports and feedback.

Best regards,

G4GTeam.

Hello everyone,

A new Hotfix (1) for Alpha 61.E1 (experimental) is available!

Changelog:
01. Fixed: Meat gets Cooked/Burned instantly when placed on a cooking place on the Campfire
02. Fixed: Meat gets Dried instantly when placed on the drier
03. Fixed: Meat drying too fast on the Meat drier after loading a game
04. Fixed: Meat gets Smoked instantly when placed on the smoker
05. Fixed: Meal getting smoked too fast on the smoker after loading a game
06. Fixed: Placing the Wooden bucket on a cooking place of a Campfire
07. Fixed: Dew Catcher collecting the wrong amount of water (Correct values are 0.3/Easy, 0.2/Medium and 0.1/Hard difficulty)

We would like to thank you all for your support, bug reports and feedback.

Best regards,

G4GTeam.

Hello Survivors,

This experimental build brings you a redesigned Main Menu, a reworked Time Flow system, a new island type full of Mangrove trees (for you to use it as a salt mine) and an improved waves system with nicer looking shore waves.

How to switch between “Experimental” and “Normal” branches
In your Steam library, right-click Escape The Pacific and select “Properties”. A window will pop up. On the left select “Betas” and from the dropdown select “Experimental” to access this update. You can switch back to “None” to access the stable branch.

Watch this YouTube video where we showcase this update
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmxSWZjZm3o

Game Menu Redesign
As part of our continuous improvement, we started updating the user interface. The first step is a brand new Main Menu design. Starting a new game and customizing it, is now much simpler and more straightforward. In the future we want to further expand the game customization settings and give you more options to immerse yourself in the game. In future updates we will also redesign the in-game user interface.

Reworked Time-Flow System
Based on player feedback and due to many optimization issues with all the different time-flow values we had, we decided to rework the entire system. In short, we have removed all time flow options from the game and introduced a 24 hour time-flow mode. This mode is not selectable from the game settings as you are used to. This mode will run in the background and will advance the time of day based on time intervals for each action performed. This means that now 1 in-game day will technically last 24 real life hours and every action (craft, build, chop etc.) will speed up the time by the time it takes to complete. For example, every hit with the axe advances the time forward by 5 minutes.

Mangrove Island
Mangrove islands give the player the opportunity to gather the much needed salt to survive. Given the nature of Mangrove trees, the majority of the island is always submerged under water, which makes it not the most pleasant place to build a shelter.


Shore Waves
The newly introduced Shore waves not only make the ocean look nicer but also introduces a new level of gameplay difficulty. If you want to set sail the easy way, you now have to find the side of the island that has the lowest waves. The same applies for getting off the raft when reaching an island. The size of the waves depends on the wind conditions. As a rule of thumb, the waves are the highest on the up-wind side of an island and are the lowest on the opposite side.


Changelog:

New features:

1. Redesigned Main Menu
2. Reworked Time-Flow System
3. Mangrove Island
4. Shore Waves

We will continue prioritizing fixing new and also old bugs.

The next planned additions are: Reworked tutorials, new Clean Water source, Mud material, Primitive Stove, Water filtering, Map UI, Old Telescope, Old Pistol, Spear, Dolphins, Simple Quests, aging of Building modules and many more.

We have set up a Patreon for those who wish to support game development. Announcement page is here: Patreon News.

The entire team is thanking you for your support, suggestions and most of all for your patience.

Do you like our game and want to help even more during development? We look forward to every positive review posted on our Steam page and thank everyone who decides to support us along the way!


G4GTeam.

If you have any further questions do not hesitate to ask us. We will try to answer your questions in detail.


Patreon
Discord
Twitter
Facebook
Youtube

We have put together a last minute video to showcase tomorrow's update.

Please:

1. Be aware that this contains spoilers
   
2. It's my first time on camera, so expect mistakes and outtakes
   
3. The sound is not perfect

The next one will be better.
Constructive feedback is welcomed ːsteamhappyː

See you tomorrow!
Radu - G4GT